Shapes and Skyscrapers
Skyscraper MuseumDid you know there are shapes of all sorts in skyscrapers? The Chrysler Building has triangular windows, and the Burj Khalifa is built on a Y-shaped base! We’ll learn the […]
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Did you know there are shapes of all sorts in skyscrapers? The Chrysler Building has triangular windows, and the Burj Khalifa is built on a Y-shaped base! We’ll learn the […]
In honor of Chinese Lunar New Year, join us to talk about Poy Gum Lee, a Chinese-American architect who designed buildings in both China and New York’s Chinatown. We’ll learn […]
Today, the once bustling, fragrant fish market in lower Manhattan's South Street Seaport is a rebuilt retail destination with a new kind of marketing – but from its founding in 1822, through its move to the Bronx in 2005, the Fulton Fish Market was an iconic New York institution. At first a neighborhood market for […]
Santa’s reindeers are tired and he needs to figure out a new way to get around the city before Christmas Eve! In this program, children will compare and contrast different modes of transportation in New York– buses, subways, and electric cars. Together we will learn about carbon footprint, environmental impact, and efficiency of each transportation […]
How has the Manhattan skyline changed over time? In the year 2000, the Twin Towers and the Empire State Building crowned the downtown and midtown skyline. But today many new skyscrapers add their dazzle. After a tour of our new exhibition Residential Rising, kids will learn about the evolution of New York’s tallest towers and […]
Book presentation. Cities are central to prosperity: they are hubs of innovation and growth. Yet the economic vitality of wealthy cities is marred by persistent and pervasive inequality. In his new book Unequal Cities, economist Richard McGahey argues that deeply entrenched anti-urban policies and politics limit cities' options to address inequality. Many factors – structural […]
Animals are skillful architects—from beehives to birds’ nests, animals create spaces best fit for their needs. But now, they’re moving into the big city! We will dive into the relationship between architects and their clients, as kids choose their favorite animal and design an apartment based on its needs! Does a giraffe need an apartment […]
How do supertall structures stand up to wind, rain, and even earthquakes? They’re also super strong! Architects spend years designing buildings that look beautiful and stand up to the elements. […]
Gallery tour by museum director Carol Willis of RESIDENTIAL RISING: Lower Manhattan since 9/11, which focuses on Downtown’s doubled population and transformed skyline over the past twenty years. Curator’s tours are FREE, but you must book a timed ticket at 3pm.
Book presentation. Bits and pieces of the lives led long before the age of skyscrapers are scattered throughout New York City, found in backyards, construction sites, street beds, and parks. Indigenous tools used thousands of years ago; wine jugs from a seventeenth-century tavern; a teapot from Seneca Village, the nineteenth-century Black settlement displaced by Central […]
It’s almost Halloween! Let’s wear our favorite costumes and meet at our gallery to learn about the different parts of a castle. Then, we’ll stretch our bodies and imagination with yoga poses inspired by the spooky holiday! All ages welcome. RSVP required.
In the 21 years since 9/11, lower Manhattan has more than doubled its residential population, from nearly 40,000 to more than 82,000. Downtown’s evolution into a mixed residential neighborhood – which was initiated by the City in the mid-1990s, but catastrophically interrupted in 2001, as well as by the financial crisis of 2008 and Superstorm […]