Friends of the Transit

NYTM 2012 Annual Report

Mission

he mission of the New York Transit Museum is to collect, exhibit, interpret and preserve the history, sociology and technology of Tpublic transportation systems in the New York metropolitan region and to conduct research and educational programs that will make the Museum’s extensive collection accessible and meaningful to the broadest possible audience. 2012 Snap Shot

ATTENDANCE 133,633 visitors to the location 133,633 390,762 visitors to Gallery Annex & Store at 12% increase

119,167 1,063 Seniors admitted for Free Senior Wednesdays

EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS 9,875 weekend workshop attendees 1,205 school and camp groups served (25,894 individuals) 151 special needs groups served 1,972 67 public programs and walking tours 8% increase

1,833 EXHIBITS AND ARCHIVES 7 exhibits installed 1,958 photographs cataloged and 72 objects photographed and cataloged 710 drawings, maps, posters, documents, ephemera cataloged

9,875 328 library books cataloged 18% increase 983 phone and email researchers 8,346 110 on-site researchers 47 donations and internal transfers

1 Artist Antonio Masi demonstrates his watercolor technique. Masi’s bridge paintings were featured in the exhibit, “New York’s Golden Age of Bridges.” From the Director n October 31st, 2012, two days Museum cemented its position as a resource after Hurricane Sandy slammed into and a leader in the special needs community. ONew York, the Transit Museum was Thanks to a $150,000 capacity-building grant one of the first cultural institutions in the from the Booth Ferris Foundation, the Mu- city to reopen, offering free admission and a seum created and filled the new position of much-needed distraction for families strug- finance director, marking an important step in gling to recover from the storm. Actions like the growth of the institution and its long-term this make the Transit Museum stand out as strategic plan. a resource and favorite destination for New Yorkers citywide. And amidst all of this, the Museum made extensive preparations for the 2013 Centen- In 2012, 133,633 people visited the Down- nial celebration of Grand Central Terminal, a town Brooklyn location, and an extraordi- major, year-long event that touched on every nary 390,762 visited the Gallery Annex and area of Museum operations: exhibitions, pub- Store at Grand Central Terminal. New art lic programs, school, youth and family events, and history exhibitions in 2012 incorporat- retail, marketing, development and press. ed photography, painting and design while challenging New Yorkers to imagine their city We thank our supporters in 2012, and look in new ways. Compelling public program- forward to continued success! ming brought in a new audience of young professionals and made the Museum a center for debate and forward thinking. Already a Gabrielle Shubert favorite destination for New York kids, the Director 2 Exhibitions Exhibitions in 2012 told wide-ranging stories of New York life through advertisements, paintings, photographs and oral histories. The Art of the Poster What’s New! Recent Acquisitions: February 7 – July 8, 2012 New York by Rehberger The Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal June 23, 2012 – December 2, 2012 was the only US venue for the London Trans- On the Museum’s platform level, What’s New! port Museum’s travelling exhibition, The Art Recent Acquisitions: New York by Rehberger of the Poster. Examining one hundred years of featured 22 car cards created by Gustav Reh- outstanding poster design, the exhibit displayed berger for the New York Subways Advertising original artwork and posters from London Un- Company. Unveiled in 1948 and viewed by derground’s prized poster collection. Works by millions of subway riders, they depicted a series many of the most prominent British artists of the of landmarks. Born in Austria, twentieth century were included. Rehberger is best known for creating commer- cial illustrations for magazines, film promotions New York’s Golden Age of Bridges: and ad campaigns. Paintings by Antonio Masi May 12, 2012 – October 7, 2012 Colorama Visitors in Brooklyn were treated to epic urban July 28, 2012 – November 1, 2012 landscape paintings in New York’s Golden Age The Museum launched its Grand Central Termi- of Bridges: Paintings by Antonio Masi. This exhi- nal Centennial exhibition series with Colorama. bition featured beautiful large-scale watercolors From 1950 until 1990, Kodak’s “Coloramas,” of the Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Queensboro, gigantic, back-lit panoramic color photographs , George Washington, Triborough, —18 feet high by 60 feet wide — dominated Bronx-Whitestone, Throgs-Neck and Verraza- the east side of Grand Central’s no-Narrows Bridges. Painter Antonio Masi as with images of a stylized America. The exhibi- well as author and historian Joan Marans Dim tion was curated by the George Eastman House. held conversations, art workshops, and led tours of the exhibition for museum visitors.

3 Meet Miss Subways: New York’s Beauty Queens 1941-1976 October 23, 2012 – June 3, 2013 In the fall, the Museum opened Meet Miss Subways: New York’s Beauty Queens 1941 – 1976. Miss Subways was New York’s most democratic beauty contest, showing portraits and biographies of young New York middle and working class women in subway cars throughout the city. Photographer Fiona Gard- ner and journalist Amy Zimmer tracked down former winners to see how their lives unfolded. Through striking portraits and oral histories, 11th Annual Grand Central Holiday Train Show juxtaposed next to the original November 21, 2012 – February 10, 2013 glamorous car cards, the exhibition The 11th Annual Grand Central Holiday Train Show focused on explored how these women’s lives Grand Central’s landmark anniversary. A newly-designed 34 and careers evolved over the years. foot long, two-level layout highlighted long distance train travel from GCT, with Lionel’s New York Central and Metro-North Railroad trains departing from a miniature Grand Central and The Once and Future Pennsylvania traveling north. Reproductions of New York Central Railroad Station, on display at the Gallery posters from the 1920s-1940s covered the gallery walls with Annex in 2011, was shown again expansive landscapes. From the Museum’s collections, vintage on loan at the Long Island Railroad model trains that once served the Terminal were also on view. Museum in Greenport, Long Island. This popular family exhibit brought record crowds to the Gal- lery Annex and Store, with visitors lining up each day through- out the holiday season.

4 Preparing to Wish “Happy Birthday” to New York’s Great Landmark hrough much of 2012 the Transit Museum The Transit Museum Store developed a wide-range was engaged as a lead partner in planning for of products including a sketchbook published by Tthe Centennial of Grand Central Terminal. As Moleskine, with Grand Central-inspired images Centennial Co-Director, Museum Director Gabrielle submitted by architects as part of a competition Shubert joined Metro-North Railroad and the MTA co-sponsored with The Architecture League of New to oversee the vision and execution of this mam- York. moth, year-long project. In-depth planning for two centennial centerpieces A distinguished roster of New York civic leaders, undertaken by the Museum were Grand by Design, business executives and cultural luminaries was an exhibition developed for Vanderbilt Hall, and the assembled as Centennial and Honorary Centennial official centennial volume entitled Grand Central Committees, led by former MTA Chairman Peter Terminal: 100 Years of a New York Landmark, writ- Stangl and Caroline Kennedy. Other members ten by the New York Transit Museum and Anthony include: Arthur Sulzberger, Chairman of The New Robins. York Times; award-winning actress Cynthia Nixon; filmmaker Spike Lee; Kathryn Wylde, President of Both of these projects were endorsed with the the Partnership for New York City; Kenneth Cole and receipt of several prestigious grants, including: George Fertitta, CEO of NYC & Company. $160,000 from American Express; $75,000 from the Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust and $5,000 from During 2012, the Museum planned a series of the JM Kaplan Fund’s Furthermore program. Addi- six Centennial exhibitions, developed Centenni- tional support included: Bombardier; Kawasaki Rail al-related public programs and youth and family Car; Veolia Transportation; Malkin Holdings L.L.C, workshops, and planned to integrate this significant the Dean S. Edmonds Foundation, the New York anniversary into 2013 school and camp programs. Building Foundation and Metro-North Railroad. 5 Collections and Archives he Transit Museum developed all of the content for the Grand Central Centennial celebration in T2012. Using the museum’s rich collection of historical documents, images, and artifacts, our archi- vist and registrar undertook the monumental task of researching, sourcing and organizing material for the Museum’s exhibitions and publications. Pulling from collections around the country, in addition to mate- rial in the Museum’s holdings, the archives provided material that served press, product development, promotional collateral, and external authors and journalists. A number of significant objects from the Museum’s collections were conserved for use in the Grand by Design exhibit.

Other collection activities in 2012 included receipt of a Local Government Records Management Fund grant from the New York State Archives in the amount of $22,877 to clean, re-house, organize, scan and document a collection of photographic negatives of subway, elevated and surface equipment and sites from the 1940s. Archivist Carey Stumm Forty-seven donations and internal MTA transfers In 2012 the Museum served 983 researchers via were received by the Museum in 2012. Some high- phone and e-mail, and 110 researchers visited the lights include: 31 linear feet of photographs, doc- archives. Collection staff delivered three “Inside the uments and artifacts from MSBA/MTA Long Island Archives” lectures, and more of the collection be- ; American Car & Foundry Company blueprints; came accessible online through Past-Perfect, Flickr, photographs of IRT, BMT, and IND rolling stock; Facebook and the archive website. Since 2011, the documentation of the South Ferry Terminal Project; number of records available online has more than a collection of rapid transit and railroad stock and quadrupled. bond certificates, timetables, maps, books, photo- graphs and transfers; five original 1905 ceramics Archival research was featured by Brian Williams in from the Fulton Street IRT station; and hand-drawn an NBC Nightly News story on Second Avenue Sub- track diagrams from transit systems around the world. way construction in April and in a BBC Radio News segment on the A Train in June, among other press.

6 Education: Schools and Camps he interactive exhibit ElectriCity: Powering ing exciting moments in the city’s past for 1st, New York’s Rails was the focus for our teach- 2nd, and 3rd grade visitors, with 289 groups and Ting of schools and camps in 2012. Over the over 6,000 individuals taking part in 2012. Benny summer, 210 camp groups, or 3,818 participants, Bennedetto, a cut-and-cover subway worker from took part in a playful program, incorporating cre- 1932, was the newest edition to the Museum’s cast ative movement, actors, and a tour of the exhibit, of historical characters, which also includes: Anna, to bring to life concepts of electricity and the third a survivor of the Great Blizzard of 1888; Thelma, rail. The program was developed in consultation a 1939 World’s Fair Girl; and A.C. Watts, a former with New York City Transit’s Third Rail Operations NYC Transit electrician who helped establish the team. 1976 Transit Exhibit that would eventually become the New York Transit Museum. In January 2012, the A spring professional development workshop for Museum demonstrated Journey to the Past to mem- 33 science teachers introduced them to the ways bers of the NYC Museum Educators Roundtable in the Museum’s STEM program (Science, Technolo- their “Around Town” series. gy, Engineering and Math), can support classroom instruction. Many of those teachers brought their The Museum’s team of part-time educators took classes to the Museum in 2012. Programs about part in ongoing professional development and circuits and electricity served 39 groups of 4th & training. Their skills were regularly praised in post- 5th grade students during the year, helping to pre- school-visit evaluations. Teachers described them pare them for New York State standardized science as “wonderful and exceptionally talented,” “com- tests. manding and inspiring,” “stellar,” “organized and knowledgeable,” “kind, patient,” “enthusiastic and Costumed storytellers brought history to life thoughtful.” through the Journey to the Past program, recount-

A total of 1,205 school and camp groups visited in 2012, with 25,894 individuals receiving a 60 to 90 minute program tailored to their age and interests.

Costumed performers teach history on the vintage cars.

7 Summer camp groups learn about electricity.

“I think you are doing a wonderful job of improving your programs every year. We loved the conductor character! He made the experience come alive for the students.” -2nd grade, Journey to the Past

“Both the educator and costumed interpreter were exceptional in their abilities to engage and adapt to the level and enthusiasm of our students… They didn’t talk down to the students, rather they joined in with their spirit of inquiry. All of our students had a wondrous visit to the museum.” -1st grade, Journey to the Past

8 Education: Youth and Family ffordable weekend children’s programming engaged our youngest visitors with transit Atales, science projects, scavenger hunts, arts and crafts, and more. Every Thursday, Transit Tots featured stories, games and surprises for 2-5 year old train enthusiasts. Exciting science demonstrations in the ElectriCity Live! program helped kids learn how power travels through the NYC subway system. Junior Engineer programs explained science and engineer- ing concepts to a young audience. During public school spring break week, the Museum presented 12 performances of Sharin’ a Ride, an original musical celebrating Earth Day with songs of sustainability and transit’s role in reducing carbon footprint. In the signal tower, costumed actors talked about a day’s work in the 1940s and taught children the basics of subway signals. The Museum also had several Meet Original musical “Sharin’ a Ride.” the Artist guests. Education: Special Needs he Museum expanded its service provision to the Tspecial needs community in 2012. The inaugural Special Day for Special Kids event wel- comed 235 special needs family participants to the Museum with free admission, live music, MetroCard art, and a scavenger hunt. The Museum partnered with Extreme Kids & Crew for this event, a local non-profit cooperative which offers arts and move- ment programming for children with disabilities.

Now in its third year, Subway Sleuths after-school program offered two sessions in both the spring and fall for elementary students. This acclaimed program helps children on the autism spectrum develop social skills with peers who share a passion for trains and “Subway Sleuths” afterschool program. transit. The program was awarded a prestigious Au- tism Speaks grant in 2012. following month, the Museum presented as part of the Museum Access Consortium’s program “Welcom- The Travel Training Program for middle school stu- ing Visitors with Autism: Museum Professionals Share dents with learning or developmental disabilities Their Experiences.” In April, staff presented special now offers three days of instruction, with a new Sat- needs programming information at a meeting of the urday session that includes parents. The program pro- International Association of Transport and Communi- vides a safe environment for special needs children cations . The Museum was invited to pres- to practice riding the subway, teaching them the skills ent the fundamentals of their special needs program- needed to navigate the transit system independently. ming to the American Public Transit Association at its annual conference in Seattle. On a more local level, Partner organizations continue to look to the Mu- the Museum also presented school and special needs seum as an example in special needs education. In programming information at Bank Street College, February 2012, Museum staff shared information , and Lehman College’s Speech and with clinicians from the NYU Child Study Center. The Language Hearing Club. 9 moderates a panel with designers Yoshi Waterhouse, Beatriz Cifuentes and Massimo Vignelli. Museum Director Gabrielle Shubert joins them for this packed, free public program.

Education: Adults he Museum expanded programming for inspired bridge walks, workshops and demon- adults interested in urban issues, history strations by artist Antonio Masi. The screening of Tand transit. Nineteen programs were offered a documentary about Colorama, followed by a during the year, including Mapping Vignelli—a discussion with career Kodak photographers tied in conversation with famed designer Massimo Vi- to the Museum’s exhibit. London Transport Muse- gnelli on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of um curator Claire Dobbin gave a gallery tour of the his controversial 1970s “subway diagram.” WNYC Art of the Poster exhibition. In the fall, City Lore’s reporter Andrea Bernstein led panel discussions fo- Steve Zeitlin spoke with a former Miss Subways cused on transit and climate change, and race and about the contest’s place in urban folklore. inequality in transit systems. Acclaimed blogger Ben Kabak tackled current topics such as conges- Forty-five tours explored the city on foot and by tion pricing, bike share, and Hurricane Sandy’s rail, bringing guests into transit-related architec- impact on NYC Transit in the Museum’s Problem tural landmarks, substations, train yards and other Solvers discussion series. 284 people attended the sites throughout the boroughs. Three Nostalgia second annual Missed Connections Valentine’s Day Ride excursions on the Museum’s vintage trains Party, celebrating the fleeting moments shared by included a celebration of Brooklyn’s cultural trea- strangers on public transit and memorialized in sures, a trip to the Coney Island boardwalk, and a Craigslist posts. The event featured Music Under bus and beach jaunt to the beloved Rockaways. New York performers, a slideshow by artist Sophie Blackall, and hilarious recitations of love-in-transit On-site adult tours for private groups served social “found poems” by writer Alan clubs, senior centers, community organizations, Feuer. college students, as well as ESL groups. In addi- tion, 1,063 older adults took advantage of Free Programs in 2012 brought depth and dimension Senior Wednesdays throughout the year. to Museum exhibits. The Golden Age of Bridges

10 Membership n July, a new membership pro- gram was launched, with updat- Ied benefits, levels and pricing to accommodate individuals and families of all sizes. Caregiver cards and guest passes allow members to choose levels that best fit their needs. The update was the first in 14 years.

Total membership increased 8% from 2011. Member-only exclu- sive tours of the former Williams- burg Bridge Railway Terminal, a relic of the streetcar era and pro- 19 former “Miss Subways” at the Exhibit’s opening reception. posed site of the Lowline subterra- nean park, filled rapidly. Tours of The Museum held 4 member 70s, 80s and 90s, who proud- the Old City Hall Station remained receptions during the year. In the ly wore their sashes and offered popular, offering a look back to opening reception for Meet Miss reminiscences about the contest. the grand beginnings of the New Subways, members had the spe- Receptions were also held for Col- York subway system. cial opportunity to meet 20 former orama, New York’s Golden Age of contestant winners, now in their Bridges, and The Art of the Poster. Press and Marketing 012 saw more press activity than ever before. The Muse- 2um’s online presence in- creased dramatically, with Twitter followers growing from 3,700 to 6,700 and Facebook “likes” sur- passing 5,000. Nearly 150 reviews on Yelp averaged 4.5 out of 5 stars.

The Museum also received sub- stantial coverage in traditional media outlets. January’s Special Day for Special Kids was televised on News12 Brooklyn. In February, on a full-page July spread in New motion of its own “Mr. & Ms. Sub- the Missed Connections Valentine’s York Magazine. In October, the ways” contest held at the Annual Day Party attracted the notice of L annual Bus Festival was chronicled Bus Festival with winners selected Magazine and Capital New York. by The New York Times. Later that online. In March, WNYC’s radio show month, the Wall Street Journal and Transportation Nation highlighted Associated Press published stories The Museum’s vintage rolling Andrea Bernstein’s climate change on the Meet Miss Subways exhibit stock attracted a wide range of panel discussion. Later that month, and photographer Fiona Gardner. film and advertising agencies. the Museum’s original children’s Twenty-one location rentals, musical, Sharin’ a Ride, was rec- Meet Miss Subways also garnered including a celebrity-studded ommended as a must-see spring a high profile media sponsorship 007 Skyfall event sponsored by activity on CBS 2 TV. A photo from from TimeOut New York, which Heineken in September, netted a the Colorama exhibit was featured included TimeOut New York’s pro- record $140,000 in revenue. 11 Credit Suisse volunteers clean the Museum’s vintage cars. Development and Institutional Advancement he Museum received grants in the aftermath of Hurricane from New York City Department of from six new organizations Sandy. The Museum also received Cultural Affairs and New York State Tin 2012. A capacity-build- a grant from Credit Suisse, whose Council on the Arts supported a ing grant from the Booth Ferris summer interns visited the Mu- wide-range of activities. Foundation covers the cost of a seum to clean vintage trains and new finance director, an important work in the archive. “Local Stops” retail partnerships step in the growth of Friends of the with local businesses raised mon- New York Transit Museum. Other On April, 15 representatives of the ey for the Museum while estab- new funders included the Tiger New York City Council attended a lishing connections with nearby Baron Foundation, Autism Speaks, legislative breakfast at the Muse- shops and restaurants. Merchants the Samuel Freeman Foundation, um, viewing exhibits and observ- gave donations to the Museum in the Dean S. Edmonds Foundation, ing Museum programs firsthand. exchange for listing in a neighbor- and the Lily Auchincloss Founda- During the year, council members hood map of recommended retail tion. This new support, along with Brad Levin, Steve Lander, and Da- sites close to the Museum. rising store profits, helped offset vid Greenfield provided financial lost revenue from the annual fund- support for children and family raising gala, which was canceled programming. Generous funding Retail ransit Museum Stores, illustrations by Sophie Blackall. while not under the aegis A Rockaways benefit collection Tof Friends of the New York highlighting the “H Line” raised Transit Museum, are adminis- over $30,000 for the Graybeards’ tered by the Museum and provide Sandy relief efforts. The Store also essential revenue for Museum operated a booth in the Grand programs. In 2012 new collections Central Holiday Fair, selling prod- included Massimo Vignelli design ucts relating to the upcoming merchandise and items featuring centennial celebrations. 12 Board of Trustees

Officers Susan Gilbert, Chair President, Interactive Elements Inc.

Kurt A. Goddard, Vice-Chair

Michael J. Jones, Secretary Vice President, Business Development, Jacobs

Gabrielle Shubert, President Director, New York Transit Museum

Members Ben D’Alessandro, President, L. K. Comstock & Co, Inc. Judith DeScenza Cooper, Director Coporate Communications/Senior Vice-President, Parsons Brinckerhoff John di Domenico AIA, Principal, di Domenico + Partners LLP Brian P. Dolan, Vice President, Client Relations, SYSTRA Beverly Dolinsky, Executive Director, Permanent Citizen’s Advisory Committee to the MTA (Retired) Simon Fludgate, CFA, Principal, Aksia Research and Management LCC Robert E. Furniss, Vice President, Bombardier Corporation Tara Gallagher, Consultant, MBS John B. Hobby, Senior Council, Compliance and Regulatory, GE Capital Corp. Hiroji Iwasaki, Executive Vice-President, Kawasaki Rail Car, Inc. Kristen L. Johanson, Managing Director, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. Stuart P. Leffler, Manager, Economic Development, Consolidated Edison Michael Lombardi, Senior Vice President, Department of Subways, MTA (Retired) Michael J. Marchelletta, (represented by Ruby Siegel) Senior Vice President, AECOM Steven M. Polan, Esq. Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Alfredo S. Quintero, Managing Director, Ramirez & Co, Inc. Denise Richardson, Managing Director, The General Contractors Association of New York Edward T. Seaman, Halmar International Elaine Wingate Conway, Director, New York State Division of Women (Retired)

Advisory Board Sandra Bloodworth, Director, MTA Arts for Transit Paul Fleuranges, Senior Director of Corporate and Internal Communications, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Don Harold, Founding Director, New York Transit Museum Michael Horodniceanu, President, MTA Capital Construction Marilyn Pettit, Ph.D. Terrie Rouse, Arts Management Consultant Robert Wechsler, Ph.D, Director of Education, Transport Workers Union of America William Withuhn, Curator of Transportation, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution (retired)

13 Staff Sharon Adams, Principle Executive Secretary Laura Kujo, Manager, Education Angela Agard Solomon, Manager, Administration Brian Lewis, Facility Coordinator Anthony Alexander, Sales Associate Rachel Margolies, Reservation Assistant Desiree Alden, Archives Technician Lorna Miller, Lead Sales Associate David Alfonso, Maintenance Luz Montano, Tour Coordinator Carissa Amash, Curator Lynette Morse, Educator Dorla Arnold, Assistant Manager, Retail Sarah Mosbacher, Finance Director Regina Asborno, Deputy Director Julia Mulero, Sales Associate Chasity Baker, Lead Sales Associate Vonette Noble, Sales Associate Steven Beccera, Sales Assistant Sheila O’Bryant, Sales Associate Chandra Buie, Associate Curator Felix Quinones, Sales Associate Robert Del Bagno, Senior Manager, Exhibits Willie Roldan, Senior Sales Associate Brett Dion, Registrar Gabrielle Shubert, Director Marcia Ely, Assistant Director & Development Officer Carey Stumm, Archivist Raymond Garcia, Facility Coordinator Virgil Talaid, Education Coordinator Peter Giannino, Maintenance Louise Torbert, Museum Assistant Todd Gilbert, Archives Technician Gregory Vignapiano, Retail Supervisor Mollie Gleiberman, Membership Andrea Watson, Retail Supervisor & Development Associate Lori White, Senior Project Coordinator, Grand Central Gail Goldberg, Manager, Retail Operations Terminal Centennial & Product Development Kelly Lee Woon, Sales Associate Shallena Jabid, Lead Sales Associate Henry Wright, Sales Associate Tim Keiley, Manager, Operations

Additional Education and Archive Staff Museum Interpreters Nancy Schwartz Subway Sleuths Educators Yule Adams, Jr. Rachel Serkin Christina Annunziata Cecilia Brady Katie Taylor Darlene Barone Polly Desjarlais Alex Tronolone Katie Bradley Mattie Ettenheim Nadia Vanek Aaron Lanou Kira Fleming Carly Ward Tracy Murray James Giovan Gabe Zimmerman Mary Parente Matthew Goldman Mary Kathryn Kwasnik Costumed Interpreters Archive Technicians Kate Lanceley Jonathan Ellers Zach Chauvin Laura Merrill Kathleen Fletcher Stephanie Romano Natasha Pereira Mary Guiteras Ayana Suknanan Katherine Reeves Elysia Segal Miwa Yokoyama

Volunteers and Interns Khawaja Ali, Administration Erin Haggerty, Development Danny Ramrattan, Archives Robert Antwi, Administration Jose Hernandez, Collections Emily Reynolds, Archives Cecilia Brady, Education Leting Diana Huynh, Archives Eli Rumpf, Press and Marketing Jordana Carlin, Archives Stephanie Krom, Archives Herb Schonhaur, Archives Halley Choiniere, Archives Dudley Leveille, Collections Jaimee Sheehan, Archives Tara Cuthbert, Archives Richard Luttman, Retail Ashley Soler, Education Robert Delmonico, Education Julia Maranto, Education Andrew Sparberg, Education Marta Fodor, Archives Cynthia Medina, Retail Alexandra Sprano, Development Michelle Forrester, Collections Harriet Mendlowitz Talon Taylor, Education Marissa Gamliel, Archives Sonoe Nakasone, Archives Karlena Tomc-Barbosa, Collections Andrew Grablewski, Archives Molly Nutt, Collections Rene Wasser, Exhibits Siobhan Hagan, Archives Peri Pignetti, Archives Bahati Williams, Archives 14 Thank You to Our Supporters Public Support J.P. Morgan Institute of Museum and Library Services Louis T. Klauder & Associates New York State Council on the Arts Malkin Holdings, LLC. New York State Local Government Records Management Mass Electric Construction Co. Improvement Fund McKissack+Delcan JV New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Mitsubishi Electric/ New York City Department of Youth and Community Sojitz Corporation of America Development Morgan Stanley Council Member David Greenfield Motor Coach Industries, Inc. Council Member Brad Lander NOVA BUS Council Member Stephen Levin Parsons Brinckerhoff Parsons Corporation Foundation Support ProjectSpan Services Autism Speaks, Inc. RailWorks Corporation Dean S. Edmonds Foundation RBC Capital Markets Booth Ferris Foundation Rubenstein Associates, Inc. Brooklyn Community Foundation Skanska USA Civil Northeast Credit Suisse Americas Foundation STV J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. Thales Transport and Security, Inc. Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc. Gerald Weinstein New York Building Foundation Wells Fargo Securities Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust The Far Fund $1,000 - $9,999 Tiger Baron Foundation AKRF, Inc. BAE Systems Corporate and Gala Support Louis Berger Group $25,000+ Bernstein, Gayle and Stephen (MRI USA) American Express Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP Bombardier Transportation Charina Foundation Kawasaki Rail Car Inc. The Conti Group MTA Metro-North Railroad Dattner Architects di Domenico + Partners, LLP $10,000 - $24,999 Gannett Fleming Accenture Fuji Electric Corp. of America AECOM GE Transportation Aksia LLC Domingo Gonzalez Associates ALSTOM Transportation Goodman Media International, Inc. Ansaldo STS-USA, Inc. HAKS Bank of America Merrill Lynch Hawkins, Delafield & Wood LLP Barclays Capital Hill International Cablevision George Kaufman CBS Outdoor Group Inc. K.S. Engineers, P.C. CH2M Hill Longi Engineering, P.C. Citi Loop Capital Con Edison Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. Marsh Five Star Electric Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. The General Contractors Association of New York Nixon Peabody LLP Goldman Sachs NY Waterway Granite Construction Northeast/G.T.F. Partnership for New York City Halmar International Piper Jaffray & Co HDR, Inc. Proskauer Rose LLP Interactive Elements Inc. Prysmian Group - DRAKA Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Radical Media LLC Jefferies & Company, Inc. 15 $1,000 - $9,999 (Continued) $250-$499 Samuel A. Ramirez & Co., Inc. Derby F. Anderson Roosevelt & Cross, Inc. Regina Asborno Sam Schwartz Engineering John and Anne Atherton SEPSA North America Chris Bastian and Erika Nijenhuis Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., LLC William A. Bellmer Siemens Industry, Inc. John Berger and Chris Cottle Skanska USA Civil Northeast Thomas V. Brown and Marianne Leger Spartan Solutions Robert E. Buckholz Jr. and Elizabeth Fontaine Stantec Brigid Butler Robin Stevens Consulting Peter Callahan and Rosemary Cowen Tiger Baron Foundation Dr. Walter and Barbara Carey Toshiba International Corporation Robert J. Croghan Two Trees Management Co. LLC Rev. James K. Cunningham T.Y. Lin International Pedro and Evelyn Delgado Underpinning and Foundation Skanska Beverly Dolinsky Wabtec Transit Frank Dougherty Weidlinger Associates Marcia Ely Welsbach Electric Corp. Edward R. Enners Bradley and Lori Feldman Local Stops and Institutional Member Support Andrew and Ann Fisher National Railway Historical Society Joel and Theresa Franco Long Island University Carlos Gutirrez-Solana Tio Pio Corp Melinda Hoffman and Stephen Yanick Heights Chateau Wine & Spirits Lawrence and Elizabeth Hughes Heights Kids Cornelius Jackson Jewels by Satnick, LTD Daniel Kamine and Larraine Fisher Lassen & Hennigs Nora T. Kashinsky Monty Q’s Eugene J. Keilin and Joanne Witty Nature’s Grill Pierre A. Lehmuller One Girl Cookies Mark Littman and Johnny Mendoza The Moxie Spot Mitch and Ann Lowenthal James W. Martinson Individual Support Dennis McCabe $500 + David and Hara Migdal Peg Breen Thomas and Leslie Monahan David A. Castle Robert Morelli E. Virgil Conway James and Tynelle Morris John di Domenico Martin Mosbacher Mortimore L. Downey III Christoher Neville Stuart Goldstein and Elisa Fischman Eric and Mary Oszustowicz Arnold Hochberg Stelios Paraskevas Wesley Hunt Frank L. Reis Jr. Alex and Hildamarie Ladouceur Michael and Susan Resnick John Lamonica Bradford and Mary Schwarz Constantino Mandros Sam Schwartz Adam and Diane Max Gabrielle Shubert David Pirmann David and Elaine Singleton Bud and Cynthia Rogers Dr. Robert L. Soley Nancy Shevell Timothy Speer and Teresa Vanderboom Stephen J. Vaccaro Junnko Tozaki Robert Weiss Gina Weiner Beverly B. Yunich George W. Young

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