Skyscraper Museum
44 Wall Street (at William Street)
NYC, NY
212-968-1961
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday noon - 6 pm
Fee: Free
To get there: J, M, or Z trains to Broad St., 2, 3, 4, 5 to Wall St.
The Skyscraper Museum is the newest on the block, having been open maybe 6
months or so. I've read nothing but good reviews on the place, trust the
New York Times, as that is where I read about it eons ago. This museum is
focused on the one thing that makes NYC what it is today: those towering
hulks of beauty and ugliness that cover so much of this island. It uses
documents and photographs to show how skyscrapers became more than just
mere buildings.
Commentary by Mikaela Pearson, Thursday, February 5, 1998.