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NYC___Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum

Originally called The Museum of Non-Objective Painting, the Solomon R. Gugghenheim Museum, commonly referred to simply as The Guggenheim, was founded in 1937 to showcase avant-garde art by early modernists. It moved to its present location, along Museum Mile on 89th Street and Fifth Avenue, overlooking <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/sets/72157594192309086/">Central Park</a>, in 1959 when Frank Lloyd Wright's design for the site was complete. With his last major work, Wright initially polarized critics, although today his design has become widely revered. From the street, the building l ooks like a white ribbon curled into a cylindrical stack, slightly wider at the top than the bottom. Internally, the viewing gallery forms a gentle spiral fromthe ground level up to the t

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