An Exclusive Walk Through the New Whitney Museum Building

It's no secret that the much-hyped and long awaited Whitney Museum of American Art building—designed by Renzo Piano and perched at the southern tip of the elevated Highline park on Gansevoort Street in the meatpacking district of Manhattan—has been drawing rave reviews even before its official opening on May 1 (see The One Must See Art Event In New York This Week: Opening of The New Whitney Museum and Brian Boucher's 10 Reasons to be Excited About the New Whitney Museum).