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The Drawing Center will remain on the ground floor of this historic building at 35 Wooster St. in New York’s SoHo district. Photo by Sheila as part of the Commons: Wikipedia Takes Manhattan project, April 4, 2008.

The Drawing Center grounded in New York’s SoHo area

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
The Drawing Center will remain on the ground floor of this historic building at 35 Wooster St. in New York’s SoHo district. Photo by Sheila as part of the Commons: Wikipedia Takes Manhattan project, April 4, 2008.
The Drawing Center will remain on the ground floor of this historic building at 35 Wooster St. in New York’s SoHo district. Photo by Sheila as part of the Commons: Wikipedia Takes Manhattan project, April 4, 2008.

NEW YORK (AP) – An independent museum that at one time had hoped to relocate to ground zero has decided to remain in its current location, in New York’s SoHo district.

The Drawing Center says the economy has made it reevaluate a move. The museum is solely devoted to drawing.

The small museum had been searching for a new home in downtown Manhattan since 2005, after a plan faded for a performing arts center on the site of the former World Trade Center.

Since then, the SoHo area with its many art galleries has grown as a popular destination.

Director Brett Littman told The New York Times that it was a good time for the museum to reinvest in the neighborhood.

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