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!
2016
| BECOMING JANE JACOBS Peter L. Laurence Video | BUILDING THE SKYLINE: THE BIRTH AND GROWTH OF MANHATTAN'S SKYLINE Jason Barr Video | ||
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| ONE WORLD TRADE: THE BIOGRAPHY OF A BUILDING Judith Dupré Video | ADVENTURES IN OLD NEW YORK The Bowery Boys Video | ||
| PARTNERS IN DESIGN: ALFRED H. BARR JR. AND PHILIP JOHNSON Barry Bergdoll Video | CITY ON A GRID: HOW NEW YORK BECAME NEW YORK Gerard Koeppel Video | ||
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| PRESERVING SOUTH STREET SEAPORT James Lindgren Video | AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN NEW YORK: THE PEOPLE, PLACES, AND POLICIES THAT TRANSFORMED THE CITY Matthew Lasner Video | ||
2015
| NEW YORK CITY LANDMARKS Jake Rajs & Francis Morrone Video | THE DAKOTA: A HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S BEST-KNOWN APARTMENT BUILDING Andrew Alpern Video | ||
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| THE ARCHEOLOGY OF AMERICAN CITIES Nan A. Rothschild & Diana diZerega Video | INTERIOR LANDMARKS: TREASURES OF NEW YORK Judith Gura & Kate Wood Book Video | ||
| A CITY FOR CHILDREN:
WOMEN, ARCHITECTURE, AND THE CHARITABLE LANDSCAPES
OF OAKLAND, 1850-1950 Marta Gutman Video | BOAK & PARIS / BOAK & RAAD: NEW YORK ARCHITECTS
Annice M. Alt Video | ||
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| SAVING PLACE: 50 YEARS OF NEW YORK CITY LANDMARKS Andrew Dolkart Video | SEEKING NEW YORK: THE STORIES BEHIND THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE Tom Miller Video | ||
| MODERN MAN: THE LIFE OF LE CORBUSIER, ARCHITECT OF TOMORROW Anthony Flint Video | PEDESTRIAN MODERN: SHOPPING AND AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, 1925-1956
David Smiley Video | ||
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| LIAR'S BALL: THE EXTRAORDINARY SAGA OF HOW ONE BUILDING BROKE THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST TYCOONS Vicky Ward Video | MAKING A LIVING, MAKING A LIFE Daniel Rose Video | ||
2014
| THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING: THE MAKING OF A LANDMARK John Tauranac Video | PERFORMATIVE SKYSCRAPER: TALL BUILDING DESIGN NOW
Scott Johnson Video | ||
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| TIMES SQUARE ROULETTE: REMAKING THE CITY ICON Lynne Sagalyn Video | SKYSCRAPERS: THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S MOST EXTRAODINARY BUILDINGS Judith Dupré Video | ||
| FLUID NEW YORK: COSMOPOLITAN URBANISM
AND THE GREEN IMAGINATION May Joseph Video | SCENES FROM THE CITY: FILMMAKING IN NEW YORK CITY
James Sanders Video | ||
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| FIGHTING WESTWAY: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, CITIZEN ACTIVISM, AND THE REGULATORY WAR THAT TRANSFORMED NEW YORK CITY William W. Buzbee Video | SUPREME CITY: HOW JAZZ AGE MANHATTAN GAVE BIRTH TO MODERN AMERICA Donald L. Miller Video | ||
| BUILDING SEAGRAM Phyllis Lambert Video | HABITATS: PRIVATE LIVES IN THE BIG CITY
Constance Rosenblum Video | ||
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| A COUNTRY OF CITIES: A MANIFESTO FOR AN URBAN AMERICA Vishaan Chakrabarti Video | THE NATURE OF URBAN DESIGN: A NEW YORK PERSPECTIVE ON RESILIENCE Alexandros Washburn Video | ||
2013
| ON WALL STREET: ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF LOWER MANHTTAN, 1980-2000 David Anderson Video | THE MEASURE OF MANHTTAN: THE TUMULTUOUS CAREEER AND SUPRISING LEGACY OF JOHN RANDEL, JR., CARTOGRAPHER, SURVEYOR, INVENTOR
Marguerite Holloway | ||
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| HIGH LIFE: CONDO LIVING IN THE SUBURBAN CENTURY Alexander Garvin Video | LOOKING TWICE: UNDERSTANDING URBAN CONSTRUCTION THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS Erica Stoller Video | ||
| EDWARD DURRELL STONE: MODERNISM'S POPULIST ARCHITECT Mary Anne Hunting Video | INSURING THE CITY: THE PRUDENTIAL CENTER AND THE POSTWAR URBAN LANDSCAPE
Elihu Rubin Video | ||
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| THE PLANNING GAME: LESSONS FROM GREAT CITIES Alexander Garvin Video | MEDIA CAPITAL: ARCHITECTURE AND COMMUNICATION IN NEW YORK CITY Aurora Wallace | ||
2012
| NEW YORK NEON Thomas E. Rinaldi | CHOSEN CAPITAL: THE JEWISH ENCOUNTER WITH AMERICAN CAPITALISM
Rebecca Kobrin & Andrew Dolkart Video | ||
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| THE COLOR REVOLUTION Regina Lee Blaszyczyk Video | GRAND CENTRAL'S ENGINEER: WILLIAM J. WILGUS AND THE PLANNING OF MODERN MANHATTAN Kurt Schlichting Video | ||
| GOOD GUYS, WISEGUYS, AND PUTTING UP BUILDINGS: A LIFE IN CONSTRUCTION Samuel C. Florman Video | TUBES: A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE INTERNET
Andrew Blum Video | ||
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| THE URBAN TOWERS HANDBOOK Eric Firley Video | BOULEVARD OF DREAMS: HEADY TIMES, HEARTBREAK, AND HOPE ALONG THE GRAND CONCOURSE IN THE BRONX Constance Rosenblum Video | ||
| NEW YORK FROM THE AIR: A STORY OF ARCHITECTURE John Tauranac Video | GUIDE TO CONTEMPORARY NEW YORK CITY ARCHITECTURE
John Hill Video | ||
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| CROSSING UNDER THE HUDSON: THE STORY OF THE HOLLAND AND LINCOLN TUNNELS Angus Kress Gillespie Video | PULITZER: A LIFE IN POLITICS, PRINT, AND POWER James McGrath Morris Video | ||
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.
The exhibitions and programs of The Skyscraper Museum are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Programs at The Skyscraper Museum are presented in partnership with The Battery Park City Authority.
