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EVENTS & PARTIES ARCHIVE

June 16, 2009
Notable New Yorkers: Making New York History Awards 2009: The Battery Park City Authority,
its Chairman JAMES F. GILL and
President President JAMES E. CAVANAUGH

On Tuesday, June 16, The Skyscraper Museum recognized The Battery Park City Authority, its Chairman James F. Gill and President James E. Cavanaugh with the 2009 Making New York History Award. More than 150 guests, including many of the past presidents and chairman, architects, planners, and developers of the 92-acre community, joined in the salute. The BPCA is the seventh recipient of the award, which The Skyscraper Museum established in 1999 to honor outstanding individuals who have shaped the city's skyline in three dimensions or in public perceptions. (Read More.)

June 17, 2008
Notable New Yorkers: Making New York History Awards 2008: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
its Chairman ANTHONY R. COSCIA and
Executive Director CHRISTOPHER O. WARD

On Tuesday, June 17, The Skyscraper Museum recognized The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, its Chairman Anthony R. Coscia, and Executive Director Christopher O. Ward with the 2008 Making New York History Award. Hosted in the Museum's Battery Park City gallery, the 175 assembled guests were able to tour the current exhibition, New York Modern, as they celebrated one of New York's most influential institutions. The PANYNJ is the sixth recipient of the award, which The Skyscraper Museum established in 1999 to honor outstanding individuals who have shaped the city's skyline in three dimensions or in public perceptions. (Read More.)

May 15, 2007
Notable New Yorkers: Making New York History Awards 2007: Developer LARRY SILVERSTEIN

Developer Larry Silverstein was recognized on Tuesday, May 15 at the presentation of The Skyscraper Museum's 2007 Making New York History Award. Hosted in the Museum's Battery Park City gallery, the 175 assembled guests were able to tour the new exhibition, World's Tallest Building: Burj Dubai, as they celebrated one of New York's most widely-recognized developers. (Read More.)

May 8, 2006
Notable New Yorkers: Making New York History Awards 2006: DOUGLAS DURST and the Durst family

On Monday evening, May 8, The Skyscraper Museum honored Douglas Durst and the Durst family with the 2006 Making New York History Award. Two hundred guests attended the cocktail reception at the Museum’s Battery Park City home, where the exhibition “GREEN TOWERS for New York” provided a vivid illustration of The Durst Organization’s visionary leadership in green building design and development. Durst projects highlighted in the show include the pioneering Condé Nast Building @ 4 Times Square, the Helena Apartments, 125 W. 31st Street, and the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park. (Read More.)

May 11, 2005
Notable New Yorkers: Making New York History Awards 2005: JOHN TISHMAN and DAN TISHMAN

Father-and-son builders John and Dan Tishman were recognized on Wednesday, May 11th as The Skyscraper Museum presented its 2005 Making New York History Award. Held in the Museum’s gallery where the original 11-foot tall model of the World Trade Center model is on display, the event began as special guests offered toasts and recognized the Tishmans’s unique historical connection to the Trade Center site. (Read more.)

March 1, 2004
Stand up for Skyscrapers! Grand Opening Party

On March 1st, 2004 we inaugurated our extraordinary new home, brilliantly designed by Roger Duffy of the internationally-based architecture firm SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP). The SOM design is a dazzling work of contemporary architecture featuring a permanent gallery for the core exhibit, a gallery for changing exhibitions, a bookstore, and a mezzanine for staff offices. The design features polished stainless-steel floors and ceilings that reflect the floor-to-ceiling exhibition cases into endless verticals, generating a sense of towering volumes. (Read more.)

June 11, 2003
Construction Kickoff Ceremony

The Skyscraper Museum marked the start of construction with a kick-off event at 39 Battery Place. This will be the Museum's first permanent home after six years of presenting exhibitions and programs in temporary spaces in New York's historic financial district. (Read more.)

November 15, 2001
Making New York History Awards 2001

On Thursday evening, November 15, 2001, The Skyscraper Museum highlighted a dozen extraordinary building renovations that demonstrate that New York’s history lives and thrives through its great commercial structures. The Museum’s annual “Making New York History Award” was presented at a cocktail party in the lobby of the landmark Lever House at 390 Park Avenue. (Read More.)

December 6, 1999
THE BIG PARTY

Notable owners, developers, architects, engineers, contractors and managers gathered at the Museum to pose for the Century Roundup, a historic photograph of the men and women responsible for New York's biggest buildings, as featured in the exhibition BIG BUILDINGS. (Read More.)

April 29, 1999
AIA Spring Party

On Thursday, April 29th, The New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects hosted their annual Spring Party in The Skyscraper Museum's gallery at 16 Wall Street. Presented by Chapter President Walter A. Hunt, Jr. were the 1999 AIA Fellows: William N. Bodouva, Robert Davidson, James McCullar, George H. Miller, and Charles A. Platt.

 

February 11, 1999
Notable New Yorkers

On the evening of February 11th, 1999, two hundred notable New Yorkers gathered at The Skyscraper Museum to honor Kenneth T. Jackson and Robert A. M. Stern, recipients of the first annual "Making New York History" Award, for their distinguished books on the city's history. (Read More.)