As a crane lifted the last steel beam into place Wednesday on the Albright-Knox Art Gallery's new building, money continued to come into the museum's treasury to meet a patron's $2.5 million challenge grant.
At Albright-Knox, steel frame for expansion is in place: 'This is a remarkable moment'
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The final steel beam is lifted into place atop the Albright-Knox's new Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building, which is under construction amid the gallery's AK360 campus expansion, during a topping out ceremony to mark the completion of the steel frame, Wednesday, July 7, 2021.Â
Workers carefully affix the rigging to the final steel beam before it is lifted to the top of the Albright-Knox's new Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building during a topping out ceremony to mark the completion of the steel frame, Wednesday, July 7, 2021.
Benefactor Jeffrey E. Gundlach speaks before the final steel beam is lifted into place atop the Albright-Knox's new Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building, which is under construction amid the gallery's AK360 campus expansion, Wednesday, July 7, 2021.Â
Shohei Shigematsu, the lead architect for the AK360 project, center, applauds during the topping out ceremony to mark the completion of the steel frame of the Albright-Knox's new Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building, Wednesday, July 7, 2021.Â
An updated rendering of the new building at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
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The billionaire bond trader and investor who grew up in Snyder announced the community challenge grant Tuesday on Twitter.
The $168 million expansion project broke ground on Nov. 22, 2019, and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2022.
Most of the money came from the sale of Luca della Robbia's circa-1450 Relief of the Madonna and Child, which sold for slightly more than $2 million.
Despite the added challenges brought on by the pandemic, museum officials say it has had only a slight effect on the project's timeline. Â
Time lapse video shows workers installing structural steel at the new AKG Art Museum, Friday, May 14, 2021.
The steel frame is complete for the new Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery continues its massive AK360 campus expan…
