Archinect - News 2024-05-02T04:51:45-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150320455/the-bronx-s-universal-hip-hop-museum-gets-a-2024-opening-date The Bronx's Universal Hip Hop Museum gets a 2024 opening date Josh Niland 2022-08-15T19:35:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/af/af829c43190e7a79f3e9e591cad8c5cc.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>An opening date has been set for <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/149938824/s9-architecture" target="_blank">S9 Architecture</a>&rsquo;s Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM) project in the South Bronx.</p> <p>Located on the site claiming to be the birthplace of hip hop, the new $80 million museum, which is part of a larger $349 million mixed-use residential development called <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/news/025-21/mayor-de-blasio-l-m-development-partners-type-projects-break-ground-bronx-point-the#/0" target="_blank">Bronx Point</a>, will open sometime in 2024. According to <em><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/752540/museum-in-the-birthplace-of-hip-hop-gets-5-5m-from-nyc/" target="_blank">Hyperallergic</a></em>, the museum is being developed by Bronx native Rocky Bucano alongside <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/310378/microsoft" target="_blank">Microsoft</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/mitarchitecture" target="_blank">MIT</a>&nbsp;professor D. Fox Harrell to create an immersive and &ldquo;technologically advanced interactive museum experience.&rdquo;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f2/f231b7b756560cb9e76cb4967e1aafd4.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f2/f231b7b756560cb9e76cb4967e1aafd4.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>May 2022 construction photo of the Bronx Point development. Image courtesy the Universal Hip Hop Museum via Facebook</figcaption></figure><p>Phase One of the Bronx Point development is expected to be completed by the end of next year. In total, the 22-story building will include over 1,000 residential units (around 540 of which are considered affordable), the museum (the exhibition spaces of which are designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/13470813/ralph-appelbaum-associates" target="_blank">Ralph Appelbaum Associates</a>&nbsp;with the&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/930564/michael-ford" target="_blank">Hip Hop Architect, Mic...</a></p>