OCT 15-16 2016 It is a simple and familiar concept, an open Dear Friends, house. We open our doors to welcome I am delighted to welcome everyone to the friends, family, and neighbors to celebrate 14th Annual Open House New York Weekend. an occasion or share an experience. But take IS PROUD that simple idea, multiply it hundreds of times New York has always been at the forefront over the course of two days at some of New of progress in the fi elds of the arts, York’s most architecturally and culturally architecture, engineering and design, and TO PARTNER signifi cant sites, and something extraordinary we are the proud home to an outstanding happens. Welcome to the 2016 Open House array of iconic buildings, museums, parks, New York Weekend! bridges and infrastructure. Established in 2003, OHNY invites residents and visitors WITH OHNY Weekend brings us together as a to explore more than 250 historic and community to recognize that the city itself contemporary sites throughout the fi ve is our greatest shared resource and that the boroughs and facilitates special access OPEN HOUSE choices we make, collectively, about how to to places normally closed to the public. shape its future have profound implications This much anticipated two-day long event for generations to come. The buildings that includes talks and tours given by leading NEW YORK. will open this OHNY Weekend can tell us and emerging design professionals that stories about the many different ways our educate attendees about the history of our fellow New Yorkers live and learn and work, vibrant urban landscape and help them and communicate ideas about technological better understand the trends, challenges ingenuity, social history, aesthetic innovation, and technological advancements that are and so much more. When OHNY Weekend shaping its future. gives you access to the Gould Memorial Library at Bronx Community College or Among the destinations featured this year City Hall or the New York State Pavilion, it is are the New York Wheel, under construction to remind us that buildings exert a special in Staten Island; the Newtown Creek infl uence on our lives and that we are all Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn; stewards of this city’s future. the Welling Court Mural Project in Queens; the recently restored Theodore Roosevelt As you travel around New York this OHNY Birthplace in Manhattan’s Gramercy Weekend, please take a moment to thank district; and Concrete Plant Park along the the site hosts that open their buildings, and Bronx River, an abandoned industrial site the dedicated volunteers that help make this revitalized as a greenspace. Choose from event possible. Their generosity is a gift to any of the offerings in this guide and you are all New Yorkers and we could not be more certain to enjoy a fascinating weekend in the grateful. most diverse and dynamic city on earth. Best wishes for a wonderful On behalf of all New Yorkers, I applaud OHNY Weekend! OHNY’s organizers, supporters and participants for their efforts to showcase New York’s architectural heritage and A/D/O is a new design center in Greenpoint, part of an Industrial Business Zone creative energy and inspire the next that has been home to manufacturers and innovators for generations. Renovated generation of artistic innovators. Please by nARCHITECTS, the 23,000 square-foot space aims to be the ideal creative accept my best wishes for a captivating and environment for inspiring a new generation of design thinking. As we prepare to memorable weekend. open later this year, A/D/O is thrilled to join Open House New York in facilitating Sincerely, an exchange about urban life. A/D/O 29 Norman Ave Gregory Wessner Bill de Blasio Greenpoint, Brooklyn EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAYOR OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK CITY OF NEW YORK a-d-o.com 1 OHNY_Ad_v6.indd 2 8/22/16 11:27 AM For two days each October, OHNY Weekend unlocks the doors of New York City’s most important buildings, offering WELCOME an extraordinary opportunity to experience the city and meet the people who design, build, and preserve New York. From historic farmhouses built in the city’s earliest days, to Art Deco theaters that capture the exuberance of the Jazz Age boom, to new buildings at the cutting edge of design and technology, hundreds of sites across all fi ve boroughs are open to visit, with tours, talks, and other special events taking place over the course of the Weekend. Through the unparalleled access that it enables, OHNY Weekend deepens our understanding of the importance of architecture and urban design to fostering a more vibrant civic life, and helps catalyze a citywide conversation about how to build a better New York. Sponsors and Supporters Public support is provided by the National Endowment Florim; FXFOWLE; HOK; Roy Kim and Clayton Crawley; Dorothy Dunn; E.W. Howell Co. LLC; Greenberg Traurig for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; Lily Auchincloss Foundation; LLP; Louise Harpman and Jonathan M.L. Stone; Stephen with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Miele Inc.; Timothy C. Quinlan; Robert A.M. Stern Architects Hill; Michael Hirschorn; Steve Hogden; Jaklitsch/Gardner the New York State Legislature; and the New York City LLP; Rob Rogers; Michael M. Samuelian; Sheri Sandler; Architects; Bill Lipschutz; Michael and Lauren Marrus; Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the Abby Jo Sigal and Matthew Turner; SilverLining Interiors; Scott Metzner and Judy Gallent; New York University; New York City Council. Promotional support is provided SPAN Architecture; StreetEasy; Margaret Sullivan Studio; Lincoln Palsgrove IV; Mark Regulinski; Anne Rieselbach and by NYC & Company Foundation. Waterworks; Claire Weisz; and Workshop/APD. Grant Marani; Maria Sepulveda; SHoP Architects; Michael Additional support is provided by A/D/O and Uber. Open House New York programs are also made possible by N. Smith; STUDIOS architecture; Thornton Tomasetti; Tillotson Design Associates; Tsao & McKown Architects; Open House New York programs are made possible Bob Baker, Elliot Berkowitz; Anthony Borelli; Chris Cooper, SOM; Cristobal Correa; Sharon Davis; Deborah Berke WABC-TV; Zubatkin Owner Representation LLC; and F. by Apogee Design & Construction; Bosch, Thermador, Anthony and Sally Zunino. Gaggenau; Amy and Gary Churgin; DDG Foundation; Partners; Digital.NYC; Katie Dixon and Richard Fleming; NEWTOWN CREEK ≤ Open Access Sites Brooklyn 3 Changes, Additions, OHNNY Kids & Cancellations Watch for the OHNY Kids symbol There will be changes, next to Open Access listings WHAT additions, and cancellations throughout this guide for sites leading up to and throughout with special programs just for the Weekend. Follow OHNY on kids! Visit ohny.org/2016-kids Facebook and Twitter for live for more details on each site. updates, and visit ohny.org/ YOU weekend/updates for the full list of changes. Weather All events are rain or shine. Open Access Sites NEED TO Transportation Unless otherwise noted, all sites and tours listed in the pages of Be sure to visit www.mta.info this guide can be visited free or phone 511 or (718) 330-1234 of charge as indicated in each for subway and bus information listing. Open Access sites are and weekend service advisories. KNOW listed by borough and then by neighborhood. Additional Information More information and photos Advance Reservations for all of the sites listed in the In addition to the Open Access event guide–and sites that have sites listed in this guide, there been added since its printing– are some sites that require can be found online at ohny.org. Advance Reservations; Advance Reservation sites are not listed in this guide. To see the full list Information Hub of reservation sites, visit For updates and information ohny.org/weekend/reservations. on Saturday, October 15, visit Reservations will open at 11am the OHNY Info Hub at the on Thursday, October 6. There Union Square Greenmarket in is a $5 fee for each reservation. Manhattan (Union Square West at E 15th St). Open Dialogue www.ohny.org The opendialogue symbol facebook.com/ appears throughout the guide openhousenewyork to highlight on-site talks and tours led by architects and @ohny design practitioners. @openhousenewyork #OHNYwknd Open Access Sites-----------------------------------------------------------p6 Special Series These icons appear throughout the WAIVER Celebrating a Centennial: National Park Service-------------------- p10 guide to identify sites and tours that By participating in Open House New York ("OHNY") Weekend (the "Weekend") you agree, without any are part of a special series: reservations, that OHNY has permission to use New Landscapes New York ----------------------------------------------p16 all photographs, images, and recordings of you in ARTNOIR: City of Cultural any medium created in connection with Weekend Exchange events or activities. You further agree to assume ARTNOIR: City of Cultural Exchange----------------------------------p20 all risks and dangers, including but not limited Curbed Curates: Residences to, personal and bodily injury, and/or property damage, and to defend and hold harmless OHNY Curbed Curates: Residences--------------------------------------------p24 New Landscapes New York including, without limitation, the OHNY Governing Board, employees and volunteers, and you further Celebrating a Centennial: agree to defend and hold harmless the owner, Wikipedia @ OHNY Weekend Photo Competition------------------p29 tenant and/or operator of the Weekend site or National Park Service program location. dsgnfi x-----------------------------------------------------------------------p35 OHNY Kids ≤ GREAT HALL AT NYSCI Visit ohny.org for updates and information Open Access Sites Brooklyn 5 U N I V E R S I T Y H E I G H T S Bronx Gould Memorial Library MORRISANIA CUNY BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 2155 UNIVERSITY AVE, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS OPEN WHEDco (Former Sun • 12-4pm. opendialogue Tours Morrisania Hospital) with Beyer Blinder Belle every 20 50 E 168TH ST, MORRISANIA mins, beginning at 1pm.