Summary

That's why architectural historian Carol Willis founded the Skyscraper Museum 3 years ago, and that's one reason her museum is downtown Willis goes so far as to say that skyscrapers and NY are synonymous And, Willis says, the large number of skyscrapers lining the Manhattan skyline is really a compliment to the city But while downtown NY may have been the birthplace of the skyscraper, several famous towers are further north like the Empire State Building And that's the focus of the museum's current offering That includes photos of the construction documents like drawings & blueprints and a 50 minute film that shows the design & construction of the famed building And here's something you don't hear these days The building was built both under budget & ahead of schedule (:05) Now that's an achievement! And this is one museum that wants you to look up when you leave

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 160292
Story Slug NY SKYSCRAPERS
Location NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Format Pkg
Date 05/11/1999
Archive Time 47:40
TRT 2:50
Supers New York, New York / 5/11/99 Paul Messina / Reporting Carol Willis / The Skyscraper Museum COURTESY Otis / Elevator Archives
Video Description People walking around NYC, sketches of skyscrapers, sot, photos and sketches of skyscrapers, sot, shots of skyscrapers in NYC, sot, photos of skyscrapers, sot, photos of skyscrapers, sot, shots of skyscrapers, blueprints, movie, sot, file footage of construction of Empire State Building, sot, displays, people looking at displays, sot, photos of skyscrapers
Description That's why architectural historian Carol Willis founded the Skyscraper Museum 3 years ago, and that's one reason her museum is downtown Willis goes so far as to say that skyscrapers and NY are synonymous And, Willis says, the large number of skyscrapers lining the Manhattan skyline is really a compliment to the city But while downtown NY may have been the birthplace of the skyscraper, several famous towers are further north like the Empire State Building And that's the focus of the museum's current offering That includes photos of the construction documents like drawings & blueprints and a 50 minute film that shows the design & construction of the famed building And here's something you don't hear these days The building was built both under budget & ahead of schedule (:05) Now that's an achievement! And this is one museum that wants you to look up when you leave
Script LEAD: While most know this neighborhood was the birthplace of New York City, it's also the birthplace of an American icon: the skyscraper
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