Category Archives: Museum

Memorial museum at Ground Zero will not focus on bin Laden

Visitors to the 9/11 memorial museum will see a wall of photos of the nearly 3,000 victims. They will hear recorded personal accounts of where people were that fateful day. And they will stand near archaeological remnants of the toppled Twin Towers. Continue reading

Share
Posted in Construction, Lower Manhattan, Modern Minimalist, Monument, Museum, Skyscraper, WTC Memorial | Leave a comment

Tower Verre

Tower Verre, also known as the MoMA Expansion Tower and 53 West 53rd Street, is a supertall skyscraper proposed by the real estate company Hines to rise in Midtown Manhattan, New York City adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art. Continue reading

Share
Posted in Jean Nouvel, MIDTOWN, Modern Decon, Museum, Office, Tower Verre- MOMA's Proposed Expansion | Leave a comment

Robert A.M. Stern’s Museum of African Art

The Museum of African Art may be patient, but we’re not. So we were pretty excited to come across a set of photos of 1280 Fifth Avenue in the Curbed flickr pool. The forgotten Robert A.M. Stern project at 110th Street consists of 115 luxury condos above the museum — which has spent about 25 years waiting for a permanent home — and construction was supposed be done last year. Continue reading

Share
Posted in Museum, Museum for African Art, Residential, Robert A. M. Stern, UPPER EAST SIDE | Leave a comment