Museum Tower Roof Terrace

The pavilion dramatically frames the city from eight stories above the street, a non-standard height that places occupants right in the center of the city and delivers a unique, unforgettable experience. A twisting stainless steel and brass sculpture by Forrest Myers, named “Chinatown” to reference the whiff of smoke off of Faye Dunaway’s cigarette, connects the roof to the iconic sculptures in the Rockefeller Sculpture Garden below.

The roof terrace is an outdoor room that is discovered progressively. The copse of birch trees draws one to the north and the overlook of the MoMA garden below. The pavilion’s perforated metal panels create a screen providing glimpses of the Myers sculpture, which anchors the terrace’s east end. An L-shaped wall divides the vertical experience of Manhattan to the south from the horizontal view to the north.