N.Y.’s Perelman Center “Unlike any other”

A night-time rendering of the completed Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center site. (Courtesy of REX Architecture)

When Perelman Performing Arts Center President Maggie Boepple was first hired to oversee the construction of the venue at the World Trade Center site five years ago, her vision for the theater began not with a set goal, but with specific questions.

“What does New York not have?” Boepple said, describing her approach to the project. “W...