Pop-Culture Museum Eyes a Second Home

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is gearing up to take over a 100,000-square-foot space in the old B. Altman building

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is looking to open a New York City location of his Seattle-based Museum of Pop Culture, museum officials said.

The New York outpost would occupy a roughly 100,000-square-foot space that is home to the New York Public Library’s Science, Industry and Business Library, located at 188 Madison Ave. near 34th Street. The space is part of a building that once housed the B. Altman department store.

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