MOMA’S NEW DIGS

New York’s Museum of Modern Art will have to vacate its home for a few years while its massive renovation is ongoing. So it has unveiled a site in Queens for its temporary home during the interim. “How long the museum will display its artworks at the provisional site, a former Swingline stapler factory, depends on how long it takes to finish its Midtown Manhattan renovation, designed by the Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi. That project, which won unanimous approval yesterday from the City Planning Commission, is scheduled to be completed in late 2004 or early 2005.” – New York Times