James Wolfensohn's Building Anxieties; Crumbling and Grumbling at the Kennedy Center

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 26, 1992| Author: | Copyright information

The building squats beside the Potomac, trying to approximate a look of dignity and importance.

From a distance, its blinding marble facades suggest a sense of confidence. But up close, those slabs are cracking and warping. They are millstones weighing down the institution that they were meant to adorn.

The physical deterioration of the 21-year-old Kennedy Center is just one of the myriad problems plaguing James Wolfensohn in his quest to transform the institution into a vibrant national center for the performing arts. Two years after he became chairman, Wolfensohn finds that making the ...

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