Archinect - News2024-05-11T23:07:22-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150355940/17-years-in-the-making-caples-jefferson-s-louis-armstrong-center-finally-debuts-in-queens
17 years in the making, Caples Jefferson's Louis Armstrong Center finally debuts in Queens Josh Niland2023-07-07T18:09:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/77/774905adaf76403d0b0960a00a728fc3.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>July 6th marked the long-awaited public opening of New York City’s new Louis Armstrong Center in Queens, culminating a 17-year journey to properly honor the legacy of the man called 'Satchmo' in the neighborhood he proudly made his home from 1943 until the music finally ended in 1971.</p>
<p>The small, 14,000-square-foot design from <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/29536594/caples-jefferson-architects" target="_blank">Caples Jefferson</a> is located the directly across 107th Street street from the storied musician’s landmarked former residence (now the Louis Armstrong House Museum) in the still heavily working-class section of Corona, Queens.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f4/f4fa0415df055f559fd85a44cec3fbcf.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f4/f4fa0415df055f559fd85a44cec3fbcf.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy of Albert Vercerka/Esto</figcaption></figure><p>The project was thus conceived to be an interpretive welcoming center to the museum’s visitors, with a documentary archive, exhibition area, and live jazz room all tucked into its eye-catching bronze-colored faceted flat glass façade envelope.</p>
<figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0e/0eac2c2a8dee2cb527e9fa3a8ab63e3e.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0e/0eac2c2a8dee2cb527e9fa3a8ab63e3e.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a><figcaption>Image courtesy of Albert Vercerka/Esto</figcaption></figure></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a2/a25cfbf419e1e301c769e90dcb3da44d.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a2/a25cfbf419e1e301c769e90dcb3da44d.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy of Albert Vercerka/Esto</figcaption></figure><p>The architects explain: "In order to expand the capacity of this relatively modest hou...</p>