The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation
From 1963 to 2004, Abstract Expressionist painters Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof lived and worked in a twice-converted tenement at 87 Eldridge Street in New York City. Before 1963, the building served as a synagogue, and Resnick transformed its grand but dilapidated two-story sanctuary into his painting studio. Following Resnick’s death in 2004 and Passlof’s in 2011, their estate established the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation and launched an ambitious effort to restore the deteriorating structure and repurpose it as a museum.
Ryall Sheridan Carroll Architects won an invited competition to lead the restoration. At the time, the building was in poor condition, with a compromised structure and failing building envelope. The project involved extensive work to stabilize the historic fabric, make the space accessible to the public, and create museum-quality gallery environments while preserving the character of the original spaces. Today, the museum houses galleries, Foundation offices, and Resnick’s carefully preserved final studio—a small, intimate space where he worked in his later years.
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Photography by Arjan Bronkhorst
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