Explore! Discover! Learn! Build!
Hey Kids! openhousenewyork has fun programs designed especially for you! Visit our openhousenewyork Weekend programs to learn the secrets of New York City, build models, explore hidden spaces, and discover the amazing world right outside your door!
This year, openhousenewyork has arranged special tours and workshops for you and your family to uncover answers to all of your architecture questions and more! Space is limited and reservations are required.
Download the 2010 OHNY Weekend Event Guide
Click here for a map of OHNY site and program listings,
including eating-out recommendations from SeriousEats.com.
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Opening on Broadway: Re-Making New York’s Famous Times Square
Times Square, Father Duffy Statue in Duffy Square, Seventh Ave/ W 47th St, New York program name: OHNY Kids! borough: Manhattan neighborhood: Times Square Sat 11:30 am, 1, 2:30 pm On this walking tour, explore why and how the changes to Times Square are being designed and implemented. Organized by Livable Streets Education. Ages 5+. program status: past subway: B, D, F, V to 47-50th Sts/ Rockefeller Center, N, R, W to 49th St , 1 to 50th St. bus: M6, M7, M10, M20, M42, M27, M104. 
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School of the Future: Green Roof & Garden
127 East 22nd St/ Lexington Ave, 12th Fl program name: sustainablenewyork, OHNY Kids! borough: Manhattan neighborhood: Gramercy Park Sat 10 am - 1 pm The school's green roof, installed just 4 years ago, already has a positive impact on the city. Hear from students who have become stewards of the Earth. Participate by planting sedums (drought-resistant native plants) and taking temperature readings. All ages. program status: past subway: N, R, 6 to 23rd St. bus: M1, M2, M3, M23, M101, M102, M103.  
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Soho's Cast-Iron Buildings
program name: OHNY Kids! borough: Manhattan neighborhood: SoHo Sat 10 am, 12 pm Constructed in the 19th century, Soho’s cast-iron buildings are a great backdrop for learning about architectural elements. At the end of the walking tour, kids will design their own building façades from the architectural elements seen on tour. Ages 7 - 12. program status: past subway: A, C, E to Canal St. bus: M6.
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Take a Peek at Bleecker Street
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Pl/ W 3rd St program name: OHNY Kids! borough: Manhattan neighborhood: Greenwich Village Sun 1:30 pm Join GVSHP educator Jane Cowan to explore Bleecker Street as it traverses the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village and NoHo. See how downtown transformed from farm to city, and how Bleecker Street's lofts, townhouses, tenements, churches, and cafes reflect a broad swath of the city's rural, immigrant, and bohemian history. program status: past subway: A, C, D, E, F, V to W 4th St, N, R, W to Prince St, 6 to Bleecker St. bus: M5, M6, M21.
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Trash Towers
The Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl/ 1st Pl, New York program name: OHNY Kids! borough: Manhattan neighborhood: Battery Park City Sat 10:30 - 11:30 am We regularly recycle bottles, paper, and clothing, but buildings are recycled too! Learn how builders reduce waste by reusing materials from older buildings to create new ones. Make "Trash Towers" from recycled materials that you can tear down and rebuild. Ages 5+. program status: past subway: 4, 5 to Bowling Green, 1, R, W to Whitehall St or Rector St. bus: M9, M20.   
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Uncover Historic Richmond Town
75 Arthur Kill Rd/ Richmond Rd, New York program name: OHNY Kids! borough: Staten Island neighborhood: Richmondtown Sat 1 - 5 pm Sun 1 - 5 pm Uncover the secrets of historic Richmond Town's Boehm House. Peer inside walls, check the attic, and use clue cards to search for proof about how and when the house was built. Visit the Christopher House, next door, to see the suspended fireplace (it doesn't reach the floor!). Ages 5+. program status: past subway: N, R, W to Whitehall St, J, M, Z to Broad St, 1 to South Ferry, 4, 5 to Bowling Green to Staten Island Ferry. bus: S74 to corner of Richmond Rd at St Patrick's Pl; from Brooklyn take S53 bus at 4th Ave and 95th St to Clove Rd/ Targee St. Walk one block to Richmond Rd and transfer to the S74 bus. 
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Walk the Wallabout: Sketch Afternoon
Ft Greene Park Visitor's Center, Washington Park/ Willoughby Ave program name: OHNY Kids! borough: Brooklyn neighborhood: Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Sat 10 am - 12 pm Explore the Wallabout district and sketch buildings and architectural elements with educator, Paula Jeanine Bennett. Learn about the area’s history and concepts of scale, shape and symmetry. Transform sketches into 3D models to create an urban block in miniature. Organized by Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership. Ages 8 - 13. program status: past subway: C, G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn. bus: B39, B54, B69.
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Weeksville Scavenger Hunt
1698-1708 Bergen St/ Buffalo Ave, Brooklyn program name: sustainablenewyork, OHNY Kids! borough: Brooklyn neighborhood: Crown Heights Sat 11 am, 12, 1, 2 pm Explore the Historic Hunterfly Road Houses, remnants of Weeksville, a 19th century free Black community. Discover the past while on the hunt for objects in one of the historic homes, including architectural details, historic documents, and beautiful antiques. Ages 5+. program status: past subway: A, C, 2, 3 to Utica Ave. bus: B15, B45, B65.
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