A 34-year-old man died after a fall from the Whitney Museum of American Artwork in Manhattan on Wednesday, July 30.
Police responded to a 911 name at round 5:26pm, the New York Police Division (NYPD) advised Hyperallergic. Upon arrival at 99 Gansevoort Avenue, they discovered the person “unconscious and unresponsive on the sidewalk outside the location with injuries indicative of falling from an elevated position.”
The museum’s nine-story constructing in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, inaugurated in 2015, options tiers of terraces and outside exhibition areas linked by an exterior staircase.
The Whitney Museum constructing options tiers of terraces. (picture by Spencer Platt/Getty Photographs)
“Authorities are still determining the details, but we are devastated that a visitor lost their life,” a Whitney Museum spokesperson advised Hyperallergic. “Our thoughts are with their family and friends, and with our staff, visitors and neighbors who were nearby when it occurred.”
The identification of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of the household, police mentioned. The investigation stays ongoing.
The Whitney will open at midday on Thursday, July 31, an hour and a half later than its normal schedule, as a “mark of respect,” the museum mentioned.
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