ADVANCE RESERVATIONS GUIDE

Open House New York Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, 2015 Advance Reservation Tours | Reservations begin Wednesday, October 7, at 11 am at www.ohny.org/reservations Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org/updates beginning October 6 for updates. Site

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111 Eighth Avenue Infrastructure Tour

Chelsea Manhattan

Saturday 9, 10, 11am, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5pm Sunday 9, 10, 11am, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5pm

45 minutes

Get a behind-the-scenes peek at one of the city’s largest buildings to learn about innovative sustainability initiatives, including a basement water reclamation system and a solar telescope.

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Greenwich Village Manhattan

Saturday 1, 2pm

45 minutes

This building, a former parking garage built in the 1930s, is being developed by DHA Capital and Continental, and now features 8 exclusive, one-of-a-kind loft-style residences.

34th St-Hudson Yards Subway Station (7)

Hudson Yards Manhattan

Saturday 10:30 am, 12:00 pm

1 hour

Explore the quickly emerging Hudson Yards neighborhood and the new 7-train extension with MTA Arts & Design, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, and artist Xenobia Bailey.

A New Edge for the East River Esplanade

Upper East Side & Harlem Manhattan

Saturday 10am

1.5 hours

Explore three “nodes for improvement” along the East River Esplanade that was reimagined in the current CIVITAS community based planning initiative for the waterfront.

A Stroll on the Grand Concourse

Grand Concourse Bronx

Sunday 12pm

2 hours

Join urban designer (and local resident) Sam Goodman to discover this Bronx community and enhance your understanding of why the Grand Concourse is more than just an address.

All About Wallabout

Wallabout/Fort Greene Brooklyn

Saturday 11am

2 hours

Take a guided walk through the historic Wallabout neighborhood, which contains one of Brooklyn’s largest collections of 19th century wood-frame houses.

Apple Cube 5th Ave

Midtown Manhattan

Saturday 10, 11am Sunday 10, 11am

45 minutes

The tour, led by Eckersley O’Callaghan’s Gregor Horstmeyer, will examine Apple’s iconic glass cube and its spiral staircase from a engineering, fabrication, and construction perspective.

Arup Mobile SoundLab at Chelsea ADFF @ Bow Tie Chelsea Manhattan Cinemas OPENDIALOGUE

Saturday 11am, 12, 1pm

1 hour

Arup SoundLab provides the ability to listen to both existing and proposed spaces in three dimensions. This Portable SoundLab will be the first of its kind on US territory.

Atlantic Avenue Architecture Tour

Boerum Hill Brooklyn

Saturday 11am, 3pm

2 hours

The Atlantic Avenue BID invites you to tour Atlantic Avenue to learn about the area’s architecture, social and commercial history, as well as more recent redevelopments.

Bike New York’s Coastal Resiliency Tour

Red Hook Brooklyn

Saturday 10am

3 hours

Join Bike New York and Professor Alexandros Washburn on a bike tour of the Manhattan and Brooklyn waterfronts to explore coastal resiliency efforts in New York City.

University Heights Bronx

Sunday 2pm

1 hour

Experience a collection of distinctive Modernist buildings on the BCC campus with Marcel Breuer’s partner, Robert F. Gatje, on a special tour co-sponsored by DOCOMOMO N/Y Tri-State.

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Open House New York Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, 2015 Advance Reservation Tours | Reservations begin Wednesday, October 7, at 11 am at www.ohny.org/reservations Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org/updates beginning October 6 for updates. Site

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Bronx Museum of the Arts Curator’s Tour

Morrisania Bronx

Saturday 2pm

1 hour

Join an Artist Educator for a tour of the museum’s award-winning 16,000 sf North Wing, designed by Arquitectonica, as well as the “Presente! The Young Lords in New York” exhibition.

Bronx Post Office

Lower Concourse Bronx

Saturday 10, 11am, 12, 1, 2, 3pm

45 minutes

Tour an historic post office that is being re-imagined by Youngwoo & Associates, Bristol Group, and STUDIO V Architecture to create a crossroads for community, culture, and commerce.

Williamsburg Brooklyn

Saturday 12pm Sunday 12pm

30 minutes

Visit the brewhouse and packaging/fermentation hall with brewers and architects from Fradkin & McAlpin to learn about the history of the building and its renovation into a modern

Brooklyn Bridge Park: Main Street & John Street Park

DUMBO Brooklyn

Saturday 11am

1 hour

Join Brooklyn Bridge Park staff for a tour of the newest sections of the park, including a tidal salt marsh, tree-lined pathways, and a 13,000-square-foot gathering lawn.

Brooklyn Strand

Fort Greene Brooklyn

Sunday 10, 11:30am, 2pm

1 hour

Join Claire Weisz of WXY architecture + urban design to learn about the ongoing effort to create a seamless network of public spaces that will serve as a true gateway to Downtown Brooklyn.

Bryant Park Hotel

Midtown Manhattan

30 minutes Saturday 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30, 4, 4:30, 5, 5:30pm Sunday 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30, 4, 4:30, 5, 5:30pm

Built in 1924 for the American Radiator Company, this Raymond Hood masterpiece was converted into an hotel by British architect David Chipperfield in 2001.

Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning

Crotona Park Bronx

Saturday 1, 2pm

45 minutes

Explore this brand new award-winning tennis center in the Bronx’s Crotona Park, featuring a two-story, 12,000 sf clubhouse and educational facility, with architects from GLUCK+.

Morningside Heights Manhattan

Saturday 11am, 1pm

1 hour

Learn about the architectural styles within the Cathedral, how it was constructed, who designed it, where it stands within American architectural history, and why it’s still not finished.

Cathedral Church of St. Morningside Heights John the Divine: Vertical Manhattan Tour

Saturday 12, 2pm

1 hour

Climb more than 124 feet through spiral staircases to the top of the world’s largest cathedral. Learn stories through stained glass and take in the sweeping city view from the roof!

Central Library Behind the Scenes Tour

Prospect Heights Brooklyn

Sunday 1:30, 3pm

1 hour

Bibliophiles will enjoy a tour of the beautiful Central Library, including a rare behind-the-scenes look at underground stacks, with a visit to the room ominously known as the Morgue.

Central Park Running Tour

Central Park Manhattan

Sunday 8am

75 minutes

See Strawberry Fields, Literary Walk, The Ramble, Belvedere Castle, and the zoo on this four-mile running tour. City Running Tours will have guides pacing 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 min miles.

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Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine: Spotlight on Architecture

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Open House New York Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, 2015 Advance Reservation Tours | Reservations begin Wednesday, October 7, at 11 am at www.ohny.org/reservations Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org/updates beginning October 6 for updates. Site

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Central Park Walk

Central Park Manhattan

Saturday 10am

1.5 hours

Learn about how Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux took 843 acres of rocky, marshy land, and turned it into an oasis in the middle of Manhattan.

Central Park West Art Deco Tour

Upper West Side Manhattan

Sunday 10am, 4pm

2 hours

Take a stroll with author, lecturer, and Upper West Sider Anthony Robins and explore Central Park West’s most notable Art-Deco buildings in a tour sponsored by LANDMARK WEST!

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Upper East Side Manhattan

Saturday 11am Sunday 11am

1 hour

Tour the historic Carnegie Mansion, experience the recent renovation, and discover the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design.

Cooper Union: 41 Cooper Square

East Village Manhattan

Saturday 2pm

1 hour

The Cooper Union’s newest building is a vertical campus designed to incorporate all three of the school’s disciplines—Art, Architecture, and Engineering—together in one building.

Crossing Wallabout

Wallabout Brooklyn

Saturday 11am, 3pm

1.5 hours

This tour, led by AFHny, will consider the local history from the vantage of the BQE, which cuts an elevated swathe through the length of the historic Wallabout district.

DOT Art Bike Tour

Midtown to Long Island City Manhattan & Queens

Saturday 10am

3 hours

Join the DOT Art Program for a bicycle tour of over twenty different temporary public artworks at four sites in Manhattan and Queens. At select locations artists will speak about their work.

DOT Maspeth Sign Shop

Maspeth Queens

Saturday 10am, 12:30pm

1.5 hours

Get a first-hand look at NYC Department of Transportation’s Sign Shop, the facility responsible for outfitting 6,000 miles of streets with the signs that point New Yorkers in the right direction.

DOT Traffic Management Long Island City Center Queens

Saturday 11am

1 hour

Feel the pulse of the city up close at the NYC Department of Transportation’s Traffic Management Center, the nerve center for 12,500 traffic signals and 250 real-time traffic cameras.

Drawing Center

Saturday 10, 11am Sunday 10, 11am

30 minutes

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Soho Manhattan

Join structural engineers from BuroHappold Engineering to gain a better understanding of the structural and building technologies used to retrofit a archteypal Soho cast iron building

DSNY Central Repair Shop

Woodside/Maspeth Queens

Saturday 10am, 12pm

1.5 hours

Tour the largest municipal repair facility in US and visit the machine shop, engine room, rebuilding center, and truck repair and fabricating departments within this million-square-foot space.

DSNY Hamilton Avenue Marine Transfer Station

Red Hook Brooklyn

Saturday 12, 2pm

75 minutes

Tours led by DSNY experts will highlight this facility’s state-ofthe-art infrastructure and its environmentally efficient use of waterfront transport.

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Open House New York Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, 2015 Advance Reservation Tours | Reservations begin Wednesday, October 7, at 11 am at www.ohny.org/reservations Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org/updates beginning October 6 for updates. Site

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DSNY Manhattan 11 Sanitation Garage

Upper East Side Manhattan

Sunday 12, 2pm

45-60 minutes

Tour one of the world’s most extensive collections of “mongo,” slang for objects rescued from the trash, with the retired sanitation worker who spent 30+ years on this exuberant assemblage.

Duane Street Live Work Loft

Tribeca Manhattan

Sunday 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30pm

30 minutes

Visit the street-facing portion of a live/work loft on three levels, featuring a design that maximizes relationships between interior and exterior spaces, in support of natural light.

FDR Four Freedoms Park Roosevelt Island Tours Manhattan

Sunday 1, 3pm

45 minutes

Designed in 1974 and completed in 2012, FDR Four Freedoms Park is the last work of the late Louis I. Kahn, an iconic architect of the 20th century.

Flatiron District Historic Flatiron District Walking Tour Manhattan

Saturday 4pm Sunday 4pm

1.5 hours

From the site of Stanford White’s infamous love nest to the story of America’s first community Christmas tree, explore this historic neighborhood with the Flatiron Partnership.

Food Factory Friday: Breuckelen Distilling

Sunset Park Brooklyn

Friday 11am, 3pm

30-60 minutes

Breuckelen Distilling houses all of the equipment used to make and bottle their spirits under this one roof. Tour the facility, then sample all four of the spirits produced on-site!

Food Factory Friday: Brooklyn Roasting Company

DUMBO Brooklyn

Friday 8am, 5pm

30-45 minutes

Tour the DUMBO facilities of the Brooklyn Roasting Company, which offers New Yorkers a range of Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, and Organic certified and sustainable coffees.

Food Factory Friday: Industry City

Sunset Park Brooklyn

Friday 10, 10:25, 10:50am, 1:30, 1:55, 2:20pm

1 hour

As part of Food Factory Friday, this tour will present a rare and intimate onsite showcase of four food factories located in the manufacturing district of Industry City.

Food Factory Friday: Li-Lac Chocolates

Sunset Park Brooklyn

Friday 11am, 2pm

45 minutes

Li-Lac manufactures old-world artisan chocolate in small batches using time-honored techniques. Join owner Anthony Cirone to learn about Li-Lac’s history, current operations, and future.

Food Factory Friday: Liddabit Sweets

Sunset Park Brooklyn

Friday 10am, 1pm

35 minutes

Tour Liddabit’s kitchen space and see the Firemixer caramel cooker; popcorn machine; walk-in fridge; chocolate room with chocolate tempering machine; and more!

Food Factory Friday: Raaka Chocolate

Red Hook Brooklyn

Friday 10am, 4pm

45 minutes

Visit during Food Factory Friday to learn more about this “bean to bar” chocolate factory in Red Hook, specializing in unique flavors of unroasted cacoa.

Food Factory Friday: Tom Cat Bakery

Long Island City Queens

Friday 9am, 1pm

45 minutes

Join Tom Cat Vice President and General Manager James Rath to walk through the entire baking process as it follows a linear path through this Long Island City bakery.

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Open House New York Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, 2015 Advance Reservation Tours | Reservations begin Wednesday, October 7, at 11 am at www.ohny.org/reservations Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org/updates beginning October 6 for updates. Site

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Food Factory Friday: Uncle Louie G’s

Tottenville Staten Island

Friday 10am, 12:30pm

30 minutes

Experience day-to-day life in an actual ice cream factory! Tour participants will learn about how ice cream and ices are made, and enjoy samples of Uncle Louie G’s delicious treats.

Freshkills Park

Travis, Heartland Sunday 10am, 1pm Village, Arden Heights Staten Island

2.5 hours

At 2,200 acres, Freshkills Park will be almost three times the size of Central Park. Visitors will enjoy a guided bus ride, learning about the story of the past, present and future of the site.

GBX - Gowanus Bay Terminal

South Red Hook Brooklyn

Saturday 11am, 1pm

1.5 hours

Join John Quadrozzi, Jr. of QUE•Quadrozzi Urban Enterprises, for a peek into the GBX•Gowanus Bay Terminal, part of the historic NYS Barge Canal (Erie Canal) project.

General Grant National Memorial After-Hours Tours

Morningside Heights Manhattan

Saturday 6, 7, 8pm

45 minutes

Normally open only during the day, participants in special ranger-led tours of Grant’s Tomb during OHNY Weekend will be able to enter at night under simulated candlelight.

Google Inc. - Design & Workplace Tour

Chelsea Manhattan

Saturday 9, 10, 11am, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5pm Sunday 9, 10, 11am, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5pm

45 minutes

Immerse yourself in a day in the life of a Googler! See the creative spaces that power a work culture that fosters collaboration, innovation, and opportunities for play.

Hancock Street Residence

Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn

Saturday 2, 3pm

1 hour

Tour this magnificent stand alone Mansion, affectionally known as the “Grand Dame of Hancock Street,” which contains 10 amazing bedrooms, grand parlors, and a library.

High Line Engineering Tour

Chelsea Manhattan

Saturday 10, 11:30am, 1, 2:30pm

30-45 minutes

Join BuroHappold Engineers for a walk along the the High Line that will emphasize many engineering aspects of the transformation of a former railroad structure into an iconic public space.

Horatio Gates & Marinus Financial District Willett: Revolutionary Manhattan War Heroes Tour

Saturday 1pm

1.5 hours

This tour, led by Lower Manhattan Historical Society President James S. Kaplan, will visit sites and monuments related to Revolutionary War heroes Horatio Gates and Marinus Willett.

Hostelling International New York

Upper West Side Manhattan

Saturday 10:30am, 12:30, 2:30pm

1 hour

Explore the interiors, hallways, and rooms—currently home to NYC’s largest youth hostel—of one of preeiminent architect Richard Morris Hunt’s last remaining buildings in the city.

Hudson Yards Engineering Tour

Hudson Yards Manhattan

Sunday 2, 3, 4, 5pm

45 minutes

This tour with structural engineers from Thornton Tomasetti will take advantage of the view from the High Line to explore the structural feats required to build the city’s newest neighborhood.

Long Island City Queens

Saturday 2pm

1 hour

Tour this brand new park with architects from Weiss/Manfredi to learn about how the design incorporates active and passive recreation and a broad array of sustainable initiatives.

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Open House New York Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, 2015 Advance Reservation Tours | Reservations begin Wednesday, October 7, at 11 am at www.ohny.org/reservations Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org/updates beginning October 6 for updates. Site

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Huys Penthouse

NoMad Manhattan

Sunday 12, 1, 2, 3pm

45 minutes

Penthouse 15B, a design collaboration between Piet Boon and Piet Oudolf and the last for-sale residence at Huys, is being opened to the public for one day only for OHNY Weekend.

Institute of Culinary Education Brookfield Place Facility

Battery Park City Manhattan

Saturday 10, 11am, 1, 2pm

30 minutes

New York City’s oldest culinary school is now its newest! Explore ICE’s brand new 74,000 sf space in Brookfield Place, featuring twelve teaching kitchens and expansive Hudson River views.

Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Hell’s Kitchen Museum: Behind the Manhattan Scenes

Saturday 10, 11:30am Sunday 10, 11:30am

1 hour

Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Intrepid Museum’s aircraft restoration workshop to see how the museum maintains its outstanding collection of historic airplanes.

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Hell’s Kitchen Manhattan

Saturday 2, 3pm

50 minutes

Join experts from LERA Consulting Structural Engineers for a tour of this sleek new 625,000 sf academic building that spans a shallow Amtrak tunnel that cuts through a corner of the site.

Kings County Distillery

DUMBO Brooklyn

Saturday 12, 12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30 45 minutes Sunday 12, 12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30pm

Maple Grove Cemetery

Kew Gardens Queens

Sunday 10am, 2pm

2.5 hours

Visit Maple Grove’s 1880 Victorian Administration Building, an 1830 Blacksmith Shop located on the grounds, the grave of architect James Ware, and other notable monuments.

Marcus Garvey Park

Harlem Manhattan

Saturday 1, 2:30, 4pm

1 hour

This tour will begin by historically linking the surrounding neighborhood to the park’s evolution, and will conclude with an artist / architect talkback at the installation “caesura: a forum.”

Maspeth Avenue Plank East Williamsburg Road at Newtown Creek Brooklyn

Saturday 12, 2pm

2 hours

Newtown Creek Alliance invites you to visit the historic remnants of the Maspeth Avenue Plank Road, followed by a BBQ (with hot dogs and soft drinks) and discussion with NCA staff.

Mercedes House

Midtown West Manhattan

Saturday 10, 11am

30-45 minutes

Visit the upper courtyards and amenities level to take in the 360-degree views and understand how this building weaves individual and collective spaces into the surrounding urban context.

Modulightor

Midtown Manhattan

Saturday 10am, 12, 2, 4, 6, 8pm

2 hours

Join the Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation to explore the last townhouse in NYC by Paul Rudolph, with it’s series of intricately interwoven horizontal and vertical spaces.

Morrisania Hospital (WHEDco)

Morrisania Bronx

Saturday 12, 1, 2, 3pm

30 minutes

Learn about the historic Morrisania Hopsital and WHEDco’s mixed-use adaptive reuse of the building, and take in views of Yankee Stadium and Manhattan from the roof.

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Tour New York City’s oldest operating distillery—the first since Prohibition—located in the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s historic Paymaster Building.

Open House New York Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, 2015 Advance Reservation Tours | Reservations begin Wednesday, October 7, at 11 am at www.ohny.org/reservations Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org/updates beginning October 6 for updates. Site

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Museum of the City of New York Theater Collection Tours

East Harlem Manhattan

Saturday 11, 11:30am, 12, 12:30pm

25 minutes

Join MCNY’s Theater Archivist as she pulls highlights from the Collection, charting the city through its’ popular entertainments— from the early days of gaslight to the electric signs of Broadway.

The New School Art Collection Tour

Greenwich Village Manhattan

Sunday 11am

1 hour

Led by the curator of the New School Art Collection, Silvia Rocciolo, this tour discusses Joseph Urban’s visionary design of the New School’s original building and the art contained within.

The New School: University Center

Union Square Manhattan

Saturday 10am, 1pm

45 minutes

Learn about the unique structural and sustainability features of this innovative new building on tours with New School leadership and engineers from DeSimone Consulting Engineers.

New York Academy of Medicine Tours

East Harlem Manhattan

Sunday 12, 1, 2, 3pm

45 minutes

Visit NYAM’s Drs. Barry and Bobbi Coller Rare Book Reading Room, which contains a portion of the Academy’s extensive rare medical book collection that dates to the Middle Ages.

New York by Gehry

Financial District Manhattan

Saturday 1pm

60 minutes

Frank Gehry has redefined the architectural archetype of the residential skyscraper at 8 Spruce Street. Visit select interior spaces on this tour with Forest City Ratner Companies VP Scott Walsh.

New York University: Edward Hopper Studio

Greenwich Village Manhattan

Sunday 10, 10:30, 11, 11:30am, 12, 12:30, 30 minutes 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30pm

New York University’s Greenwich Village Tour

Greenwich Village Manhattan

Saturday 1pm Sunday 1pm

2 hours

Join local celebrity tour guide Jane Marx as she mixes historical facts with her own witty commentary in this tour, organized by New York University.

Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant

Greenpoint Brooklyn

Saturday 11am, 12:30, 2pm

1 hour

Join the NYC Department of Environmental Protection for a tour to the top of the iconic Digester Eggs, part of the largest of NYC’s 14 wastewater treatment plants.

Noguchi Museum Curator’s Tour

Long Island City Queens

Saturday 1pm Sunday 1pm

1 hour

In celebration of its 30th anniversary, The Noguchi Museum presents, “Museum of Stones” a major exhibition that looks at how artists have explored the intersection of rock and culture.

NYC’s Greatest Myths, Multiple Hoaxes, & Urban Legends Neighborhoods Bike Tour Manhattan

Sunday 8am

2.5 hours

Did the Dutch really buy Manhattan for $24? Are there really alligators in the city’s sewers? This bike tour with Manhattan Borough Historian Michael Miscione will separate fact from fiction.

Preservation Design in Practice

Sunday 2pm

1.5 hours

Join PBDW’s preservation architects for an inside look at navigating the complex and often competing interests faced in preservation design on the way to creating appropriate interventions.

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Step back in time and view this eminent American painter’s studio, complete with his original easel, desk, furnace, kitchenette, among other authentic artifacts.

Open House New York Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, 2015 Advance Reservation Tours | Reservations begin Wednesday, October 7, at 11 am at www.ohny.org/reservations Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org/updates beginning October 6 for updates. Times

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Sunday 10am

1 hour

Spanning 26 acres, this $74 million restoration by the Prospect Park Alliance transforms the southeast corner of the Park into a popular scenic and recreational destination.

Quiet! How Tudor City Tudor City Became Midtown’s Urban Manhattan Sanctuary

Saturday 8:30am Sunday 8:30am

1 hour

Unravel the mystery of how Tudor City achieved the impossible in Manhattan: quiet. Real estate developer Brian Thompson guides participants through Fred F. French’s original vision.

Randall’s Island Park Tour

Randall’s Island Manhattan

Saturday 10am, 2pm

1.5 - 2 hours

Join the Randall’s Island Park Alliance for a tour of the southern side of the island that will take visitors through the Little Hell Gate Restored Salt Marsh, Icahn Stadium the Urban Farm, and more.

Red Hook Walks

Red Hook Brooklyn

Saturday 2pm Sunday 2pm

2 hours

Join Mary-Beth Shine of SHINE NYC ART as she guides, informs, and reveals the unique characteristics and hidden treasures, both private and public, of this historic neighborhood.

Ridgewood Reservoir

Bushwick Brooklyn

Saturday 10am Sunday 10am

1.5 hours

The Ridgewood Reservoir was built in the 1850s to supply the rapidly expanding City of Brooklyn. Explore the site, decommissioned a century later, on this tour with NYC H2O.

Roof Explorer’s Guide

Financial District Manhattan

Saturday 3pm Sunday 3pm

1.5 hours

Leslie Adatto, author of “Roof Explorer’s Guide: 101 New York City Rooftops,” will guide OHNY roof explorers to three parks with green roofs around lower Manhattan.

Roosevelt House

Upper East Side Manhattan

Saturday 10, 11am, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5pm

1 hour

Visit this townhouse, home to Franklin, Eleanor, and Sara Delano Roosevelt from 1908-1941, to see the private spaces where public policy was shaped.

Sacred Havens of the East Village

East Village Manhattan

Sunday 2pm

2 hours

Walk through the East Village and see its history through the eyes of its sacred havens and spiritual places, including Tompkins Square Park.

Stapleton Library

Stapleton Staten Island

Saturday 1, 2pm

30 minutes

Structural engineers from Gilsanz Murray Steficek will discuss the challenges of working within an an historic historic Carnegie library, and the design for the new addition.

Staten Island Museum at Randall Manor Snug Harbor Staten Island

Sunday 12pm

45 minutes

Tour this 21st century LEED Gold museum facility, designed by Gluckman Mayner Architects, housed within the interior of a 19th century landmarked structure at Sailor’s Snug Harbor.

Steinway Settlement Tour

Sunday 12pm

2.5 hours

Join Forgotten New York’s Kevin Walsh for the first opportunity to walk the streets of Astoria’s forgotten Steinway Settlement since the late nineteenth century, the days of William Steinway.

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Open House New York Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, 2015 Advance Reservation Tours | Reservations begin Wednesday, October 7, at 11 am at www.ohny.org/reservations Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org/updates beginning October 6 for updates. Short Description

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Sunnyside Gardens Historic District Tour

Sunnyside Gardens Historic District Queens

Saturday 10am

2 hours

Architect Laura Heim and urban historian Jeffrey Kroessler will lead a discussion on the history and current situation of Sunnyside Gardens, followed by a tour of the historic district.

Midtown Manhattan

Saturday 2:30, 3:15, 4pm

45 minutes

This new hotel’s loft-style guest rooms pay homage to the building’s history as the one-time home of prominent artists and intellectuals like F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Steinbeck.

Ridgewood Queens

Saturday 12, 1:30, 3pm

1 hour

Visitors to this state-of-the-art movie prop factory will see production shops where props of various types are designed and fabricated for use in feature films and television.

Meatpacking District Manhattan

Saturday 10:30am, 12pm

1 hour

This 18-story concrete and glass structure by Todd Schliemann/ Ennead Architects defines the identity of the Standard Hotel and engages its urban context through contrast.

Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse

Civic Center Manhattan

Saturday 12, 12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30, 4pm

30 minutes

Visit this Cass Gilbert-designed landmark’s Main Hall, with a soaring 30-foot ceiling; the 17th floor appellate courtroom; and two historic trial courtrooms in the tower and base.

Time Hotel

Sunday 2:30, 3:30, 4:30pm

45 minutes

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Theater District Manhattan

The design of the Time Hotel explores the idea of time feeling like a true luxury in a busy life. Explore the Surrealism-inspired renovation of this Midtown hotel with Rockwell Group.

Times Square: Crossroads of Design

Times Square Manhattan

Sunday 12pm

1.5 hours

This exclusive walking tour of Times Square’s unique and hidden design and architectural assets will take participants through several generations of Times Square design.

Times Square: Nighttime Times Square Spectaculars Manhattan

Saturday 11pm Sunday 11pm

1 hour

Take a late night tour of the Times Square “Spectaculars,” the massive electronic billboards that have made Times square a cultural landmark for over a century.

TroutHouse

Bushwick Brooklyn

Saturday 11am, 1pm

1 hour

thread collective recently completed, and now occupies, this Energy Star and LEED Gold multifamily building. Tour the building with principal Gita Nandan.

Tudor City Penthouse Curated by Curbed

Tudor City Manhattan

Saturday 10, 11am, 12, 1pm Sunday 10, 11am, 12, 1pm

45 minutes

This iconic pre-war duplex Penthouse, used as ‘The Green Goblin’s Lair’ in the Spiderman movies, was re-imagined in 2015 by award-winning interior designer Kittie Lonsdale.

Union Theological Seminary

Morningside Heights Manhattan

Saturday 1, 3pm Sunday 1, 3pm

1.5 hours

Tour the stunning interiors of the Seminary buildings, built in 1910, including the Burke Library, which remains one of the largest theological libraries in the North America.

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Open House New York Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, 2015 Advance Reservation Tours | Reservations begin Wednesday, October 7, at 11 am at www.ohny.org/reservations Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org/updates beginning October 6 for updates. Site

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United Community Center - East NY Farms

East New York Brooklyn

Saturday 11am

2 hours

East New York gardeners welcome you to see their rich world. You’ll find a united nations of food production for every taste and style, with visits to five different community gardens.

Upper West Side Brownstone Blocks

Upper West Side Manhattan

Saturday 11am, 2pm

2 hours

Preservation expert Gregory Dietrich will lead this walking tour of some of the Upper West Side’s most notable “brownstone blocks” in this tour organized by LANDMARK WEST!

Urban Post-Disaster Housing Prototype

Downtown Brooklyn Brooklyn

Saturday 10am, every 40 mins thru 4:40pm 20 mins Sunday 10am, every 40 mins thru 4:40pm

Vale of Cashmere Tour

Prospect Park Brooklyn

Saturday 2pm

1 hour

Tour the Vale, designed by Olmsted and Vaux and later re-imagined by McKim, Mead and White, with Justine Heilner, a Senior Landscape Architect with the Prospect Park Alliance.

Victorian Flatbush Tour

Flatbush Brooklyn

Saturday 10am

3 hours

See Victorian, Queen Anne, Neo-Tudor, Japanese Cottage, Greek Revival and other unique architectural styles with Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger.

Walk the Internet

Lower Manhattan Manhattan

Sunday 2:30, 4:30pm

1 hour

The Internet isn’t a ‘cloud,’ but a massive, globe-spanning machine. Explore the internet’s physical infrastructure with Andrew Blum, author of “”Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet.”

West 72nd Street IRT Station

Upper West Side Manhattan

Saturday 11am, 12pm

45 minutes

Visit a restored Heins & LaFarge-designed station house from 1904 as well as a new station house and pedestrian plaza with Dattner Architects and IBI Group / Gruzen Samton.

West Side Stories

Upper West Side Manhattan

Saturday 2pm Sunday 2pm

2.5 hours

Explore the rich architecture and history of the area surrounding Columbus Circle with tour guide Marty Schneit of Marty’s New York Tours.

Whitney Museum of American Art

Meatpacking District Manhattan

Saturday 11am Sunday 2pm

1 hour

Structural engineers from Silman will guide tours highlighting structural features of this iconic new new building, including large column-free spans and exterior terraces.

Whose Art Is It? Landmark Skirmishes Over Public Artworks

Civic Center Manhattan

Saturday 2:30pm

2 hours

This walking tour with the Fine Arts Federation of New York explores three different sites that tell a fascinating set of stories art’s contested place in the public realm.

Woolworth Building

Civic Center Manhattan

Saturday 1:30pm Sunday 10:30am, 12, 2pm

1 hour

Tour the Woolworth Building’s landmarked lobby with a guide from Woolworth Tours to learn about the history of the building architect Cass Gilbert, and owner F.W. Woolworth.

OPENDIALOGUE

OPENDIALOGUE

OPENDIALOGUE

Short Description

Tour a post-disaster housing prototype for New Yorkers who may lose their homes as the result of a catastrophic coastal storm, developed by the NYC Office of Emergency Management.