It's a dramatically sweeping space, hemmed in by beautiful brick gabled buildings and the alfresco tables of high-ceilinged brasseries, where folks cram in to enjoy glasses of white beer or wine at the end of balmy workdays.
It is next to a park, near a sweeping open space of rolling hills dotted with oaks.
Across the harbor from Central Station is the Hotel de Goudfazant (Aambeeldstraat 10 H; 31-20-636-5170; www.hoteldegoudfazant.nl), a sweeping industrial space with an enormous modern chandelier and raw concrete surfaces.
In his design, he scooped out the interior of the old theater just as if it was a Halloween pumpkin and inserted a sweeping white space of curves and domes that looked more like a Lincoln Center concert hall than a Harlem church.
George N'Namdi can usually be found presiding over this sweeping space, always dressed in one of his signature hats, ready to show visitors one of the finest collections of African-American art in the world, as well as his showcase exhibitions featuring emerging artists.
AICN singled out Staples' handling of grand, sweeping space shots and other genre trappings, as well as her mastery of facial expressions, which AICN felt was perfectly suited to Vaughan's subtle dialogue.
The designs -- which haven't been built -- call for a museum and condominium complex that features large, sweeping spaces and provisions for an abundance of natural light. .
Its daunting purity is, however, a challenge to curatorial ingenuity, since temporary walls chop up Mies's noble, sweeping spaces.
But once we got accustomed to its grand sweeping spaces, huge ceilings and very large rooms, it became hard to downsize to move to a better neighborhood.
This summer, the Modern will take advantage of the wide, sweeping spaces at the Queens site and present for the first time its collection of automobiles, including the oldest, Pininfarina's Cisitalia 202 GT (1946), and arguably its fastest, Ferrari's Formula 1 Racing Car 641/2 19900), which was designed by John Barnard.
