New York can not be a museum of skyscrapers! Of course, it is and, of course, is located in Manhattan - one of the most vertical urban areas in the world.

The museum was founded by one person - an enthusiast, a professor of architectural history Carol Willis. At first glance, the museum looks a bit strange, he tells about the huge verticals, but takes up little horizontal space and on the ground floor. Previously, he was in the vicinity of the Twin Towers, and immediately after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 he requisitioned for the center of the emergency information. Museum huddled in temporary quarters, and later moved to a new near Battery Park. Carol Willis helped a lot: almost gave the room, the design of the museum developed a free repair materials found at reasonable prices.

Hall area of ​​five hundred square meters decorated by designer Roger Duffy so that the visitor does not perceive it horizontal. The floors are made of stainless steel and mirrored ceilings reflect repeatedly showcases the entire height of the walls. A well-designed game of reflections creates the right impression of verticality.

However, the museum - an amateur. Amateur will find here a lot of pictures that tell about the evolution of the New York skyline, maps, pictures, drawings, video. There is what peer and get a grasp. However, for those who read carefully bored (or children) occupation also find it. The museum displays several models of skyscrapers, but the main thing - a wooden model of the lower and central Manhattan. This unique work carried out and presented to the museum a software engineer from Arizona Cesky Michael. More than 2 thousands of hours he spent on it to a knife and nail file to cut from balsa wood models of houses - so tiny that ten blocks can fit in the palm of your hand. Treat them - a pleasure. Surprisingly, for the first time I saw Cesky New York real when in 2009 brought its panorama Skyscraper Museum.