Our October family programs are on their way! This month, we have two programs for lids and their parents about the #builtenvironment — on October 7th, we’ll be talking about biomimetic architecture during “Living Structures: What is Biomimicry?” and explaining why architects might choose to design buildings reminiscent of water, flowers, and even fruit! All ages are welcome to attend, but this program is recommended for kids 5 and up. Later on, we’ll celebrate the Statue of Liberty’s 137th birthday by learning about the process of designing, constructing, and transporting Lady Liberty to Bedloe’s Island, where she stands today as a welcoming symbol to the New York harbor. #nyc #nyculture #architecture #activitiesforkids #ladyliberty #statueofliberty

Ever wondered how skyscrapers touch the sky? What is the secret on the construction site? Our Family Program “Hard Hat Area'' is coming this Saturday (Sep 23rd)! Bring your little one, join us and read “Hard Hat Area.”, and test our skills by building our own skyscrapers! #family #skyscraper #museum #kidsevents #construction

The unveiling of the design for the new headquarters for AT&T, then the largest company in the world, appeared on the front page of The New York Times on March 31, 1978 and was quickly dubbed “the first Postmodern skyscraper." The tower's architect was Philip Johnson, who had championed the minimalist and functionalist aesthetics of the European avant garde as a curator at MoMA in the 1930s and had collaborated with Mies van der Rohe on the Seagram Building in the 1950s. With its granite-not-glass façade and split-pediment “Chippendale” roofline, Johnson’s AT&T overturned – or at least undermined for a decade – the aesthetics of Modernism he had helped establish as orthodoxy. Join us on September 26th at 6 PM for a FREE virtual conversation with architects Alan Ritchie and Scott Johnson who will share stories of when they worked on the AT&T project. RSVP to secure your spot at the link in our bio. 📷: The Olayan Group

Explore the interplay of transportation and destiny with historian Kenneth M. Gold in a discussion of his new book "The Forgotten Borough: Staten Island and the Subway." Gold reveals how the absence of a subway connection profoundly influenced the social, political, and historical evolution of Staten Island. Join us on September 18th at 6 PM for a FREE virtual book talk with author Kenneth M. Gold to gain insights into the century-long struggle to bring transit infrastructure in Staten Island, culminating in the 1964 Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. RSVP now to secure your seat. Link in bio. #booktalk #statenisland #transportation #history #museum #verrazanobridge #newyork

Join us for these fun and FREE Family Programs for kids in September! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 🚌🚢🚇🚉Trains, Buses, Ferries… Oh My! Transportation in Battery Park City How do New Yorkers get from one place to another? Let’s walk around the Battery Park City Neighborhood, read aloud “Subway” by Christoph Niemann, and explore the transportation options we have! Afterwards, we’ll design and decorate our own subway cars and string them together to create one long train. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 🏗⛑️🏢Hard Hat Area! Introduction to Construction! How do skyscrapers get built? How do we know what pieces go where? We will read Susan L. Roth’s “Hard Hat Area” and find out the tools, planning, and teamwork needed to build TALL! After the read-aloud, we’ll put our skills to the test and attempt to build our own skyscrapers! Follow the link in Bio to learn more about our Family Programs and reserve your spot! #free #museum #skyscraper #family #architecture #kidevents #september #newyorkcity #newyork

ATTENTION Teachers: We are hosting a FREE, educator open house on Tuesday, Oct. 3rd from 3:30-5pm. View our new exhibition & learn about how you can integrate a trip into your school year. You’ll also receive a Tower Tube, with resources from our digital collections, and a fee waiver! Email [email protected] to register! Wishing our school community a great start to the year!

Six years before the #Sydney Opera House would become the icon of the city, Harry Seidler’s Australia Square would introduce the first truly modern #skyscraper to Australia. 🇦🇺🌏 On Tuesday, September 5th, we’ll be joined on Zoom by Curator Vladimir Belogolovsky to talk about Harry Seidler’s work and the later concrete contemporaries of Australia Square, both on the continent and abroad. This program is #virtual and #free! Register at the link in our bio to join us. #australia #virtualprogram #museum #seminar

This Saturday, 8/19, we’re stepping out of the museum to explore all the art that Battery Park City’s parks have to offer! 🏞️ These 92 acres are filled with parkland (like the now closed Wagner Park) and sculptures (like Tom Otterness’s “The Real World”, in BPC’s northern reaches). Join us for an exploration of some of these public art pieces and then contribute your own in chalk on the sidewalk outside the museum! FAMILY PROGRAMS ARE FREE! RSVP at the link in our bio — space is limited!

Happy #skyscraperappreciationday! Our exhibition SKY MARKS | LANDMARKS features a century of New York City skyscrapers that the Landmarks Preservation Commission protects forever! View the Landmarks online or in our gallery Wed-Sat 12-6. Click the link in our bio to rsvp! #skyscrapers #nyc #museum #architecture

“…too many people were saying ‘it cannot be done’ and we were itching to show them.” -Paul Weidlinger, 1965 From that aspiration came New York’s first #concrete office tower: the #CBS corporate headquarters, known as #blackrock , designed in 1960 and completed in 1965. Architect #eerosaarinen envisioned a sober granite-clad monolith – rising from a sunken plaza on a full Midtown block on Sixth Ave. from 52nd to 53rd streets – a form that contradicted the modernist paradigm of the gleaming glass boxes of Park Avenue. The engineer #paulweidlinger likewise defied the standard approach of steel-frame construction and proposed a structure of reinforced-concrete columns, based on his experience in Washington DC and his background in France and Bolivia. Join us via Zoom on Tuesday, August 15th at 6pm, when #matthyslevy , who as a young engineer worked with Weidlinger on Black Rock and later became a founder of WAI, Consulting Engineers (now part of @thorntontomasetti ), will discuss their work on this unique #skyscraper and compare it to contemporary towers in #newyork and other US cities. This program is FREE. Reserve your spot using the link in our bio. 🌆 Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Knoll Archive

Announcing our August Family Programs! Head to the link in our bio for more information and to reserve your spot. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 🗽Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island by Jennifer Thermes Join us in this mostly-outdoor activity to explore the history of New York City. We will read Thermes’s book aloud and create our own maps of Manhattan, drawing inspiration from views of the harbor and the Statue of Liberty. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 🌳Parks and Public Art: Statues and Sculptures in Battery Park City Join us to learn about our neighborhood’s statues and sculptures! Then use your imagination and some chalk to create your own art. As always, all of our family programs are FREE! See you there! #nyc #family #skyscraper #familyactivities #batterypark #maps #publicart

A huge congratulations to our director, Carol Willis, on receiving @ctbuh_hq Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award! Alongside Patrick Bellew, founding director of @atelier_ten, she will be awarded and will deliver the keynote presentation at CTBUH's October conference! CTBUH writes, “2023 honorees represent ‘vibrant minds’ in sustainable vertical urbanism.”