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EVENTS & PARTIES ARCHIVE

June 16, 2015
Notable New Yorkers: Making New York History Awards 2015:
honoring Founder and Chairman of Hines
GERALD D. HINES

On June 16th, The Skyscraper Museum paid tribute to Gerald D. Hines, Founder and Chairman of Hines, with the 2015 Making New York History Award. More than two hundred guests, representing all aspects of the development, design, and building professions, gathered to salute his extraordinary career of more than five decades as an urban developer and skyline builder. Offering personal reminiscences of their work with Mr. Hines were an all-star line-up of his skyscraper architects: Cesar Pelli, David Childs, Gene Kohn, Helmut Jahn, Jon Pickard, and Robert A.M. Stern, as well as critic Paul Goldberger. Although he was prevented from traveling to New York at the last minute, Mr. Hines watched the speeches on a live feed, and his daughter Serena Steinberg accepted the award on his behalf. (Read More.)

June 17, 2014
Notable New Yorkers: Making New York History Awards 2014:
honoring Chairman and Founder of Related Companies
STEPHEN M. ROSS

On Tuesday, June 17, The Skyscraper Museum honored Stephen M. Ross with the 2014 Making New York History Award. Since forming Related in 1972, Steve Ross has been a leading urban developer and skyline builder, completing major projects in American cities from coast to coast. Related owns more than 45,000 units of housing, both luxury and affordable, and has developed more than 10 million square feet of commercial real estate, including the transformative Time Warner Center. Realizing a career-capping vision, Steve Ross has led Related's plans for the 28-acre Hudson Yards, the largest private real estate development in the United States. (Read More.)

June 18, 2013
Notable New Yorkers: Making New York History Awards 2013:
honoring BROOKFIELD OFFICE PROPERTIES
Skyline builders, past and future, on the 25th anniversary of
THE WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER
& coming skyscrapers in New York and internationally

On Tuesday, June 18, The Skyscraper Museum presented the 2013 Making New York History Award to Brookfield Office Properties. On the 25th anniversary of the completion of the World Financial Center and its re-christening in 2013 as Brookfield Place, we celebrated Brookfield's key role in the commercial life of lower Manhattan and the quality of urban spaces in New York. As owners, managers, and developers of a portfolio of premier skyscrapers in the city's downtown and midtown markets, as well as in its new development Manhattan West, Brookfield continues to make its mark on the New York skyline. (Read More.)

May 8, 2012
Notable New Yorkers: Making New York History Awards 2012:
honoring CEO & President of Bloomberg LP
DANIEL L. DOCTOROFF

On May 8, 2012, more than 150 notable New Yorkers gathered at The Skyscraper Museum to salute Daniel L. Doctoroff for his extraordinary contribution in shaping the face and future of the City of New York in the 21st-century. In this signal year of 2012, the assembled guests reflected on his extraordinary vision and accomplishments in transforming the physical city. First with New York's Olympic bid, then as Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding during the first six years of the Bloomberg Administration, Dan Doctoroff embraced challenges and energized the efforts to broadly plan and build a better city. (Read More.)

June 8, 2011
Notable New Yorkers: Making New York History Awards 2011:
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza,
FRANK J. BISIGNANO and
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

On Wednesday, June 8, more than 125 guests filled the gallery of The Skyscraper Museum for a spirited cocktail party that celebrated the downtown landmark 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza on the 50th anniversary of its completion. Amid slide shows of photographs that documented the complex challenges of construction of 1CMP and stunning views of the modernist masterwork by architectural photographers, the assembled guests saluted the original owner and architects, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Accepting the award on behalf of JPMorgan Chase & Co. was Frank J. Bisignano, the bank's Chief Administrative Officer. (Read More.)

May 25, 2010
Notable New Yorkers: Making New York History Awards 2010:
The Empire State Building,
and ANTHONY E. MALKIN

On Tuesday, May 25, guests attended a festive cocktail party to salute New York's signature skyscraper, The Empire State Building, which received the Museum's 2010 Making New York History Award in honor of--in the tower's 79th year--the glorious restoration of its original Art Deco lobby and the beginning of a transformative "green" rejuvenation. Anthony Malkin, President of Malkin Holdings LLC and its affiliates Malkin Properties and W&H Properties accepted the award in the company of more than a hundred guests. (Read More.)

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