OCT 15-16 2016

IS PROUD TO PARTNER WITH OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK.

It is a simple and familiar concept, an open house. We open our doors to welcome friends, family, and neighbors to celebrate an occasion or share an experience. But take that simple idea, multiply it hundreds of times over the course of two days at some of New York’s most architecturally and culturally significant sites, and something extraordinary happens. Welcome to the 2016 Open House New York Weekend! OHNY Weekend brings us together as a community to recognize that the city itself is our greatest shared resource and that the choices we make, collectively, about how to shape its future have profound implications for generations to come. The buildings that will open this OHNY Weekend can tell us stories about the many different ways our fellow New Yorkers live and learn and work, and communicate ideas about technological ingenuity, social history, aesthetic innovation, and so much more. When OHNY Weekend gives you access to the Gould Memorial Library at Bronx Community College or City Hall or the New York State Pavilion, it is to remind us that buildings exert a special influence on our lives and that we are all stewards of this city’s future. As you travel around New York this OHNY Weekend, please take a moment to thank the site hosts that open their buildings, and the dedicated volunteers that help make this event possible. Their generosity is a gift to all New Yorkers and we could not be more grateful.

Best wishes for a wonderful OHNY Weekend! A/D/O is a new design center in Greenpoint, part of an Industrial Business Zone that has been home to manufacturers and innovators for generations. Renovated by nARCHITECTS, the 23,000 square-foot space aims to be the ideal creative environment for inspiring a new generation of design thinking. As we prepare to open later this year, A/D/O is thrilled to join Open House New York in facilitating an exchange about urban life. A/D/O 29 Norman Ave Greenpoint, Brooklyn a-d-o.com

Dear Friends, I am delighted to welcome everyone to the 14th Annual Open House New York Weekend. New York has always been at the forefront of progress in the fields of the arts, architecture, engineering and design, and we are the proud home to an outstanding array of iconic buildings, museums, parks, bridges and infrastructure. Established in 2003, OHNY invites residents and visitors to explore more than 250 historic and contemporary sites throughout the five boroughs and facilitates special access to places normally closed to the public. This much anticipated two-day long event includes talks and tours given by leading and emerging design professionals that educate attendees about the history of our vibrant urban landscape and help them better understand the trends, challenges and technological advancements that are shaping its future. Among the destinations featured this year are the New York Wheel, under construction in Staten Island; the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn; the Welling Court Mural Project in Queens; the recently restored Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace in Manhattan’s Gramercy district; and Concrete Plant Park along the Bronx River, an abandoned industrial site revitalized as a greenspace. Choose from any of the offerings in this guide and you are certain to enjoy a fascinating weekend in the most diverse and dynamic city on earth. On behalf of all New Yorkers, I applaud OHNY’s organizers, supporters and participants for their efforts to showcase New York’s architectural heritage and creative energy and inspire the next generation of artistic innovators. Please accept my best wishes for a captivating and memorable weekend. Sincerely,

Gregory Wessner Bill de Blasio EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAYOR OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK CITY OF NEW YORK 1

WELCOME

For two days each October, OHNY Weekend unlocks the doors of New York City’s most important buildings, offering an extraordinary opportunity to experience the city and meet the people who design, build, and preserve New York. From historic farmhouses built in the city’s earliest days, to Art Deco theaters that capture the exuberance of the Jazz Age boom, to new buildings at the cutting edge of design and technology, hundreds of sites across all five boroughs are open to visit, with tours, talks, and other special events taking place over the course of the Weekend. Through the unparalleled access that it enables, OHNY Weekend deepens our understanding of the importance of architecture and urban design to fostering a more vibrant civic life, and helps catalyze a citywide conversation about how to build a better New York.

Sponsors and Supporters Public support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council. Promotional support is provided by NYC & Company Foundation.

Florim; FXFOWLE; HOK; Roy Kim and Clayton Crawley; Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; Lily Auchincloss Foundation; Miele Inc.; Timothy C. Quinlan; Robert A.M. Stern Architects LLP; Rob Rogers; Michael M. Samuelian; Sheri Sandler; Abby Jo Sigal and Matthew Turner; SilverLining Interiors; SPAN Architecture; StreetEasy; Margaret Sullivan Studio; Waterworks; Claire Weisz; and Workshop/APD.

Additional support is provided by A/D/O and Uber.

Open House New York programs are also made possible by Bob Baker, Elliot Berkowitz; Anthony Borelli; Chris Cooper, SOM; Cristobal Correa; Sharon Davis; Deborah Berke Partners; Digital.NYC; Katie Dixon and Richard Fleming;

Open House New York programs are made possible by Apogee Design & Construction; Bosch, Thermador, Gaggenau; Amy and Gary Churgin; DDG Foundation;

Dorothy Dunn; E.W. Howell Co. LLC; Greenberg Traurig LLP; Louise Harpman and Jonathan M.L. Stone; Stephen Hill; Michael Hirschorn; Steve Hogden; Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects; Bill Lipschutz; Michael and Lauren Marrus; Scott Metzner and Judy Gallent; New York University; Lincoln Palsgrove IV; Mark Regulinski; Anne Rieselbach and Grant Marani; Maria Sepulveda; SHoP Architects; Michael N. Smith; STUDIOS architecture; Thornton Tomasetti; Tillotson Design Associates; Tsao & McKown Architects; WABC-TV; Zubatkin Owner Representation LLC; and F. Anthony and Sally Zunino. ≤

Open Access Sites

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Changes, Additions, & Cancellations There will be changes, additions, and cancellations leading up to and throughout the Weekend. Follow OHNY on Facebook and Twitter for live updates, and visit ohny.org/ weekend/updates for the full list of changes.

OHNNY Kids Watch for the OHNY Kids symbol next to Open Access listings throughout this guide for sites with special programs just for kids! Visit ohny.org/2016-kids for more details on each site.

Weather All events are rain or shine.

Open Access Sites Unless otherwise noted, all sites and tours listed in the pages of this guide can be visited free of charge as indicated in each listing. Open Access sites are listed by borough and then by neighborhood.

Advance Reservations In addition to the Open Access sites listed in this guide, there are some sites that require Advance Reservations; Advance Reservation sites are not listed in this guide. To see the full list of reservation sites, visit ohny.org/weekend/reservations. Reservations will open at 11am on Thursday, October 6. There is a $5 fee for each reservation.

Open Dialogue The opendialogue symbol appears throughout the guide to highlight on-site talks and tours led by architects and design practitioners.

Transportation Be sure to visit www.mta.info or phone 511 or (718) 330-1234 for subway and bus information and weekend service advisories.

Additional Information More information and photos for all of the sites listed in the event guide–and sites that have been added since its printing– can be found online at ohny.org.

Information Hub For updates and information on Saturday, October 15, visit the OHNY Info Hub at the Union Square Greenmarket in Manhattan (Union Square West at E 15th St). www.ohny.org facebook.com/ openhousenewyork @ohny @openhousenewyork #OHNYwknd

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Special Series These icons appear throughout the guide to identify sites and tours that are part of a special series: ARTNOIR: City of Cultural Exchange Curbed Curates: Residences New Landscapes New York Celebrating a Centennial: National Park Service

WAIVER By participating in Open House New York ("OHNY") Weekend (the "Weekend") you agree, without any reservations, that OHNY has permission to use all photographs, images, and recordings of you in any medium created in connection with Weekend events or activities. You further agree to assume all risks and dangers, including but not limited to, personal and bodily injury, and/or property damage, and to defend and hold harmless OHNY including, without limitation, the OHNY Governing Board, employees and volunteers, and you further agree to defend and hold harmless the owner, tenant and/or operator of the Weekend site or program location.

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Visit ohny.org for updates and information

Open Access Sites

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MORRISANIA

WHEDco (Former Morrisania Hospital) 50 E 168TH ST, MORRISANIA

Sat • 12-4pm. Tours at 12, 1, 2,3pm.

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OPEN ACCESS SITES

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Tours will include an overview of WHEDco’s services and a history of the historic hospital building and surrounding neighborhood. Guests will visit the common areas within the building, the commercial kitchen, and the roof. Don’t miss the stunning view of Yankee Stadium and the New York City skyline from the roof! CHARLES MEYERS, 1929; RENOVATION, BECKER AND BECKER, 1997.

Andrew Freedman Home 1125 GRAND CONCOURSE, MORRISANIA

Open Access sites are open during OHNY Weekend free of charge, and can be visited at any time during the days and hours listed— no advance reservations necessary!

Sat • 10am-6pm. Originally designed as a retirement home for the formerly wealthy, the grand Freedman Home was designated a New York City landmark in 1992. Currently, the building is being transformed into an exciting new destination for arts and culture in the Bronx. On OHNY Weekend, families with children can take part in Dr. Drum's Neighborhood Harvest Festival, a day-long celebration with BombaYo's Dr. Drum and the Artists in Residence.

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JOSEPH H. FRIEDLANDER & HARRY ALLAN JACOBS, 1924.

Browse listings and pick your favorites. Pay close attention to the days and times that sites are open. They vary from site to site.

Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 GRAND CONCOURSE, MORRISANIA

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Sat & Sun • 11am-6pm. Tours with curators at 2pm both days.

Visit ohny.org for more site information.

Be prepared: some sites have limited space and may have waiting lines. Don't wait to visit your favorites—long lines may close before the site's listed closing time!

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Explore and enjoy! CITY HALL

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The Bronx Museum of the Arts is a contemporary art museum that connects diverse audiences to the urban experience through its permanent collection, special exhibitions, and education programs. The museum’s Arquitectonica-designed home was awarded the “Excellence in Design” prize by The Art Commission of the City of New York in 2003.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS

Gould Memorial Library CUNY BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 2155 UNIVERSITY AVE, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS

Sun • 12-4pm. opendialogue Tours with Beyer Blinder Belle every 20 mins, beginning at 1pm. The interior of the library, considered Stanford White’s masterpiece, is richly decorated in marble, stone, mosaic, wood and bronze, with Tiffany glass, and one of the most awe-inspiring rotundas in all of New York City. Built as part of NYU’s uptown campus, it became part of the Bronx Community College in 1973. STANFORD WHITE, 1900; RESTORATION, BEYER BLINDER BELLE, ONGOING.

Hall of Fame for Great Americans CUNY BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 2155 UNIVERSITY AVE, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS

Sun • 12-4pm. Tours every 20 mins, beginning at 1pm. This Beaux Arts landmark is home to more than a hundred bronze busts of iconic American figures from the fields of politics, arts, letters, and sciences, arrayed along a colonnade featuring Guastavino tile ceilings. Perched atop a steep bluff overlooking the Harlem River, the Hall of Fame features sweeping views of upper Manhattan’s dramatic topography. STANFORD WHITE, 1900.

Meister Hall, Colston Hall, Begrisch Hall, & Carl Polowczyk Hall CUNY BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 2155 UNIVERSITY AVE, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS

Sun • 12-4pm. opendialogue Tours with DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State at 1, 2, 3pm. In 1956 Marcel Breuer developed a comprehensive design for replanning the NYU campus at this site. Tour the bold, sculptural buildings, designed by Breuer and his associates Hamilton Smith and Robert F. Gatje, with experts on the history of Modernist architecture. Tours will depart from Meister Hall.

ARQUITECTONICA, 2006.

MARCEL BREUER, 1967.

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PELHAM BAY PARK

North Hall and Library

  

CUNY BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 2155 UNIVERSITY AVE, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS

Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum

Sun • 12-4pm. opendialogue Tours with Robert A.M. Stern Architects every 20 minutes, beginning at 1pm.

895 SHORE RD, PELHAM BAY PARK

620 FULTON ST, FORT GREENE

Sat & Sun • opendialogue Tours with Francis Cauffman at 12, 12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30pm both days.

Sat & Sun • 12-4pm. Tours at 12:15, 1:15, 2:15, 3:15pm both days.

1842; RENOVATION, DELANO & ALDRICH, 1915.

           

The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage

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ROBERT A.M. STERN ARCHITECTS, 2012.

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This brand new building completes the college’s historic main quadrangle, providing state-of-theart classrooms and a soaring library with a double row of barrel vaults supported by slender columns inspired by Henri Labrouste’s St. Genevieve Library in Paris.

Wooded parkland surrounds the ca. 1840 Bartow mansion, the only remaining 19th-century country estate in the Pelham Bay area, once a popular rural retreat. Splendid Greek Revival interiors feature an impressive collection of furniture, paintings, and decorative arts in period rooms.

FORDHAM & NORWOOD

620 Fulton

     

FRANCIS CAUFFMAN, 2017.

Brooklyn

Prison Ship Martyrs Monument FORT GREENE PARK, FORT GREENE

2640 GRAND CONCOURSE, FORDHAM

The New York Botanical Garden 2900 SOUTHERN BLVD, FORDHAM

Sat & Sun • 10am-6pm. This 250-acre “living museum” contains world-renowned exhibitions, 50 gardens and collections, and family-friendly programming for all ages. Mention OHNY Weekend for free groundsonly admission. CALVERT VAUX & SAMUEL PARSONS JR, 1895.

Museum of Bronx History at the Valentine-Varian House 3266 BAINBRIDGE AVE, NORWOOD

Sat • 10am-4pm. Sun 1-5pm. Tours ongoing throughout. One of the city’s oldest buildings was donated to the Bronx County Historical Society in 1965. Two rooms contain changing exhibitions while the front parlor is home to a permanent display about the area's development, from the Dutch period through the Revolution. 1758.

Sat • 11am-3pm. Tours ongoing, every 30 mins.

Made in NY Media Center by IFP

Step inside this historic monument, built in 1908 to commemorate the more than 11,500 men, women, and children who perished on British prison ships during the Revolutionary War. Your guides, the Urban Park Rangers, will share stories of Fort Greene Park's history, the Revolutionary War, and tales of those who perished. Access to the base only.

30 JOHN ST, DUMBO

Sat • 2-6pm. Tours at 2, 4pm. Created in partnership with the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and IFP, the Media Center supports over 120 entrepreneurs working across film, virtual reality, gaming, and content in a 20,000-sf space in a former coffee factory and whiskey storehouse. Visit to meet some of the creators working from the space to redefine media.

STANFORD WHITE, 1908.

Brooklyn Navy Yard

MESH ARCHITECTS, 2013.

ENTER VIA BLDG 92 AT 63 FLUSHING AVE, FORT GREENE

Sat • 12-5pm.

FORT GREENE-CLINTON HILL

Brooklyn Academy of Music 30 LAFAYETTE AVE, FORT GREENE

Sat • 10am-2pm. The Opera House of the Brooklyn Academy of Music was built in the Beaux-Arts style by the same architects responsible for the Lyceum and New Amsterdam Theaters. Tour the theater spaces of this vital Brooklyn cultural complex with BAM staff. HERTS & TALLANT, 1905; RENOVATION, HARDY HOLZMAN PFEIFFER AND ASSOCIATES, 1998; RESTORATION, H3 HARDY COLLABORATION ARCHITECTURE, 2004.

Visit ohny.org for updates and information

≥ NAVAL CEMETERY LANDSCAPE PRATT INSTITUTE CAMPUS ≥ MADE IN NY MEDIA CENTER BY IFP BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC ≤

This small wooden farmhouse once commanded unobstructed views over the rolling Bronx hills to the shores of Long Island. It was a bucolic setting in which the great Edgar Allan Poe penned many of his most enduring poetical works, from “Annabel Lee” to “The Bells.” 1812.

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Sat • 10am-4pm. Sun • 1-5pm. Tours ongoing throughout.

Featuring a teardrop shape and a textured glass façade, this 12-story building will contain a mix of office space, retail, and public amenities when it opens in spring 2017. The design creates a strong image for a major New York-based healthcare organization. Hard hats, safety vests, and closed-toe, hard-soled shoes are required. Access is first come, first served.

Established in 1801, the Yard served as America’s premier naval shipbuilding facility until it was decommissioned in 1966. Today the sprawling 300-acre facility is a modern industrial park where adaptively reused historic buildings and modern structures house over 330 businesses. Enter through BLDG 92 to grab a Yard map and explore a curated group of fabricators, designers, artist studios, and shops open throughout the complex exclusively for OHNY Weekend. VARIOUS ARCHITECTS, FOUNDED 1801.

Naval Cemetery Landscape WILLIAMSBURG ST W BTWN KENT & FLUSHING AVES, NAVY YARD

Sat • 12-4pm. opendialogue Tours with Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects and the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative ongoing throughout. The site is an unmarked burial ground from the late 19th and early 20th centuries at the Brooklyn Naval Hospital Annex and now the first open space node along the Brooklyn Greenway. A memorial meadow and sacred grove are framed by an undulating boardwalk lifted above the undisturbed ground. NELSON BYRD WOLTZ LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, MARVEL ARCHITECTS, 2016.

Pratt Institute Campus HIGGINS HALL, 61 ST. JAMES PL, CLINTON HILL

Sat • Tours at 10, 11:30am, 1pm. Tour the campus of the Pratt Institute, a renowned college that educates creative thinkers from around the world. Dozens of structures built between the 1880s and World War II have earned the campus a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, while more recent buildings have won awards for their innovative designs. VARIOUS ARCHITECTS, FOUNDED 1887.

Clifton Residence 158 CLIFTON PL, BEDFORD-STUYVESANT/ CLINTON HILL

Sat • 10am-2pm. opendialogue Tours with Paul A. Castrucci, Architect, at 10, 11am, 12, 1pm. One of the first Passive House wood frame buildings in the city, this project features recycled materials throughout: the roof insulation is recycled from a warehouse in Brooklyn, the rear facade is reclaimed boardwalk from Coney Island, and the front facade is reclaimed Douglas Fir that has been burnt/blackened in the Sho Shugi Ban method. Hard soled shoes are required. This is a renovation in progress. PAUL A. CASTRUCCI ARCHITECT, 2016.

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CELEBRATING A CENTENNIAL: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE They have been described as “the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best.” They are our national parks, and this year marks the hundredth anniversary of the National Park Service, signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson in August 1916, to preserve our nation’s most spectacular scenery and its most sacred sites.

#FINDYOURPARK

To learn more about the NPS Centennial, visit www.nps.gov

ohny.org/nps-100

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PARTICIPATING SITES

1 African Burial Ground National Monument

7 Hamilton Grange National Memorial

2 Battery Weed

8 Lower East Side Tenement Museum

CIVIC CENTER, MANHATTAN

Beginning with Yellowstone, the first national park, the National Park Service today oversees more than four hundred sites, encompassing 84 million acres and 21,000 buildings. New York City is home to a dozen of these sites, ranging from the historic home of Alexander Hamilton and the site where George Washington was inaugurated as our first president, to the hallowed ground where free and enslaved Africans were buried through the late 18th century. They include Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, as well as the birthplace of Theodore Roosevelt and the last resting place of Ulysses S. Grant. New York is also home to one of the most visited sites in the National Park system–Gateway National Recreation Area–and one of its newest– Stonewall National Monument. This year, Open House New York is proud to partner with the National Park Service to celebrate the nation’s most treasured sites and help kick-off a second century of preservation and stewardship. Join us in this centennial celebration to #FindYourPark!

Except where noted, NPS sites are Open Access, and can be visited during the times indicated in their listing in this guide. Watch for the icon in the upper right corner of this page, which appears alongside the listings of participating sites. For more details about all participating sites, visit:

ROSEBANK, STATEN ISLAND

3 Castle Clinton National Monument

FINANCIAL DISTRICT, MANHATTAN

4 Castle Williams & Fort Jay

HARLEM, MANHATTAN

LOWER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN

9 Ryan Visitor Center at Floyd Bennett Field MARINE PARK, BROOKLYN

GOVERNORS ISLAND

5 Federal Hall National Memorial

FINANCIAL DISTRICT, MANHATTAN

6 General Grant National Memorial

MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, MANHATTAN

10 Stonewall National Monument

Ellis Island will also participate in this year’s OHNY Weekend with a very special early morning sunrise tour, "Empty Ellis." See the Great Hall like few New Yorkers alive today have ever seen it! Limited tickets will be raffled off in a public lottery on October 5th.

GREENWICH VILLAGE, MANHATTAN

11 Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site GRAMERCY, MANHATTAN

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5 Open Access Sites Celebrating a Centennial: National Brooklyn Park Service

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520 CLINTON AVE, CLINTON HILL

259 N 5TH ST, WILLIAMSBURG

Sat • 10am-4pm. Sun • 1-4pm.

Sat & Sun • 1-6pm. Tours ongoing, every 15 mins.

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Square Roots Urban Growers 630 FLUSHING AVE, WILLIAMSBURG

Sat • 10am-6pm. Tours at 11am, 1, 3, 5pm. This campus of controlled-climate, hydroponic vertical farms is used by entrepreneurs to create responsible local-food businesses. The indoor farms are lit perfectly for plants with LEDs. Tour the inside of a vertical farm, where you can meet farmers, watch them harvest, and taste the delicious fresh produce. ORE DESIGN + TECHNOLOGY, 2016.

NY Sun Works’ Greenhouse Project at PS84 250 BERRY ST, WILLIAMSBURG

Sat • 10am-2pm. This rooftop greenhouse, built by NY Sun Works, uses hydroponic technology to teach sustainability science and environmental education through the lens or urban agriculture to students from Kindergarten to 12th grade in NYC public schools. KISS + CATCHCART, 2016.

The City Reliquary Museum 370 METROPOLITAN AVE, WILLIAMSBURG

Sat & Sun • 12-6pm.

FRANCIS J. HIMPLER, 1870.

1040 METROPOLITAN AVE, EAST WILLIAMSBURG

Sat • 12-4pm. Tours every 15-30 mins upon request.

≥ SQUARE ROOTS URBAN GROWERS NY SUN WORKS' GREENHOUSE PROJECT AT PS84

≥ KINGS COUNTY BREWERS COLLECTIVE RED HOOK HOUSES URBAN FARM

Brooklyn Art Library

Explore the 18,000-sf wing of what was once the Sackett & Wilhelms Lithography & Printing Co., a postindustrial loft building—one of the first in the world to feature air conditioning—that now serves as a creative hub for professional artists and curators from all over the world. Thirteen of ISCP’s 35 artists and curators will open their studios during OHNY Weekend.

28 FROST ST, WILLIAMSBURG

Kings County Brewers Collective

The Sketchbook Project’s home contains a collection of over 35,000 artist sketchbooks crowd-sourced from 135 countries. The library serves as a reading room and interactive museum experience where visitors of all ages can engage with the original, handmade sketchbooks of architects, designers, illustrators, students, and creatives of all ages.

381 TROUTMAN ST, BUSHWICK

Sat & Sun • 10am-2pm. opendialogue Tours with Kushner Studios at 10, 11am, 12, 1pm both days. Experience the inner workings of craft beer production on a commercial scale and taste the results for yourself at the first production brewery to open in Bushwick—once a national hub of brewing—in more than 40 years. Explore the space with brewers and architects to learn about the process of designing a unique contemporary urban brewery.

A/D/O 29 NORMAN AVE, GREENPOINT

Sat & Sun • 10am-6pm. Tours at 12, 2, 4pm both days. A/D/O is a newly renovated warehouse in the heart of North Brooklyn's Industrial Business Zone. Built for designers yet open to all, the 23,000-sf space comprises a world-class restaurant, prototyping studio, public workspace, design store and in-house accelerator in addition to its professional programs. The A/D/O team is passionate about creating the ideal creative environment—a catalyst for interdisciplinary collaboration and a prolific source of new ideas. NARCHITECTS, 2016.

The City Reliquary is a museum of the everyday artifacts of New York City spanning the late nineteenth century to the present. Highlights include an 1883 souvenir coin from opening day of the Brooklyn Bridge, a display of New York geological specimens, and the original 2nd Ave. Deli sign. Visit ohny.org for updates and information

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Lift / Next Level Floats 320 COURT ST, 2ND FL, CARROLL GARDENS

Sat & Sun • 10am-6pm. opendialogue Tours with 590BC ongoing throughout both days. Explore the city's only dedicated flotation therapy center with architects from 590BC, who earned an Award of Merit from the AIA Brooklyn + Queens Design Awards for this unique project that harmoniously melds old and new while addressing the numerous technical challenges of providing floatation therapy. Tours of suites with two different styles of float tanks will be given. 590BC, 2016.

Sat & Sun • 10am-6pm.

JOHN BEDARD, KUSHNER STUDIOS, WITH MAX J. LENT & GREGORY CHARNOCK, 2016.

TroutHouse ≥ BROOKLYN ART LIBRARY A/D/O ≥ LIFT / NEXT LEVEL FLOATS WATERFRONT MUSEUM ≤

JOHN WELCH, 1891.

Designed in the Lombard Romanesque style, this church includes a 110-ft belltower and “Opus 288,” a pipe organ built by the Austin Organ Company in 1912. The church’s ornate high altar is composed of hand carved wood, gilded with gold and silver leaf accents, containing statues dating back to 1870.

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Inspiration for the design of this sacred site was drawn from the churches built during the Italian Renaissance, particularly those in Modena and Verona. The church features stained glass windows produced by the Tiffany Studios of New York and an organ built by M.P. Mollar in 1916.

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Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew

Red Hook Houses Urban Farm WOLCOTT ST BTWN DWIGHT & RICHARDS, RED HOOK

Sat • 10am-2pm. opendialogue Tours with thread collective, Green City Force, and NYCHA at 11am, 1pm. Visit the first community farm on public housing property in New York City, a project of thread collective, Added Value, Green City Force, and NYCHA. In addition to producing fresh vegetables, the farm serves as a site of education, job training, and community engagement. THREAD COLLECTIVE, 2013.

Waterfront Museum 290 CONOVER ST, RED HOOK

225 TROUTMAN ST, BUSHWICK

Sat • 1-5pm.

Sat • 10am-2pm. opendialogue Tours with thread collective at 11am, 1pm.

During the “lighterage era” (18601960) there were over 5,000 non-self propelled barges moving food and commercial goods across New York Harbor for the mighty railroad conglomerates. Today, Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge No. 79 is the only surviving wooden example still afloat, and serves as a museum about the harbor’s heyday.

Strong moments of color, repurposed materials (including reclaimed Coney Island boardwalk), and expansive light and outdoor access at the front and back, support well-designed open plan interiors. Visit to tour thread collective’s office space, residential apartments, and the building’s green roof.

LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD CO., 1914; RESTORATION ONGOING.

THREAD COLLECTIVE, 2013.

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Gil Hodges Community Garden 534 CARROLL ST, GOWANUS

Sat • 10am-5pm. opendialogue Tours with Stantec and the New York Restoration Project ongoing. In 2013, this site became the first of NYRP’s community gardens to implement a storm water management system. The system, which includes bioswales, rain gardens and permeable pavers, improves local water quality. Efficiently capturing storm water runoff, these special features prevent the sewer from overloading with polluted water and draining untreated into the nearby Gowanus Canal. STANTEC LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING, 2013.

Lite Brite Neon Studio 232 3RD ST, STE C102, GOWANUS

Sat • 10am-4pm. At a time when neon was dwindling in popularity, Lite Brite Neon helped pioneer a renewed interest in its use in visual art and design. Today, they produce work for corporate clients like Apple, artists like Deborah Kass—and Open House New York! During OHNY Weekend, visit the studio that produced the neon sign pictured on the cover of this guide, located in the historic Old American Can Factory, for the opportunity to view live neon bending demonstrations. 1865-1901.

Interference Archive 131 8TH ST #4, GOWANUS

Sat & Sun • 12-5pm. This open stacks archival collection and study center houses a variety of different objects created as part of social movements by the participants themselves: posters, flyers, publications, photographs, books, T-shirts and buttons, moving images, audio recordings, and more. The archive makes use of this cultural ephemera to animate histories of people mobilizing for social transformation. 2011.

Old Stone House & Washington Park

PROSPECT & CROWN HEIGHTS

        

SOUTHEAST BROOKLYN

336 THIRD ST, GOWANUS

Brooklyn Public Library

Wyckoff House Museum

Sat & Sun • 10am-4pm.

10 GRAND ARMY PLAZA, PROSPECT HEIGHTS

5816 CLARENDON RD, EAST FLATBUSH

This structure, a modern reconstruction of the 1699 VechteCortelyou House, was built as a WPA project under Robert Moses and is now dedicated to creating a strong sense of community through history, environmental education and the arts. CLAES VECHTE, 1699; RECONSTRUCTION, ROBERT MOSES, 1934.

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≥ GIL HODGES COMMUNITY GARDEN LITE BRITE NEON STUDIO

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Visitors will receive an architectural and historical tour of Central Library, which is celebrating its 75th birthday this year. Tours will include a behindthe-scenes look at book storage and other areas beyond the wellknown public spaces within this celebrated Brooklyn icon. RAYMOND ALMIRALL, FRANCIS KEALLY, & ALFRED MORTON GITHENS, 1941.

Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility 472 2ND AVE, SUNSET PARK

Medgar Evers College Library

Sat • 10am-2pm. If you live in the five boroughs and recycle, odds are this is where your discards come to be processed before being shipped out as raw material for re-manufacturing. The facility's Recycling Education Center features displays that illustrate the why's and how's of NYC's recycling program. Handcranked conveyor belts, magnets, air jets, and scales engage all age groups, and a viewing platform allows visitors to see the recycling process in action!

1650 BEDFORD AVE, CROWN HEIGHTS

Sat & Sun • 10am-2pm. opendialogue Tours with ikon.5 Architects ongoing throughout. The concept for the renovation of this 45,000-sf library was inspired by the brilliant and reflective pages of illuminated manuscripts and their modern counterpart, the computer screen. Treating each interior surface as a bright reflective page, the renovation transforms the former dark and shadowed space into a bright and airy modern information commons.

SELLDORF ARCHITECTS, 2013.

Brooklyn Army Terminal

IKON.5 ARCHITECTS, 2014.

140 58TH ST, SUNSET PARK

Sat & Sun • 12-5pm. Tours of the atrium on the hour with Turnstile Tours, both days. Designed by Cass Gilbert, BAT served as one of the largest military supply bases in the US through World War II, and has been revitalized by NYCEDC as a modern, thriving industrial campus. The atrium's staggered balconies are beautiful and functional, designed to facilitate the efficient movement of supplies throughout a massive vertical structure. In addition to the atrium, dozens of artists will open their studios in Building A (3-J) and Building B (4-I) as part of chashama Open Studios. CASS GILBERT, 1918; PHASED RENOVATION, 1985-PRESENT.

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The Black Lady Theater Slave II 750 NOSTRAND AVE, CROWN HEIGHTS ≥ SUNSET PARK MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY BROOKLYN ARMY TERMINAL

Sat & Sun • 10am-6pm.

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The Black Lady Theater will open its doors to the public for the first time in over 20 years with a celebration of the Black woman and her authentic beauty, featuring live music and a vendor market. This is the sister theater of Slave I, a pillar in the Bedford Stuyvesant community that served as a think tank in the 80s to fight civil rights inequalities. Fourteen original murals that once hung in Slave I will be on display at Slave II for OHNY Weekend. CA. 1910.

Open Access Sites

Sat & Sun • 11am-4pm. Tours at 11am, 1, 3pm both days. This humble building—the oldest surviving structure within the five boroughs of New York City—was home to eight generations of one family, who farmed the land until 1901. During OHNY Weekend, visit the attic and root cellar, not normally open to the public. 1652.

Kings Theatre 1027 FLATBUSH AVE, FLATBUSH

Sun • 2-6pm. The Kings Theatre, one of the five legendary Loew’s “Wonder Theatres,” opened in 1929 as one of the most exquisite movie palaces in the nation. Following decades of decay and neglect, the recent completion of a $95 million restoration marked the rebirth of this historic building and its transformation into a state-ofthe-art live performance venue, a revitalized crown jewel of the Brooklyn arts scene. RAPP & RAPP, 1929; RESTORATION, MARTINEZ + JOHNSON ARCHITECTURE, 2014.

East Midwood Jewish Center 1625 OCEAN AVE, MIDWOOD

Sun • 2-6pm. Tours ongoing throughout the afternoon. This building’s two-story high sanctuary is illuminated by stained glass windows in red, green, yellow, and blue; a huge stained glass dome; and an elaborate chandelier. Visitors will also have an opportunity to tour EMJC’s basement pool, and explore the Sukkah located in the courtyard. LOUIS ALLEN ABRAMSON & MAURICE COURLAND, 1958.

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NEW LANDSCAPES NEW YORK Cities are more than just buildings and people. Open space is a key component to making any city livable. Not only does it offer beauty and areas for recreation and respite, but urban green space also offers valuable economic, health, community building, and ecosystem benefits. Being a very dense city with an enormous population, the need for open space in New York is paramount. New York has been a leader in city park expansion, including transforming old rail lines into greenways and an old Army headquarters in the middle of the harbor into a popular oasis. Even buildings have become more conscious of providing green spaces, with many including green roofs that help curb greenhouse gas emissions or green plazas for tenants to enjoy. At the center of these transformations are landscape architects—the designers who push the boundaries of creativity, innovation and leadership in the planning, design and development of our built environment.

Most New Landscapes New York sites require Advance Reservations, as noted on the opposite page. Watch for the icon in the upper right corner of this spread, which appears alongside the listings of the three Open Access sites. For more information about all participating sites, visit: ohny.org/landscape

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1 Concrete Plant Park BRONX RIVER ALLIANCE LONGWOOD, BRONX

2 FDR Four Freedoms Park LOIS SHERR DUBIN ROOSEVELT ISLAND, MANHATTAN

3 Gil Hodges Community Garden

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STANTEC WITH NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT GOWANUS, BROOKLYN

4 Hallett Nature Sanctuary CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY CENTRAL PARK, MANHATTAN

5 The High Bridge NYC PARKS & RECREATION WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, MANHATTAN AND HIGHBRIDGE, BRONX

6 High Line JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS CHELSEA, MANHATTAN

7 Hunter's Point South Waterfront Park

THOMAS BALSLEY ASSOCIATES WITH WEISS/MANFREDI ARCHITECTURE/LANDSCAPE/ URBANISM LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS

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PARTICIPATING SITES

Open House New York and the New York Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects have partnered this year to provide exclusive access to the designers behind many of New York's newest and most exciting open spaces and landscapes.

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8 Liberty Park AECOM FINANCIAL DISTRICT, MANHATTAN

9 The Lowline Lab MATHEWS NIELSEN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS LOWER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN

10 Naval Cemetery Landscape

NELSON BYRD WOLTZ LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS NAVY YARD, BROOKLYN

11 New York Times

Building Lobby Garden

15 QueensWay DLANDSTUDIO ARCHITECTURE + LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND FOREST HILLS, QUEENS

16 Times Square

Reconstruction

SNØHETTA MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN

17 VIA 57 West STARR WHITEHOUSE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS WITH BJARKE INGELS GROUP MIDTOWN WEST, MANHATTAN

HMWHITE MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN

12 Nowadays FUTURE GREEN STUDIO RIDGEWOOD, QUEENS

13 Pier 5 Uplands at

Brooklyn Bridge Park MICHAEL VAN VALKENBURGH ASSOCIATES INC. WITH BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN

14 Pier 15 KEN SMITH WORKSHOP SEAPORT, MANHATTAN

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when it was designed. Access to the rarely opened Collector’s Office, designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany to be the grandest room in all of New York, will be offered on a first-come-first-served basis. Arrive at least an hour before closing, as long lines for the office are expected and may close before the rest of the building.

1940 E 36TH ST, MARINE PARK

Sun • 12-4pm. At its peak in the 19th century, the Lott farm included 200 acres, and the house may have served as a stop on the Underground Railroad. Visit a replica of the old well and of the privy, and take part in the house’s Annual Fall Festival.

CASS GILBERT, 1907; RENOVATION, EHRENKRANTZ ECKSTUT & KUHN ARCHITECTS, 1987.

CA. 1719; EXTERIOR RESTORATION, KOUTSOMITIS ARCHITECTS, 2008; GROUNDS RESTORATION, NYC PARKS, 2015.

Cornell AAP NYC Studio (Standard Oil Building)

Ryan Visitor Center at Floyd Bennett Field

26 BROADWAY, 20TH FL, FINANCIAL DISTRICT

Sat • 10am-4pm. opendialogue Tours with Gensler & Cornell AAP at 10:30, 11:30am, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30pm.

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Castle Clinton National Monument BATTERY PARK, FINANCIAL DISTRICT

Sat • 11am-3pm. Castle Clinton is an open air fort that has gone through many changes over the years, serving at different times as a 6,000-seat opera house, the city’s pre-Ellis Island immigration station, and even an aquarium! Visit during OHNY Weekend for special performaces by a re-enactor that celebrate the site’s history. 1811.

Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House 1 BOWLING GREEN, FINANCIAL DISTRICT

Sat • 1-5pm. Sun • 10am-5pm. Tours ongoing throughout. This imposing landmark’s magnificent interiors reflect how vital the building was to the city, then the world’s greatest port,

In April 2015, Cornell AAP NYC moved into a new studio space in the former headquarters of the Standard Oil Company, on the floor that once housed the office of John D. Rockefeller himself. With moveable wall panels, the 11,114-sf space is easily adaptable for various uses during and between semesters. Its natural lighting and 360-degree views of Lower Manahttan, the Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island enhance the experience of the city as an extension of the classroom. CARRERE & HASTINGS, 1920; EXPANSION, SHREVE, LAMB & BLAKE, 1928; CORNELL AAP RENOVATION, GENSLER, 2015.

70 Pine

Built by Cities Services during the golden age of the Art Deco skyscraper, this tower remains the city's eighth tallest building. Featuring a grand lobby designated as an interior landmark, 70 Pine is one of the crown jewels of the skyline. After a recent renovation, the former office building contains residential apartments, a hotel, and retail space. Tours will visit public areas and model apartments. Photo ID is required. Access is first come, first served. CLINTON & RUSSELL AND HOLTON & GEORGE, 1932; RENOVATION, STEPHEN B. JACOBS GROUP, 2016.

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Hall of Records / Surrogate's Court

26 WALL ST, FINANCIAL DISTRICT

31 CHAMBERS ST, CIVIC CENTER

Sat • 9am-4:45pm. Tours at 10am, 1, 3pm. Performances at 11am, 2pm.

Sat • 12-4pm.

This building by Towne & Davis features Doric columns that resemble those of the Greek Parthenon. Two performances of “Washington, Jefferson, and Hamilton: Behind Closed Doors - The First Presidential Cabinet” will take place in celebration of the National Park Service’s centennial anniversary.

This civic landmark embodies the mission of the Department of Records and Information Services; like the archival collections it houses, the building documents the history of the City. Visit to view the stunning French Neo-Baroque interior entranceway and lobby, browse historic documents and images in the Visitor Center, and peruse books at the first Municipal Library Book Sale.

TOWN & DAVIS, 1842.

JOHN ROCHESTER THOMAS, 1907.

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New York City Hall

Sat • 12-4pm. One of the oldest city halls in the nation still serving its original purpose, New York City Hall features a stunning rotunda—lit by a central oculus and graced by a “floating” staircase—that is a designated interior landmark. The plaza, rotunda, City Council chamber, and Governor’s Room will be open to explore. Long lines are expected; visitors must arrive by 3pm for admittance.

This monument preserves a portion of the site that served as a burial ground for approximately 15,000 Africans in the 17th and 18th centuries. The cemetery was rediscovered in 1991 during the construction of a federal office building. Tours will discuss the symbolism of the memorial built in 2007 to mark the site.

Sat • 10am-4pm.

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290 BROADWAY, 1ST FL, CIVIC CENTER

Sat • 10am-4pm. Tours at 11am, 12, 1, 2, 3pm.

1 CENTRE ST, 19TH FL, SOUTH ENTRANCE, CIVIC CENTER

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African Burial Ground National Monument

ENTRANCE GATE ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROADWAY AT MURRAY ST, CIVIC CENTER

Manhattan Municipal Building

70 PINE ST, FINANCIAL DISTRICT

Sun • 12-4pm. Tours ongoing throughout.

Federal Hall National Memorial

JOHN MCCOMB, JR. AND JOSEPH FRANCOIS MANGIN, 1812; RESTORATION, BEYER BLINDER BELLE, 2015.

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As New York City’s first municipal airport, Floyd Bennett Field was a popular site with early aviators. 26 around-the-world or transatlantic flights started or ended at Floyd Bennett Field between 1931-39. Today, the Ryan Visitor Center (which originally served as the airport’s passenger terminal) has been renovated to reflect the Golden Age of Aviation. 1931.

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Hendrick I. Lott House

Visit the 102-year-old Municipal Building to view a selection of historic maps and photographs of New York City from the collection of the Municipal Archives, in the offices of Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer. Also, become a PART of history by sharing a story about a woman who has inspired you—to be compiled into a catalog of women activists at womensactivism.nyc!

RODNEY LEON, 2007.

Mmuseumm 1 and Mmuseumm 2 4 CORTLANDT ALLEY, TRIBECA

Sat & Sun • 10am-6pm. Tours ongoing throughout both days. Mmuseumm is made up of an expanding network of wings in unexpected spaces. The first two locations are housed in a former freight elevator and a former loading dock. Mmuseumm tells contemporary stories about humanity through vernacular objects from around the world. There are 16 exhibitions on view at both wings that cover the globe, current events, social issues, and cultural identities. MICHAEL CAPPUTO, 2012-16.

MCKIM, MEAD & WHITE, 1914.

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Alexander and Bonin

ARTNOIR: CITY OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE New York City’s history lives in its buildings. Far from passive fixtures, these architectural spaces act as precipitators of cultural exchange, which present endless opportunities for storytelling and transformation. From meeting halls to performance theatres, buildings act as vital points of intersection for the communities that inhabit them, carrying the soul of the neighborhood within their walls.

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Sat & Sun • 10am-6pm. Formerly a garment warehouse, this space has been redesigned by architects Bade Stageberg Cox to create a sequence of gallery spaces on two levels connected by a steel mesh stair. The inaugural exhibition will be installed for OHNY Weekend. 1867; RENOVATION, BADE STAGEBERG COX, 2016.

AT&T Long Distance Building Lobby 32 AVE OF THE AMERICAS, TRIBECA

Hildreth Meière was commissioned to design a ceiling mural depicting the “Continents Linked by the Telephone and Wireless” as a reflection of the purpose of the building in her imaginative Art Deco style. Experts from the International Hildreth Meière Association will be on-site to discuss the artist's work. VOORHEES, GMELIN & WALKER, 1930.

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Except where noted, ARTNOIR sites are Open Access, and can be visited during the times indicated in their listing in this guide. Watch for the icon in the upper right corner of this page, which appears alongside the listings of participating sites. For more details about all participating sites, visit: ohny.org/artnoir

PARTICIPATING SITES

1 Andrew Freedman Home MORRISANIA, BRONX

2 The Black Lady Theatre Slave II CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN

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Jazz

FLUSHING, QUEENS

CORONA, QUEENS

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525 GREENWICH ST, SOHO

Sun • 3-7pm. opendialogue Tours with Stonehill & Taylor ongoing throughout.

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The relaxed design of this rooftop bar is meant to evoke a street-side hotspot in Little Havana, with vintage ads, posters for live acts from the 1950s, street art, and spray painted graphics. Explore the space with designers while taking in 360-degree views of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty.

Center for Italian Modern Art

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, MANHATTAN

421 BROOME ST, 4TH FL, SOHO

8 Queens Museum

Sat • 10am-6pm. opendialogue Tours with architect Irina Verona at 11am, 1pm. Tours with CIMA Fellows at 3, 4:30pm.

FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, QUEENS

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Harlem

HARLEM, MANHATTAN

10 United Palace

LOWER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN

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Azul Rooftop Bar

STONEHILL & TAYLOR, 2015.

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WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, MANHATTAN

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This year, Open House New York and ARTNOIR are collaborating to highlight ten locations throughout New York City that illustrate how the built environment serves as a catalyst for cultural exchange. Tours will help visitors understand how architectural form and function can reveal certain truths about the sociological climate from which these buildings were born. ARTNOIR and OHNY seek to uncover various narratives that reflect on the relationship between identity and place. ARTNOIR is a global collective of culturalists who design experiences aimed at engaging this generations dynamic and diverse creative class. The group offers an alternative perspective to the traditional arts narrative, supports the freedom of artistic expression for all, and provides a platform for bold acts of creativity.

the process of transforming an historic commercial loft into a contemporary multi-use space.

47 WALKER ST, TRIBECA

Located in a building designed by one of the SoHo cast iron district’s most prolific architects, CIMA’s gallery features a sensitive renovation with modern Italian furnishings and finishes. Visit to learn about

GRIFFITH THOMAS, 1873; RENOVATION, IRINA VERONA, 2013.

Eldridge Street Synagogue / Museum at Eldridge Stret 12 ELDRIDGE ST, LOWER EAST SIDE

Sun • 10am-3pm. Tours at 10, 10:30, 11, 11:30am, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30pm. “Forensic Architecture” tour with curator at 12pm. Explore the magnificent neoMoorish interior of the first great house of worship built in America by Eastern European Jews, featuring stained glass artwork by artist Kiki Smith and architect Deborah Gans and a permanent exhibition on the history of this landmark sacred site. Family activities, including a scavenger hunt, will be offered throughout the day. HERTER BROTHERS, 1887; RENOVATIONS, WSA/MODERN RUINS, WISS JANNEY ELSTNER, AND ARCHIMUSE, 2007-14.

Essex Street Market 120 ESSEX ST, LOWER EAST SIDE

Sat & Sun • 10am-6pm. Tours at 12, 2pm both days. Opened in 1940 as part of Mayor LaGuardia’s public market network, this site has been in continuous operation for 76 years. Tours will highlight the history of the city’s public markets and their role in the urban food system, as well as the wonderful diversity of this particular market’s food offerings and the people who serve it. 1940.

The Lowline Lab 140 ESSEX ST, LOWER EAST SIDE

Sat & Sun • 11am-5pm. Sat • opendialogue Tours with Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects from 1-3pm.

Umbrella House Rooftop Garden 21 AVE C, LOWER EAST SIDE

Sat & Sun • 12-4pm. This rooftop garden atop one of the former Lower East Side squats is an 820-sf intensive green roof that serves as a source of fresh produce for residents, a means to assist in storm water management, and a model for other buildings. Spring 2015 was the garden's first growing season, producing everything from swiss chard and okra to medicinal plants including hyssop, lemon balm, and chamomile. Umbrella House is now a limited-equity co-op that will provide affordable housing on Avenue C for many decades to come. PAUL A. CASTRUCCI ARCHITECT, 2015.

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New York City Marble Cemetery 60 E SECOND ST, EAST VILLAGE

Sat & Sun • 11am-5pm. One of only two non-sectarian burial grounds in Manhattan, this historic cemetery contains 258 underground burial vaults and has seen the funerals of many distinguished citizens, including President James Monroe and the founders of many city institutions. PERKINS NICHOLS, 1831.

New York Marble Cemetery 41 ½ SECOND AVE, EAST VILLAGE

Sat & Sun • 10AM-5PM. The city's oldest non-sectarian burial ground was established in 1830 by wealthy merchants. The beautiful half-acre garden is surrounded by 12-ft marble walls, and is the resting place of more than 2,100 interments in its underground vaults, each of which is the size of a small room. PERKINS NICHOLS, 1830.

See a full-scale mock-up of the future Lowline underground park. Built in a former market building just a block away from the future park site, the lab features a solar collection system installed on the building’s roof, a sunlight distribution mechanism, and a live green space inside the warehouse. 1940; LOWLINE PARK, EXPECTED COMPLETION 2021.

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VARIOUS ARCHITECTS, 2005-2016.

The Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery 417 LAFAYETTE ST, 4TH FL, NOHO

Sat • 10am-6pm. Sun • 12-4pm. The gallery of this nonprofit foundation, created by Koreanborn American artist Po Kim and his wife, American artist Sylvia Wald, offers visitors a unique behind-the-scenes look into the founding artists’ two floors of studio-residences, a lush rooftop garden, and a fourth floor gallery with a rotating exhibition schedule of contemporary Asian and American artists. (Rooftop access depends on weather and construction schedule). CLEVERDON & PUTZEL, 1893-94.

Grace Church in New York 802 BROADWAY, GREENWICH VILLAGE

Sun • 1-5pm. Tours ongoing throughout the afternoon. This elegant Gothic Revival church’s landmark buildings feature designs by James Renwick, Jr., a renovation and extension by Heins & La Farge, decoration by Tiffany, and windows by Clayton & Bell, along with many other celebrated artisans. JAMES RENWICK, JR., 1846.

721 BROADWAY, GREENWICH VILLAGE

Sun • 2-7:30pm. Workshops and tutorials ongoing throughout. Wikimedia NYC is a community nonprofit that works with local institutions interested in the further expansion and diversification of free knowledge. During OHNY Weekend, visit NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program for a multimedia tutorial, workshop, and hackathon focused on Wikimedia Commons and the work processes for cultural multimedia wiki-projects.

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≥ JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH JEFFERSON MARKET LIBRARY

table” agriculture, and wildlife conservation, while also engaging them outside of the classroom.

Sat • 10am-2pm. Sun • 1-3pm.

MURPHY, BURNHAM & BUTTRICK AND ROBERT SILMAN ASSOCIATES, 2012.

The first solo project by legendary architect Stanford White, this church was designed in tandem with the Washington Square Park Arch, echoing similar architectural details in the church’s interior columns and arches. The church also houses the world’s largest collection of John LaFarge stained glass windows.

Minetta Lane Residence 16 MINETTA LN, GREENWICH VILLAGE

Sat • 12-5pm. opendialogue Tours with Kushner Studios at 2, 4pm.

Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation

This work in progress involves the transformation of a unique West Village townhouse with a storied and colorful past into its next iteration, as architect/contractor and owner Adam Kushner creates his idealized urban home and presents a love letter to Minetta Lane, the Minetta Brook, and New York City in general. Visitors should wear hard-soled, closed toe shoes.

526 LAGUARDIA PL, GREENWICH VILLAGE

Sat & Sun • 10am-6pm. In 1963, sculptor Chaim Gross and his wife Renee converted an art storage warehouse into their home and studio. The Grosses added a sculpture studio to the ground floor, which is illuminated by an enormous skylight and features Gross’ work. On the third floor, see how the family lived surrounded by their world-class art collection.

1925; RENOVATION, KUSHNER STUDIOS, 2016.

CA. 1830S; RENOVATION DON REIMAN AND CHAIM GROSS, 1963.

Jefferson Market Library 425 AVE OF THE AMERICAS, WEST VILLAGE

Center for Architecture

Sun • 12-4pm.

536 LAGUARDIA PL, GREENWICH VILLAGE

Sat & Sun • 11am-5pm. Visit the city's premier architectural exhibition space to view current exhibits, or bring the kids for FamilyDay@theCenter on Saturday between 11am and 3pm to help build a model city! For children ages 5 and up with their adult companions.

55 WASHINGTON SQ S, GREENWICH VILLAGE

STANFORD WHITE, 1892; RENOVATION, WILLIAM STIVALE, 2015.

≥ WESTBETH ARTIST HOUSING GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ≥ THE SYLVIA WALD & PO KIM GALLERY ≤

Tours led by Fourth Arts Block director Risa Shoup will visit a mix of cultural organizations located within this “Naturally-Ocurring Cultural District.” Employees and/ or affiliated artists from each site will be present to explain the particular history of their site, current programming, and its relationship to the district.

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Sat • Tours at 10, 11:15am, 12:30, 1:45pm.

Judson Memorial Church

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Wikimedia NYC: CommonsLab at Interactive Telecommunications Program

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RENEE & CHAIM GROSS FOUNDATION

In 1967 this Venetian Gothic courthouse was converted into a much loved branch of the New York Public Library. Climb 149 steps to the top of the tower and enjoy 360-degree views of the Village! Long lines are expected; visitors must arrive by 3pm for admittance. FREDERICK CLARKE WITHERS & CALVERT VAUX, 1875; RENOVATION, GIORGIO CAVAGLIERI, 1967.

ANDREW BERMAN, AIA, 2003.

PS 41 -The Greenwich Village School 116 W 11TH ST, WEST VILLAGE

Sun • 12-4pm.

Westbeth Artist Housing 55 BETHUNE ST, WEST VILLAGE

Sat & Sun • 12-6pm. Tours at 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5pm both days. Listed on the federal, state and city historic landmark registries, Westbeth is the largest artist community in the US. The former Bell Telephone Laboratories building was converted to artist studios in 1970. Visit to see working artists’ studios, gallery exhibitions, and a stunning rooftop view of the Statue of Liberty. CYRUS L. W. EIDLITZ, 1898; RENOVATION, RICHARD MEIER, 1970.

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The New School - Sheila C. Johnson Design Center 66 5TH AVE, UNION SQUARE

Sat & Sun • 12-6pm. These two galleries, open to the public daily, offer visitors the unique physical experience of being in a gallery and on an open stage simultaneously, and host an exciting schedule of exhibits of student and professional work throughout the year. RICE + LIPKA, 2008.

Union Square Greenmarket UNION SQUARE W AT E 15TH ST, UNION SQUARE

Sat • 8am-6pm. Tour with GrowNYC at 10am. The world-famous Union Square Greenmarket began with just a few farmers in 1976 and has grown exponentially over the past 40 years. Visit the OHNY Weekend Info Hub all day on Saturday, or join Greenmarket staff for a behind-the-scenes tour to meet the farmers who provide New Yorkers with fresh, local food.

This 15,000-sf green roof—the first ever constructed by the NYC School Construction Authority—is integrated into current curricula to help teach students green building technologies, “farm-toVisit ohny.org for updates and information

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Rubin Museum of Art

CURBED CURATES: RESIDENCES For the second year in a row, Open House New York has partnered with Curbed to open a curated selection of private residences around the city that celebrate the Curbed mantra, “love where you live.” From a model apartment in the recently converted Art Deco skyscraper 70 Pine to one of the first Passive House woodframe buildings in New York, the Curbed Curates series opens doors to let you see how New Yorkers live.

150 W 17TH ST, CHELSEA

Sat & Sun • 11am-6pm. Tours with curators at 2pm both days. Sun • Children's tour at 2pm. This contemplative space inspires visitors to make connections between contemporary life and the art and ideas of the Himalayas. Visit the immersive Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room or tour the exhibition “Monumental Lhasa” that explores iconic images of the Tibetan capital’s most important monuments. On Sunday, families with children can take part in Family Sundays activities. Mention OHNY Weekend for free admission! 1915; RENOVATION, BEYER BLINDER BELLE, 2004.

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Sat • 12-4pm. This prominent example of Romanesque Revival architecture boasts an impressive marble exterior and bell tower and a finely detailed interior featuring beautiful stained glass windows (two of which are Tiffany), cantilevered balconies, original tile flooring, and mahogany pews.

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SAMUEL A. WARNER, 1854; RENOVATION, HALPERN ASSOCIATES, 2012.

PARTICIPATING SITES

1 70 Pine

STEPHEN B. JACOBS GROUP FINANCIAL DISTRICT, MANHATTAN

The Apthorp

RAFI ELBAZ WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN

5 Kane Residence

Built in the neo-Gothic style, Transfiguration has 14th-century stained glass, elegant chapels, and a picturesque garden. The church provided sanctuary to AfricanAmericans during the Civil War and has a long-time association with the acting community. Thousands of couples were married at the church during World War II.

9 Serge Drouin Residence

4 Chinatown Loft BURO KORAY DUMAN CHINATOWN, MANHATTAN

Sat • 10:30am-4pm. Tours at 10:30am, 1, 3pm (in English), 1pm (en Español); wedding talk & tour at 12pm. Sun • 10:30am-3:30pm. Tours at 1, 2:30pm (in English); children’s tour at 12:45pm.

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3 Clifton Residence

PAUL A. CASTRUCCI ARCHITECT BED-STUY/CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN

1 E 29TH ST, FLATIRON DISTRICT

JENNIFER POST DESIGN UPPER WEST SIDE, MANHATTAN

2 The Charles ISMAEL LEYVA ARCHITECTS UPPER EAST SIDE,MANHATTAN

Church of the Transfiguration

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SERGE DROUIN ARCHITECT GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN

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ID 810 DESIGN GROUP UPPER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN

6 Minetta Lane Residence KUSHNER STUDIOS GREENWICH VILLAGE, MANHATTAN

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Scandinavia House 58 PARK AVE, MURRAY HILL

Institute of Classical Architecture & Art Cast Gallery 20 W 44TH ST, 6TH FL, MIDTOWN

Sun • 12-6pm.

Sat • 11am-3pm.

Offerings in this sleek, modern cultural center include diverse exhibitions and film series, as well as performances, readings, symposia, language courses, and more. Families can enjoy the Heimbold Family Children’s Playing & Learning Center inspired by Scandinavian early childhood education centers.

In 2004, the Metropolitan Museum of Art donated a historic collection of 120 plaster casts to the ICAA. The collection represents rare, high artistry in the craft of mold making and casting, and is an invaluable part of an education in traditional architecture and the allied arts.

JAMES POLSHEK (POLSHEK PARTNERSHIP ARCHITECTS), 2000.

Japan Society 333 E 47TH ST, MIDTOWN EAST

Marble Collegiate Church 1 W 29TH ST, FLATIRON DISTRICT

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LAMB & RICH, 1890; RENOVATION, SETH WEINE, 2015.

Austrian Cultural Forum New York 11 E 52ND ST, MIDTOWN

Sat & Sun • 11am-5pm. Tours at 12, 3pm both days.

Sat • 10am-6pm. Tours ongoing, every 30 mins.

This elegant building was the first building by a leading Japanese architect in New York City. Tours will highlight the building’s exterior, the interior lobby space and second floor vista with reflecting pool, waterfall, and gardens. After your tour, mention OHNY Weekend for half-price admission to the gallery.

Occupying the diminutive (25-ft wide by 81-ft deep) mid-block site of a former townhouse, this striking building rises to a 24-story height with the authority of a landmark, expressing the contextual relevance of both the architecture and the Forum’s mission to connect European and American creative visions.

JUNZO YOSHIMURA, 1971; RENOVATION, BEYER BLINDER BELLE, 1998.

General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York 20 W 44TH ST, MIDTOWN

Sat • 10am-5pm. This soaring, light-filled space— the second oldest library in New York City—is one of only three remaining private membership circulating libraries, and houses the John M. Mossman Lock Collection, which contains more than 370 locks, keys, and tools dating from 4,000 BC to the early 20th century. LAMB & RICH, 1890; RENOVATION, RALPH SAMUEL TOWNSEND, 1903-05.

FREDERICK CLARKE WITHERS (LYCH-GATE), OTHERS UNKNOWN, 1849.

RAIMUND ABRAHAM, 2002.

Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church 708 FIFTH AVE, MIDTOWN

Sat • 11am-5pm. Sun • 1-5pm. Tours of the church will be offered on an ongoing basis throughout both days. Organ tours will be offered at 12, 2pm on Sat, and 1:45, 3pm on Sun. Slip beneath the scaffolding and step inside one of New York City’s Gilded Age treasures. This Victorian Gothic masterwork, currently under restoration, includes rare innovations of the period, such as a 19th-century heating and air conditioning system. The 1,800-seat sanctuary contains no iconography (in keeping with early Presbyterian austerity) and no right angles. CARL PFEIFFER, 1875; RENOVATION, KATHERINE FREY, 2016.

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RAFAEL VIÑOLY, 2004; LOBBY RENOVATION, ENNEAD ARCHITECTS, 2015.

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First Church of Christ, Scientist 77 CENTRAL PARK WEST, UPPER WEST SIDE

Sat • 10am-5pm. Sun • 1-5pm. Tours ongoing throughout both days. Discover the glorious Beaux-Arts interior of this marble and granite church, meticulously restored in 2007. Once slated for demolition and replacement by a residential high-rise, First Church sparked a grassroots movement, led by LANDMARK WEST!, to create the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District, now the city’s largest. FREDERICK R. COMSTOCK, 1901; RESTORATION, SYDNESS ARCHITECTS, 2007.

Beacon Theatre 2124 BROADWAY, UPPER WEST SIDE

Sun • 10am-4pm. Once you enter the doors of this ornate, landmarked theater, you will be surrounded by a unique mix of Greek, Roman, Spanish, Rococo, Moorish, Byzantine and Renaissance styles. Visit and be transported back in time! The Rotunda, Loge, and Balcony will be open to tour, and the Orchestra area will be open for ADA guests.

Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York

263 W 86TH ST, UPPER WEST SIDE

225 W 99TH ST, UPPER WEST SIDE

ONE E 65TH ST, UPPER EAST SIDE

Sat & Sun • 1:30-4:30pm. Tours ongoing both days, every 30 mins. opendialogue Talks with Boling Studio ongoing throughout. Sat • New York Jazz Academy concert at 2:15pm.

Sat • 12-4pm. Sun • 1-4pm. Tours at 2, 3pm both days.

Sun • 12-4pm. Tours at 12:30, 2:30pm.

One of the city’s most beautiful and important church designs, St. Michael’s is now the Upper West Side’s newest official New York City individual landmark! Outstanding features include its bold rockfaced white limestone façade, soaring Italian-inspired tower, and dazzlingly colorful interior with extensive stained glass and mosaics by Tiffany.

Built in the Modern Romanesque style popular in the late 1920s, Temple Emanu-El is the largest synagogue in the world, and one of the largest houses of worship in New York City with 2,500 seats. The sanctuary features dazzling mosaics by noted muralist Hildreth Meière, an intricately painted ceiling, and towering stained glass windows.

The main interior sanctuary of this towering church features a second story semicircular balcony under an arched roof that appears to be held up by four largerthan-life marble angels. A series of clerestory windows on both the north and south sides of the building flood the upper levels with natural light.

≥ AUSTRIAN CULTURAL FORUM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ≥ ST. MICHAEL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY

ROBERT W. GIBSON WITH TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY, 1891; RESTORATION, ROHLF’S STAINED GLASS STUDIO, 2002

ROBERT HENDERSON ROBERTSON, 1897; RENOVATION, BOLING STUDIO, 2000.

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421 E 61ST ST, UPPER EAST SIDE

165 W 86TH ST, UPPER WEST SIDE

Sun • 11am-4pm.

Sat • 10am-6pm. Sun • 2-6pm.

One of the few remaining 18thcentury buildings in Manhattan, this converted carriage house was a popular 19th-century country resort for New Yorkers escaping the crowded city below 14th Street. Walking through eight fully furnished period rooms is like taking a trip back to 1830s New York City. Activities are available for families with kids. 1799.

Tours of this landmark structure, believed to be the only remaining Richardsonian Romanesquestyle church in Manhattan, will explore the church’s architectural, religious, and social history, from the time architect Leopold Eidlitz’s original chapel was built in 1884, through ongoing preservation efforts today. LEOPOLD EIDLITZ, 1884; EXPANSION, HENRY KILBURN, 1890.

The Rockefeller University

Congregation Ohab Zedek

1230 YORK AVE, UPPER EAST SIDE

Sat • Tours at 10, 10:30, 11, 11:30, 12, 12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, and 3:30pm.

118 W 95TH ST, UPPER WEST SIDE

Sun • 10am-2pm. Tour at 10am. Congregation Ohab Zedek embraces its history as one of the oldest synagogues in New York, and as a hub of modern orthodox spiritual life. The soaring sanctuary features beautiful details, including an elaborate dome of stained glass high overhead. CHARLES B. MYERS, 1926.

WALTER W. AHLSCHLAGER AND RAPP & RAPP, 1929; RESTORATION, MSGE, 2009.

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Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden

West-Park Presbyterian Church

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Get an intimate look at The Appel Room, Rose Theater, and JALC’s night club and restaurant, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. Check out the recently renovated lobby, which has woven these three distinctive spaces together into a unique cultural destination dramatically situated at Columbus Circle, with sweeping views of Central Park and the Midtown skyline.

St. Michael’s Episcopal Church

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St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church

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Jazz at Lincoln Center

Since the groundbreaking of its first building in 1904, The Rockefeller University has grown to include more than 20 buildings on a 14-acre campus. Tours will showcase the Collaborative Research Center, a LEED-certified laboratory complex; the recently renovated Welch Hall; Founders Hall; the domed Caspary Auditorium; The Rockefeller University Hospital; and other historic buildings.

STEIN, BUTLER, & COHEN, 1929; RESTORATION, BEYER BLINDER BELLE, 2006.

Frick Art Reference Library 10 E 70TH ST, UPPER EAST SIDE

Sat • 2-6pm. Tours at 2, 3, 4, 5pm. Sun • 12-4pm. Tours at 12, 1, 2, 3pm. This six-story library, with its French Revival exterior, displayed innovative features for its day, including air-conditioned stacks and dumb-waiters to move books between floors in conjunction with a Telautograph system. The beautiful Italianate reading room is preserved much as it was in 1934. JOHN RUSSELL POPE, 1934.

Czech Center New York 321 E 73RD ST, UPPER EAST SIDE

Sat & Sun • 10am-6pm. Tours ongoing throughout both days, every 20 mins. One of many social halls built in the nineteenth century for the city’s immigrant ethnic communities, the Bohemian National Hall is a rare survivor. Today it is a vibrant cultural hub featuring art galleries, a Grand Ballroom, a rooftop terrace, cinema, library, and more. Special site specific entertainment will invigorate tours during OHNY Weekend WILLIAM C. FROHNE, 1896; RENOVATION, JAN HIRD POKORNY, 1995; RENOVATION, MARTIN HOLUB, 2003; RENOVATION, ATELIER M1, 2007.

VARIOUS ARCHITECTS, FOUNDED 1901.

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Ukrainian Institute of America

Barnard College: Diana Center

2 E 79TH ST, UPPER EAST SIDE

3009 BROADWAY, MAIN GATE AT W 117TH STREET, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS

Sat • 10:30am-5pm. Tours at 11am, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5pm. Located in the elaborate Gilded Age Harry F. Sinclair Mansion, the institute's educational, professional and social activities promote a greater awareness, knowledge and appreciation of Ukraine’s and Ukrainians’ rich culture, history, and accomplishments. Visitors will be able to tour the building up to the fourth floor and view current exhibits on Alexander Archipenko and Socialist Realism. C.P.H. GILBERT, 1898.

Museum of the City of New York 1220 FIFTH AVE, MUSEUM MILE

Sat & Sun • 10am-2pm. During OHNY Weekend, families with children can visit the Museum of the City of New York to become secret agent architects, exploring the museum in a family friendly scavenger hunt. Learn terms to describe architecture and the names of various styles while discovering the secrets of this Colonial Revival building. JOSEPH H. FREEDLANDER, 1930; RENOVATION, ENNEAD ARCHITECTS, 2016.

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Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

Sun • 12-4pm. Tours at 12, 1, 2, 3pm. Opened in 2010, Barnard College’s Diana Center serves as a center of student life for the country’s most sought-after liberal arts college for women. The 98,000-sf building houses several showcase programs, a performance venue and student spaces. Tours will highlight the features that earned it the 2011 AIA Honor Award for Architecture.

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Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) 120 E 125TH ST, EAST HARLEM

Sat • 11am-5pm. The recently completed renovation of this historic firehouse allows CCCADI to actively contribute to the arts and cultural spaces so necessary in the underserved community of East Harlem. The LEED Silver facility houses dynamic programming including artwork exhibits, performances, and more.

WEISS/MANFREDI ARCHITECTURE/ LANDSCAPE/URBANISM, 2010.

NAPOLEON LEBRUN & SONS, 1889; RENOVATION, CSA GROUP, LI/ SALTZMAN ARCHITECTS, 2016.

General Grant National Memorial

The Studio Museum in Harlem

RIVERSIDE DR & 122ND ST, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS

144 W 125TH ST, HARLEM

Sat & Sun • 10am-5pm. Grounds tours with park rangers leave from the adjacent Visitors Center at 11:15am, 1:15, 3:15pm both days. This grand mausoleum— the largest in the Western Hemisphere—is the final resting place of President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia. Under an awe-inspiring rotunda, visitors can look down into the open crypt, with stairs leading below. The tomb is a space of reverence and reflection; please keep voices low when visiting. JOHN H. DUNCAN, 1897; RESTORATION, 1997.

Sat • 10am-6pm. Sun • 12-6pm. Tours at 2, 3, 4pm both days. This museum serves as a nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally, and internationally, and for work that has been inspired and influenced by black culture. During OHNY Weekend, the Museum is partnering with ARTNOIR to present a weekend-long series of thematic tours and workshops inspired by its summer exhibitions. 1914; RENOVATION, J. MAX BOND, JR., 1980S; ENTRY PAVILION, ROGERS MARVEL ARCHITECTS, 2001-06.

Harlem Educational Activities Fund

1047 AMSTERDAM AVE, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS

International House

2090 SEVENTH AVE (ADAM CLAYTON POWELL BLVD), HARLEM

Sat • 2-6pm. Sun • 1-3pm.

500 RIVERSIDE DR, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS

Sat • Tours at 10, 11am, 12, 1pm.

Sat & Sun • 12-4pm.

Visit the historic Hotel Theresa, the only hotel that allowed Fidel Castro to stay on his visit to the US in 1960! Guests will have the opportunity to tour HEAF’s recently renovated space on the 10th floor, learn about the academic classes offered, and catch sweeping views south over Central Park.

The Cathedral is an active house of worship, arts, cultural, and civic center, as well as a feat of human engineering. Despite incomplete construction, it is the largest cathedral in the world, and features Byzantine-Romanesque and neoGothic architecture. HEINS & LAFARGE AND RALPH ADAMS CRAM, 1892-PRESENT.

Visit this “home away from home” for more than 750 students and fellows to explore a variety of spaces—these include the Soros Room, rarely open to the public, with its lavishly detailed 1834 handblocked wallpaper by Jean-Julien Deltil that can only otherwise be found in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, installed by Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961. LOUIS E. JALLADE, 1924; SOROS ROOM & DODGE ROOM RESTORATIONS, RALPH HARVARD, 2005 & 2008.

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GEORGE & EDWARD BLUM, 1913; RENOVATION, GENSLER, 2015.

WIKIPEDIA @ OHNY WEEKEND PHOTO COMPETITION

Open House New York and Wikimedia NYC invite you to participate in one of the largest collaboratively compiled and edited media projects in history. Submit your best photos taken at any OHNY Weekend site or tour for a chance to win prizes! Prizes will be awarded to the best photos in three categories - Interiors, Exteriors, and Details - one of which will also be named a Grand Prize Winner. Each category winner will receive a $100 voucher for New York City Photo Safari, and one Grand Prize Winner will also receive a $250 Amazon Gift Card and a brand new Tamrac HooDoo 20 camera backpack. All submitted photographs will become part of Wikimedia Commons, the online repository of free-use, public domain images that are used across Wikimedia—including as illustrations for Wikipedia articles. Your photos could one day illustrate an article about an OHNY Weekend site, architecture, or New York City!

WORKSHOP & HACKATHON Want to learn more about how these photos will be catalogued and used on Wikipedia articles? On Sunday, October 16 Wikimedia NYC will host a multimedia tutorial, workshop, and hackathon focused on Wikimedia Commons and the work processes for cultural multimedia wiki-projects. Stop by the NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program at 721 Broadway, Manhattan, between 2 and 7:30pm to participate.

Submissions must be taken during OHNY Weekend on October 15 and 16, 2016 and feature a participating site. The deadline to submit photos is Sunday, October 23 at 11:59pm. For more information about how to participate, and to see the complete guidelines, visit ohny.org/2016-wikipedia

Wikimedia NYC is an independent 501(c)3 organization that serves as the local Wikimedia chapter for New York City and the metropolitan area. As a community nonprofit, Wikimedia NYC welcomes educational and cultural partnerships with all local institutions interested in the further expansion and diversification of free knowledge. PLEASE NOTE: In keeping with the guidelines of Wikimedia Commons, all photos entered into the Wikipedia @ OHNY Weekend Photo Competition will be considered to be freely licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, permitting free use for any purpose and the creation of derivative works.

Visit the rooftop of Spitzer’s Rafael Viñoly-designed building to see the Solar Roofpod and urban farm. This student-designed 800-sf micro-dwelling is now surrounded by a garden that provides Harlem residents and students with handson experience raising agricultural crops. Built for the 2011 Solar Decathlon, the Roofpod was installed on the roof in 2014. CHRISTIAN VOLKMANN, WITH 100+ ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING STUDENTS, 2011-14.

City College of New York: The Great Hall SHEPARD HALL, 160 CONVENT AVE AT W 139TH ST, HARLEM

Sat • 10am-2pm. opendialogue Tours with Carl Stein, FAIA, at 10, 11am, 12, 1pm. Within the iconic Shepard Hall building is the Great Hall, a jewel of George B. Post’s grand design for the City College campus. Built in the tradition of the great European universities, and one of the largest rooms in all of New York City, this cathedral-like space features a stunning mural and massive stained glass windows. GEORGE B. POST, 1907; RESTORATION, ELEMENTAL, ONGOING.

4140 BROADWAY, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS

Hispanic Society of America

Sat • 10am-2pm.

BROADWAY BTWN 155TH & 156TH STS, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS

Sat & Sun • 12-4pm. Tours at 12, 2pm both days. Visit this gem of a museum, located within the historic Audubon Terrace cultural complex, to explore the extensive art collection and sumptuous interiors, including a library featuring 600,000 books, manuscripts, documents, and letters dating from the 10th-century to the present day.

≥ UNITED PALACE JEFFREY'S HOOK LIGHTHOUSE ≥ GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL HOUSE

Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse

Marjorie Eliot's Parlor Jazz

FT WASHINGTON PARK, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS

Sun • 11am-4pm. Tours ongoing, every 30 mins.

555 EDGECOMBE AVE, #3F, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS

Sun • 1, 3:30pm. The building is a designated city and national landmark—but the status of "living treasure" was only awarded to the apartment of Marjorie Eliot, who for over 20 years has hosted audiences from all over the world when she honors the legacy of African American music, bridging cultures and communities through her parlor jazz concerts. Two concerts will take place during OHNY Weekend; space is limited, and is first-come, first-served!

Get the opportunity to walk inside the Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse, erected in 1880 in Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and moved to its current site in 1921. It has been widely known as the children’s literary landmark “The Little Red Lighthouse.” Tours are first come, first served.

HARLEM EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FUND

Morris-Jumel Mansion

Normally open to the public during the day, experience the Grange— the only home ever owned by Alexander Hamilton—after hours during OHNY Weekend. Named after Hamilton's ancestral home in Scotland, it was intended to be a summer estate on land that was then miles away from the teeming city. Access is limited and long lines are expected, so arrive early!

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Sat • 5:30-8:30pm. Tours ongoing throughout the evening.

At 250 years old, this is Manhattan's oldest house! Built in 1765 by British Army Colonel Roger Morris, the Mansion served as the headquarters of Gen. George Washington during the 1776 Battle of New York. Today, the mansion is a not-for-profit museum committed to preserving, interpreting, and making relevant to diverse audiences this building's illustrious past. Family friendly craft projects will be available throughout the day. 1765.

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414 W 141ST ST, HARLEM

CCNY GREAT HALL

11-90 WELLING CT, ASTORIA

Sat & Sun • 10am-6pm. Tours at 11am, 2, 4:30pm both days. Come tour this groundbreaking street art project—featuring more than a hundred murals—with the organizers, artists, and residents that help make it all happen. Sticker Social Club will be leading stickermaking sessions throughout the day for kids of all ages! AD HOC ART, 2009; REPAINTED ANNUALLY, 2ND SATURDAY IN JUNE.

The Noguchi Museum 9-01 33RD RD, ASTORIA

Sat & Sun • 11am-6pm. Tours with curators at 1pm both days. Mention OHNY Weekend to visit this 27,000-sf gallery and outdoor sculpture garden for free! The “Highlights from the Collection: Design Into Art” exhibition tour focuses on the permeable membrane between art and design in Noguchi’s work.

Socrates Sculpture Park

Donated to the city by John D. Rockefeller Jr., Fort Tryon Park encompasses 67 acres with majestic views of the Hudson River. Initially, the 1905 cottage was the gatekeeper’s house for C.G.K. Billing’s mansion, Tryon Hall. Rockefeller and the Olmsted Brothers incorporated the gatehouse into the park’s design. COTTAGE, GUY LOWELL, 1908; GARDEN, FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, JR, 1935.

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Welling Court Mural Project

Fort Tryon Cottage & Heather Garden

JOHN MCCOMB, JR., 1802; RENOVATION, JOHN B. WAITE ASSOCIATES, 2011.

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1927; RENOVATION, SAGE AND COOMBE ARCHITECTS, 2004.

Sat & Sun • 12-4pm. Tours of the cottage onging both days, every 20 mins; tours of the Heather Garden every 30 mins.

Sat & Sun • 10am-6pm. Tours at 12, 3pm both days.

Queens

MARINE COAST GUARD, 1880.

741 FT WASHINGTON AVE, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS

65 JUMEL TER, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS

Hamilton Grange National Memorial

Opened as the last of the five Loew's "Wonder Theatres," noted architecture critic David Dunlap once described this 3,400-seat theater's style as "ByzantineRomanesque-Indo-Hindu-SinoMoorish-Persian-Eclectic-RococoDeco." The building was purchased and preserved by Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II—aka Rev. Ike—in 1969. It is now also home to the non-profit United Palace of Cultural Arts. THOMAS LAMB WITH HAROLD RAMBUSCH, 1930.

CHARLES PRATT HUNTINGTON, STANFORD WHITE, & CASS GILBERT, 1908.

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City College of New York: Solar Roofpod & Harlem Garden for Urban Food

32-01 VERNON BLVD, ASTORIA

Sat • 10am-6pm. opendialogue Tour with Hou de Sousa at 2pm. During OHNY Weekend, visit this former industrial site-turnedsculpture park to join architects Hou de Sousa for a tour of "Sticks," the park’s brand new open air education studio. 1986.

Greater Astoria Historical Society 35-20 BROADWAY, 4TH FL, ASTORIA

Sat & Sun • 12-4pm. Tours at 1, 3pm both days. Sat • Talk at 2pm. Exhibits include “Old Astoria Village (c. 1750 - 2016),” “The Lent-Riker House (c. 1660),” “Building the Hell Gate Bridge 1916,” and “Last Novemeber in AQ,” a retrospective photo journal capturing Astoria and Long Island City each day over the period of a month. 1923. Queens

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Brooklyn Grange

  FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK

37-18 NORTHERN BLVD, ROOF, LONG ISLAND CITY

Brooklyn Grange is the leading rooftop farming and intensive green roofing business in the US. Visit one of the city’s largest rooftop farms atop the historic Standard Motors Products Building, featuring panoramic views of the city. City Growers will host family-friendly workshops and children’s activities (ages 2 and up) during the farm’s open market hours.

137-16 NORTHERN BLVD, FLUSHING

Sat & Sun • 12-4pm. Tours ongoing throughout.

47-01 111TH ST, FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK

Sun • 12-4pm. opendialogue Tours with Ennead Architects ongoing throughout.

Sat & Sun • 10am-2pm. Celebrating the glamorous days of transatlantic air travel, the main room of the Marine Air Terminal remains one of the city’s most distinctive Art Deco interiors. The terminal’s striking circular atrium is planned with rational simplicity, and features a wraparound mural depicting the history of man’s quest to conquer the skies. WILLIAM ADAMS DELANO, 1939; RENOVATION, BEYER BLINDER BELLE, 2005.

Louis Armstrong House Museum 34-56 107TH ST, CORONA

Sat & Sun • 12-5pm. Tours every hour, both days. No one has lived in this house since the Armstrongs, and the house and its furnishings remain very much as they were during Louis and Lucille’s lifetime. On the tour, audio clips from Louis' homemade recordings are played, and visitors can hear this American legend practicing his trumpet, enjoying a meal, or talking with his friends. CA. 1910; RENOVATION, BUTTRICK, WHITE AND BURTIS ARCHITECTS, 2003.

ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE

NYC BUILDING, FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK

Sun • 12-4pm. Panorama tours at 1, 3pm. opendialogue Tours with Grimshaw Architects ongoing throughout.

CA. 1887; RESTORATION, 1988.

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Bowne House Museum

New York State Pavilion 14 UNITED NATIONS AVE S, FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK

PHILIP JOHNSON AND LEV ZETLIN, 1962-64.

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45-57 BOWNE ST, FLUSHING

Sat • 10am-2pm. Sun • 2-6pm. Tours ongoing throughout. Tour this site’s main prayer hall, featuring nine shrines of black granite; single-stone holy idols; twenty wall shrines with metal idols; five domes; four towers on the cardinal directions; a 50-ft tall east-facing main tower; and artistically carved teak wood doors and silver chariots. MUTHIAH STHAPATI AND VILAS PRABHAT, 1977; EXPANSION, 2009-11.

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Nowadays 56-06 COOPER AVE, RIDGEWOOD

Sat • 2-6pm. opendialogue Tours with Future Green Studio at 2, 3, 4pm Future Green Studio designed and built this 18,000-sf outdoor hangout space, created by the legendary Mister Sunday team, by taking its cues for the design from the existing post-industrial site and transforming it into a parklike setting to provide a relaxed outdoor environment for all ages. Please note that Nowadays will not be open for business during touring hours. FUTURE GREEN STUDIO, 2015.

Sun • 12-5pm. Tours at 12, 1, 2, 3, 4pm.

Gemini Fields

Visit the oldest house in Queens— among the oldest in the city— where storytellers Joshua JellySchapiro and Garnette Cadogan of “Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas,” will explore the deep legacies of religious pluralism in Flushing.

Sat & Sun • 10am-2pm.

JOHN BOWNE, CA. 1660.

Sun • 12-4pm. Tours ongoing throughout the afternoon.

The Hindu Temple Society of North America

37-01 BOWNE ST, FLUSHING

AYMAR EMBURY III, 1939; RENOVATION, RAFAEL VIÑOLY, 1994; RENOVATION, GRIMSHAW ARCHITECTS, 2013.

Step inside to appreciate this iconic structure’s fresh new coat of “American Cheese” yellow paint, recently donated by the New York Structural Steel Painting Contractors Association. The New York State Pavilion Painting Project will be on hand to talk about the history of the site, and tours of the World’s Fair grounds will be given by NYC Parks docents.

34-41 137TH ST, FLUSHING

Latimer, the son of fugitive slaves, was an African American inventor whose innovations in designing carbon filaments ushered in the age of electric light. As an African American landmark in a predominantly Asian immigrant community, the house adopts bilingual approaches and applies cultural sensitivity to facilitate cross-cultural conversations.

Queens Museum

Housed in the historic New York City Building, site of both the 1939 and 1964-65 World's Fairs and the first home of the United Nations, the Queens Museum has become the principal center for modern and contemporary art in the borough as well as home to a collection of world's fair memorabilia.

Lewis H. Latimer House Museum Sat & Sun • 10am-6pm. Tours every 30 mins.

WALLACE K. HARRISON, 1964; RESTORATION, ENNEAD ARCHITECTS 2015.

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LAGUARDIA AIRPORT TERMINAL A, MARINE TERMINAL RD, JACKSON HEIGHTS

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Marine Air Terminal

JOHN BOWNE, 1694.

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The Great Hall was constructed for the 1964-65 World’s Fair. With no corners or straight walls, this truly one-of-a-kind building is an example of a technique called "dalle de verre," with more than 5,000 2 x 3-ft cobalt-blue glass and concrete panels comprising the facade. Mention OHNY Weekend for free museum admission.

Built in 1694 by Quakers, this is the oldest house of worship in New York City and the second oldest Quaker meeting house in the nation. The Dutch ecclesiastical building remains substantially as it was after being enlarged in 1721.

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BROMLEY CALDARI, 2010.

  

Flushing Quaker Meeting House

New York Hall of Science

Sat • 11am-4pm.

JACKSON HEIGHTS & CORONA

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Voelker Orth Museum

83-12 S CONDUIT AVE, HOWARD BEACH

This verdant five-acre site, featuring a large rodeo-sized arena and approximately a dozen stalls, is home to GallopNYC, a non-profit organization that provides therapeutic horseback riding to youth, adults and veterans with disabilities. Visit during OHNY Weekend for your chance to ride a horse!

149-19 38TH AVE, FLUSHING

Sat & Sun • 12-4pm. Home to three generations of a German immigrant family, the last heir donated the property to establish the museum dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the area’s cultural and horticultural heritage. 1891; RESTORATION, GRAF & LEWENT, 2003.

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150-03 JAMAICA AVE, JAMAICA

Sat & Sun • 1-5pm. Tours every 30 mins. Tour the historic home of Rufus King, author and signer of the Constitution, two-term New York Senator and anti-slavery advocate; and his son John King, abolitionist and New York governor. On Saturday from 1-4pm, staff will offer hands-on activities including butter churning, apple cider pressing, historic cooking demonstrations, and other fallbased crafts. CA 1755.

Staten Island

National Lighthouse Museum 200 THE PROMENADE AT LIGHTHOUSE POINT, ST. GEORGE

Sat & Sun • 11am-4:30pm. Tours at 12, 1, 2, 3, 4pm both days. Six historical buildings date back to the time that this site was the location of the U.S. Lighthouse Service, which manufactured all of the items used by lighthouses around the U.S. Visitors will see the “Wall of Lights,” with more than 160 Lighthouse Models, and a host of other unique exhibits. 1862-1912; RENOVATION, SKOLNICK ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN PARTNERSHIP, 2015.

Staten Island MakerSpace 450 FRONT ST, UNIT B, STAPLETON

NORTH SHORE

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden 1000 RICHMOND TER, NORTH GATE, LIVINGSTON

Sat & Sun • 10am-5pm. Sat • Tours at 11am, 1pm. Sun • Tours at 1, 3pm. One of the largest, ongoing adaptive reuse projects in America, Snug Harbor—built as the first home for retired sailors in the United States—consists of 26 historic buildings, nine distinctive botanical gardens, a two-acre urban farm, and 10 acres of wetlands on a unique 83-acre, park-like campus. MARTIN E. THOMPSON, MINARD LAFEVER, 1833.

Noble Maritime Collection 1000 RICHMOND TER, BUILDING D, LIVINGSTON

Sat & Sun • 1-5pm. This site offers programs and services that fulfill a mission to preserve and interpret the art and writings of artist John A. Noble (1913-1983), to celebrate the history of New York Harbor, and to preserve the history of Sailors' Snug Harbor. Its centerpiece is Noble's houseboat studio, which is fully-restored and installed within the museum.

Sat & Sun • 10am-2pm. This 6,000-sf non-profit community workspace and small business incubator houses a metalshop, woodshop, sewing lab, computer lab with 3D printers, conference room, large project space, individual studios, a large, open work area, CNC router, laser cutter and more in a former locomotive repair shop. Children's tours are available upon request! DAVID BUSINELLI, 2014.

ROSEBANK

Alice Austen House 2 HYLAN BLVD, ROSEBANK

Sat & Sun • 11am-5pm. Located in a lovely park near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge with sweeping views of New York Harbor, this museum is dedicated to the life and work of Alice Austen. The museum contains three period rooms, including Austen’s recently renovated darkroom, photography galleries, and library. 1690; RESTORATION, BEYER BLINDER BELLE, 1985; RESTORATION, BARNHART RESTORATION & DESIGN, 2014.

MINARD LAFEVER, 1844.

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Battery Weed FORT WADSWORTH-GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA VISITORS CENTER, 120 NEW YORK AVE, ROSEBANK

Sat • 12-4pm. Tours at 12, 2, 4pm. Fort Wadsworth is one of the oldest military installations in the nation. The site occupies 226 acres along the Narrows of New York Harbor. Rich in history and natural beauty, Fort Wadsworth affords the opportunity to observe an important part of our nation’s history, while offering magnificent views of New York Harbor.

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King Manor Museum

JOSEPH GILBERT TOTTEN, 1847-1864.

CENTRAL & SOUTHERN STATEN ISLAND

Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art 338 LIGHTHOUSE AVE, LIGHTHOUSE HILL

Sat & Sun • 12-4pm. Sat • Tours at 2, 3pm. Sun • Tour & screening at 1:30pm. This unique hillside museum was designed by Jacques Marchais, a remarkable American woman who was an early collector of Tibetan Buddhist Art. The buildings were designed to resemble a small Himalayan mountain monastery and they are the earliest examples of Tibetan style-architecture in the United States. Children can even create their own prayer flags during their visit. JACQUES MARCHAIS AND JOSEPH PRIMIANO, 1947.

Historic Houses of Conference House Park 298 SATTERLEE ST, TOTTENVILLE

Sat & Sun • 12-4pm. Sat Tour with Natural Areas Conservancy at 11am. Visit the park's four historic houses, including the namesake Conference House, a grand manor house reflecting the colonial vernacular of the late 17th century; the H.H. Biddle House; Rutan-Beckett House; and Ward House. Arts and crafts for families will be available from 1-3pm on Saturday. VARIOUS ARCHITECTS, 1680, 1835, 1840, 1930.

[email protected] 152 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016

DSGNFIX

Use dsgnfix to navigate the city this OHNY Weekend. dsgnfix is a free, location-based iPhone app that enables you to search, discover and share design destinations. During OHNY Weekend, all Open Access sites will be listed on dsgnfix with location and times. It’s a great tool to find where to go next - dsgnfix uses your location to map the sites that are closest to you. You can also use dsgnfix to post and share your own design discoveries - a building, a park, a unique view. Take a picture, write a description, and post to share with your friends, OHNY Weekend explorers, and the dsgnfix community. Visit the App Store on your iPhone and search for “dsgnfix” to download the app today, or visit

www.dsgnfix.com Please note: dsgnfix is availably only for iPhone users at the current time.

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SPECIAL THANKS To the more than 1,300 people who volunteer at sites across the city to make this event possible—especially the District Coordinators who each volunteer their entire weekend to make sure that everything runs smoothly across the city: Peter Adams, Eric Ball, Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock, Bahij Chancey, Wyatt Cmar Albert Cua, Allison Donolli-Lamorte, Connie Finstad, Jacob Ford, Kate Foster, Moses Gates, Bridget Gramling, Elizabeth Green, Tiffanie Green, Michael Hirsch, Vanessa Ip, John Kelly, Katie Killary, Ethan Lercher, Angela Manginelli, Gabriel Mendez, Lisa Morasco, Charlotte Pao, Richard Post, Michael Roque, Jacqueline Shaw, Ashley Spatafore, Chad Spielmann, Leah Strigler, Jessica Tacceta, and Fiona Torres. To Sherlen Archibald (AGW Group), Nadia Nascimento, and Larry Ossei-Mensah for organizing the special series ARTNOIR: City of Cultural Exchange. To Jessica Dailey and the Curbed New York team for organizing the special series Curbed Curates: Residences. (And to the intrepid homeowners who welcomed thousands of New Yorkers into their private homes this year!) To Kathy Shea and the New York Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for organizing the special series New Landscapes New York. To Joshua Laird, Suzanne McCarthy, and all of our friends at the National Park Service, including Michael Amato, Barbara Applebaum, Laura Brennan, Jimmy Cleckley, Allan Dailey, Brian Feeney, Sean Ghazala, Shirley McKinney, Vladimir Merzlyakov, Rita Mullally, John Piltzecker, Daniel Prebutt, Patti Reilly, Minka Sendich, Michael Shaver, Don Stanko, Liam Strain, and George Tonkin. It’s an honor to have been a part of the NPS centennial celebrations! To Richard Knipel of Wikimedia NYC for organizing this year’s photo competition, and Zim Pham of New York City Photo Safari for generously donating prizes for the winners. To Dee Dunn and Chuck Routhier for donating their time and resources to make OHNY Weekend sites available on the dsgnfix app. And to the hundreds of people—a list far too long to fit in the space available—at participating OHNY Weekend sites across all five boroughs for welcoming your fellow New Yorkers and visitors from around the world. We can think of no other event in the world’s greatest city that relies so completely on the generosity and openness of so many individuals. Without you, OHNY Weekend would be impossible!

OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK GOVERNING BOARD Roy Kim, President Stephan Jaklitsch, Vice President Michael Samuelian, Secretary Katie Dixon, Treasurer Sherlen Archibald Cristobal Correa Kenneth Drucker Dorothy Dunn Jonathan L. Geballe, Esq. David Gruber Louise Harpman Robert Herrick Elizabeth Kubany Adam Kushner Caroline Otto Timothy Quinlan Anne Rieselbach Rob Rogers Abby Jo Sigal Karen Stonely Margaret Sullivan Saundra Thomas Claire Weisz

STAFF Gregory Wessner, Executive Director Brendan Crain, Program Director Elis Shin, Development & Communications Manager Ben Pardee, Development & Membership Assistant Ashley Davis, Volunteer Coordinator

ABOUT OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK Open House New York is a non-profit organization that provides curated experiences and insider access to spaces across New York City through the annual Open House New York Weekend and year-round programming, inspiring curiosity, establishing community, and fostering dialogue around the future of the city. For more information, visit

OHNY is a member of Open House Worldwide, a global network of Open House events.

www.ohny.org

PHOTO CREDITS, IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: (Top-to-bottom, left-to-right) pg 2-3: Ben Helmer; pg 4-5: Ben Helmer; pg 6: Bitpixdigital via Wikimedia Commons; pg 7: Samir Abady/ WHEDco, Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx Community College, Enki323 via Wikimedia Commons; pg 8: Bronx County Historical Society, Dafoell via Wikimedia Commons, Ein Lee Smith, Peter Mauss/Esto; pg 9: NYC Parks, Chuck Choi, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, Bob Handelman courtesy Pratt Institute; pg 10-11: National Park Service; pg 12: Freight Farms, New York Sun Works, The Sketchbook Project, A/D/O; pg 13: Kings County Brewers Collective, Fran Parante, Amy Barkow, Steve McGill; pg 14: Stantec, Kristina E. Knipe, Marc Lins courtesy of Selldorf Architects, Vantrogh via Wikimedia Commons; pg 15: Jeffrey Totaro, Matt Lambros, East Midwood Jewish Center, Alyssa Loorya; pg 16: Iwan Baan, dlandstudio architecture + landscape architecture pllc, Iwan Baan; pg 17: Iwan Baan, Daniel Avila/ NYC Parks, Malcolm Pinckney; pg 18: National Park Service, Kathryn Yu, Yuriy Chernits, Rose Associates; pg 19: Andrew Moore, Matthew Minor, National Park Service, Mmuseumm; pg 20: United Palace, David Sundberg/Esto, Museum of Art & Origins; pg 22: Colin Miller, Peter Aaron/OTTO, The Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, Sotheby's; pg 23: NgManhattan via Wikimedia Commons, New York Public Library, Roger Braimon, General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen; pg 24: Carrie Buell, Frances Katzen, Peter Murdock; pg 26: David Plakke, Jazz at Lincoln Center, MSGE Photo Services, Congregation Ohab Zedek; pg 27: St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Ben Helmer, Suzy Auriel Photography, Barnard College; pg 29: OHNY, David Mark Erickson, Odette Veneziano, OHNY, Odette Veneziano; pg 30: Architecturalimagery via Wikimedia Commons, International House, Beyond My Ken via Wikimedia Commons, Gigi Altarejos via Wikimedia Commons; pg 31: United Palace, Historic House Trust, Hou de Sousa, AtDisneyAgain via Wikimedia Commons; pg 33: Yi-han Cao; pg 34: Daniel Avila/NYC Parks, Benniken via Wikimedia Commons, Tod Seelie/ Nowadays, King Manor Museum; pg 35: Patrick Grenier, Floto+Warner, National Park Service, Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art; pg 39: Penny Hardy, Wayne Heller, Christopher Payne

About the Cover Each year, Open House New York works with the talented designers at PS New York to create a special cover image for the OHNY Weekend event guide, one that connects OHNY with the living city. This year, we took inspiration from the classic neon signs that animate shop fronts and store windows across New York. To fabricate our very own neon sign, we turned to the masters at Lite Brite Neon, a collective in Gowanus specializing in the production of neon art and display. Lite Brite’s work with some of the most important artists and designers in the country has been seen everywhere from the cover of The New York Times to the galleries of the Museum of Modern Art. Once we had a sign, we needed somewhere to hang it, and our new friends at A/D/O were kind enough to play host. Set to open in a 23,000 square-foot renovated Greenpoint warehouse later this year, A/D/O will create a new environment tailored for design professionals — yet open to all — that will stimulate and inspire interdisciplinary collaboration while offering resources and a platform for developing talent. All we needed then was the brilliant eye of photographer Christopher Payne, who captured the photo featured on this year’s cover. Tour the cover! Lite Brite Neon and A/D/O will both open to the public during this year’s OHNY Weekend. Check out the Open Access listings in this guide for more info, or visit www.ohny.org.

Above: cover process shots Art Direction psnewyork.com, Penny Hardy, Pauline Shin Artwork litebriteneon.com, Lite Brite Neon Studio Photography chrispaynephoto.com, Christopher Payne Open House New York 1133 Broadway, Suite 802 New York, NY 10010 212.991.6470

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