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.
Booktalks
Book talks are held at The Skyscraper Museum from 6:30-8 pm. The gallery and current exhibition are open for viewing from 6 pm. All events are free of charge. Please see our upcoming programs page to register and attend!
2011
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| HOLDOUTS! THE BUILDINGS THAT GOT IN THE WAY Andrew Alpern | HELVETICA AND THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY SYSTEM Paul Shaw | ||
| LAST CALL: THE RISE AND FALL OF PROHIBITION Daniel Okrent | THE HEIGHTS: ANATOMY OF A SKYSCRAPER Kate Ascher Video | ||
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| THE AGILE CITY: BUILDING WELL-BEING AND WEALTH IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE James S. Russell Video | VERTICAL URBAN FACTORIES: CURATORS TOUR AND CLOSING RECEPTION Nina Rappaport More details | ||
| BEYOND THE ARCHITECT'S EYE: PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE AMERICAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT Mary Woods | A HISTORY OF DESIGN FROM THE VICTORIAN ERA TO THE PRESENT, 2nd EDITION Ann Ferebee & Jeff Byles Audio | ||
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| PUBLIC PARKS Alexander Garvin Video | THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW YORK CITY, 2nd EDITION Kenneth T. Jackson and Lisa Keller Video | ||
| THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD John Bartelstone More information | NEWTOWN CREEK: A PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF NEW YORK'S INDUSTRIAL WATERWAY Anthony Hamboussi More information | ||
2010
| MANHATTAN PROJECTS: THE RISE AND FALL OF URBAN RENEWAL IN COLD WAR NEW YORK Samuel Zipp Video | TRIUMVIRATE: MCKIM, MEAD & WHITE: ART, ARCHITECTURE, SCANDAL, AND CLASS IN AMERICA'S GUILDED AGE Mosette Broderick Video |
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| RALPH WALKER AND THE MAKING OF 1 WALL STREET Kathryn Holliday Video | MANHATTAN SKYSCRAPERS: Third Edition Eric Nash Video |
| HISTORICAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION: Design, Materials, and Technology Donald Friedman Video | AUTOMATS, TAXI DANCES, AND VAUDEVILLE: Excavating Manhattan's Lost Places of Leisure David Freeland Video |
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| THE ARCHITECTURE OF GROSVENOR ATTERBURY Peter Pennoyer and Anne Walker Video | THE FLATIRON: The New York Landmark and the Incomparable City That Arose with It Alice Alexiou Video |
2009
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| GREEN METROPOLIS David Owen Podcast and Video | NEW YORK'S UNIQUE & UNEXPECTED PLACES Judith Stonehill Video | ||
| THE ROW HOUSE REBORN Andrew Dolkart More information | A HISTORY OF THE FUTURE Donna Goodman More information | ||
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| GOVERNORS ISLAND Ann Buttenwieser Video | WRESTLING WITH MOSES Anthony Flint Video | ||
| WHY ARCHITECTURE MATTERS Paul Goldberger Video and Podcast | THE ONCE AND FUTURE NEW YORK Randall Mason Video | ||
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| CHICAGO 1890 Joanna Merwood-Salisbury Video | BECOMING BUCKY FULLER Loretta Lorance More Information | ||
| TALL BUILDING Scott Johnson Video | FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT IN NEW YORK Jane King Hession and Debra Pickrel Podcast | ||
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| THE CITY'S END Max Page More Information | BIOGRAPHY OF A TENEMENT HOUSE Andrew Dolkart Video |
| THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE Michael Aaron Rockland Podcast | PUBLIC ART NEW YORK Jean Parker Phifer Video |
2008
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| THE SKYSCRAPER AND THE CITY: The Woolworth Building and the Making of Modern New York Gail Fenske Video | |
| In the first history of this great urban landmark, The Skyscraper and the City:
The Woolworth Building and the Making of Modern New York (University of Chicago Press), author Gail Fenske illuminates how the Woolworth Building is a compelling lens through which to view the distinctive city culture of Progressive Era New York. | |
The exhibitions and programs of The Skyscraper Museum are supported by
public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
