The Lincoln Center campus fused three city blocks, from 62nd to 65th Street and from Columbus to Amsterdam Avenue. It was part of the largest urban renewal project that Robert Moses initiated in Manhattan, which included a superblock for Fordham University and another for housing (Lincoln Towers). This aerial view of Lincoln Center under construction shows the four theaters arranged around three large open spaces. The superblock made possible an approach to planning that was otherwise impossible in New York: the grouping of several buildings around a public space. The platform over 65th Street is visible in the photograph, although the adjoining block had not yet been cleared for Alice Tully Hall and the Juilliard School. The designers of Lincoln Center intentionally detached the plazas from the surrounding streets to create a serene enclave for the arts. The renovation of Lincoln Center undertaken by Diller + Scofidio + Renfro (completed 2010) has, among other things, reconnected it to 65th Street; the platform that cast the street in permanent shade has been removed, and new theater entrances and other animating features have brought the street back to life. CY