Editing Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (section)

=== New York City Annex ===
[[File:Rock-roll-annex-76-Mercer.jpg|thumb|upright|The museum's New York City Annex (2008–2010) on [[Mercer Street (Manhattan)|Mercer Street]], [[SoHo, Manhattan|Soho]]]]
In 2006, the RRHOF partnered with three entertainment production companies to create a branch museum in New York City.<ref name="Sisario">{{cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=November 20, 2008 |title=A Piece of Cleveland with a New York Accent |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/arts/music/21rock.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=C5}}</ref> On November 18, 2008, the '''Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC''' opened in [[Manhattan]]'s [[SoHo, Manhattan|SoHo]] district.<ref name="Sisario"/> Located at 76 [[Mercer Street (Manhattan)|Mercer Street]] just west of [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], the Annex occupied an underground space of {{convert|25,000|sqft|m2}}.<ref name="Sisario"/> The branch museum operated in much the same way as its Cleveland parent, featuring archetypal display pieces like [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s coat from ''[[Purple Rain (film)|Purple Rain]]'', [[David Byrne]]'s "big suit" from ''[[Stop Making Sense]]'', and [[Elvis Presley]]'s motorcycle jacket and Bible.<ref name="Sisario"/> But from its start, the Annex also had a distinct [[New York area]] focus that made plenty of space for big items like the phone booth from [[CBGB]], layered thick with band stickers over the decades; Bruce Springsteen's own [[1957 Chevrolet]]; a special gallery reserved for the city's musicians; and an intricate {{convert|26|ft|m|adj=on}} scale model of Manhattan highlighting sites of rock history.<ref name="Sisario"/>

Jann Wenner served as chairman of the board of the Annex.<ref name="Soeder">{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/2008/12/jann_wenner_says_remarks_about_1.html |title=Jann Wenner says remarks about wishing Rock Hall were in New York were 'misconstrued' |last=Soeder |first=John |date=December 5, 2008 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |access-date=November 3, 2019 }}</ref> At its opening night gala, he inadvertently created a controversy after he told a reporter, "One of the small sad things is we didn't do it in New York in the first place."<ref name="Soeder"/> He later expressed regret for his remark, which he said had been misconstrued and clarified that "I am absolutely delighted that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is in Cleveland."<ref name="Soeder"/>

The Annex closed on January 3, 2010, its quick demise reportedly due to the  [[2008 financial crisis]] and a subsequent downturn in the city's tourism.<ref name="Durkin">{{cite news |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-city-rock-roll-hall-fame-annex-closes-doors-year-opening-article-1.457194 |title=New York City's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex closes its doors just a year after opening |last=Durkin |first=Erin |date=January 3, 2010 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] }}</ref> The museum's final major exhibition was about [[John Lennon]] and his years in New York City.<ref name="Durkin"/>