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Honoring

ARNOLD FISHER

FISHER BROTHERS

MAY 29, 2019 6:00 – 8:00 PM

At The Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Place

On May 29, 2019, The Skyscraper Museum presented the 2019 Making New York History Award to Arnold Fisher for his achievements, over fifty years, at Fisher Brothers, leaders in New York commercial and residential real estate, and for devoted support for philanthropy in our city and nation.

The speakers toasting to Arnold Fisher included James von Klemperer and Eugene Kohn of KPF, Steven and Winston Fisher, and finally Museum Director Carol Willis. The remarks begin with the award acceptance by Arnold Fisher

Contributors

Benefactor

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC
Carol & Mark Willis

Platinum

DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Feil Family Foundation
Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta
First Data
Paul Hastings LLP
Schindler Elevator Corporation
Turner Construction Company

Gold

Architectural Record
Berdon LLP
Ann and Lawrence Buttenwieser
CBRE
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
L & L Holding Company LLC
Newmark Knight Frank
Park Tower Realty
Perella Weinberg Partners
Plaza Construction
Jack Resnick & Sons, Inc
Lynne B. Sagalyn
Mr. & Mrs. Larry A. Silverstein
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Stroock &

honoring

MARC HOLLIDAY

CEO of SL Green Realty Corp.

JUNE 26, 2018 6:00 – 8:00 PM

At The Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Place

On June 26, 2018, The Skyscraper Museum presented the 2018 Making New York History Award to Marc Holliday, CEO of SL Green Realty Corp. As New York City’s largest owner of commercial office properties and the dominant landlord in Midtown Manhattan, SL Green owns a portfolio of skyscrapers that embraces both landmark structures and classic modern towers. Now on the rise is One Vanderbilt, midtown’s future tallest office building. Led by Marc’s vision, SL Green is creating a new icon on the skyline.

The evening’s salutes started with an introduction from Skyscraper Museum Director Carol Willis, followed by toasts from colleagues and friends including James von Klemperer, President of KPF and Chair of The Skyscraper Museum, Alicia Glen, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, Carl Weisbrod, former chairman of the NYC City Planning Commission, and Daniel Tishman, chairman and CEO of Tishman Construction Corporation.

Contributors

Benefactor

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC
Magnum Real Estate Group
RXR Realty
SL Green Realty Corp.
Carol & Mark Willis

Platinum

CBRE
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Michael J. Del Giudice
Feil Family Foundation
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Hines
Holliday Foundation
Navillus Contracting
Newmark Knight Frank
PAU|Vishaan Chakrabarti
Paul,

On June 21, 2017, The Skyscraper Museum saluted, for the first time in its twenty-year history, the profession of structural engineering by honoring five firms with a long and proud legacy in creating New York City’s skyline. Before a convivial crowd of more that 150, the Museum presented the 2017 Making New York History Award to leaders of the outstanding engineering companies:

DeSimone
Leslie E. Robertson Associates
Severud Associates
Thornton Tomasetti
WSP USA

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After welcoming the many engineers and architects in attendance, Museum founder and director Carol Willis introduced trustee and Editor-in-Chief of Architectural Record, Cathleen McGuigan, who in turn introduced her colleague Janice Tuchman, Editor-in-Chief of ENR. Offering the champagne toast, Jan both poked fun at and praised “her people,” the under-sung profession of structural engineers.

Presenting the awards to the individual firms was Skyscraper Museum board Chairman Jamie von Klemperer, a skyscraper architect and President of KPF, who recognized the firms’ longevity in New York’s high-rise history. After the five firms’ representatives accepted the awards and shared praise for colleagues, a special recognition was awarded to Leslie E. Robertson for a lifetime of achievement in innovative engineering and design of classic modern structures.

Contributors

Benefactor

DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC
Carol & Mark Willis

Platinum

Hilary Ballon
Related Hudson Yards
SL Green Realty Corp.
Thornton Tomasetti
Turner Construction

Gold

Alexandria Real Estate Equities,

honoring

A. Eugene Kohn & William Pedersen

Founding Partners of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

At The Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Place

On the evening of June 22nd, 2016, The Skyscraper Museum honored ​​A. Eugene Kohn and William Pedersen​​, founding partners of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, with the Museum’s Making New York History Award ​which celebrates the outstanding individuals and companies who have shaped our city’s buildings, streets, and skyline. The occasion marked the 40th anniversary of the firm that Gene Kohn, Bill Pedersen, and Shelly Fox founded, auspiciously, on July 4, 1976.

More than 200 guests, including many architects, engineers, and developers who worked with Bill and Gene over the years gathered to toast their friends and colleagues. For more photos from the party click here.

The convivial program included warm remarks by Carol Willis, Founder and Director of The Skyscraper Museum, Cathleen McGuigan, Editor in Chief of Architectural Record and board member of The Skyscraper Museum, Stephen M. Ross, Founder and Chairman of Related, and James Von Klemperer, President of KPF and Chair of The Skyscraper Museum.

As a “Fourth of July” American firm, KPF has in recent decades exported its expertise and design philosophy to cities across the globe. Consistently viewing the commercial high-rise form as the “fundamental building block of the modern city,” KPF has created both signature towers and urban complexes that enliven and enrich cities worldwide.

Notable New Yorkers 2015

Making New York History Award

honoring

GERALD D. HINES

Founder and Chairman of Hines

JUNE 16, 2015 6:00 – 8:00 PM

At The Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Place

On June 16th, The Skyscraper Museum paid tribute to Gerald D. Hines, Founder and Chairman of Hines, with the 2015 Making New York History Award. More than two hundred guests, representing all aspects of the development, design, and building professions, gathered to salute his extraordinary career of more than five decades as an urban developer and skyline builder. Offering personal reminiscences of their work with Mr. Hines were an all-star line-up of his skyscraper architects: Cesar Pelli, David Childs, Gene Kohn, Helmut Jahn, Jon Pickard, and Robert A.M. Stern, as well as critic Paul Goldberger. Although he was prevented from traveling to New York at the last minute, Mr. Hines watched the speeches on a live feed, and his daughter accepted the award on his behalf.

Since forming his namesake firm in 1957, Gerald D. Hines has been a leading American and international urban developer and skyline builder. Through his personal vision and commitment to architectural quality, he has created a company and defined a brand recognized worldwide as a leader in creating buildings that balance function, beauty, and sustainability.

Images left to right: in Houston: One Shell Plaza: Pennzoil Place: Bank of America Center; Williams Tower; One Post Oak Central;

On Tuesday evening, June 17, 2014, The Skyscraper Museum presented the 2014 Making New York History Award to Stephen M. Ross, Chairman and Founder of Related Companies.

Since forming Related in 1972, Steve Ross has been a leading urban developer and skyline builder, completing major projects in American cities from coast to coast. Related owns more than 45,000 units of housing, both luxury and affordable, and has developed more than 10 million square feet of commercial real estate, including the transformative Time Warner Center. Realizing a career-capping vision, Steve Ross has led Related’s plans for the 28-acre Hudson Yards, the largest private real estate development in the United States.

Contributors

10th Anniversary Donor

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC
Carol & Mark Willis
Mark and Carol Willis

Platinum

Bloomberg
The Coach Foundation
Andrew L. Farkas – C III Capital Partners
Feil Family Foundation
First Republic Bank
Hudson Yards, a Related Oxford venture
Ismael Leyva Architects, P.C.
Keren and Mark Kalimian
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope
Schindler Elevator Corporation
Tishman Construction, an AECOM Company

Gold

Hilary Ballon
Banker Steel Company
Ann and Larry Buttenwieser
Canam Steel Corporation
CBRE
Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group
Elkus Manfredi Architects
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Gensler
The Harmon Foundation
Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
L’Oreal USA
Langan
Massey Knakal Realty Services
Oxford Properties Group
Robert A.M.

Honoring

BROOKFIELD OFFICE PROPERTIES

Skyline builders, past and future, on the 25th anniversary of

THE WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER

& coming skyscrapers in New York and internationally

Joined by three leaders of the Brookfield team

RIC CLARK, JOHN ZUCCOTTI, and DENNIS FRIEDRICH.

On Tuesday, June 18, The Skyscraper Museum presented the 2013 Making New York History Award to Brookfield Office Properties. On the 25th anniversary of the completion of the World Financial Center and its re-christening in 2013 as Brookfield Place, we celebrated Brookfield’s key role in the commercial life of lower Manhattan and the quality of urban spaces in New York. As owners, managers, and developers of a portfolio of premier skyscrapers in the city’s downtown and midtown markets, as well as in its new development Manhattan West, Brookfield continues to make its mark on the New York skyline.

More than 140 guests gathered in the Museum’s gallery to toast to Brookfield and its executive team. The evening’s remarks began with a welcome by Museum Director Carol Willis, who described the history of the World Financial Center complex. She noted that the design by Cesar Pelli and Associates of the ensemble of four towers, the Winter Garden, and the public plaza represents a remarkable design that has only improved with time, with the growing population of Battery Park City and with its enlarged role in the life of native New Yorkers and millions of tourists.

Honoring

DANIEL L. DOCTOROFF

On May 8, 2012, more than 150 notable New Yorkers gathered at The Skyscraper Museum to salute Daniel L. Doctoroff for his extraordinary contribution in shaping the face and future of the City of New York in the 21st-century. In this signal year of 2012, the assembled guests reflected on his extraordinary vision and accomplishments in transforming the physical city. First with New York’s Olympic bid, then as Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding during the first six years of the Bloomberg Administration, Dan Doctoroff embraced challenges and energized the efforts to broadly plan and build a better city.

The toasts began with welcoming remarks by Director Carol Willis who described the previous renowned recipients of the Museum’s Making New York History Award and introduced trustee Cathleen McGuigan, Editor-in-Chief of Architectural Record. Cathleen praised Dan’s civic idealism and fierce devotion to New York and recalled interviewing him in the years before his government service when he championed the city’s Olympic bid. Describing the sweeping master plan his team conceived to use the sports venues as a means of economic revitalization, Cathleen noted, “The DNA of this plan was realized in Dan’s time in city government, and we are all much the richer for it.”

Joining in the praise of Dan’s leadership and legacy was Amanda Burden, Chair of the New York City Planning Commission,

On the 50th anniversary of its completion
1 CHASE MANHATTAN PLAZA
Accepting the award for the owners and developers JPMorgan Chase & Co.,
FRANK J. BISIGNANO, Chief Administrative Officer for JPMorgan Chase
and the tower’s architects
SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL

Wednesday, June 8, 2011
The Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Place
6:00 – 8:00 PM

More than 125 guests filled the gallery of The Skyscraper Museum for a spirited cocktail party that celebrated the downtown landmark 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza on the 50th anniversary of its completion. In 1961, 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza was a shining light in lower Manhattan: a signal commitment to the historic financial district, a bold statement of Modern design, and a new approach to urbanism with its sun-lit, art-filled plaza. Amid slide shows of photographs that documented the complex challenges of construction of 1CMP and stunning views of the modernist masterwork by architectural photographers, the assembled guests saluted the original owner and architects, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with the Museum’s 2011 Making New York History Award.

Accepting the award on behalf of JPMorgan Chase & Co. was Frank J. Bisignano, the bank’s Chief Administrative Officer. Representing the architects were the Partners of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill: Museum trustee T.J. Gottesdiener, David Childs, Mustafa Abadan, Gary Haney, Ken Lewis, and Stephen Apking.

Highlighting 1CMP’s historic role in securing the continued vitality of lower Manhattan at time of declining fortunes,

honoring The Empire State Building & Anthony E. Malkin

Tuesday, May 25, 2010
6:00 – 8:00 PM

On May 25, 2010 guests attended a festive cocktail party to salute New York’s signature skyscraper, The Empire State Building, which received the Museum’s 2010 Making New York History Award in honor of–in the tower’s 79th year–the glorious restoration of its original Art Deco lobby and the beginning of a transformative “green” rejuvenation. Anthony Malkin, President of Malkin Holdings LLC and its affiliates Malkin Properties and W&H Properties accepted the award in the company of more than a hundred guests.

Museum Director Carol Willis began the toasts with an account of the Museum’s special attachment to the Empire State Building, which includes its celebration of the tower’s design and construction in its 1998 book and exhibition “Building the Empire State.” She noted that while “any year is is the right time to honor New York’s greatest skyscraper, the past year has been one of the tower’s greatest, thanks to the leadership of Tony Malkin.” His outstanding accomplishments encompass the oversight of the meticulous re-creation of the Art Deco lobby, honoring the building’s past, and the commitment to the re-invention of the tower’s identity as an energy-efficient, 21st-century landmark.

Saluting Tony’s role as a steward of the Empire Stare Building’s history was NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission Chairman Robert Tierney, who praised his commitment to quality and clear passion for restoring the tower’s authentic Art Deco materials and decoration.

honoring The Battery Park City Authority
its Chairman JAMES F. GILL and President JAMES E. CAVANAUGH

At a festive party in its lower Manhattan gallery on June 16, The Skyscraper Museum presented the 2009 Making New York History Award to the Battery Park City Authority, citing the Authority’s four decades of legacy and leadership in creating a new downtown community that has enhanced the New York skyline and created an unexcelled amenity of parks and public space. Chairman James F. Gill and President James E. Cavanaugh accepted the award for the BPCA. More than 150 guests, including many of the past presidents and chairman, architects, planners, and developers of the 92-acre community, joined in the salute.

From left to right: Alexander Cooper, Stan Eckstut, Barry Light, Meyer (Sandy) Frucher, Amanda Burden, Robert A.M. Stern, Russell Albanese, Phillip Aarons, James F. Gill, Jed Marcus, James E. Cavanaugh, Phillip Pitruzzello, and Tim Carey.

Museum Director Carol Willis welcomed the assembled guests and introduced a series of distinguished speakers who reminisced about their work with the Battery Park City Authority.

Amanda M. Burden, Chair of the New York City Planning Commission and Director of the Department of City Planning, spoke of her own experiences as a young urban designer, working in 1983 on the then sand pile of Battery Park City. She described how radical and progressive the plan of Battery Park City was at the time and recalled the dedication to design values in all facets,

honoring Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
its Chairman ANTHONY R. COSCIA and Executive Director CHRISTOPHER O. WARD

On Tuesday, June 17, The Skyscraper Museum recognized The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, its Chairman Anthony R. Coscia, and Executive Director Christopher O. Ward with the 2008 Making New York History Award. Hosted in the Museum’s Battery Park City gallery, the 175 assembled guests were able to tour the current exhibition, New York Modern, as they celebrated one of New York’s most influential institutions. The PANYNJ is the sixth recipient of the award, which The Skyscraper Museum established in 1999 to honor outstanding individuals who have shaped the city’s skyline in three dimensions or in public perceptions.

Museum Director Carol Willis welcomed the assembled guests and cited the Port Authority’s eight-decade history and many contributions to the urban fabric and infrastructure of the two states.

Distinguished guests offered toasts recognizing the PANYNJ’s commitment to the city of New York. Robert Lieber, Deputy Mayor of Economic Development congratulated Mr. Coscia and Mr. Ward for their leadership and said he looked forward to the ambitious agenda that awaits their collaboration.

Left to right: Leslie E. Robertson, structural engineer; Robert Lieber, Deputy Mayor of Economic Development; Anthony Coscia, PANYNJ Chairman; Carol Willis, Director; Christopher Ward, PANYNJ Executive Director; Jed Marcus, Principal Attorney of Marcus Attorneys and Chair of the Board at The Skyscraper Museum

Structural engineer Leslie E.

honoring developer

LARRY SILVERSTEIN

Developer Larry Silverstein was recognized on Tuesday, May 15 at the presentation of The Skyscraper Museum’s 2007 Making New York History Award. Hosted in the Museum’s Battery Park City gallery, the 175 assembled guests were able to tour the new exhibition, World’s Tallest Building: Burj Dubai, as they celebrated one of New York’s most widely-recognized developers.

Silverstein is the fifth recipient of the award, which The Skyscraper Museum established in 1999 to honor outstanding individuals who have shaped the city’s skyline in three dimensions or in public perceptions.

Museum Director Carol Willis began the tributes by commenting on the differences in news, celebrity, and history. She cited the results of a Google search of the key terms “Silverstein + skyscrapers” which she compared with the names of other prominent New York developers. “Larry won by a mile,” she reported, and added, “Google records Larry’s status as a newsmaker and a celebrity, but tonight we also recognize him as a true history maker.’”

Distinguished guests offered toasts recognizing Silverstein’s commitment to the rebuilding of lower Manhattan. David M. Childs, Consulting Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and architect of Silverstein’s 7WTC and Freedom Tower, spoke of his longtime respect for Silverstein in a personal and professional capacity. “He’s become the great patron of skyscrapers with his work not only on 7WTC and the Freedom Tower, but on Towers Two,

Honoring environmentalist and developer
DOUGLAS DURST
and the Durst family

On Monday evening, May 8, The Skyscraper Museum honored Douglas Durst and the Durst family with the 2006 Making New York History Award. Two hundred guests attended the cocktail reception at the Museum’s Battery Park City home, where the exhibition “GREEN TOWERS for New York” provided a vivid illustration of The Durst Organization’s visionary leadership in green building design and development. Durst projects highlighted in the show include the pioneering Condé Nast Building @ 4 Times Square, the Helena Apartments, 125 W. 31st Street, and the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park.

From Left to Right: Alexander Durst, Anita Durst, Douglas Durst, Robert Fox, Carol Willis, James Hedden, Bruce Fowle, and Hal Fetner.

Offering toasts to a smiling Douglas Durst were a series of speakers, including Congressman Jerry Nadler, New School President Bob Kerrey (in absentia), architect Bruce Fowle of FXFOWLE, developer Hal Fetner of Sidney Fetner Associates, daughter and son Anita Durst and Alexander Durst, architect Robert F. Fox of Cook + Fox, builder Daniel R. Tishman (in absentia), and James Hedden, EVP, Commercial Real Estate Banking at Bank of America.

Also in attendance were NYC Commissioners Patricia Lancaster, Shaun Donovan, and Robert Tierney, and Diana Taylor, NYS Superintendent of Banks.

In the spirit of the classic compendium of prominent professionals, Notable New Yorkers of 1896-1899,

Father-and-son builders John and Dan Tishman were recognized on Wednesday, May 11th as The Skyscraper Museum presented its 2005 Making New York History Award. Held in the Museum’s gallery where the original 11-foot tall model of the World Trade Center model is on display, the event began as special guests offered toasts and recognized the Tishmans’ unique historical connection to the Trade Center site.

Left to right: Dan Tishman, John Tishman, Larry Silverstein,
Carol Willis, and Les Robertson

Developer Larry Silverstein began the tributes, recalling his respect for the Tishmans as builders and owners and his own close association with John Tishman, dating back to 1984 and the construction of the first 7 World Trade Center, which along with the Twin Towers collapsed on 9/11. “When we had to make a decision as to how to go forward with respect to a new site, the first person I reached out to was John’s son, Dan.” Silverstein spoke at length of the Tishmans’s constant “professionalism, integrity, knowledge, and experience.”

The Tishman legacy of construction was also praised by New School University President and former United States Senator Bob Kerrey who noted the Tishmans’ important role as great American builders.

New School University President and former US Senator Bob Kerrey

“I have a special place in my heart for men and women who build, who design, develop, and transform spaces from what they used to be into something grander,

Two hundred notable New Yorkers gathered at The Skyscraper Museum on the evening of February 11th to honor Kenneth T. Jackson and Robert A. M. Stern, recipients of the first annual “Making New York History” Award, for their distinguished books on the city’s history.

Dean of Yale University Graduate School of Architecture and principal of Robert A. M. Stern Architects, Mr. Stern authored the three volumes New York 1900, New York 1930, and New York 1960. Mr. Jackson, Chairman of the Department of History at Columbia University, is the editor of The Encyclopedia of New York City. Both men are trustees of The Skyscraper Museum.

Director Carol Willis welcomed guests to the opulent Art Deco banking hall at 16 Wall Street – site of the museum’s exhibition Building the Empire State – and introduced the evening’s honorees. Documentary Filmmaker Ric Burns offered a toast to the achievements of the two New York scholars. Following the presentation of awards, board member Philip Aarons announced the museum’s permanent home in Millennium partner’s 38-story tower in Battery Park City. Set to open in 2001, the museum will occupy a rent-free space at the base of the building designed by Gary Handel and the Polshek Partnership.

Guests tour the museum’s second exhibition, Building the Empire State.

The event, which raised over $25,000 for the museum, was made possible by generous contributions from museum friends, including Bull Run Restaurant, Monacelli, Rizzolli, Yale University Press, Kevin Daley, Douglas Bowmen,