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In June 2003, tentative plans were made for the Philharmonic to return to Carnegie Hall beginning in 2006, and for the orchestra to merge its business operations with those of the venue. However, the two groups abandoned these plans later that year.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=N.Y. Philharmonic, Carnegie Merger Off |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/68748/ny-philharmonic-carnegie-merger-off |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=October 8, 2003 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=November 14, 2014 |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206141659/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/68748/ny-philharmonic-carnegie-merger-off |url-status=live }}</ref> Zankel Hall opened in September 2003.<ref name="UPI 2003" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kozinn |first=Allan |date=September 12, 2003 |title=A Three-Ring House of Music, Willing and Able to Surprise |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/12/movies/a-three-ring-house-of-music-willing-and-able-to-surprise.html |access-date=August 19, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819212822/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/12/movies/a-three-ring-house-of-music-willing-and-able-to-surprise.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Music critic [[Anthony Tommasini]] praised Zankel Hall's flexibility, though he said "the builders did not quite succeed in insulating the auditorium from the sounds of passing trains".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tommasini |first=Anthony |date=September 15, 2003 |title=Music Review: Opening Weekend at Zankel Hall; Trash Cans on the Stage, a Subway Underfoot |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/15/arts/music-review-opening-weekend-zankel-hall-trash-cans-stage-subway-underfoot.html |access-date=August 19, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819214321/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/15/arts/music-review-opening-weekend-zankel-hall-trash-cans-stage-subway-underfoot.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Architecturally, the space was described by critic [[Herbert Muschamp]] as "a luxury version of a black-box theater, the hall has the feel of a broadcasting studio, which it partly is".<ref name="Stern (2006) p. 733" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Muschamp |first=Herbert |date=September 12, 2003 |title=Architecture Review; Zankel Hall, Carnegie's Buried Treasure |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/12/movies/architecture-review-zankel-hall-carnegie-s-buried-treasure.html |access-date=August 19, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120063142/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/12/movies/architecture-review-zankel-hall-carnegie-s-buried-treasure.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Though Zankel Hall's large capacity was highly publicized, it was only reconfigured once in its first two and a half years of operation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wakin |first=Daniel J. |date=November 25, 2005 |title=At Eclectic Zankel Hall, One Thing Rarely Varies |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/25/arts/music/at-eclectic-zankel-hall-one-thing-rarely-varies.html |access-date=August 19, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819212824/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/25/arts/music/at-eclectic-zankel-hall-one-thing-rarely-varies.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Stern Auditorium's stage was renamed in March 2006 after [[Ronald Perelman]], who had donated $20 million to Carnegie Hall.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gelder |first=Lawrence Van |date=March 4, 2006 |title=Arts, Briefly |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/04/arts/arts-briefly.html |access-date=August 20, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820003328/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/04/arts/arts-briefly.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Frank |first=Robert |date=March 3, 2006 |title=Perelman's New Platform |language=en-US |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB114134291021688065 |access-date=August 20, 2021 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820003329/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB114134291021688065 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
At the end of 2005, Carnegie Hall formed a partnership with the neighboring City Center.<ref name="n120243767">{{Cite news |last=Dobnik |first=Verena |date=2005-12-03 |title=Carnegie Hall, City Center forge artistic partnership |pages=20 |work=The Journal News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120243767/carnegie-hall-city-center-forge/ |access-date=2023-03-05}}</ref><ref name="nyt-2005-12-03">{{Cite news |last=Wakin |first=Daniel J. |date=2005-12-03 |title=Two Halls Will Share Theaters and Funds |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/03/arts/music/two-halls-will-share-theaters-and-funds.html |access-date=2023-03-05 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The agreement would have allowed the venues to host each other's dance, music, and theater programs; however, the partnership was canceled in early 2007.<ref name="nyt-2007-09-01">{{Cite news |last=Wakin |first=Daniel J. |date=2007-09-01 |title=As Merger With Carnegie Crumbles, City Center Will Delay Its Renovation |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/01/arts/music/01carn.html |access-date=2023-03-05 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Carnegie Hall Corporation announced later in 2007 that it would evict all the remaining tenants of its upper-story studios so the corporation could convert the space into offices.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dwyer |first=Jim |date=August 1, 2007 |title=A Requiem for Tenants of Carnegie |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/01/nyregion/01about.html |access-date=August 20, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820144538/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/01/nyregion/01about.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=August 12, 2007 |title=Carnegie Artist Tenants Fight Eviction |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12721925 |access-date=August 20, 2021 |website=NPR.org |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820144538/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12721925 |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2010, the last tenant had moved out.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robbins |first=Liz |date=August 28, 2010 |title=In Apartments Above Carnegie Hall, a Coda for Longtime Residents |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/nyregion/28carnegie.html |access-date=August 20, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820144539/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/nyregion/28carnegie.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, Carnegie Hall opened its Judith and Burton Resnick Education Wing.<ref name="Peterson 2014">{{cite web |last=Peterson |first=Tyler |title=Carnegie Hall's Judith and Burton Resnick Education Wing Opens this Weekend |website=BroadwayWorld.com |date=September 18, 2014 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Carnegie-Halls-Judith-and-Burton-Resnick-Education-Wing-Opens-this-Weekend-20140918 |access-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609003150/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Carnegie-Halls-Judith-and-Burton-Resnick-Education-Wing-Opens-this-Weekend-20140918 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=nyt20140912/> The new wing houses 24 music rooms, one of which is large enough to hold an orchestra or a chorus.<ref name=nyt20140912/><ref name="AIA2017"/> The $230&nbsp;million project was funded with gifts from [[Sanford I. Weill|Joan and Sanford I. Weill]] and the Weill Family Fund, Judith and Burton Resnick, [[Lily Safra]] and other donors, as well as $52.2&nbsp;million from the city, $11&nbsp;million from the state, and $56.5&nbsp;million from bonds issued through the Trust for Cultural Resources of the City of New York.<ref name=nyt20140912>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Cooper |date=September 12, 2014 |title=Carnegie Hall Makes Room for Future Stars: Resnick Education Wing Prepares to Open at Carnegie Hall |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/arts/music/resnick-education-wing-prepares-to-open.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 14, 2014 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706163106/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/arts/music/resnick-education-wing-prepares-to-open.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[American Institute of Architects]] gave an architectural award to the project in 2017.<ref name="AIA2017">{{cite web |url=https://www.aia.org/showcases/25541-carnegie-hall-studio-towers-renovation-proje |title=Carnegie Hall Studio Towers Renovation Project |publisher=American Institute of Architects |date=2017 |access-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214170534/https://www.aia.org/showcases/25541-carnegie-hall-studio-towers-renovation-proje |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Warerkar 2017">{{cite web |last=Warerkar |first=Tanay |title=4 NYC buildings are among AIA's best projects by U.S. architects |website=Curbed NY |date=January 17, 2017 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/1/17/14296618/best-nyc-architecture-aia-carnegie-hall-rainbow-room |access-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-date=January 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120161257/http://ny.curbed.com/2017/1/17/14296618/best-nyc-architecture-aia-carnegie-hall-rainbow-room |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
Carnegie Hall closed temporarily in March 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hernández |first=Javier C. |date=June 8, 2021 |title=Bruised by the Pandemic, Carnegie Hall Plans a Comeback |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/08/arts/music/carnegie-hall-pandemic-reopening.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/08/arts/music/carnegie-hall-pandemic-reopening.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited |access-date=August 18, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="ABC News 2021" /> The hall reopened on October 6, 2021, with a performance by the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]].<ref name="Simon 2021">{{cite web |last=Simon |first=Stephanie |title=Carnegie Hall reopens to music inspired by 7 p.m. cheering |website=Spectrum News NY1 &#124; New York City |date=October 6, 2021 |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/10/06/carnegie-hall-reopens-to-music-inspired-by-7-oclock-cheering-for-first-responders-and-medical-workers |access-date=November 21, 2021 |archive-date=November 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121161635/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/10/06/carnegie-hall-reopens-to-music-inspired-by-7-oclock-cheering-for-first-responders-and-medical-workers |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Hall reopened Wednesday night for 1st live concert since start of pandemic |website=ABC7 New York |date=October 6, 2021 |url=https://abc7ny.com/11089319/ |access-date=November 21, 2021 |archive-date=October 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006143920/https://abc7ny.com/11089319/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Carnegie Hall returned to hosting a full schedule of programming during the 2022–2023 season.<ref name="Press 2022">{{cite web |agency=Associated Press |title=Carnegie Hall plans return to full schedule in 2022–23 |website=amNewYork |date=April 26, 2022 |url=https://www.amny.com/entertainment/arts-entertainment/carnegie-hall-plans-return-to-full-schedule-in-2022-23/ |access-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609003150/https://www.amny.com/entertainment/arts-entertainment/carnegie-hall-plans-return-to-full-schedule-in-2022-23/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A new cafe at Carnegie Hall, the Weill Cafe, opened in January 2024.<ref name="Orlow 2024 t958">{{cite web | last=Orlow | first=Emma | title=Carnegie Hall Is Adding a New Restaurant | website=Eater NY | date=January 10, 2024 | url=https://ny.eater.com/2024/1/10/24029976/carnegie-hall-weill-cafe-restaurant-opening | access-date=January 10, 2024}}<br/>{{cite web | last=Fabricant | first=Florence | title=You Don't Need a Ticket for Weill Café at Carnegie Hall | website=The New York Times | date=January 16, 2024 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/dining/weill-cafe-carnegie-hall.html | access-date=January 17, 2024}}</ref>