The Skyscraper Museum is devoted to the study of high-rise building, past, present, and future. The Museum explores tall buildings as objects of design, products of technology, sites of construction, investments in real estate, and places of work and residence. This site will look better in a browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device.
STAFF
Founder, Director, Curator: Carol Willis
COO: William Havemeyer
Exhibition Planning & Development: Emma White
Research & Programs Manager: Ian Norstad
Bookkeeper: Sarah Clark
Store: Titesha Lawrence, Darnella Lewis
For information, contact info@skyscraper.org
CONSULTANTS
Fundraising: Susan Gwertzman
Education: Jennifer Brenneman, Jackie Simmons, Christina White
Media: Matthew Pinto, Social Ink
INTERNS
Audrey Boguchwal
Lindsey Jones
Rebecca Parelman
Reynan Punzalan
Alex Roche
WEBSITE
Mark Watkins, Urban Interface WEBSITE
DONATED PRODUCTS
3D Manhattan Images: EarthData Solutions WEBSITE
Software provided by Macromedia WEBSITE
Software provided by Adobe WEBSITE
Printing support provided by 1-800 Postcards WEBSITE
The Skyscraper Museum is a proud participant in WNYC's Star Initiative WEBSITE
EXHIBITION CREDITS
The exhibitions and programs of The Skyscraper Museum are supported by
public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
THE VIEWING WALL
Design architect: Port Authority Architecture Unit
Architect of Record: Voorsanger Associates
Wall superstructure: Severud Associates
Platform structure: Leslie Robertson Associates
Lighting design: Domingo Gonzalez Design
Graphic design: Pentagram
Historic curator: The Skyscraper Museum
Website design: Mark Watkins
WTC: MONUMENT
Curator: Carol Willis
Installation design: Lynne Breslin
Graphic design: Pentagram
Website design: Mark Watkins
Leslie E. Robertson, structural engineer of the World Trade Center shared
his knowledge and original records. Through the summer of 2001, members
of the Port Authority's World Trade Department, Alan Reiss and his staff,
offered information and tours of the buildings: we especially remember Frank
De Martini, who died in Tower 1. Sherry Birk of The Octagon Museum in Washington
D.C. offered the Yamasaki model for the exhibition. Others who donated or
loaned photographs or other material to the museum include Grant Peterson,
Jordan Auslander, Bettina Cirone, Andrew Dolkart, Flo Fox, Sidney Frigand,
Donald Lokuta, Tony Vaccaro, and Paul Willen. Photographic enlargement,
printing, and finishing provided by Autograph, John Pecora and Dick McKie,
and coordinated by Steve Boulter and Improved Technologies, Michael Pelletier.
WTC: MONUMENT is made possible with generous support from The Bodman Foundation,
The Liman Foundation, The Henry Luce Foundation, The Philip Morris Companies,
Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, Otis Elevator, and Ms. Jacqueline
Fowler. The exhibitions and programs of The Skyscraper Museum are supported
by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT: TIMES SQUARE
Curator: Carol Willis
Models provided by Fox & Fowle Architects PC, Kohn Pedersen Fox, Skidmore,
Owings & Merrill, and Arquitectonica
BIG BUILDINGS
Curator: Carol Willis
Graphic design: Pentagram WEBSITE
3D Manhattan Images: EarthData Solutions WEBSITE
Website design: Mark Watkins
BUILDING THE EMPIRE STATE
Curator: Carol Willis
Installation design: Lynne Breslin
Graphic design: Michael Gericke, Pentagram WEBSITE
Financial support: The Chase Manhattan Bank, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation,
The J. M. Kaplan Fund, The Samuel and May Rudin Foundation, The Norman and
Rosita Winston Foundation, and other friends of the museum.
Space for the exhibition at 16 Wall Street was provided by The Chase Manhattan
Bank
DOWNTOWN NEW YORK
Curator: Carol Willis
Installation design: Lynne Breslin
Installation: Natalie Chabiland, Francis Grunow
Computer imaging and website design: Mark Watkins
Photomural: Claude Samton
Graphic design: Michael Gericke, Pentagram WEBSITE
Space for the exhibition at 44 Wall Street was provided by the New York
Life Insurance Company (April through September 1997) and by Murray Hill
Properties (October through December 1997).
For support for the exhibition The Skyscraper Museum gratefully acknowledges
the J. M. Kaplan Fund, The Chase Manhattan Bank, HRH Construction, The Kenneth
and Evelyn Lipper Foundation, Millennium Partners, The Daniel and Joanna
S. Rose Fund, and The Norman and Rosita Winston Foundation. Support for
the exhibit was received from the New York State Council on the Arts, a
State Agency.
Additional support was provided by Con Edison, Citibank, Cushman and Wakefield,
The Downtown-Lower Manhattan Association, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council,
The Real Estate Board of New York, The Samuel and May Rudin Foundation,
and King Graphic Technologies.
WEB PROJECT CREDITS
GREEN TEAMS
The Green Teams lecture series was organized by Carol Willis
Video production, editing, and web design: Matthew Pinto
Additional coding: Jesse Sanford
Additional design: Emma White
Research for the project was conducted by Audrey Boguchwal, Inna Guzenfeld,
and Melissa Hatcher.
Thanks to Sue Rauch, Mayur Deshmukh and the Donnell Library for assistance
with video production.
VIVA 2
For the Skyscraper Museum:
Carol Willis, Ned Dodington, Erin Finch Stevens, Matthew Pinto, Emma White
Graphical Designer: Mark Watkins
Technical Designer: Charles Forcey
Archivists: Sueyoung Park-Primiano, Olga Ganitch, Mari Nakahara
Database Management: Matthew Pinto
World Trade Center Diagram courtesy of Guy Nordenson
Financial Support: The Museum received support for a fellowship position
for this project from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
The project received general support from Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown, Jason
H. Fane, and Richard Tomasetti. The Institute of Museum and Library Services,
an independent Federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining
a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities,
supports The Skyscraper Museum.
VIVA
For the Skyscraper Museum:
Carol Willis, Laura Lee Pedersen, Max Joel, Ned Dodington, Matthew Pinto
Archivist: Sueyoung Park
Assistant archivist: Mari Nakahara
Financial support: The Institute of Museum and Library Services, The New
York State Council on the Arts
3D Manhattan Images: EarthData Solutions WEBSITE
Technical design: Charles Forcey, Historicus, Inc. WEBSITE
Consultant: Andrew S. Dolkart
Graphic/Interface design: Mark Watkins, Urban Interface
Graphic production: Akiko Hattori
WEB WALK
For the Skyscraper Museum:
Carol Willis, Laura Lee Pedersen, Max Joel, Ned Dodington, Lily Pollans,
Alison Stafford Fraser and Gabriel Wick.
Consultant: Andrew S. Dolkart
Financial support: The Manhattan Borough Presidents Office and the Manhattan
Borough President, C. Virginia Fields WEBSITE
The New York State Council on the Arts
3D Manhattan Images: EarthData Solutions WEBSITE
Website design: Mark Watkins, Urban Interface
MANHATTAN TIMEFORMATIONS
Architect: Brian McGrath EMAIL
WEBSITE
Financial support: The New York State Council on the Arts
Website design: Mark Watkins, Urban Interface
BANKERS TRUST VIRTUAL ARCHIVE
Financial support: Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Introduction: Matt Lasner and Carol Willis
Photograph captions: Structural Engineer Derek Trelstad
Website design: Mark Watkins, Urban Interface
