New York Stories: Howard Milstein

  • December 6, 2018
  • 7 to 8:30 p.m.
  • Auditorium
Real estate owner and builder Howard Milstein gestures with his left hand as he sits on the Museum Auditorium stage with moderator Clifford Chanin, executive vice president and deputy director for Museum Programs. Milstein and Chanin are both smiling as they sit on the stage, which is bathed in blue and white light. A white table with two glasses of water sits between the two of them.
Photo by Jin S. Lee

On 9/11, lifelong New Yorker and real estate owner and builder Howard Milstein watched the destruction of the Twin Towers unfold on his television. Having played a key role in the original development of the World Trade Center site and the surrounding area in the 1970s, he immediately recognized the scale and devastation of the attacks. Milstein, now Co-Chairman, President & CEO of Emigrant Savings Bank, shares how he and others responded to the events of 9/11, from providing immediate relief to New Yorkers across the city to healing and rebuilding lower Manhattan over the last 17 years.

Photos

  • In this wide-angle view from the audience, real estate owner and builder Howard Milstein and moderator Clifford Chanin sit onstage during a public program at the Museum Auditorium. Milstein is speaking with his hands in his lap as Chanin listens while holding a clipboard. The blue lights of the stage shine on the wall behind them. The heads of audience members are silhouetted in the foreground.
  • In this close-up view of real estate owner and builder Howard Milstein and moderator Clifford Chanin, the two men look at each other as they’re seated onstage at the Museum Auditorium. Chanin is holding a clipboard in one hand and a pen in his other hand. Milstein is smiling with his hands in his lap. The 9/11 Memorial & Museum logo is projected on a wall behind them.
  • Real estate owner and builder Howard Milstein smiles as he sits in a chair on the Auditorium stage in this close-up view. The wall behind him is lit up blue.
Photos by Jin S. Lee

Videos

Videos

  • 2018_1206_Milstein_Full
    FULL PROGRAM
  • 2018_1206_Milstein_Highlight (Caps)
    HIGHLIGHT CLIP
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