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Designers’ Open House @ OHNY Weekend October 6-7, 2012 Harlem

15 superstars of design open the doors of their own homes.

Harlem Joan Blumenfeld (Perkins + Will) & robert Krone (Robert Krone Architect, P.C.)

mID TOWN Jayne michaels (2Michaels) ali Tayar (Ali Tayar/Parallel Design)

GarmeNT DIsTrIcT scott Bromley (Bromley Caldari Architects, PC)

cHelsea mIDTOWN shamir shah (Shamir Shah Design) GarmeNT Gramercy DIsTrIcT David ling (David Ling Architect)

sOHO Thomas Jayne (Thomas Jayne Studio) Paul Ochs (Ochs Design) cHelsea Gramercy

cHINa TOWN Koray Duman (Sayigh Duman Architects) sOHO WesT VIllaGe cHINa TOWN WIllIamsBurG laura Bohn (Laura Bohn Design Associates) lOWer George yabu and Glenn Pushelberg (Yabu easT sIDe Pushelberg)

James and Hayes slade (Slade Architecture)

WIllIamsBurG aizaki allie (Crème) christopher coleman (Christopher Coleman Interior Design) HeIGHTs BrOOKlyN HeIGHTs lea ciavarra (lubrano ciavarra architects, PLLC)

Reservations are required for some homes and tour days/times vary. Visit interiordesign.net or ohny.org for more information on tours and reservations.

OHNY ad.indd 4 8/31/12 12:25 PM Designers’ Open House @ OHNY Weekend October 6-7, 2012 Harlem

Welcome to the 10th Annual openhousenewyork Weekend! OHNY 15 superstars of design open the doors of their own homes. offers unprecedented access to City’s extraordinary bounty Harlem of great architecture, design, history and culture. Explore New York Joan Blumenfeld (Perkins + Will) City’s five boroughs and talk to the experts who design, build, operate, & robert Krone (Robert Krone Architect, P.C.) and curate the city’s most fascinating places. Gain access to hundreds of sites, including private residences and public works, gardens and mID TOWN graveyards, historic houses and contemporary . Check out new Jayne michaels (2Michaels) works of architecture and that neighborhood you’ve been meaning to ali Tayar (Ali Tayar/Parallel Design) explore. Grab your friends, bring the family and rediscover New York!

GarmeNT DIsTrIcT scott Bromley (Bromley Caldari Architects, PC) cHelsea Ellen Ryan, mIDTOWN shamir shah (Shamir Shah Design) Interim Executive Director, openhousenewyork GarmeNT Gramercy DIsTrIcT David ling (David Ling Architect) Dear friends: sOHO It is a great pleasure to welcome everyone to the 10th Annual Thomas Jayne (Thomas Jayne Studio) openhousenewyork Weekend. Paul Ochs (Ochs Design) cHelsea Gramercy New York is proud to be a world capital of design. This status is a cHINa TOWN tremendous source of pride for our city, as well as a central part of Koray Duman (Sayigh Duman Architects) WesT VIllaGe our history, economy, and quality of life. That is why we are happy to sOHO celebrate openhousenewyork once again. This weekend’s 200,000 WesT VIllaGe WIllIamsBurG cHINa TOWN participants certainly will enjoy the tours, talks, and even music and laura Bohn (Laura Bohn Design Associates) lOWer George yabu and Glenn Pushelberg (Yabu easT sIDe dance performances taking place at our landmarks, private residences, Pushelberg) skyscrapers, and rooftop farms. And no matter where you are in the five boroughs this weekend, from of the Arts to lOWer easT sIDe Brooklyn to the St. George Theatre on , we James and Hayes slade (Slade Architecture) encourage everyone to encounter anew our diverse neighborhoods’ vast accomplishments in architecture, engineering, and design. WIllIamsBurG aizaki allie (Crème) On behalf of all New Yorkers, I want to thank this weekend’s organizers christopher coleman (Christopher Coleman and the many attendees over the past decade who have made this event Interior Design) BrOOKlyN HeIGHTs such an exciting tradition. Please accept my best wishes for another fun, BrOOKlyN HeIGHTs informative, and inspiring openhousenewyork. lea ciavarra (lubrano ciavarra architects, PLLC) Sincerely,

Reservations are required for some homes and tour days/times vary. Michael R. Bloomberg Visit interiordesign.net or ohny.org for more information on tours Mayor and reservations.

OHNY ad.indd 4 8/31/12 12:25 PM architecturemoves

Catch a performance inspired by the cityscape. Dance on the greenway Red Hook, Brooklyn; Erie Basin Park, 1 Beard St/NY Harbor Sat 1, 4pm; Sun rain date (1, 4pm). Presented‣ by Dance‣ Theatre Etcetera, four site-specific performances by four emerging choreographers (Ani Taj Nieman, Solomon Goodwin, Michelle Eaddy, Charmian Wells) will animate the openhousenewyork spectacular Erie Basin Park behind IKEA, revealing the history of this Brooklyn Weekend October 6 & 7, 2012 waterfront gem. WhAt you neeD to knoW: Frost Court Reservations are required and weekend service Visit ohny.org for location details ‣‣ as noted for some advisories. Sun 5pm. Experience a performance programs. There is a $5 fee follow OHNY on installation‣ inspired by architecture and for each reservation. ‣‣ (@ohny) and facebook design. Conceived by choreographer Space is limited and some (facebook.com/ Jon Kinzel. Dancers include Kinzel, Silas ‣‣ sites may have a wait. openhousenewyork) for Riener, Stuart Shugg, Saul Ulerio, Enrico Events are rain or shine. up-to-the minute Weekend Wey and Aaron Mattocks. ‣‣ Events are organized by information. ‣‣ the participating institution Visit ohny.org for updates. in cooperation with OHNY. ‣‣ Visit the OHNY Information Paseo Detailed transit information ‣‣ Hub at the Hunts Point & Longwood, Bronx; Casita ‣‣ for sites and programs can Visitor Center, Seventh Maria, 928 Simpson St/E 163rd St be found on ohny.org. Avenue between 46th Sat 3:30pm; Sun rain date (3:30pm). Stroll‣ amid a series ‣of vignettes on fire Visit mta.info or call and 47th Streets; Sat, escapes and stoops that conjure the ‣‣ (718) 330-1234 for subway Oct 6 and Sun, Oct 7, lively and tight-knit community that was or bus information 10am–4pm. home to astounding musicians from the 1940s to the 1970s and end up at a salsa dance party. Choreography by Joanna Haigood and music by Bobby Sanabria. reservation only lines expected, Commisioned by Dancing in the Streets arrive early! and Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education. family-friendly restrooms Spirits Alive at the Maple grove sustainablenewyork Cemetery wheelchair access Kew Gardens, ; Maple Grove Cemetery, 127-15 Kew Gardens Rd/ podcast Lefferts Blvd Sat 2–4pm & 6:30–8pm. See the food/beverages spirits‣ of the cemetery come to life. art/design Actors in period dress will portray the legends buried in the grounds exhibit/performance shop including noted singers, musicians, poets and actors. The 6:30pm performance will be accompanied landmark active design by an orchestra.

look for opendialogue throughout the Interior Design’s guide. These tours feature on-site talks Wilderness Plan designers’ open house and tours led by architects, designers, Financial District, ; 55 Water planners and scholars. St/Old Slip, Elevated Acre Sat 3, 6pm. Take a walk up to the Elevated‣ Acre, as dancers dressed By participating in the openhousehousenewyork (“OHNY”) Weekend (the “Weekend”) you agree, without any reservations, that OHNY will be the sole owner of all photographs, images and recordings as exotic creatures lead you up through of you in any medium in connection with any Weekend events or activities which may be used for any the foliage-framed paths to the purpose by OHNY. You further agree to assume all risks and dangers, including, but not limited to, East River boardwalk. Presented by personal and bodily injury, and/or property damage, and to defend and hold harmless OHNY including, C. Eule Dance. without limitation, the OHNY Board of Directors, 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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Arup SoundLab® experience required: ohny.org (max 30). learn more the grand Concourse: Its Past, Financial District, Manhattan; about the Upper West Side on two Present & Future 77 Water St/Old Slip different walking tours. On Saturday’s Sat & Sun 10am, 12, 2, 4pm. tour, explore the spire buildings on Reservations‣ required: ohny.org (max Amsterdam Avenue, featuring seven 8). listen to spaces in 3D at the Arup 19th-century buildings of social and Soundlab®. Using acoustical design architectural merit. On Sunday, explore principles, visitors will learn how Arup the infrastructure, immigration and refines sound quality in spaces from institutions of historic Bloomingdale. concert halls to city streets.

Fading Ads of the Bank of America tower night Chelsea & Tribeca, Lighting tour Manhattan; Visit Midtown, Manhattan; One , ohny.org for South Bronx, Bronx; Bronx Museum 6th Ave/ location details of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse/ Sat 7:30pm. Reservations required: Sat 11am E 165th St ohny.org‣ (max 50). See the Tower at One (Chelsea);‣ Sun Sun 11am. Reservations required: Bryant Park in a whole new light! Cline 11am (Tribeca).‣ ohny.org‣ (max 30). Tour one of New Bettridge Bernstein lighting Design Explore Chelsea York City’s most celebrated boulevards. will discuss the design of the lobby and and Tribeca The Grand Concourse Historic District exterior during this evening tour. with author and is known for its collection of Art Deco photographer buildings and they remain a symbol of frank Jump, who the neighborhood’s great hopes and documents fading aspirations. Bronx river right-of-Way advertisements from an earlier era. West Farms, Bronx; Whitlock Ave 6 Rediscover these often-unnoticed subway stop/Westchester Ave portals of the past that cling to the side Sun 3:30pm. learn about SlO of buildings. hamilton heights-Sugar hill Walk Architecture’s‣ relocation and Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, rehabilitation vision for the abandoned Fort greene Walking tour Manhattan; 145th St/St. Nicholas Ave commuter railway Westchester Avenue Fort Greene, Brooklyn; 1 Hanson Pl/ Sat 10am. Reservations required: Station. located along the Bronx River, Ashland Pl ohny.org‣ (max 25). Stroll through West the station was designed by Cass Gilbert Sat 11am. Reservations required: ohny. Harlem, one of upper Manhattan’s most in 1908 and has been vacant since 1937. org (max‣ 25). Explore one of Brooklyn’s desirable neighborhoods. Highlights cultural districts with licensed guide include the Hispanic Society, Church of Pat Guida. Tour highlights include the the Intercession, Edgecombe Avenue, magnificent Brooklyn Academy of City College and the Alexander Hamilton Brooklyn navy yard Arts open Music, Brooklyn’s first park, the iconic Grange. Organized by Harlem One Stop. Studios Willamsburgh Savings Bank and much Fort Greene, Brooklyn; BLDG 92, Brooklyn more. Navy Yard, Flushing Ave/Carlton Ave Sat & Sun 12-5pm. Visit artist studios the harlem edge: 135th St Marine in the Brooklyn‣ Navy Yard, an active transfer Station industrial park and hub for painters, By Bus West Harlem, Manhattan; Marginal St printmakers, sculptors, fine furniture Richmondtown, Staten Island; between W 132nd/133rd St makers, installation artists, video Eltingville Transit Center, Richmond Sat & Sun 1, 3pm. The AIANY Emerging artists, and more. Ave/Arthur Kill Rd NY Architects‣ hosted a design ideas Sat 10am, 1pm. Reservations competition for the redevelopment of the required:‣ ohny.org (max 24). Witness defunct transfer station. View the entries the transformation of the world’s largest and see the site with the competition Walking tour landfill into a sustainable and beautiful organizers. for safety reasons, the tour Upper East Side, Manhattan; General multi-purpose park. Organized by the will not enter the transfer station. Sherman Statue, 60th St/5th Ave NYC Dept of Parks & Recreation. Sat 10:30am. Reservations required: ohny.org‣ (max 50). Join licensed guide Bob Gelber on a walk through New harlem: the Capital of Black America York City’s most beloved park. learn gowanus Canal “Super Fun” Site Harlem, Manhattan; Schomberg Center, about the park’s history while visiting Canoe tour 135th St/Lenox Ave the , Delacorte Clock, Gowanus, Brooklyn; 2nd St/Bond St Sun 1pm. Reservations required: literary Walk and . Sat & Sun 1, 3pm. Reservations ohny.org‣ (max 75). Visit the renowned required: ohny.org‣ (max 15). Grab a Schomburg Center for Research in paddle and glide through the industrial Black Culture and other historical sites. past and present of the Gowanus Canal learn about Phillip Payton and the Afro Columbus Amsterdam BID with the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe American Realty Company’s role in the Walking tours Club. All participants must sign a development of Harlem. Organized by Upper West Side & Bloomingdale, liability waiver. CultureNOW, led by James Kaplan. Manhattan; Reserve for location Sat & Sun ‣ 10am. Reservations VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO 3 openhousenewyork tours historic Flatiron Walking tour MtA Arts for transit tours ’s greenwich Flatiron District, Manhattan; Flatiron Bronx & Times Square; village tour Public Plaza, 23rd St//Fifth Ave Reserve for location Greenwich Village, Manhattan; Sat & Sun 4pm. Reservations required: Sat 11am–1pm (Times Square); Washington Square Arch ohny.org (max‣ 25). The District’s Sun‣ 12–4pm (Bronx) Reservations Sat 1pm; Sun 10am. follow historical figures will come to life against required:‣ ohny.org (max 10). Take the local‣ celebrity Jane‣ Marx as she a backdrop of architectural wonders subway and learn about the artwork that mixes historical facts with witty including the Metlife Clock Tower, the has been commissioned at different commentary about NYU’s campus flatiron Building, and the Manhattan stops. Join Assistant Director Amy and Greenwich Village. Appellate Courthouse. Organized by the Hausmann and artists as they discuss flatiron/23rd Street Partnership. the process of designing artwork for the nyC Dot urban Art Bike tour mass transit system. Bring your own Brooklyn & Queens; Dumbo, Front St/ MetroCard. Adams St Sat 10am. Reservations required: kings County Distillery tour ohny.org‣ (max 20). Cycle with DOT Urban Fort Greene, Brooklyn; Brooklyn Navy Art Program staff to various public art Yard, Building 121, Sands Street Gate Museum of reclaimed urban sites. Visit unique locations, learn about Sat & Sun 2–6pm. Tours every 20 Space tours public art and meet the artists. The ride minutes. Reservations‣ required: ohny. East Village, Manhattan; 155 Ave C/ begins in Brooklyn and ends in Queens. org (max 15). Tour the new home of the E 10th St Bring bike and helmet. All participants Kings County Distillery, the city’s oldest Sat & Sun 3, 5:15pm. Reservations must sign a liability waiver. operating whiskey distillery. Ancient required: ohny.org‣ (max 25). Join a one- techniques and modern equipment are of-a-kind tour led by local community used to make moonshine and bourbon. activists to explore community gardens, visit legendary squats and possibly old Croton Aqueduct Walk view a squatter’s apartment. Witness how dedicated community members Lost Streams of nyC: Minetta Brook transform abandoned buildings into Greenwich Village, Manhattan; unique spaces. 13th St/5th Ave Sun 3pm. Reservations required: ohny. org (max‣ 20). Discover the underground history of the old Minetta Brook on this newtown Creek Alliance Boat tour above-ground walking tour with urban Queens/Brooklyn; Reserve for location explorer and historian Steve Duncan of Sun 10am. Reservations required: Undercity.org. ohny.org‣ (max 55). Embark on a tour of NYC’s most dynamic—and polluted— body of water from the comfort of a NYC Water Taxi. Newtown Creek Waterfront tour Alliance guides will discuss the creek’s Morris Heights, Bronx & Upper , Manhattan; history, environmental remediation and West Side, Manhattan; Reserve for Reserve for location waterfront industries. meeting location Sat 3pm. Reservations required: ohny. Sat 9:30am (Bronx); Sun 9:30am org (max‣ 30). Unlock the secrets of the (Manhattan).‣ Reservations required:‣ unique spaces and memorials of lower ohny.org (max 35). follow the original Manhattan with licensed NYC tour guide new york City Photo Safari path of the Old Croton Aqueduct in Bruce Bernstein (nychikingtours.com) on Manhattan or in the Bronx on a 4.5 a fast-paced, two-mile trek. mile walk. Bring water, lunch and wear comfortable walking shoes. led by friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct.

Manhole Covers of Meatpacking District, Manhattan; 14th St/9th Ave Peace Bike ride Sat & Sun 2pm. Reservations required: Union Square, Manhattan; SW corner of ohny.org (max‣ 20). Take in a new view of Union Square, near Gandhi statue the city with public artist Michele Brody. Sat & Sun 11am. Ride with Nadette look down and discover the beautiful, Stasa of Time’s‣ Up! to various yet functional array of cast-iron manhole Manhattan sites of peace including Tibet covers that line 14th Street. Times Square & Upper East Side, House US, the former residence of John Manhattan; Times Square Visitor lennon and Yoko Ono, Point Thank You, Center, Armory Teardrop Park and much more. Great Sat 11am–8pm; Sun 12–4pm. ride for cyclists new to group rides. Modern religious Structures of the Photograph‣ architecture‣ with Bring bike and helmet. All participants upper east Side professional photographers as your must sign a liability waiver. Upper East Side, Manhattan; instructors. Special one-hour photo 62nd St/5th Ave safaris will be conducted on the hour in Sat 12pm. Reservations required: Times Square on Saturday (last tour at ohny.org‣ (max 25). Join Docomomo US 8pm) and inside the Park Avenue Armory Penn South Co-op Campus tour on a walking tour of modern religious on Sunday (last tour 4pm) first come, Chelsea, Manhattan; Gated Park structures that highlight architectural and first served. Snap a perfect photo on the adjacent to 350 W 24th St/9th Ave religious diversity, with examples ranging safari and submit it to OHNY’s focus on Sat 10, 11am, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4pm. from Moorish revival to Brutalism. Architecture Photo Contest! Reservations‣ required: ohny.org (max 10). Discover Penn South, a modern cooperative for working-class families

4 vISIt ohny.org OR PHONE (212) 991-OHNY fOR UPDATES VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO openhousenewyork tours designed by Herman Jessor. Get Robert Moses-era superblocks and urbanitis east harlem tour rare access to private areas including new construction in the SoHo-Cast East Harlem, Manhattan; Harlem Art Park, the inter-generational garden and Iron Historic District with the AIA E 120th St between Lexington/3rd Ave apartments in this “village within the city.” Tour Committee. Highlights include Sat 11am, 1pm. Reservations Washington Square Village, I.M. Pei’s required:‣ ohny.org (max 25). Hear Silver Towers, Aldo Rossi’s Scholastic the stories behind this diverse Building and Jean Nouvel’s 40 Mercer neighborhood and explore its local Pier 15/east river Waterfront Street. institutions. learn how East Harlem esplanade tour evolved from pastoral farmland to a Financial District, Manhattan; Pier 15, thriving immigrant community with Maiden Ln/South St architect and planner Eric Galipo. Sat 2:30pm. Reservations required: times Square Alliance tours ohny.org‣ (max 25). Join SHoP architects, the designers of Pier 15, on a tour of the park’s unique features and amenities. victorian Flatbush tour learn about the design process and Flatbush, Brooklyn; Newkirk Plaza/ how the site plays an integral role in Foster Ave reconnecting the city to its waterfront Sat & Sun 10am. Reservations heritage. required: ohny.org‣ (max 50). follow Ron Schweiger, Brooklyn Borough Historian, through four 19th-century, landmarked Times Square, Manhattan; Times Victorian communities in flatbush. See room & Board: Square Museum & Visitor Center, 7th Victorian Queen Anne Tudor, Greek A Conversation with kleinreid Ave between 46th St/47th St Revival, Colonial Revival, and Japanese Soho, Sat 1, 2, 3, 5pm; Sun 11am, 12, 1, 2, “cottage” style architecture. Manhattan; 105 3, 5pm.‣ Reservations required:‣ ohny.org Wooster St (max varies). Three different tours that Sat 11am. focus on the history of Times Square Reservations‣ and its cultural heritage. Hear show Walking through Midtown required: ohny. tunes and learn about Broadway, enjoy East Midtown, Manhattan; org (max 100). an intimate tour through history and Reserve for location Join porcelain learn about the giant “spectaculars” that Sun 11am. Reservations required: artists James light up Times Square at night. ohny.org‣ (max 20). Pedestrians are Klein and David Reid as they talk about often an afterthought in city planning. the process behind their “from scratch” Join Regional Plan Association craftsmanship and the inspirational role transportation expert Jeff Zupan NYC plays in their work. : Financing + Marketing = on a tour as he discusses the Architecture challenges of and opportunities Turtle Bay, Manhattan; 43rd St/Tudor Pl for integrating pedestrian movement Sat & Sun 7:30, 9:30am. Reservations in Midtown. Sacred havens of the east village required: ohny.org‣ (max 25). Join Brian East Village, Manhattan; Thompson on a morning tour and learn Reserve for location. how in 1927 Tudor City completely Sun 2pm. Reservations required: changed residential building standards in Wallabout Walking tour ohny.org‣ (max 35). Visit architectural New York by creating embellished large Ft Greene/Clinton Hill, Brooklyn; Prison showcases filled with antique stained apartment buildings with private parks Ship Martyrs’ Monument in Fort Greene glass and restored murals. led by Terri and easy access to public transportation. Park, Cumberland St/DeKalb Ave Cook, author of Sacred Havens: A Guide Sat 12pm. Reservations required: to Manhattan’s Spiritual Places. ohny.org‣ (max 25). Tour the Wallabout Historic District and see some of turtle Bay Walk Brooklyn's oldest pre-Civil War Turtle Bay, Manhattan; wood-frame houses, the last surviving Sunnyside gardens historic 211 E 49th St/3rd Ave NYC home of Walt Whitman and District tour Sat & Sun 11am. Reservations the historic industrial landscape. Sunnyside, Queens; Laura Heim Architect required: ohny.org‣ (max 30). Join author led by the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn PLLC , 41-03 46th St/Skillman Ave Pamela Hanlon on a tour of the historical Partnership. Sat 11am. Reservations required: ohny. sites and landmarks of East Midtown, org (max‣ 20). Join architect laura Heim from the mid-19th-century houses of and urban historian Jeffrey Kroessler on celebrated New Yorkers to the exterior a discussion of the past and present of of the UN complex to the east. Woodlawn Cemetery Mausoleum Sunnyside Gardens. Afterwards, tour tours the historic district and see examples Woodlawn, Bronx; Jerome Avenue Gate of work completed since designation House/Bainbridge Ave in 2007. upper West Side Stories Sat 10am, 7pm; Sun 10am, 2pm. Upper West Side, Manhattan; Columbus Reservations‣ required:‣ ohny.org Circle Globe, 59th St/Central Park West (max varies). Get access to private Sat & Sun 3pm. Reservations required: mausoleums designed by some of the Superblocks of nyu & Soho: ohny.org (max‣ 30). Explore the rich the nation’s best-known architects Modernist & Contemporary urban architecture and history of the Upper including McKim, Mead & White, John renewal West Side. Visit the site of the first Russell Pope and James Gamble Greenwich Village/Soho, Manhattan; Jewish Congregation in North America, Rogers. four themed walking tours will Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia learn the origins of Art Deco and more explore the hidden treasures of these Pl/Bleecker St with tour guide Marty Schneit. mausoleums. Sat 10:30am. Reservations required: ohny.org‣ (max 15). Explore the

VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO 5 openhousenewyork kids! Shapes and Colors at eldridge Street Lower Drawing, model-making and other family activities encourage East Side, kids to take a closer look at buildings and urban spaces. Manhattan; Eldridge 3D Drawing at the Bayside Sat 11am. Reservations required: Street historical Society ohny.org‣ (max 25). Discover how the Synagogue, 12 Eldridge St/Canal St Bayside, Queens; The Officers’ Club, Upper West Side evolved from serene Sun 11:30am, 1:30pm. Reservations Park, 212th St/Bell Blvd countryside to a bustling neighborhood. required:‣ ohny.org (max 25). Bring Sat 1pm. learn about perspective, look at historic photos of mansions, your budding artists, designers and composition‣ and vanishing points: rowhouses, the subway, and more mathematicians to explore the shapes, all essential elements to drawing 3D on this walking tour. Organized by patterns, and colors of the Eldridge objects on a two-dimensional surface. landmark West! Ages 6+. Street Synagogue. Ages 4–8. finish by sketching the exterior of the Officers’ Club. Ages 10+.

Mount vernon Museum kids So Sew tall Program Battery Park City, Manhattan; CMA’s Skyscraper Building Workshop Upper East Side, Manhattan; 421 E 61st Skyscraper Hudson Square, Manhattan; 103 St/1st Ave Museum, 39 Charlton St/Hudson St Sun 11am–4pm. Explore the museum, Battery Pl/1st Pl Sat & Sun 12–5pm. Reservations one of‣ Manhattan’s oldest buildings, Sat 10:30am. required: ohny.org‣ (max 25). Be your including the Children’s Corner. Play Reservations‣ own architect! With help from the with historic toys in the garden and required: ohny.org teaching assistants at the Children’s participate in drawing activities that (max 15). learn Museum of the Arts, create your own compare 19th century life with today. about the Garment skyscraper model out of a variety of Ages 12 and under. District’s factories that once produced materials. All ages. the largest volume of women’s wear in the US. Build a factory and produce your own product. Ages 7+. origamic Drawing together at kentler gallery Architecture Midtown East, Manhattan; Japan tea time for kids! Society, 333 E Jamaica, Queens; Museum, 47th St/1st Ave 150-03 Jamaica Ave/153rd St Sat & Sun Sat 1–3pm. Enjoy crafts and stories 11am–5pm.‣ Join and ‣learn about the history of tea. Bring artist Yoshiko your favorite stuffed animal or doll for Ebihara and learn this fun afternoon at the King Manor how to make Museum. Ages 3–12. unique origami architecture by mixing the traditional Japanese craft of paper Wilderness Plan Dance Workshop Red Hook, Brooklyn; Kentler cutting and folding with modern Financial District, Manhattan; 55 Water International Drawing Space, 353 Van architecture. Open workshop hours. St/Old Slip, Elevated Acre Brunt St/Wolcott St Space limited. Ages 16+. Sat 1, 4pm. Join the interactive Sat 10am. Reservations required: workshop‣ following C. Eule Dance’s ohny.org‣ (max 28). Explore Kentler site-specific performance (see page 2 for Gallery’s Red Hook neighborhood. architecturemoves). Company dancers look at architectural and environmental Park Avenue guide children in movements from the details and partake in hands-on drawing Armory performance and encourage them to use activities designed for families to draw explorers their own creativity. All ages. and create together. All ages. Upper East Side, Manhattan; handcrafted Park Avenue Family Affair at the Bronx Armory, 643 ohny a m erican - m ad e Museum of the Arts Park Ave/ Weekend South Bronx, Bronx; The Bronx E 66th St Family furniture Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Sun Festival Concourse/165th St 11:30am,‣ Greenwich Choose from timeless designs for Sat 1–4pm. Reservations required: 12:15, 1, 1:45, Village, ‣ Manhattan; every room in your home, with limitless ohny.org (max 200). An afternoon of art- 2:30, 3:15pm. Center for making, building and gallery tours for Reservations Architecture, options for fabric, finish and sizes families based on the museum’s current required: 536 LaGuardia Pl/Bleecker St exhibitions. Ages 12 and under. ohny.org (max 30). Join a treasure hunt Sat & Sun 12–4pm. Enjoy various through the historic rooms of the Park hands-on building,‣ design and Find the perfect solution with custom Avenue Armory. Uncover some of the construction activities organized by furniture that’s ready in six weeks or less building’s unique architectural details and OHNY, the Center for Architecture foundation and other arts/ Farmhouses to townhouses create artwork reflecting the American community organizations. All ages. 105 Wooster Street, between Upper West Side, Manhattan; Aesthetic Movement. Ages 6-12. Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Prince and Spring Streets Riverside Dr/W 89th St 212.334.4343 6 DONATE TODAY AT ohny.org—HElP OHNY OPEN DOORS roomandboard.com

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12_rnb_ohny_fullpage_bleed.indd 1 8/17/12 4:12 PM the bronx Pass, only. Robert W. Gibson, designed 1895; built 1898–1901. The grand, neo- Renaissance-style New York Botanical Andrew Freedman home Casita Maria Garden Museum Building, along with the 1125 Grand Concourse/E 166th St, Center for Arts fountain of life, form a distinguished South Bronx and education and monumental Beaux-Arts civic space Sat & Sun 12–2pm. opendialogue 928 Simpson St/ within the largest botanical garden in the Tours with ‣renovation architect. Barretto St, Hunts country. located within , the 1924–1928; renovation, Walter Puryear, Point Garden showcases one of the world’s 2012. Businessman Andrew freedman Sat 12–6pm. greatest collections of plants and serves built this home as a haven for the Self-guided‣ tours as an educational center for gardening wealthy elderly who had lost their throughout the and horticulture. fortunes. This elegant home provided afternoon. amenities including white glove dinner RMJM, 2009. A 90,000-sq-ft educational service, a grand ballroom and billiard and cultural center and nonprofit room for the residents. community organization features a Poe Park visitors Center gallery and performance space along with classrooms and offices. See page 2 for architecturemoves. Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, historic house trust Member

edgar Allan Poe Cottage, historic house trust Member Poe Park, 100 E Kingsbridge Rd/Grand Concourse, North Bronx Sat 10am–4pm; Sun 1–5pm. 1812.‣ Edgar Allan Poe spent‣ the last 2640 Grand Concourse/Kingsbridge years of his life, 1846–1849, in this Rd, Fordham/Kingsbridge wooden farmhouse. This bucolic cottage Sat & Sun 10am–5pm. opendialogue was the setting in which this prolific Talks and tours‣ with architect writer penned many of his most enduring throughout the day. Toshiko Mori 895 Shore Rd, , poetical works, including “Annabel lee,” Architect, 2011. Poe Park offers an oasis North Bronx “The Bells” and “Eureka.” in the most densely populated region of Sat & Sun 12–4pm. Tours at 12:15, the Bronx. The Visitors Center’s design 1:15, 2:15, ‣3:15pm both days (max 25). was inspired by Poe’s famous poem Attributed to Minard lafever, 1836–1842; “The Raven” and houses an exhibition mansion and grounds restoration, Melrose Commons space, learning areas and support Delano & Aldrich, 1914. This mansion’s 754 Melrose Ave/E spaces for the park. gracious proportions, refined exterior 156th St, Melrose stonework, cast-iron balconies, period Sun 10am–4pm. millwork, and Greek Revival interiors open‣dialogue exemplify country living in 19th-century Tours with architects rocking the Boat Pelham Bay. Robert and Maria lorillard at 11am, 1, 3pm Bartow and their children lived there (max 10). until 1888 when the property was Magnusson purchased by NYC to create Pelham Architecture and Bay Park. Planning, PC, 1993– present. A Stage II Silver lEED-certified community, this innovative urban renewal area is comprised of 30 blocks of mixed the Bronx income housing. Working with the local Museum of the community group Nos Quedamos, MAP Arts provided planning services and technical 1040 Grand assistance to craft a plan that reflected Concourse/ the vision of the community. 812 Edgewater Rd/Lafayette Ave, E 165th St, Hunts Point South Bronx Sat 11am–3pm opendialogue Tours Sat 1–4pm. with‣ architect throughout the afternoon. Simon‣ B. Zelnik, new york Botanical garden WXY Architecture + Urban Design, 2010. 1961; expansion, A 2,200-sq-ft boatbuilding shop Castro-Blanco, supports this organization’s mission Piscioneri & to use traditional wooden boatbuilding feder, 1988; and on-water education to help young north wing addition, Arquitectonica, people develop into empowered and 2006. A former synagogue was responsible adults. transformed to create a dramatic double-height lobby making it the focal point of the museum extension. Exterior patterns of black and white blocks valentine-varian house/ recall the neighborhood’s ubiquitous Museum of Bronx history, ornamental brick walls. See page 6 for Bronx River Pkwy/Fordham Rd, historic house trust Member OHNY Kids! Fordham 3266 Bainbridge Ave/E 208th St, Sat & Sun ‣ 10am–6pm, mention OHNY North Bronx Weekend for free Garden Grounds Sat ‣ 10am–4pm; Sun ‣1–5pm. Isaac 8 vISIt ohny.org OR PHONE (212) 991-OHNY fOR UPDATES VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO the bronx

1748–9. This Georgian fieldstone Woodlawn Cemetery country house was once home to NYC’s prominent Van Cortlandt family, and was General George Washington’s headquarters in 1776 and 1783.

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Valentine, 1758. This Georgian fieldstone farmhouse survived fierce artillery barrages during the Revolutionary War. On view, the exhibitions “Gone But Not forgotten: Bronx Mansions” and "Edgar Allan Poe: The New York Years."

Webster Ave & E 233rd St or Jerome Ave/Bainbridge Ave, Woodlawn van Cortlandt 700 Brook Ave/E 156th St, Melrose Sat & Sun 8:30am–5pm. James C. house Museum, Dattner Architects and Grimshaw Sidney, 1863;‣ Charles Wellford leavitt, historic house Architects with Phipps Houses and 1875–1940. More than 1,300 private trust Member Jonathan Rose Companies, 2012. mausoleums, many of which were Van Cortlandt Sat 11am. Reservations required: designed by well-known architects, dot Park, Broadway ohny.org‣ (max 25). This affordable this meticulously planted landscape. at W 246th St, housing complex is Gold lEED- Tour private mausoleums by designers Kingsbridge/Riverdale certified designed and features 222 such as McKim, Mead & White, Carrère Sat & Sun 11am–4pm. Sun 11:30am, units with over 40,000-sq-ft of green & Hastings, John Russell Pope, Tiffany 2:30pm tours‣ by VCHM Director,‣ roofs and open space and an innovative and Hunt & Hunt. See page 5 for OHNY “Wheat from Plantation to Table.” Tour façade system. Tours. reservations required: ohny.org (max 20). Built by frederick Van Cortlandt,

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VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO 9 brooklyn creativity in glass. The organization promotes innovation, education, and the studio practice of a creative community. Aizaki Allie residence This 5-million-sq-ft site served as the largest military supply base in the US through WWII and features warehouses with long, sky-lit central galleries, Brooklyn historical Society connected through a network of bridges 128 Pierrepont St/Clinton St, Brooklyn and piers. Cass Gilbert’s utilitarian Heights design, devoid of extraneous ornament Sat & Sun 12–5pm; tour at 3pm each in its use of girderless steel reinforced day. George‣ B. Post, 1881. This Queen concrete slabs, was atypical of Gilbert’s Anne-style building features a brick ordinarily decorative style and highly and terra-cotta façade, stained-glass innovative for the time. windows, Minton tile floors, carved wooden accents and artifacts from the Society’s rich collection. BHS is an urban history center dedicated to Brooklyn preserving and promoting the study of Williamsburg Botanic garden Brooklyn’s 400-year history. Sat & Sun 12–5pm. Reservations visitor Center required for‣ location: ohny.org (max 12). 990 Washington opendialogue Talks and tours with Ave/President designers and owners. 1890; renovation, St, Prospect Brooklyn Museum crème, 2012. This 19th-century structure Heights was given a recent update, converting Sun 3pm tour. from a two-family home to a modern Reservations‣ duplex complete with a reclaimed wood required: ohny. backyard deck. org (max 20). Weiss/Manfredi, 2012. Seamlessly melding Brooklyn Academy of Music: BAM architecture and Peter Jay Sharp opera house landscape, BBG’s new visitor center is a model of energy-efficient design, 200 Eastern Pkwy/Washington Ave, including earth-sheltered construction, Prospect Heights a geoexchange heating and cooling Sat & Sun 11am tour of museum system and living roof. Surrounding the and architectural‣ highlights of its building is a new garden filled with native collections; Sat 1, 2:30pm special plantings and water-capturing beds. tour of museum’s‣ capital projects. Reservations required: ohny.org (max 20 for architectural highlights; max 25 for capital projects). McKim, Mead & White, Pier 5 1895–1926; Ennead Architects, 2004. 30 Lafayette Ave/Ashland Pl, Fort Greene One of America’s oldest and largest art Sat 11am–1pm, tours throughout the , it is part of a 19th-century day ‣(max 20). Herts & Tallant (Opera network of parks and gardens. House), John Bailet McElfatrick (BAM Harvey Theater), 1908; renovation H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, ongoing. BAM is the longest continually Brooklyn navy yard Center operating performing arts institution in at BLDg 92 the US. for over 150 years, BAM has 63 Flushing Ave, Unit 300/Carlton Ave, been presenting a wide and diverse Fort Greene range of music, theater, opera, film Sat & Sun 12–6pm. opendialogue and art, along with education and Sat 12, 2pm‣ building tours with community programs. Access also 334 Furman St/Joralemon St, architect‣ (max 25). Sun 2, 4pm tours includes the BAM Harvey Theater. Brooklyn Heights of exhibition (max 40). T.U.‣ Walter, Sat 12, 2pm construction tours with 1857; renovation, park‣ staff. Reservations required: ohny. Architects & Planners with workshop/ org (max 30). apd, 2011. Visit this new exhibition and Brooklyn Army terminal Associates, fall 2012. Pier 5 will feature visitor center, housed in the historic three outdoor soccer recreation fields. Navy Yard, a 300-acre site nestled on On the landside of the pier, the Picnic the waterfront that first opened in 1801 Peninsula will include picnic tables, as one of America’s first naval shipyards. a concession and children’s play On exhibition: the history of the Brooklyn equipment. Navy Yard. See page 3 for OHNY Tours.

Brooklyn glass Christ Church in Cobble hill 142 13th St/2nd Ave, Gowanus 320 Clinton St/Kane St, Cobble Hill Sat & Sun 12–5pm, tours on the hour. Sat 10:30am–12:30pm, 1:30–4:30pm; 140 58th St/1st Ave, Sunset Park Reservations‣ required: ohny.org (max Sun ‣ 11am–5pm. Tours Sat 11am, Sat 11am–5pm. Cass Gilbert, 1918; 20). An artist owned and operated 3pm;‣ Sun 1, 3pm. Richard Upjohn,‣ renovation‣ and restoration, 1984. organization dedicated to furthering 1841–1842;‣ interior renovation and

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decoration, louis yellows, blues, and greens, a not-so- required: ohny.org (max 30). No children Comfort Tiffany, subtle reflection of the trendy street under 10 permitted. Tod Williams & Billie 1916–1917. This below. Tsien Architects with landscape design is the oldest by Christian Zimmerman, estimated Episcopal completion 2013. This 25,000-sq-ft Church building facility is designed to blend seamlessly in Brooklyn and the green-Wood Cemetery into the surrounding parkland and will features a mix of 500 25th St/5th feature 30,000-sq-ft of ice skating Early English and Ave, Greenwood surface in the winter. In the summer, half Perpendicular Heights of the surface will be for roller-skating Gothic Sat & Sun and the other half will be a water architecture. 8am–6pm.‣ Sat playground. The lakeside project also Tiffany designed the altar, altar railing, & Sun 12–4pm includes the restoration of original reredos, lectern, pulpit, chairs, choir rail, self-guided‣ and Calvert altar cross, candlesticks, flower holders, mausoleum tours. Vaux landscape elements including book stand, and several windows. Reservations Music Island. required: ohny. org (max 25). David Bates Douglass, 1838. The the Church of St. Luke and St. final resting place for some of NYC’s Lefferts historic Matthew most memorable citizens covers 478 house, historic 520 Clinton Ave/Fulton St, Fort Greene/ picturesque acres of rolling hills, ponds, house trust Clinton Hill trees, lawn and sculpture. Rare access Member Sat 10am–4pm; Sun 2–4pm. John includes the family mausoleums of 452 Flatbush Welch,‣ 1888; renovation‣ 1915. The Italian Henry Englehard Steinway, Stephen Ave/Empire Blvd Romanesque-style exterior draws its Whitney, William Niblo as well as the (inside Prospect inspiration from the Duomo at Modena Catacombs. Park), Prospect and San Zeno in Verona. Interior Lefferts Gardens highlights include Tiffany windows and a Sun 12–5pm. 28-ft-diameter rose window—one of the Sweet & Savory food festival‣ 1–4pm. largest in Brooklyn. hendrick I. Lott house, historic House tour, 12pm. Reservations house trust Member required for tour: ohny.org (max 10). 1940 E 36th St/Filmore Ave, Original homestead ca. 1687–1700; Marine Park rebuilt ca. 1777–1783. Built by a Dutch the City reliquary Museum Sat 11am–3pm. 1720–1800. In 1719, family in the 18th century, lefferts is one family‣ patriarch Johannes lott purchased of the few remaining farmhouses from a farm in the rural town of flatlands. At colonial Brooklyn. Today, period rooms, its peak in the 19th century, the lotts’ farm plots, and hands-on activities farm included more than 200 acres. The help visitors understand the changes House may have served as a stop on the in Brooklyn’s landscape since the 18th Underground Railroad. century.

kentler International Drawing Space Mark Morris Dance Center 353 Van Brunt St/Wolcott St, Red Hook 3 Lafayette Ave/Ashland Pl, Fort Greene Sat & Sun 12–5pm. 1877. The building Sat 10am–4pm, tours at 10, 11:30am, 370 Ave/Havemeyer St, storefront is‣ now a gallery for drawings 1, 2:30pm.‣ Reservations required: Williamsburg and work on paper founded by two ohny.org (max 20). Beyer Blinder Sat & Sun 9am–6pm, tours at artists in 1990. The gallery is housed in Belle Architects & Planners, 2001. 10am, 12, 2,‣ 4pm both days. Through the Kentler family’s men’s haberdashery The center houses seven rehearsal permanent display of New York City and department store, which served the studios, lounges, terraces, dressing artifacts, rotating exhibits of community Brooklyn seaport business workers. See rooms, a wellness center, and a theater/ collections, and annual cultural events, page 6 for OHNY Kids! performance space. the museum connects visitors to both the past and present of New York.

Lakeside at Construction tour Coleman- Sanchez residence Williamsburg Sat 11am– 4pm. Reservations‣ required for location: ohny. org (max 15). opendialogue Talks and tours on the hour Subway Station at the corner of Boerum Pl with designer and owner. Apartment Adjacent to Ocean Ave between Lincoln and Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn Heights renovation, Christopher Coleman, 2008. Rd & Parkside Ave, Prospect Heights Sat & Sun 10am. Reservations The interior of this apartment comes opendialogue Sun 1, 3pm. Tours with required: ohny.org‣ (max 25). Squire alive with a graphic pop in bright reds, Prospect Park Alliance.‣ Reservations Vickers, 1936; renovation 1976, 2003.

VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO 11 brooklyn located below ground in a timber from the Hudson Valley, and runner & Stone decommissioned 1936 IND station, the Brooklyn bricks. The facility includes a 285 Third Ave/Carroll St, Gowanus museum provides a rare opportunity glassblowing studio and exhibition space. Sat 3–5pm; Sun 10am–1pm. to see a subway station’s restricted open‣dialogue Tours‣ of restaurant and areas. Visit the crew room, the Signal residential apartments with architect on Tower and other nooks and crannies in a the hour and half hour. 1902; renovation behind-the-scenes tour. Pratt Institute latent Productions, 2012. flour sacks 200 Willoughby Ave/Classon Ave, emptied by the restaurant’s baker were Clinton Hill re-purposed as the formwork for nearly Sat 1, 2, 3pm tours (max 25). 1,000 custom fabricated gently swollen newtown Creek Wastewater Celebrating‣ its 125th Anniversary, this concrete building units. The uniquely treatment Plant 25-acre campus is home to the largest shaped “belly blocks” form billowing outdoor sculpture park in NYC and walls of concrete that thread through the includes several locally designated restaurant, up the stairwell and into the landmark buildings. residences above.

Prison Ship Martyr’s Monument St. Ann and Fort Greene Visitor Center, entrance at the holy trinity Washington Park & DeKalb Ave or Myrtle episcopal Ave & N Portland Ave, Fort Greene Church Sat 11am–3pm, access to the top 157 Montague prohibited‣ (max 10). Stanford White, St/ Clinton St, 329 Greenpoint Ave/Humboldt St, 1908. More than 11,500 men, women, Brooklyn Heights Greenpoint and children perished on British Prison Sat 10am–5pm; Sat 10, 11am, 12, 1, 2, 3pm tours. Ships in the Revolutionary War. Some Sun‣ 1–5pm. Reservations‣ required: ohny.org (max of their remains were interred in a crypt Sat ‣ window 70). Sturdy closed-toe shoes required. on this site. learn about the efforts tours‣ 12, 2, 4pm; No strollers permitted. Ennead to build, restore and maintain the organ concerts Architects, 2009. Dominating the local monument. 11am, 1, 3pm. Sun window tour 3pm; skyline with its stainless-steel digester organ concerts 2, 4pm.‣ (max 30). Minard “eggs,” this wastewater treatment plant lafever, 1848. The oldest sets of North is the largest of the 14 NYC Department American figural stained-glass windows of Environmental Protection plants. The red hook Initiative are the focal point of this neo-Gothic facility is also home to a Nature Walk. church. View all 55 windows by William Jay Bolton, as well as the landmark 1925 Peabody Memorial Organ. old Stone house, historic house trust Member St. Paul’s episcopal Church 199 Carroll St/Clinton St, Carroll Gardens Sat 9am–5pm; Sun 12–5pm. Richard‣ M. Upjohn, 1867–1884.‣ This was Upjohn’s parish church and among the 767 Hicks St/W 9th St, Red Hook first of his famous High Victorian Gothic Sat 10am–4pm; Sun 12–5pm. buildings. The interior contains much Super-Interesting!,‣ 2008.‣ A green of Upjohn’s original design, stenciling, building was designed in keeping woodwork and stained glass. with the philosophy of creating a 336 Third St/5th Ave in Washington sustainable, vibrant community. The Park, Park Slope building has become a living entity Sat & Sun 9am–5pm, tours throughout in Red Hook, which has added to theatre for a new Audience the day. Sat‣ all day, Kings County the organization’s success and built fiber festival.‣ 1699; reconstruction incredible community pride. 1934; renovation 1997. A Robert Moses WPA-era reconstruction of the Vechte- Cortelyou house, this Dutch farmhouse was the site of the Battle of Brooklyn the red hook Winery in August, 1776, as well as the original Pier 41, 175 Van Dyke St #325A/Barnell home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. St, Red Hook Sat & Sun 10am–6pm, tours on the hour (max ‣25) and tastings throughout 262 Ashland Pl/Fulton St, Fort Greene the day (max 100). Must be 21 or older opendialogue Sat 10, 11:30am tours Pier glass + Scanlan glass for tastings. Proof of ID required. with architect and construction‣ project 499 Van Brunt St #2A & New York Colonel Daniel Richards, 1873. This pier manager. Reservations required: ohny. Harbor, Red Hook is one of three waterfront locations that org (max 20). All attendees must sign a Sat & Sun 10:30am–5pm. Glassblowing made Red Hook the center of shipping liability waiver, wear sturdy closed- demonstrations‣ at 11:30am, 1:30, 3:30pm. and warehousing in the mid-19th toe shoes and must be 18 years of 1886. This Civil War-era warehouse sits century. locally sourced grapes are age or older. H3 Hardy Collaboration on the upper Bay of New York Harbor used to produce 70 different wines. Architecture with Sciame Construction, facing the and is estimated completion 2013. Be the first constructed of cut granite rock, virgin to get a glimpse of this new 299-seat

12 vISIt ohny.org OR PHONE (212) 991-OHNY fOR UPDATES VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO brooklyn theatre devoted to presenting works of Waterfront Museum Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, Shakespeare and classic drama before 290 Conover St/Reed St, Red Hook historic house trust Member construction is completed in fall 2013. Sat & Sun 1-5pm, tours throughout 5816 Clarendon Rd/Ralph Ave, the afternoon‣ both days. lehigh Valley East Flatbush Railroad Company, 1914; renovation Sat 11am, 1, 3pm tours. Reservations 1987–ongoing. Tour the last surviving required:‣ ohny.org (max 20). 1652–1820; tillett Lighting Design Inc. all-wooden railroad barge still afloat renovation Oppenheimer, Brady & 172 N 11th St, Studio 5/Bedford Ave, and see tools, artifacts, models, and Vogelstein, 1982. Tour NYC’s oldest Williamsburg film footage from 1860–1960—a period home from cellar to attic. This typical Sat 10am–5pm. opendialogue “How of transportation and commerce 17th-century Dutch Colonial farmhouse to Change‣ a light Bulb: Your Personal history before trucking, highways and reveals clues about Brooklyn’s agrarian Habitat,” 11am, 2pm. Reservations containerization. past. Additions were made in the 18th required for workshop: ohny.org (max and 19th centuries and the house has 30). Ca. 1900 Situated in a turn-of- been restored to its 1819 appearance. the-century button factory, the firm creates lighting concepts for a variety Willow Street residence of environments, from parks to Park Brooklyn Avenue apartments. Heights Wythe hotel Sun 80 Wythe Ave/N 11th St, Williamsburg 10am–5pm.‣ opendialogue Sat & Sun 1, 2pm Reservations tours with architect. Reservations‣ urbanglass required for required: ohny.org (max 12). 1901; 126 13th St, lower level/2nd Ave, location: ohny. renovation Morris Adjmi Architects Gowanus/Park Slope org (max 8). with Two Trees Management, 2012. Sat & Sun 12–5pm, tours on the hour, opendialogue Talks and tours with This historic cooperage factory on last tour 4pm.‣ opendialogue Glass architect and owner. 1927; apartment the East River waterfront has been demonstrations with artists. 1887. A renovation, lubrano ciavarra architects, transformed into a contemporary workspace for emerging and established 2012. This 750-sq-ft apartment mingles hotel including a restaurant and bar artists with studios for flame-working, white-box modern with old world style, with an offbeat vibe that defines this warm glass and cold-working. This is featuring floor-to-ceiling stone mosaics Brooklyn neighborhood. The hotel is an an interim space while the fort Greene in the bathroom and stone accents in intersection of the old and modern, with location undergoes renovation. the kitchen. a new steel façade.

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VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO 13 manhattan Austrian Cultural Forum ny 11 E 52nd St/5th Ave, Midtown Sat 10am–6pm, tours every half 7 World trade Center Alexander hamilton uS Custom house/ hour‣ or by request (max 12). Raimund 250 Greenwich St/Barclay St, Smithsonian Institution national Abraham, 2002. This dramatic, tapering Lower Manhattan Museum of the American Indian tower accommodates a multilevel Sat 11am, 1 pm; Sun 1pm tours. 1 Bowling Green/Broadway, gallery, a library and a performance Reservations‣ required: ‣ohny.org (max Financial District space for Austrian-American art 35). Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Sat & Sun 10am–5pm for building collaborations. Silverstein Properties, 2006. This and museum;‣ Sat 10am–5pm; is the first tower rebuilt at the WTC Sun 10am–12:30pm,‣ 3:30–5pm for site, and the first Gold lEED-certified Collector’s‣ Room. Sat & Sun 1, 3pm commercial office building in New York. architecture/history tours (max‣ 25); Sat the Bank Building The building’s elegant curtain wall was 1–3pm, National Archives Workshop. designed by Jamie Carpenter. Tour the Cass‣ Gilbert, 1907. Completed for newly opened WTC Marketing Center, the US Custom Service in 1907, this which includes large-scale models and Beaux-Arts landmark is now home to interactive videos about the project and the Smithsonian Institution’s National neighborhood. Museum of the American Indian and federal agencies.

93 Worth 93 Worth St/ Apryl Miller Studios Broadway, Upper East Side West Village Tribeca opendialogue Sat 11am, 12, 1, 2, Sat & Sun 12–5pm. Reservations Sat & Sun 3, 4pm tours with artist‣ and owner. required for‣ location: ohny.org (max 12). 9am–5pm, ‣ Reservations required for location: ohny. opendialogue Talks and tours on the tours on the org (max 25). Interior design, Pierce hour with interior designer and owner. hour. 1924; Allen, 1996. More than 150 colors lee Harris, 1907; apartment renovation, renovation, enliven every surface of this live/work laura Bohn, 2004. Housed in the former ODA- space, a whimsical, sophisticated Bank of New York building, this highly Architecture, haven for the artist’s family. published loft by an Interior Design Hall 2012. This of famer features 3,000-sq-ft of interior former garment space with 15-ft ceilings. The outdoor factory has space includes a patio and bamboo been transformed and converted into 93 Architecture research office (Aro) garden. modern condominium units. 170 Varick St, 7th Fl/Vandam St, Hudson Square Sat 10am–5pm. opendialogue Sat ‣ 4pm, Principal Presentation: Bell Book and Candle Adrienne Moumin / Three‣ New Buildings for Manhattan: 141 W 10th St/Greenwich Ave, Picturexhibit Studio CBST Synagogue, The flea Theater, West Village 240 E 55th St, #8A/2nd Ave, Midtown East and Donald Judd Home + Studio. Sat & Sun 12pm, tour with owner and Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 11am– 5pm Reservations required: ohny.org (max chef. Reservations‣ required: ohny.org (max‣ 15). opendialogue‣ Artist 75). Since 1993, ARO has worked with (max 10). 1903; renovation, GRADE, demonstrations of work-in-progress a diverse array of clients to create 2010. learn how the restaurant created throughout the day. 1962. Visit the architecture that unites the conceptual energy-efficient aeroponic growing artist’s recently renovated live/work and the pragmatic within a strong, towers on its rooftop to harvest 60% of studio space and view her handmade coherent vision. the fruit and vegetables used to prepare “Architextures” photo collages, inspired seasonal dishes. by NYC architectural landmarks.

the Arsenal 830 Fifth Ave/E 64th Broad Street Ballroom African Burial ground St, Upper East Side 41 Broad St/Beaver St, Lower 290 Broadway, 1st Fl/Elk St, Sun 9am–5pm, Manhattan Lower Manhattan tours‣ from 10am– Sun 1–3pm. Tours with staff (max 10). Sat & Sun 9am–5pm (memorial); 4:30pm (max 25). Cross‣ & Cross, 1928; restoration, Sat 10am–4pm‣ (visitor center). Sat Martin E. Thompson, EverGreene Architectural Arts, Inc, 11am‣ “Roots of Inspiration: A Tribute 1847–1851. Built to 2003–2005. formerly a bank and once to‣ female Pioneers in Music (max 40); house munitions for used for the New York Stock Exchange, Sat 2pm “Abolitionist Walking Tour” the NYS National the building has since undergone an (max‣ 16). Reservations required: ohny. Guard, the Arsenal resembles a fortress extensive restoration of the grand org. Sun 10am, 1pm “Memorial Tour.” with its crenellated cornice and rooftop banking hall, vault area, executive Aaris Architects,‣ 2007. from the 1690s turrets. Now NYC Dept of Parks & reception, and conference rooms. until 1794, both free and enslaved Recreation headquarters, the building Africans were buried in a 6.6-acre has served as a police station, zoo, burial ground in lower Manhattan. weather station and the first American lost to history due to landfill Museum of Natural History. Its treasures the Brotherhood Synagogue and development, the grounds include WPA murals, original drawings 28 S/Irving Pl, Gramercy were rediscovered in 1991 during of Central Park and roof gardens with Sun 12:30–3:30pm. Tours throughout construction of a federal office building. spectacular views. the afternoon.‣ King & Kellum, 1857– 1869; remodeled, Ennead Architects, 1975; restoration & renovation,

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Silberstang lasky Architects, soaring Romanesque- and Gothic- Church of St. Francis Xavier 1997–2002. Situated in a former Quaker style architecture with an immense 46 W 16th St/6th Meeting House, the sanctuary can hold Guastavino tile dome, bronze portals, Ave, Chelsea up to 900 people and features original stained glass, and beautiful gardens Sat 12:30pm, Sun pews, iron columns and exposed brick. with wandering peacocks. 2pm‣ tour with key Other areas of the Meeting House have ‣project personnel been maintained along with much of the about renovation restored detailing. and restoration. Center for Architecture Reservations 536 LaGuardia Pl/W 3rd St, required: ohny. Greenwich Village org (max 70). the Brownstone Sat & Sun 11am–5pm. Andrew Patrick Keely, east village Berman Architect,‣ 2003. This building 1882; renovation, Thomas fenniman opendialogue features 1,250-ft-deep geothermal Architect, 2009. Historic and new Sat 1, 2, 3, 4pm, wells for heating and cooling, keeps architectural elements were seamlessly tours‣ with architect. visitors comfortable in NYC’s liveliest integrated in this recently renovated Reservations venue for architecture and design church. Points of interest include a required for location: exhibits, performances and children’s barrel-vault ceiling, murals, stained ohny.org (max programs. See page 6 for OHNY Kids! glass, and a pipe organ. 10). Ca. 1860s; renovation Bill Peterson; retractable façade engineers, Mclaren Engineering Group, 2007–2009. Central Synagogue Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew This project reinterprets key elements 652 Lexington Ave/E 55th St, Midtown 263 W 86th St/West End Ave, Upper of a classic NYC brownstone and uses Sun 12–4pm, tours with docents West Side high-performance versions of the original throughout‣ the afternoon. Henry Sat 1–5pm, tours on the hour. R.H. materials including a graffiti-proof fernbach, 1871–1872; restoration, Robertson,‣ 1895–1897. The church porcelain façade that is retractable. Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, is an eclectic mix of Romanesque, 2000. The oldest building in continuous Renaissance and Classical styles use as a synagogue in New York, it featuring a 108-ft octagonal tower and has a Moorish design with an ornate a 1,000-seat sanctuary. The building Casa Frela gallery interior. The synagogue’s most recent is home to the largest emergency food 47 W 119th St/Lenox Ave, Harlem restoration preserved the building’s program in the area, a women’s shelter Sat & Sun 11am– 5pm. opendialogue historic character and allows it to serve and other social service projects. Sat & Sun ‣ 12pm lecture with artist contemporary needs. Yoav liberman‣ (max 20). McKim, Mead & White, 1885. Housed in a renovated Stanford White brownstone located Church of the transfiguration in the Mount Morris Historic District Chinatown Loft 1 E 29th St/5th Ave, Murray Hill in Harlem, the gallery features an art 110 Forsyth Sat 10:30am–5pm; Sun 10:30am– exhibition “re-fORM,” which explores St, Apt 24/ 4pm.‣ Sat 12, 1, 3, 4pm, Sun‣ 1, 3pm the increasingly porous border between Broome St, guided tour:‣ History, Art & Architecture‣ utility and art as well as architecture, Chinatown of the little Church; Sat 11am furniture and sculpture. Sat & Sun concert: Wedding favorites;‣ Sat 11am– 6pm.‣ 11:30am lecture: Marriage at the little‣ opendialogue Church; Sat 2pm organ concert; Talks and Sun 2pm Members‣ of the Episcopal tours with Actors’‣ Guild sing hits from Broadway West St/Battery Pl in Battery Park, architect and owner thoughout the and beyond; Sat & Sun Historic Lower Manhattan day. Ca. 1920s; apartment renovation, vestments on display. 1849–1850.‣ Built Sat & Sun 8:45am–5pm, tours led by Sayigh Duman Architects, 2011. The in neo-Gothic style, the church has National Park‣ Service Rangers at 10am, fluorescent glow of a Chinatown 14th-century stained glass, beautiful 12, 2pm both days (max 20). US Army tenement building gives way to a chapels and a picturesque garden. Corps of Engineers, 1807. Originally sun-drenched 750-sq-ft apartment The church provided sanctuary to NYC’s harbor defense in the War of painted in chartreuse. A bit of history African Americans during the Civil War 1812, the Castle served as military is preserved with ancient kitchen and has a longtime association with headquarters, an immigration center, wallpaper and exposed brick. the acting community. Thousands of an aquarium and finally a national couples were married at the church monument. during World War II.

Church of the Ascension Fifth Ave & W 10th St, Greenwich Village Cathedral Church of St. John Sun 1–5pm. Richard Upjohn, 1841; Cipriani Wall Street the Divine remodeled,‣ McKim, Mead & White and 55 Wall St/William St, Financial District 1047 Amsterdam Ave/W 112th St, John la farge, 1885–1889; restoration, Sat tour at 3:30pm. Reservations Morningside Heights Preserv and EverGreene Architectural required:‣ ohny.org (max 15). Isaiah Sat 8am–6pm; Sun 2–6pm. Arts, 2011. The church was the site of Rogers, 1836–1841; renovation, Charles Highlights‣ Tours: Sat ‣10, 11am, 1, President John Tyler’s wedding to Julia f. McKim & William S. Richardson, 2pm; Vertical Tours: Sat‣ 12, 2pm. Gardiner and features John lafarge’s 1907–1910. This NYC landmark was Reservations required: ohny.org‣ (max “Ascension” mural which dominates previously the home of the New York 20). 1892 to present; Heins & la the sanctuary. Home of the Manton Merchants Exchange, the New York farge 1892–1911; Cram & ferguson, Organ, the only french-built organ in Stock Exchange, the US Custom 1911–1942. St. John the Divine North America. House, and the headquarters of is among the largest churches in the National City Bank. framed by the world. The Cathedral features monolithic columns, the restaurant

VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO 15 manhattan features architectural details including required for location: ohny.org (max windows, paint decoration and Victorian- a 70-ft ceiling with a Wedgwood dome. 15). construction 1864; renovation, era lighting, and a new window by artist Marpillero Pollak Architects, 2001. Kiki Smith and architect Deborah Gans. This ground floor and basement of a See page 6 for OHNY Kids! previously industrial building is now a Dattner Architects lively multilevel live/work space with a 1385 Broadway, 15th Fl/W 37th St, hybrid bookshelf-stair and illuminated Midtown garden and interior atrium. evergreene Architectural Arts Sat 10am–5pm. opendialogue Talks 450 W 31st St, 7th Fl/10th Ave, Chelsea with ‣architects throughout the day opendialogue Sat 10:30–4:30pm. (max 50). Office renovation, Dattner Tours on the hour and‣ half hour with Architects, 2011. A new, sustainable Dyckman Farm house, historic artists and designers. This award- office for this 70-person firm with house trust Member winning studio specializes in restoration, windows wrapping three sides, the 4881 Broadway at 204th St, Inwood conservation, decoration and new open-plan studio is bathed in daylight. Sat & Sun 11am–4pm, self-guided design. High-profile projects include The generous main circulation spine tours. 1784;‣ renovation, 1916. This , the Empire State also serves as space for project pin-ups. modest Dutch Colonial-style farmhouse Building and The . was once the center of a 250-acre farm. Today, nestled in a garden, the museum is in the midst of the bustling Inwood David Ling neighborhood and gives a glimpse of Presbyterian Church Architect Manhattan’s rural past. Loft Gramercy opendialogue Sat & Sun east Cultural District 12–4pm. ‣ 61 E 4th St/2nd Ave, East Village Tours with architect and owner on Sat 1, 2:15, 3:30, 4:45pm tours. the hour and half hour. Reservations Reservations‣ required: ohny.org (max required for location: ohny.org (max 20). During the 1960s and 70s, East 20). Ca. 1880s; renovation, David 4th Street coalesced as a center for ling Architect, 2000. Water, water, experimental theater and film. In 2005, everywhere…view this converted 19th- NYC sold eight properties on century dental factory, now a working and 2nd Ave for $8 to established arts 7 W 55th St/Fifth Ave, Midtown studio/home complete with a moat, groups and designated the block an Sat 9am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm. Sat bridge, and water wall. official Cultural District. 11am,‣ 1, 3pm tours; ‣Sun 1:30pm ‣tour led by Music Director of‣ 7,000- pipe Austin organ. Carl Pfeiffer, 1875. The 1,800-seat sanctuary Davis Brody Bond + Spacesmith the east harlem School features extensive, hand-carved Architects woodwork, a three-story organ case 315 Hudson St, 9th Fl/Vandam St, and Victorian-era stained glass. On Hudson Square view, a photography exhibition on Sat 10am–4pm. opendialogue contemporary church life by fine arts Informal‣ tours and talks with architects photographer Heidi Russell. throughout the day. Enjoy expansive views of the and learn about both firms’ projects including the National September 11 Memorial First Baptist Church Museum, the frick Collection Portico 265 W 79th St/Broadway, Upper West Side Gallery and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Sat 10am–4pm. Tours throughout the Pop-Up Pool. 309 E 103rd St/1st Ave, East Harlem day.‣ George Keister, 1890–1893. This opendialogue Sun 11am, 12, 1, 2, imposing Italian Romanesque-style 3pm. Tours with architects‣ both days church with two unequal spires and a (max 10). Peter Gluck and Partners, large rose window above the entrance DiMenna Center for Classical Music 2008. Explore this award-winning is a prominent presence on upper 450 W 37th St/10th Ave, Midtown independent middle school building Broadway. The original stained-glass opendialogue Sat 12, 1:30pm in the heart of East Harlem. Inspired ceiling was replaced with an Italian- tours with architects.‣ Reservations by ’ woven textiles, the style tile roof. required: ohny.org (max 30). H3 Hardy pixelated façade above shelters Collaboration Architecture, 2011. This scholarly study. First Church of Christ, Scientist state-of-the-art facility dedicated to 10 W 68th St/Central Park West, classical music rehearsal and recording Upper West Side developed by the Orchestra of St. luke’s Sat & Sun 1–5pm. Tours on the hour; features richly finished rehearsal spaces, eldridge Street Synagogue/Museum organ concerts‣ throughout the afternoon. lounge and cafe areas, designed for both at eldridge Street Carrère & Hastings 1899–1903; acoustics and aesthetics. 12 Eldridge St/Division St, Lower East Side restoration, Sydness Architects, 2008. Sun 10am–3pm. Tours on the hour, last This Beaux-Arts-style white marble tour at‣ 2pm (max 50). Herter Brothers, church with its great copper dome and 1887; renovation, 2007. Established by crisp detailing, is unusual among NYC Duane Street Live / Work Loft East European immigrants, this National churches. The 1899 Opus 1431 organ Tribeca Historic landmark is restored to its is the largest of its kind and has 4,550 opendialogue Sun 1–3pm, tours original grandeur. It features an exuberant pipes, two-thirds of which are original. every hour and half ‣hour with combination of Moorish, Gothic and owners and architects. Reservations Romanesque styles, stained-glass

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Fort tryon Cottage & heather garden general grant national Memorial greek orthodox Archdiocesan , 741 Washington Ave, Riverside Dr/W 122nd St, Cathedral of the holy trinity Margaret Corbin Circle/Cabrini Blvd, Morningside Heights 319 E 74th St/1st Ave, Upper East Side Washington Heights Sat 7, 8pm “Tomb at Night” tour. Sat 9am–2pm, tours on the hour; Sat & Sun 11am–4pm. Garden tours Reservations‣ required: ohny.org (max Sun ‣9am–5pm, tours on the hour every 20 minutes.‣ Cottage tours every 40). John Duncan, 1897. See the final after 12pm. Kerr Rainsford, John A. half hour (max 20). Garden, frederic resting place of our 18th president, Thompson, Gerald A. Holmes, 1931. law Olmsted, Jr., 1935; Cottage, General Ulysses S. Grant, and his wife, View Byzantine-style mosaics by 1908. Donated to NYC in 1935 by John Julia, the largest presidential tomb in Sirio Tonelli, Italian stained glass, and D. Rockefeller Jr., fort Tryon Park America. iconography by George Gliatas. encompasses 67 acres with majestic views of the Hudson River. The 1908 cottage flanking the garden was originally the gatehouse of the G.K. general Society of Mechanics and hamilton grange national Memorial Billings Estate. tradesmen 414 W 141st St/Convent Ave, 20 W 44th St/5th Ave, Midtown Hamilton Heights Sat 9am–5pm. lamb and Rich, Sun 6–8pm. John McComb, Jr., 1802; 1890.‣ formerly a technical school, this restoration,‣ John G. Waite Associates, the Four Seasons building was acquired by The General 2008–2011. This federalist-style 99 E 52nd St/Park Ave (in Seagram Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen home was the residence for Alexander Building), Midtown in 1899 and soon expanded. The Hamilton, one of America’s founding opendialogue Sat 3, 4pm tours with library’s main reading room contains fathers. The 19th-century home tells restoration architect.‣ Reservations a magnificent skylight, faux marble the story of a man who rose to become required: ohny.org (max 20). Philip pillars, and ornate ironwork. one of the most influential members of Johnson, 1959; restoration, Belmont his generation. freeman Architects, 2009–ongoing. The four Seasons restaurant is one of the most celebrated modernist in new york interiors in the world. 802 Broadway/W 10th St, harlem residence collaborated with an extraordinary team Greenwich Village Sun 10am–3pm. of artists and designers to create a rare Sat 12–3:30pm; Sun 1–3:30pm. Reservations‣ and remarkably intact example of an Self-guided‣ tours available‣ in print on- required for location: architectural interior conceived as a site or by audio (917) 791-5000. James ohny.org (max 10). total work of art. Renwick, Jr., 1846. One of the first opendialogue Gothic Revival structures in the city is Talks and tours part of an ensemble of ecclesiastical on the hour with buildings, including a rectory, parish architects and Frederick P. rose hall Jazz at office, chantry and school. The church owners. Blumenfeld Lincoln Center features stained-glass windows by & Krone, 2002. Broadway french, English and American masters. This four-story, 17-ft-wide modern at 60th St, townhouse was built on a vacant lot 5th Fl (in the that was abandoned for 20 years. The Time Warner house mimics its neighbors in height Center), and length, but opens and links the Upper West 87 E 42nd St at Park Ave, Midtown interior spaces to accommodate a Side Warren and Wetmore, Reed and contemporary lifestyle. Sat Stern, 1913; renovation, Beyer Blinder 10am–3pm,‣ Belle Architects & Planners, 1998. tours every opendialogue Sat 10am, 12pm tours half hour, last tour at 2:30pm (max 20). with renovation architects.‣ Reservations harry F. Sinclair house (ukrainian Meet at 5th fl vestibule. Rafael Viñoly required: ohny.org (max 25). One of the Institute of America) Architects, 2004. One of the world’s city’s grandest Beaux Arts buildings, 2 E 79th St/5th Ave, Upper East Side first performing arts facilities designed this venerable landmark is rich in Sat & Sun 10am–6pm. Tours on the specifically for jazz performances, history and rife with secrets. The tours hour. C.P.H.‣ Gilbert, 1898. This ornate, education and broadcast. The complex, will explore the history and issues french Renaissance-style mansion is with a dazzling view overlooking surrounding its preservation and squeezed into an urban context, and and Central Park, is revitalization. was once owned by oil tycoon Harry comprised of two concerts halls, a jazz f. Sinclair. club, and education center.

grand Lodge of Masons 71 W 23rd St/6th the at the rail yards gage/Clemenceau Architects Ave, Chelsea Midtown 131 Norfolk St storefront/Rivington St, Sat & Sun Sat & Sun Lower East Side 10am–3pm,‣ tours 12–4pm. Sat 10am–4pm. opendialogue Tours throughout the ‣Self-guided and ‣talks with architects at 10am, 12, day (max 25). H.P. tours on the 2pm (max 15). founded in 2003, the Knowles, 1912. hour and half firm combines architectural practice The ornately hour, last tour with the innovative use of emerging decorated at 3:30pm. Reservations required for technologies. Their work has been rooms of the freemasons’ meeting meeting location: ohny.org. Original, exhibited at MoMA and the Art Institute place reflect this ancient organization’s 1934; section 1 opened, 2009; of Chicago. unique history and mission. section 2 opened, 2011; for section 1 & 2, landscape architecture, James Corner field Operations; architect,

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro; landscape Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum at 12:30, 1:30pm (max 20). Charles consultant, Piet Ouldolf. Tour the third Pier 86 at W 46th St/12th Ave, Midtown P.H. Gilbert, 1908. One of the world’s and final section of the High line at the Sat & Sun 11am tour. Reservations largest and most important institutions rail yards. This stretch of the historic required: ohny.org‣ (max 20). U.S. Navy/ devoted to exploring the scope and elevated railway is still overgrown with Newport News Shipbuilding and diversity of Jewish culture, the museum wildflowers and native grasses that Dry Dock Company, 1943. Intrepid was founded in 1904 in the library of the grew between the tracks when freight was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft Jewish Theological Seminary. In 1944, trains stopped running in 1980. carriers built during and just after frieda Schiff Warburg, a Seminary World War II. frequent overhauls trustee, donated the family mansion to extended her service through the Cold the Seminary for use as the museum. War, the space race and the Vietnam the horticultural Society of new york War. Intrepid was decommissioned 148 W 37th St, 13th Fl/Broadway, on March 15, 1974 and has been a Midtown museum ship since 1982. kehila kedosha Janina Synagogue Sat 10am–5pm, events and and Museum workshops‣ throughout the day (max 25). 280 Broome St/Allen St, Lower East Side opendialogue Talk with architect about Sun 11am–4pm, tours throughout the renovation. 1924; office renovation, Japan Society day. ‣Sydney Daub, 1927; renovation Marpillero Pollak Architects, 2006. The 333 E 47th St/1st Ave, Midtown leonard Colchamiro, 2006. This is Horticultural Society’s headquarters is Sat & Sun 11am–5pm; tours and the only Romaniote Synagogue in the a multi-functional space for exhibitions, workshops‣ throughout the day (max 25). Western Hemisphere. Constructed screenings, lectures and workshops, Junzo Yoshimura, 1971. Programs at by Jews from Ioannina, Greece, housing the largest public library the Japan Society are set against a it now preserves the traditions, for gardening and horticulture in backdrop of indoor gardens, a reflecting customs and liturgy of the indigenous, Manhattan. pool and a waterfall. The first example Greek-speaking Jews of the Eastern of contemporary Japanese architecture Mediterranean. in NYC houses galleries, a theater, and library with furniture by master house of the redeemer woodworker George Nakashima. See 7 E 95th St/Madison Ave, page 6 for OHNY Kids! Landmark Arts Building Upper East Side 547 W 27th St or 548 W 28th St Sat 12–4pm, tours by request. entrances/11th Ave, West Chelsea Grosvenor‣ Atterbury, 1916. House Sat & Sun 10am–6pm. Self-guided of the Redeemer, also known as The Jayne-ellis residence information‣ and gallery directory. William fabbri Mansion, served as the town Higgins, 1899. Originally the factory residence of Edith Shepard fabbri, of Berlin & Jones, one of the largest great granddaughter of Commodore envelope manufacturers in the world, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her husband the building is now home to more than Ernesto, an associate of J. Pierpont 50 businesses including the Aperture Morgan. foundation and several art galleries.

iguzzini Lighting uSA Lazarro residence 60 Madison Ave, 2nd Fl/E 27th St, Flatiron District opendialogue Sun 3–8pm, SoHo presentations on the‣ hour, last talk at Sat 1, 2, 3, 4pm. Reservations 7pm (max 50). Visit this showroom and required‣ for location: ohny.org (max discover how Renzo Piano, Norman 25). opendialogue Talks and tours with foster and other architects solve designers and owners. This loft space, architectural illumination issues with a mixed masterpiece, is decorated new fixture designs to achieve the in a contemporary fashion with lots quantity and quality of light necessary. of antiques, worldly treasures, and an impressive collection of American Entrance on Columbia St, through cookbooks. courtyard, 504 Grand St, Apt H23, Lower East Side Instituto Cervantes Sat 9am–5pm. opendialogue Tours 211 E 49th St/3rd Ave, Turtle Bay with‣ architect. 1925; renovation, Sat & Sun 9am–5pm. 1868–1870; Jefferson Market Library I-Beam Design, 2009. Housed in the remodeled,‣ Harold Sterner, 1945; 425 6th Ave/W 10th St, landmark “Amalgamated” building, this demolished and rebuilt, 2002. for years Greenwich Village 1,000-sq-ft two-bedroom apartment Amster Yard was a hub for social life Sat 12–5pm. frederick Clarke Withers was converted to an open loft to and culture. Notable tenants included and ‣Calvert Vaux, 1875–1876. accommodate the client’s collection of decorator Billy Baldwin, designer Climb 149 steps to the top of this Eames furniture. Norman Norell and sculptor Isamu exuberant Venetian Gothic tower, Noguchi. Designated a landmark and enjoy 360-degree views of in 1966, IC, the cultural arm of the Greenwich Village. Spanish embassy, purchased and Lifeedited restored the building in 2003. Through SoHo IC, Amster Yard hosts lectures, art Sat & Sun 11am–1:30pm, tours on exhibitions, poetry readings, language Jewish Museum the hour and‣ half hour. Reservations classes, and cultural events. 1109 Fifth Ave/E 92nd St, required for location: ohny.org (max Upper East Side 15). All attendees must sign a liability Sat & Sun ‣ 11am– 5:45pm. Sun ‣ tours waiver. Design, Catalin Sandu & Adrian 18 vISIt ohny.org OR PHONE (212) 991-OHNY fOR UPDATES VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO manhattan

Iancu; construction, Guerin Glass, White, 1906; restoration, 2010. Tour Paul Castrucci and Bill Di Paola, 1986. 2012. Treehugger founder Graham Hill Pierpont Morgan’s library and study C-Squat, the building housing the bought two small apartments in 2009 designed by Charles McKim of McKim, museum, is a five-floor walk-up that has to create a new type of small dwelling, Mead & White. The majestic structure— hosted numerous activists and artists and launched a competition to find the inspired by the Italian Renaissance and throughout its history, which began world’s best small-space design. designed to house Morgan’s collection in 1869, nearly ended in the 1970s of rare books and manuscripts—was when the building slid into vacancy restored to its original grandeur in 2010. and decline, and encountered a rebirth in 1986, when squatters entered the Lighthouse tender LILAC building and began restoring it. See Hudson River page 4 for OHNY Tours. Park’s Pier 25, N Morris-Jumel Mansion, historic Moore St & West house trust Member St, Tribeca 65 Jumel Terr/W 160th St, Sat & Sun Washington Heights Museum of the City of new york 1–6pm, tours‣ Sat 10am–6pm; Sun 10am–4pm. 1220 5th Ave/E 103rd St, East Harlem throughout the Tour‣ at 12pm both days.‣ Roger Morris, Sat 1–3pm, tours every half hour (max afternoon. Pusey and Jones, 1933. 1765; remodel, Stephen Jumel, ca. 12). ‣Ages 14 and older permitted on Explore the decks, wheelhouse, engine 1810. Manhattan’s oldest house tours. Joseph freelander, 1932; gallery room and quarters of this rare, intact headquartered General George and renovated courtyard, Ennead steam-powered 174-ft vessel originally Washington in 1776. It houses Colonial, Architects Architects, 2008. Go behind built for the US lighthouse Service and federal and Empire style period the scenes of the museum’s Curatorial which served the Coast Guard until 1972. rooms as well as an unusual octagonal Center to see its state-of-the-art drawing room. collections storage, and view selections from the Museum’s Ephemera and Photography collections including Little red Lighthouse, historic house objects such as postcards, menus, trust Member Mount vernon hotel Museum programs, and broadsides. Fort Washington Park at W 181st St & & garden Hudson River, Washington Heights Sat 12–4pm, tours throughout the afternoon.‣ 1880. A popular children’s national Academy Museum book by Hildegarde H. Swift provided & School the impetus to save this lighthouse from 1083 Fifth Ave/ demolition. Climb to the observation E 89th St, deck for views of the Hudson River and Upper East Side George Washington Bridge. Sat & Sun 11am– 6pm;‣ exhibitions tour at 1:30pm both Marble Collegiate Church days (max 20). 1 W 29th St/Broadway, NoMad 421 E 61st St/1st Ave, Upper East Side Turner & Killian, Sat 12–4pm; Sun 2–4pm, tours Sun 11am–4pm, self-guided and 1901–1902; throughout‣ the day. ‣Samuel A. Warner, docent-led‣ tours on the hour. 1799. renovation, Bade 1854; renovation, Helpern Architects, One of Manhattan’s oldest buildings, Stageberg Cox, 2011. Tracing its origins to 1628 New this converted carriage house was a 2010–2011. Once Amsterdam, this prominent Romanesque popular 19th-century country resort the residence landmark preserves many original 1854 for New Yorkers escaping the crowded of noted features: its signature marble exterior, city below 14th Street. Walking through philanthropist bell tower, mahogany pews, innovative eight fully furnished period rooms is a Archer M. Huntington and sculptor cantilevered balconies, and Tiffany trip back to 1830s New York City. The and Academy member Anna Hyatt stained-glass windows. museum garden and gazebo will also Huntington, the townhouse recently be open. See page 6 for OHNY Kids! underwent a series of renovations to create new public spaces for the museum and school. Merchant’s house Museum, historic house trust Member Museum 29 E 4th St/Lafayette St, NoHo Cortlandt Alley, between Franklin St & Sat 11am–4pm, self-guided tours. White St, Chinatown national September 11 Memorial 1832;‣ restoration, Joseph Roberto, Sat & Sun 11am–7pm. opendialogue World Trade Center site, entry located 1971. This federal brick row house Talks with architect‣ throughout the day. at NE corner of Liberty & Greenwich with a Greek Revival interior contains Michael Caputo, 2012. In a hidden Sts, Lower Manhattan original decorative arts, furniture, alley south of Canal Street, in the opendialogue Sat 10:30am, 12:30pm. and objects from the almost 100-year back of a former paper warehouse, a Tours with architect.‣ Reservations residency of the Seabury Tredwell freight elevator shaftway is now NYC’s required: ohny.org (max 15). Handel family. Three floors of period rooms smallest museum. 150 objects of Architects, 2011. The Memorial site present a captivating picture of life in overlooked humanism and beauty from is a public space for meditation and mid-19th-century New York. the streets of the world are on display. contemplation, centered around two reflecting pools that sit in the footprints of the original World Trade Center Towers. The fountains rest within a new the Morgan Library & Museum Museum of reclaimed urban Space plaza that acts as sacred ground for 225 Madison Ave/E 37th St, Murray Hill 155 Ave C/E 10th St, East Village those coming to honor the victims. Sat & Sun 2pm. Reservations required: Sat & Sun 9am–5pm, tours at 11am, ohny.org (max‣ 15). McKim, Mead & 1, 3pm both‣ days. 1869; renovation,

VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO 19 manhattan new Museum (max 30). 1923; renovation, Ennead new york School of Interior Design 235 Bowery/Prince St, Lower East Side Architects, 2011. This landmark building 401 Park Ave S, 2nd & 3rd Fl/E 28th St, Sat & Sun 12:30, 3pm tours with was originally constructed as a Shriners Flatiron District/Gramercy museum staff‣ (max 15). Kazuyo Temple. Get behind the scenes of the Sat & Sun 10am–4pm, tours by Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA recent renovation, which has preserved request. Gensler,‣ 2011. NYSID’s with Gensler, New York, 2007. This the distinctive appeal of City Center’s Graduate Center is a 40,000-sq-ft contemporary art museum resembles a original neo-Moorish design. Platinum lEED-certified space on two stack of boxes. It is clad in a seamless, contiguous light-filled floors. The sleek, anodized expanded aluminum mesh modern design has open layouts with and rises 174 ft above street level, in seminar rooms, lecture halls, exhibition the Bowery. new york City Marble Cemetery space, and labs. 52–74 E Second St/1st Ave, East Village Sat & Sun 10am–5pm. Perkins Nichols, 1831.‣ One of only two the new School: Art Collection non-sectarian burial grounds in new york Society for ethical Culture and tishman Auditorium Manhattan, the cemetery contains 258 2 W 64th St/Central Park West, 66 W 12th St/5th Ave, underground marble vaults and has Upper West Side Greenwich Village seen the funerals of many distinguished Sat 10am–5pm, tours by request. opendialogue Sat 1pm tour, Silvia citizens, including President James Robert‣ D. Kohn, 1910. Designed in Rocciolo, Co-Curator‣ of the New Monroe and many founders of city the Art Nouveau style, this landmark School Art Collection, will highlight institutions. Originally built on farmland, building has a solid limestone façade selections from the collection, including it is now a green oasis in this downtown facing Central Park with an 812-seat the Orozco murals, as well as Joseph neighborhood. concert hall, a Rogers digital organ and Urban’s Tishman Auditorium (max 30). a Steinway B grand piano. Joseph Urban, 1931. The Collection holds over 2,000 works, most of which are displayed in the public new york Marble Cemetery spaces around the university. This 41½ Second Ave/E 2nd St, East Village new york university: Department of tour highlights important 20th-century Sat & Sun 10am–5pm. 1830. This is Philosophy Building works of art and architecture, including the oldest non-sectarian‣ burial ground 3–5 Washington site-specific works by Jose Clement in NYC. The half-acre garden contains Pl/Mercer St, Orozco, Sol leWitt, Kara Walker, 156 underground burial vaults, which Greenwich Village and Martin Puryear. Visitors will also are enclosed within 12-ft marble walls Sat 10am–3pm. gain access to one of the city’s great and wrought-iron gates. There are no 1890;‣ interior Modern interiors—Joseph Urban’s markers on the ground, but the tablets renovation, Tishman Auditorium, an inspiration for on the walls list the family names. Steven Holl Radio City Music Hall. Architects, 2007. While the historic exteriors remain new york Marriott untouched, new the new School: university Center Marquis interiors give the Dept of Philosophy 72 5th Ave/E 13th St, Greenwich Village 1535 Broadway/W 45th a luminous, modern and airy feel. opendialogue Sat 11:30am tour with St, Times Square Beneath a skylight, a porous staircase architects and The ‣New School staff Sat 9, 11am tours. filters light down six stories. (max 30). Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Reservations‣ required: 2013. Join Roger Duffy, fAIA, and Colin ohny.org (max Koop from SOM and The New School’s 15). John Portman lia Gartner, fAIA, for a preview of & Associates, new york university: Duke house/ the University Center. Described as 1985. Explore the Institute of Fine Arts “a celebration of the cosmopolitan monumental atrium, 1 E 78th St/5th Ave, Upper East Side city” by , it is one ride the glass elevators, and get a Sat 12–4pm, tours on the hour of Manhattan’s most ambitious and behind-the-scenes perspective on the (max‣ 10). Horace Trumbauer, 1909; innovative new buildings. history and development of the building renovation, Robert Venturi, 1958. that helped spark the revitalization of formerly owned by James B. Duke, Times Square. this grand fifth Avenue mansion exemplifies the popular turn-of-the- century-townhouses built by affluent New Yorkers. the new york Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 476 5th Ave/W 42nd St, Midtown Sat 10am–6pm; Sun 1–5pm. new york university: edward hopper Carrère‣ & Hastings, 1911;‣ interior Studio renovation, Davis Brody Bond, llP, 1 Washington Sq N/University Pl, 2005. library sentries Patience and Greenwich Village fortitude guard this landmark building, Sun 10am–3pm. Ca.1830s. One of constructed on the site of the old Croton the townhouses‣ in the famous “Row” Reservoir. Its magnificent spaces described in Henry James novels was include the South Court Education the home of Edward Hopper, who lived Center, the Rose Main Reading Room, and painted there from 1913–1967. the lionel Pincus and Princess firyal Step back in time and view this eminent 131 W 55th St/7th Ave, Midtown Map Division and the newly renovated American painter’s studio, complete opendialogue Sun 12, 1, 2, 3, 4pm Edna Barnes Salomon Room. with authentic artifacts. tours with renovation‣ architects. Reservations required: ohny.org

20 DONATE TODAY AT ohny.org—HElP OHNY OPEN DOORS VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO manhattan new york university: Institute for the with renovation architects throughout Paul Ochs & Christine lang, 2012. Study of the Ancient World the day. Charles W. Clinton, 1880; This recently renovated 850-sq-ft 15 E 84th St/5th Ave, Upper East Side renovation in progress, Herzog & one-bedroom penthouse is home for Sat & Sun 11am–6pm, tours at 1, 3, de Meuron. One of America’s finest a family of three and features cleverly 5pm both days‣ (max 20). Adam lanfear landmarks with an extraordinary designed space saving ideas that marry Norrie, 1899; renovation, 1928, 2005. ensemble of 19th-century rooms by function with high-end style. The building features a neo-Italian Gilded Age artists including louis Renaissance façade, a grand marble Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, Herter and wood spiral staircase extending Brothers, and Pottier & Stymus. Visitors to the building’s sixth floor, and both will gain access to period rooms and Paul rudolph/ traditional wood-paneled and modern the drill hall. See page 6 for OHNY Kids! Modulightor steel and glass library spaces. Building 246 E 58th St/2nd Ave, Upper East Side Park Avenue Christian Church Sat 12, 2, 4, 6pm one Museum Mile 1010 Park Ave/E 85th St, tours.‣ Reservations 1280 5th Ave/E 109th Upper East Side required: ohny. St, Upper East Side Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm. org (max 25). Paul Sat & Sun 11am– Bertram‣ Goodhue, 1911;‣ renovation, M. Rudolph, 1989; 4:30pm. Robert‣ A.M. 1990–1993. The sanctuary is inspired renovation, ongoing. Stern Architects by Sainte-Chapelle in . Notable Visit the last New with Andre Kikoski features include Tiffany stained- York townhouse built Architects and glass windows, a buttress-supported by modernist Paul SlCE Architects, 2008. Overlooking structure, and a 56-rank organ built by Rudolph, with its series of intricately Central Park’s lush landscapes, this Walter Holtkamp. interwoven horizontal and vertical spaces. condominium is situated at the crown of fifth Avenue above the Museum for African Art. Paul ochs residence Perkins+Will SoHo 215 Park Ave S/E 18th St, Union Square Sat & Sun 12, 1, 2, 3pm. Reservations Sat 9am–2pm. opendialogue Talks Park Avenue Armory required for‣ location: ohny.org (max 8). with‣ architects throughout the day. 643 Park Ave/E 67th St, Upper East Side opendialogue Talks and tours with 1914; office renovation, Perkins + Sun ‣ 12–5pm. opendialogue Talks designer and owner. 1963; renovation, Will, 2009. The firm’s New York office

VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO manhattan functions as a laboratory for innovative Sat & Sun 9am–5pm. Sat tours at Eleanor, and Sara Delano Roosevelt workplace design. The Gold lEED- 1, 3pm; Sun‣ tours at 11am,‣ 1, 3pm. from 1908 to 1941. In 1942 the building certified space boasts numerous Reservations‣ required: ohny.org (max was acquired by Hunter College. Recent sustainable features. 25). Alexander Saeltzer, 1853; conversion interior renovations preserve the building to theater, Giorgio Cavaglieri, 1976; and include an auditorium, study center, revitalization and renovation, Ennead and two apartments. Architects, 2012. After a multi-year the Pershing Square Signature Center revitalization, enhanced features to the 480 W 42nd St/9th Ave, Hell’s Kitchen building include a new entrance that Sat & Sun 10am–1pm. Tours opens to the street and transforms the historical Society throughout‣ the day. Gehry Partners with lobby into a public piazza. visitor Center kiosk H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, 285 Main St/Tram Plaza, Roosevelt Island 2011. Spanning an entire city block, the Sat & Sun 12–5pm. Gustav lindenthal building is the home of Off-Broadway’s & Henry Hornbostel,‣ 1909; renovation, Signature Theatre and features three r Scott Bromley residence 2010. The kiosk, one of five in use from intimate theaters, two rehearsal studios, Garment District 1916 to 1957, was the original entrance a café, bar, and bookstore. Sat 12–4pm. Reservations required to the Trolley Station below 59th St and for location:‣ ohny.org (max 10). 1980; 2nd Ave. Now converted into a visitor renovation, R Scott Bromley, 1986. A center, the cast-iron and terra-cotta time capsule revisited from a former building has a Guastavino ceiling. Pier 57 button factory converted into lofts in 25 11th Ave/ 1980. Designed by an Interior Design W 15th St, Hall of famer, this space has remained Meatpacking virtually the same for 30 years with a Salmagundi Club District striking industrial style contrasted with 47 Fifth Ave/11th St, Greenwich Village Sat & Sun a variety of exotic plants and trees. Sat 2, 3, 4pm; Sun 2, 3pm. 9am–5pm. ‣ Reservations‣ required:‣ ohny.org Engineer, Emil (max 25). 1852. Originating in 1871 H. Praeger, as a sketch class in Jonathan Scott 1952–54; renovation and refurbishment, radd Studio Hartley’s studio, the club is now Handel Architects with Youngwoo 92–94 Vandam located in a brownstone mansion. & Associates, 2012–ongoing. The St, 3rd Fl/ Marble fireplaces, high ceilings, and upward buoyancy pressure of three Greenwich St, chandeliers are just a few features giant concrete caissons that form the SoHo highlighting the interior in addition to base of the pier supports this massive opendialogue a rare book library, Italianate Victorian structure. The current restoration and Sat parlor, and a European-club-style turn- redevelopment of Pier 57 will create a 11am–2pm, talks on the hour‣ of-the-century dining room. vibrant community of retailers, artisans with architect about the lowline. and gastronomic curators. Reservations required: ohny.org (max 20). Inspired by the impact of the High line, architect James Ramsey will Scandinavia house discuss the Delancey Underground 58 Park Ave/E 37th St, Murray Hill Poets house also nicknamed the “lowline” a project Sat & Sun 12–6pm. Ennead 10 River Terr/Murray St, Battery Park City that aims to convert an unused trolley Architects, ‣2000. The American- Sat 11am–6pm. Tours at 2, 3, terminal beneath Delancey Street into a Scandinavian foundation’s cultural 4pm.‣ louise Braverman, 2009. subterranean public park. center has a modern sensibility that This 50,000-volume poetry library reflects Nordic design principles. The and literary center is housed in a building showcases Nordic design and 11,000-square-ft “green space” with materials and offers art and design sweeping views of the Hudson River; rockefeller university exhibitions, films, concerts, lectures a glass-walled exhibition space; a 1230 York Ave/E 66th St, Upper East Side and family programs. children’s room; and a lecture hall with Sun 10am–3pm, tours every half hour. a wall that rolls up for outdoor seating Reservations‣ required: ohny.org (max in Teardrop Park South. 20). Rockefeller University is a world- renowned center for research and Shah-hill residence graduate education in the biomedical Chelsea sciences, chemistry, bioinformatics Sat 1, PS 158 Bayard taylor School Library and physics. Tour the university's new 2, 3,‣ 4pm. 1458 York Ave/E 77th St, Yorkville 125,000-sq-ft Collaborative Research Reservations Sat 11am– 4pm. opendialogue Tours Center and its serene 14-acre campus required for with‣ architect on the hour, 11:30am– designed by landscape architect Dan location: ohny. 3:30pm (max 15). 1895; renovation, Kiley. org (max 18). Atelier Pagnamenta Torriani, 2011. The opendialogue space is designed as a sequence of Talks and tours different functions articulated by an with designers undulating ceiling and a stimulating roosevelt house and owners. Ca. 1930s; renovation, lighting pattern. The library features a 47–49 E 65th St/Madison Ave, Shamir Shah Design, 2005. A conversion story-telling corner with window-seats Upper East Side of a 1930s printing plant, this 1,800-sq-ft and movable shelving units allowing Sat 10am–3:15pm, tours every 45 apartment is a testament to how an reconfiguration for various uses. minutes.‣ Reservations required: ohny. interior designer and artist happily org (max 12). 1908, Charles A. Platt; cohabitate with a seamless combination renovation, Ennead Architects, 2010. of artifacts, furniture, and modern artistic The six-story double townhouse with its expression. the Public theater understated brick and limestone Colonial 425 Lafayette St/Astor Pl, East Village Revival façade was home to franklin,

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Slade residence The 1901 Beaux-Arts building, boundary between interior and exterior 568 Grand St, designed by Ernest flagg as the home and, by placing 12 panels in different Apt J702/Lewis of the Rector of St. Mark’s Church configurations, creates a multitude of St, Lower East In-the-Bowery, was restored after different possible façades. learn about Side a fire in 1988 and now houses the the organization’s commitment to the Sat & Sun Neighborhood Preservation Center. advancement of innovative positions in 10am–5pm.‣ architecture, art and design. opendialogue Talks and tours with architects and owners (max St. Michael’s episcopal Church 15). Ca. 1940s; renovation, Slade 225 W 99th St/Amsterdam Ave, the Sun Works Center at Manhattan Architecture, 2011. This renovated Upper West Side School for Children residence for a family of six was Sat & Sun 12–5pm. Tour at 2:30pm 154 W 93rd St/Columbus Ave, originally two apartments now both days. ‣Robert Gibson, 1890. This Upper West Side combined. The apartment infuses adult church’s interior includes seven lancet Sat 10am–4pm. Kiss & Cathcart, practicality with childhood playfulness, windows, two altars and reredos by 2010.‣ The Sun Works Center at giving rise to angular bookshelves with Tiffany Studios. Manhattan School for Children is a wooden monkeys hanging from the year-round environmental science lab edges and custom cabinets with cut- housed in a hydroponic greenhouse. outs of kitchen utensils. The lab uses sustainable local food St. vincent de Paul Church production to teach environmental 123 W 23rd St/6th Ave, Chelsea science, natural resource management, Sat 9am–5pm. Henry Englebert, food production and nutrition to South Street Seaport Museum 1869;‣ second façade, Anthony DePace, urban kids. It is the pilot site for The 12 Fulton St/South St, Lower Manhattan 1939. Built for New York’s french Greenhouse Project, an initiative of the Sat & Sun 10am–6pm. Sat & Sun community, the church features two non-profit organization NY Sun Works. 10:30, 11:30am,‣ 1:30, 2:30pm tours of‣ building façades, mural paintings, Sweet’s Hotel. Reservations required: and exquisite stained-glass windows ohny.org (max 6). The museum is depicting french religious history. housed in Schermerhorn Row, a Sutton Place residence complex of commercial buildings dating to 1812. The historic fabric remains, including rooms from a 19th-century the Standard, new york flophouse and parts of the elevator 848 Washington St/W 13th St, shaft that Joseph Mitchell ascended in Meatpacking District his classic essay “Up in the Old Hotel.” opendialogue Sun tours 10, 11:30am, Reservations required:‣ ohny.org (max 15). Ennead Architects, 2009. The 18-story, concrete and glass structure St. Ignatius of Antioch is a sleek, modern counterpoint to this 552 West End Ave/W 87th St, historic district. Upper West Side Midtown Sat 2–5pm; Sun 1–4pm. Charles Sat 1–5pm. Reservations required C. Haight,‣ 1901. The‣ English Gothic for location:‣ ohny.org (max 15). church is distinguished by its stained- Staten Island Ferry terminal and opendialogue Talks and tours with glass windows (from Birmingham, Peter Minuit Park interior designer and owner, Jayne England ca. 1900), Roman brick interior 4 Whitehall St & South St, Michaels. 1925; renovation, Daniel and Guastavino ceiling tiles. It also has Lower Manhattan O’Connor with Jeffrey English, 2008. a significant collection of American opendialogue Sat 12pm tour This is a must-see for mid-century Gothic Revival polychrome wood with architect. frederic‣ Schwartz enthusiasts. Rectilinear geometries play sculpture designed by Ralph Adams Architects, ferry building, 2006; park/ with fluid curves as Italian furniture from Cram and installed in the 1920s. plaza, 2010. Winner of an international the ’50s balances with American pieces design competition, the new terminal in this 1,100-sq-ft apartment. It also St. Jean Baptiste accommodates over 100,000 tourists houses a large collection of Bauhaus tea 184 E 76th St/Lexington Ave, and commuters a day, and establishes sets and Italian 1940s china. Upper East Side a major integrated intermodal Sat & Sun 1–4pm, tours at 1, 3pm. transportation hub. Nicholas Serracino,‣ 1911–1913; renovation, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer, Swedish Cottage Marionette theatre, 1997. Constructed between 1911 and historic house trust Member 1913 through the generosity of one Storefront for Art and Architecture Central Park at 79th St & West Dr, parishioner, the church is an elegant 97 Kenmare St/ Upper West Side expression of Beaux-Arts Baroque style. Mulberry St, SoHo Sun 1pm. Backstage tour and The church has since been restored with Sat & Sun performance‣ of “Hansel & Gretel’s contemporary interior furnishings. 11am– 6pm.‣ Sat Halloween Adventure.” Reservations 12, 2:30, 4:30pm‣ required: ohny.org (max 30). 1877. special walking In 1939, New York City Parks tours throughout Commissioner Robert Moses created St. Mark’s historic ernest Flagg the city to the sites of unrealized a touring marionette theater to perform rectory, neighborhood proposals highlighted in current at playgrounds during the summer and Preservation Center exhibition. Reservations required: in school auditoriums during the winter. 232 E 11th St/2nd Ave, East Village ohny.org (max 20). Various architects, Eight years later, the troupe moved into Sat & Sun 12–5pm. Ernest flagg, with façade design by Vito Acconci the Swedish School House. In 1973, the 1900–1901;‣ adaptive re-use, Edelman and Steven Holl Architects, 1993; interior of the building was redesigned Sultan Knox Wood Architects, 1999. renovation, 2009. The building blurs the to incorporate a small theater for indoor

VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO 23 manhattan marionette performances, as well as the tisch Wnet Studios at village Community Boathouse space for the traveling theater. Lincoln Center 353 West St/ 1949 Broadway/W 66th St, Upper South side of West Side Pier 40, Sat 10am–4pm, tours throughout the West Village tayar residence day. ‣a + i Design, 2008; studio interior, Sat & Sun Midtown Seth Easter Design. Originally designed 12–5pm. ‣ Sun to house a bookstore or café, the space Holland America line, 1963. 9am–5pm.‣ was redesigned to fit the needs of a located on the largest pier in Hudson Reservations modern television studio. The two-level, River Park, this organization seeks required for state-of-the-art television production to revive the arts of small-boat location: ohny. studio accommodates tapings of some seamanship and boat-building. Visit the org (max 6). of WNET’s signature programming. storage and construction facilities and opendialogue Talks and tours on the learn about current projects. hour with architect and owner. , 1936; apartment renovation, Ali Tayar, 2009. Overlooking the MoMA trinity Church Bell tower sculpture garden, this 1,000-sq-ft one- 79 Broadway/Wall St, Lower Manhattan West end Collegiate Church bedroom in the Rockefeller Apartments opendialogue Sat 10, 11am, 12pm tours 368 West End Ave/W 77th St, is a museum unto itself, featuring a with restoration architect‣ and acoustical Upper West Side retrospective of Tayar’s own furniture engineer. Reservations required: ohny. Sat 9am–12pm; Sun 1–4pm. Tours design created throughout his ongoing org (max 10). Richard Upjohn, 1846; throughout‣ the day. Robert W. Gibson, illustrious career. renovation, David Grider Architect, 2006. 1892. The West End Church is modeled Climb up the steps of the bell tower to on the 1606 Vleeshal in Haarlem in the top where a group of ringers will the Netherlands. This style has the demonstrate their art. The 12 bells weigh picturesque qualities of the Gothic, temple emanu-el up to 2,700 pounds and swing full circle. and the brown Roman-pattern brick 1 E 65th St/5th Ave, Upper East Side is trimmed freely with quoins and Sun 10am–4:30pm. Tours at 12, blockings in buff terra-cotta. 2pm.‣ Stein, Butler, Kohn, 1927–1929; restoration, Beyer Blinder Belle, 2006. union Square greenmarket Built in the Modern Romanesque style Union Square Park, Union Square West popular in the late 1920s, Temple Emanu- & 15th St; meet at GrowNYC info tent West-Park Presbyterian Church El is the largest synagogue in the world. Sat 8am–6pm. Behind-the-scenes 185 W 86th St/Amsterdam Ave, and ‣set-up tours at 7, 9, 11am, 1pm Upper West Side (max 20). The Greenmarket began Sat 9am–5pm, tours throughout with just a handful of farmers in 1976 the day.‣ Chapel, leopold Eidlitz, tenri Cultural Institute of new york and has grown exponentially over 1884; sanctuary, Henry f. Kilburn, 43A W 13th St/6th Ave, Greenwich Village the past 35 years. In its peak season, 1890. Possibly the only example of a Sat 10am–5pm, tours by request. 140 regional farmers, fishermen, Richardsonian Revival-style church Marble‣ fairbanks Architects, 2000. processors, and bakers descend on to survive in Manhattan, West-Park The design of this tranquil interior was Union Square to sell their products in features robust stonework and heavy inspired by Japanese forms of art and support of local agriculture. round arches that reflect the popularity of expression, reflecting the Institute’s medieval Romanesque forms. mission of cultural harmony.

united nations First Ave/E 46th St, Turtle Bay yabu Pushelberg residence Birthplace opendialogue Sun tours with West Village 28 E 20th St/Broadway, Gramercy Park restoration architects.‣ Reservations Sat & Sun 11am–2pm, tours on the Sat 10am–4:30pm. Replicated, required: ohny.org. Chief Architect: hour. Reservations‣ required for location: Theodate‣ Pope Riddle, 1923. The only Wallace Harrison, 1949–1961, restoration, ohny.org (max 8). Richard Meier & president born in New York City lived ongoing. The headquarters of the Partners Architects, 2004; designer, Yabu on this site from his birth in 1858 until UN consists of four main buildings: Pushelberg. A must-see, this 1,700-sq-ft he was 14 years old. The reconstructed the General Assembly Building, the pied-à-terre, designed by an Interior house includes five period rooms. Conference Building, the 39-floor Design Hall of fame duo, showcases Secretariat Building, and the Dag museum-quality furniture and art from all Hammarskjöld library. The 18-acre over the globe. Views out of the floor-to- complex was originally designed by ceiling windows show off unobstructed thomas Phifer and Partners an international team of 11 architects, vistas of the Hudson. 180 Varick St, Suite 1110/Charlton St, including le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer Hudson Square and Wallace K. Harrison. Sat 11am-4pm. opendialogue Talks with ‣architects. The firm makes use of innovative technology to create ohny Weekend Information hub, architecture that connects us to van Alen Institute times Square Museum & nature. Models of private residences, 30 W 22nd St, 6th Fl/5th Ave, visitor Center award-winning projects such as Rice Flatiron District Seventh Ave between 46th & 47th Sts University’s Brochstein Pavilion and the Sat & Sun 11am–5pm. 1905. located Sat & Sun 10am–4pm. Stop by North Carolina Museum of Art, and the in a classic ‣flatiron District building, the OHNY ‣info table! OHNY staff Corning Museum of Glass expansion the Institute supports programs and volunteers will be available to project are aesthetically displayed in and exhibitions addressing diverse answer your questions. cases throughout the studio. architectural practices in the public realm.

24 DONATE TODAY AT ohny.org—HElP OHNY OPEN DOORS VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO queens and electrical pioneer and the son of fugitive slaves, lived in the house from 1903 until his death in 1928. The house Bayside historical Society 20). Ganapathi Muthiah Stapathi, 1977; remained in the latimer family until 1963. 208 Totten Avenue/Murray Ave (Fort restoration, Vilas Parab, 2007–2011. Totten Park), Bayside Consecrated in July 1977, the temple Sat & Sun 12–5pm, tours at 2, 3pm. has elaborately carved shrines/icons, 1887; renovation,‣ 2002. Housed in built of black granite stone imported Louis Armstrong house Museum the Officers’ Club, a site listed on the from India, which conform to ancient National Register of Historic Places, and Hindu temple construction codes. After built by the Army Corps of Engineers, it is the temple was completely renovated one of the city’s finest surviving examples and expanded, two re-consecrations of the castellated Gothic Revival style. were performed in July 2009 and June See page 6 for OHNY Kids! 2011 in which a live elephant and cow, holy to Hindus, participated.

Caples Jefferson Architects king Manor Museum, historic house trust Member King Park, Jamaica Ave/153rd St, Jamaica 34-56 107th St/37th Ave, Corona Sat 1–4:30pm; tours every half hour, Sat & Sun 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30pm last ‣tour at 4pm; Sun 1–5pm, tours tours. Reservation‣ required: ohny. every half hour, last tour‣ at 4:30pm (max org (max 8). Robert Johnson, 1910. 20). Sun 3–5pm, lecture with author In 1943, louis Armstrong, the world’s Sarah Rose,‣ “for All the Tea in China: most famous jazz musician, and his How England Stole the World’s favorite wife lucille settled in this modest brick 37-18 Northern Blvd, Ste 319/39th St, Drink and Changed History” and tea home where they lived for the remainder Long Island City tasting with Harney and Sons Tea. of their lives. In 2003, the house Sat 10am–5pm. opendialogue Reservations required: ohny.org (max was converted into a museum, with 1, 3pm‣ talks and project slide show 15). 1750–1810; renovation 1993. preserved period interiors. with architects (max 30). 1919; office The museum and surrounding King renovation, Caples Jefferson Architects, Park were the home and farm of Rufus 2011. The firm’s new studio located in and John A. King, along with their a mixed-use industrial building. learn families. Rufus was an author of the Maple grove Cemetery about their community-based projects, US Constitution, New York’s first US 127-15 Kew Gardens Rd/Lefferts Blvd, such as the renovation of Queens senator, and an early opponent of Kew Gardens Theatre, which builds upon the playful slavery. See page 6 for OHNY Kids! Sat 2–4pm; 7–9pm, “Spirits Alive” circular geometries of the original 1964 performance‣ and self-guided tours. Philip Johnson World’s fair complex. Sun 10am, 2pm tours. Reservations required‣ for tours: ohny.org. Cemetery, kingsland 1875; Administration building, James homestead/ E. Ware, 1880. An historic Victorian-era Fort totten Queens cemetery on the National Register of Cross Island Pkwy, between Totten Ave historical Historic Places includes undulating & 15th Rd, Bayside Society green hills, majestic trees, gardens and Sat & Sun 12–4pm. Sat tour at 1pm. (QhS), grand monuments. Buried here are Concept by‣ Joseph Gilbert‣ Totten; historic diverse citizens from all walks of life designed by Robert E. lee, 1864. With house trust including musicians and missionaries. its battlements and gothic features, Member See page 2 for architecturemoves. this historic fort once guarded the East 143-35 37th River waterfront. Ave/Parsons Blvd, Flushing Sat & Sun 2:30–4:30pm, tours Museum of throughout‣ the afternoon. 1795; the Moving greater Astoria historical Society renovation, 2012. QHS researches, Image Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, 4th records, and showcases issues 36-01 35th Fl/35th St, Astoria that have had a profound impact on Ave/36th St, Sat & Sun 10am–5pm. 1923. the history of Queens. The society Astoria Established‣ in 1985, the society is documents, preserves, and presents opendialogue dedicated to preserving long Island rich and diverse aspects of the history Sat 11am, City and greater Astoria’s historical of the borough through exhibitions and 12, 1pm‣ tours past while promoting their community’s educational and public programming. with project future by organizing walking tours, field architect. trips and lectures. Reservations required: Lewis h. Latimer house Museum, ohny.org (max 15). Expansion and historic house trust Member renovation, leeser Architecture, 2011. hindu temple Society of north 34-41 137th St/Latimer Pl, Flushing After undergoing an award-winning America Sat & Sun 10am–6pm. 1887–1889; major renovation and expansion, the 45-57 Bowne St/Holly Ave, Flushing renovation,‣ 1988. Visit this modest Queen museum now features a 267-seat Sat & Sun 8am–9pm, tours at Anne-style, wood-frame residence, theater and 68-seat screening room for 10am, 12, 1:30,‣ 2:30, 4pm both days. constructed by the Sexton family. increased programming. An updated Reservations required: ohny.org (max latimer, an African-American inventor gallery has been created for changing

VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO 25 queens exhibitions and new spaces have been an orchard, vineyard, herb garden, and about the restoration. , added for the presentation of video art. livestock pastures. 1962; restoration, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, ongoing. The original design of the building featured one flight wing (the narrower of the two). noguchi Museum SculptureCenter In 1969; a second flight wing—known 9-01 33rd 44-19 Purves St/Jackson Ave, as flight Wing One and designed Rd/Vernon Long Island City by Roche-Dinkeloo—was added to Blvd, Long Sat & Sun 10am–6pm. Sat 4pm talk accommodate larger aircrafts. Island City about the changing‣ urban landscape‣ of Sat & Sun long Island City and reception. 1908; 11am– 6pm;‣ renovation, Maya lin/David Hotson, mention 2001. founded by artists in 1928, this voelker orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary OHNY not-for-profit arts institution is dedicated and victorian garden Weekend to experimental and innovative for free contemporary sculpture. The center, admission. housed in a former trolley repair shop, Sat & Sun recalls the neighborhood’s industrial tour at past and reflects its current standing as ‣‣2pm (max a hub of culture. 60). Entry Pavilion designed by Isamu Noguchi with assistance from Shoji Sadao, 1975; Sage and Coomb Architects, 2004–2006. Tour this former photo-engraving plant converted into a studio space and museum, featuring a comprehensive collection of Isamu Noguchi’s work in stone, metal, wood, 149-19 38th Avenue/149th St, Flushing and clay. A tranquil sculpture garden Sat & Sun 1–4:30pm, tours throughout encircles the galleries. the afternoon‣ (max 20). 1891; restoration, Howard Graf, 1999–2002. Home to the Voelker-Orth family from 1899–1995, the museum has been restored to its one Murray Park early 1900s appearance, an inviting suburban middle-class home and garden. It maintains several period rooms, and offers a number of cultural 32-01 Vernon Blvd/Broadway, and horticultural programs. Long Island City Sat & Sun 8:30am–6pm. Sun tours 1–3pm on ‣the hour. 1986. founded‣ by Mark di Suvero, this former riverside Wall-All Apartment landfill and illegal dumpsite is the only city park specifically dedicated as a place for artists to create and exhibit large-scale work.

tenrikyo Mission new york Center 42-19 147th St/Sanford Ave, Flushing Sat 9am–5pm, tours throughout the day. ‣Marble fairbanks Architects, 2008. This warm, modern house of worship 11-25 45th Ave/11th St, Long Island City serves members of Tenrikyo, a religious Sat & Sun 9am–5pm, tours on the organization founded in Tenri, Japan in hour. fogarty‣ finger Architects, 2012. 1838. Designed for Tenrikyo ceremonies, This seven-story residential building the building is a regional center. includes 28 bi-level, live/work lofts with large full-height windows providing unobstructed views of Manhattan. Jackson Heights tWA Flight Center opendialogue Sat & Sun 1, 2:30, JFK International Airport, Jamaica 4pm tours with owner and‣ architect. from bus or train take AirTrain to JetBlue Reservations required for location: ohny. Queens County Farm Museum, Terminal 5. Walk through skywalk to org (max 15). 1929; renovation, Haiko historic house trust Member JetBlue Terminal. Take escalator or Cornelissen, 2011. This residential 73-50 Little Neck Parkway/249th St, elevator down to ground level. Near design demonstrates the expansion of Glen Oaks Carousel 6 (baggage claim area), enter priority living spaces by compressing 1772; renovation, 1986. Sat & Sun the TWA Terminal through glass doors. the lesser-used areas into the 10am–5pm. Sat & Sun Historic house‣ opendialogue Sun 10am–4pm. apartment walls, doubling the size of the tours 11am–4pm on the‣ hour; outdoor Charles Kramer, the‣ architect leading apartment. Office, library and kitchen farm tours, 2pm. A 47-acre working the restoration and Jim Steven, were compressed in the walls to make farm, the site includes the Adriance Manager of JfK’s Physical Plant and space for a living room. farmhouse, two barns, a greenhouse Redevelopment of the Port Authority complex, outbuildings, planting fields, of NY and NJ will answer questions

26 vISIt ohny.org OR PHONE (212) 991-OHNY fOR UPDATES VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO staten island Seguine Mansion, historic house trust Member

Alice Austen house Museum, historic shingle-style home was McKim Mead & house trust Member White’s smallest commission, $5,500 to 2 Hylan Blvd/Edgewater St, design during the recession of the early New York Harbor 1890s. Ten-sided irregularly shaped Sat & Sun 12–4pm, tours throughout archways highlight a unique first floor. the day. Original‣ farmhouse, ca. 1700–1750; renovations, 1844–ca. historic richmond town: guyon 1860s; restoration, Beyer Blinder Belle Lake-tysen house, historic house Architects & Planners, 1985. Visit Clear trust Member Comfort, the 17th-century farmhouse 441 Clarke Ave/ Richmond Hill Rd, and home of pioneering photographer Richmond Alice Austen. Renovated by the Austen Sat & Sun 1–5pm, tours throughout family into a Gothic Victorian country the afternoon.‣ 1740. Originally situated “cottage,” and carefully restored using two miles from its present location, this 440 Seguine Ave/Keating St, Princes Bay Austen’s photographs as a reference, it farmhouse represents 18th-century Sat 10am, 1, 3pm. 1838; renovation, is a rare example of 19th-century Staten living on a large, prosperous farm. George‣ Burke, 1989. This Greek Revival Island’s new suburbia. home overlooks sweeping lawns and the waters of Prince’s Bay. Rescued from near ruin and carefully restored, it’s historic richmond town: Judge now a stately evocation of 19th-century Christ Church new Brighton Jacob tysen house, historic house Staten Island. 76 Franklin Ave/Filmore St, trust Member New Brighton 355 Fillmore St/ Sat 1–4pm. Tours throughout the Tysen St, New afternoon.‣ Isaac Pursell, 1903. The Brighton Snug harbor church features a limestone lectern and Sat 9am–5pm; Cultural Center pulpit as well as impressive stained- Sun‣ 1–5pm. & Botanical glass windows, five of which were made Tours‣ on the garden by Tiffany & Co. hour 1–4pm 1000 Richmond (max 25). Ca. Terr/Tysen Ave, 1835; renovation, ongoing. This Greek Livingston Revival residence was built for Jacob Sat & Sun Conference house, historic house Tysen, judge of the Richmond County 10am–5pm.‣ Sat trust Member Civil Court. The house features an & Sun 12–4pm 298 Satterlee English-style perennial garden and site tours‣ on the St/Hylan Blvd, restored interiors furnished with 19th- hour, including Tottenville century art and antiques. SI Museum. Sat & Sun Sat 1–5pm 11am– 4pm,‣ tours on the hour of Noble Maritime‣ tours Collection. 1801. formerly a home for throughout Jacques Marchais Museum of retired US sailors, the complex consists the day, tibetan Art of 28 Greek Revival buildings; following last tour at 3:30pm (max 10). 1680; 338 Lighthouse Ave/Richmond Rd, a three-decade-long restoration, it has renovation, 1926. Constructed by Lighthouse Hill been converted to a thriving regional arts Captain Christopher Billopp, this Sat & Sun 1–5pm. Jacques Marchais center. two-story stone masonry building is with Joseph‣ Primiano, stonemason, named in commemoration of the peace 1945–1947. Designed by Jacques conference that took place in 1776, in Marchais, an American woman, the which John Adams, Edward Rutledge museum’s unique complex of buildings St. george theatre and Benjamin franklin met with lord and gardens resembles a Tibetan 35 Hyatt St/St. Marks Pl, St. George Richard Howe. Monastery with terraced gardens Sat 10am–1pm, lobby access, only. and a fish and lotus pond. The main Tour‣ at 12pm. Eugene DeRosa, 1929. A building features characteristic details mixture of Spanish and Italian Baroque of Himalayan architecture including styles, this newly renovated theater gustafsson-Wells house trapezoidal-shaped windows, cross- once served as a vaudeville showcase. cut wood posts and slate caps above Its interior is graced by ornate windows, doorways, and flat roofs. grand staircases and larger-than-life paintings of bullfighters.

reformed Church on Staten Island 54 Port Richmond Ave/Church St, Staten Island Museum Port Richmond 75 Stuyvesant Pl/Wall St, St. George Sat & Sun 9am–5pm, self-guided tours Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 12–5pm. and organ ‣recitals both days. Robert‣ W. Gardner, 1917–1930.‣ Sanctuary, James Burgher, 1845. On view: “Staten Island ferry: The first The church and school are surrounded 100 Years”; “The lenape: The first 33 St. Austin’s Place/S St. Austin’s by Staten Island’s oldest cemetery Staten Islanders”; and “Bottom’s Up,” Place, West Brighton in continuous use. On view, historic vessels from the museum’s permanent Sat 10am–4pm. Tours at 11am, 1, 3pm displays and works by local artists. collection. (max‣ 15). McKim, Mead & White, 1892; renovation, 2007. This neoclassical

VISIT ohny.org fOR TRANSIT INfO 27 Sponsors & Supporters OHNY Weekend 2012 is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council, Office of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Bloomberg Philanthropies, New York State Council on the Arts, Hon. Daniel Garodnick, NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, StreetEasy, Jaklitsch / Gardner Architects, The Marrus family foundation. Additional support provided by the Architecture and Design film festival, Battery Park City Authority, the Brooklyn flea, the Center for Architecture foundation, East River ferry, friends of the High line, Historic House Trust, Cover illustration: Christoph Niemann Interior Design Magazine, Marble Collegiate Photos courtesy of our site and program sponsors and the following: Church, MyBlockNYC, , Peter Aaron/Esto, fanny Allie, Nico Arellano/CORE, Iwan Baan, Chris Benedict, NYC & Company, NYC Department of Parks & R.A., Antoine Bootz, Ari Burling, Christopher Coleman, Sally Curtis, dbox, Recreation, Room & Board, Sixpoint Brewery, Daniel J. Donovan, Walter Dufresne, Cynthia Van Elk, Pieter Estersohn, James Ewing, Charlotte fahn, Elizabeth felicella, Erik freeland, Geoffrey Gross, SignSolutions, Sorrento, the Times Square Sean Hemmerle, lynn Hanousek, David Hodgson, frank Jump, Eric laignel, Alliance, and the Whitman foundation. lot-Ek, Mark Carlos Martin, lund, Norman McGrath, Kate Milford, Peter Miller, Peter Murdoch, Nicolas lemery Nantel, Tom Olcott, Mark Pfeffer, Seong Kwon This year’s media sponsors include WABC-TV, Photography, David Plakke, Jeff Richman, Jennifer Calais Smith, Nik Sokol, David Sundberg/Esto, Michael Van Valkenburgh, Albert Vecerka/Esto, WfUV, Time Out New York, The Architect’s Odette Veneziano, Ernst Wagner, Paul Warchol, Gregory Wessner, Newspaper and Metropolis. Aislinn Wiedele/Ennead Architects, Dan Wonderly/Wonderly Imaging.

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