New Box For Arthouse

New York's LTL Architects have unveiled plans for a renovated Arthouse on Seventh and Congress. The building that is now the Arthouse was a department store in the 1950's and a theatre before that. Now it will again be a theatre, with a 90-seat screening room on the second floor and a large movie screen on the roof. The second floor screening room takes engaging the street to a whole nother level by making the projection screen viewable from the street, or, as the architects put it, "the design amplifies the visual dialogue between the art and the surrounding urban environment." Construction is expected to start next year and be complete in 2010.