Spend an evening at the Woolworth Building! Join openhousenewyork and Control Group for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Woolworth Building, one of New York City's most iconic skyscrapers. Roy Suskin, VP of the Witkoff Group and resident historian of the Woolworth Building, will lead a 15-person tour through the building, highlighting spaces normally closed to the public. Enjoy spectacular views from the observation deck on the 43rd floor, visit Frank Woolworth's original office, learn the nuts and bolts of the building's terra cotta construction and much more!Following the tour, enjoy a champagne reception in the Woolworth's breathtaking lobby with Barry Lewis, architectural historian and co-host of PBS' Walk series.Don't miss this unique opportunity to explore the "Cathedral of Commerce", offered exclusively for a $500 donation to openhousenewyork ($450 is tax deductible). Your support ensures that all events during OHNY Weekend will remain free and accessible to all. With your donation, you will also receive an OHNY Passport, which allows you and a guest front-of-the-line access at all OHNY Weekend sites and programs. Donate to openhousenewyork today!

(Image courtesy of Nick Goddard.)

Get your OHNY Passports Available!Explore more sites during the 6th Annual openhousenewyork Weekend! Donate $150 to receive an OHNY Passport, which allows you and a guest front-of-the-line access at all sites and programs that do not require advance reservations.Don’t miss this opportunity to make the most of your OHNY Weekend; Make your $150 tax-deductible donation today!

(Image courtesy of Caroline Otto.)

Contribute to OHNY
openhousenewyork is able to provide innovative, free programs with the help of supporters like you. Please make a tax-deductible contribution online or by check to help us develop more exciting programs for 2008.

To learn more about supporting OHNY, click here, or donate online through the NYCharities:



Our Mission
openhousenewyork celebrates New York City's architecture and design through year-round programs of public access to significant buildings and sites in all five boroughs.

openhousenewyork:

• promotes a greater appreciation of New York City’s built environmentbroadens public awareness by exposing a diverse audience to distinctive examples of architecture, engineering and designeducates and provokes discussion of issues of excellence in design, planning and preservation
• showcases outstanding new work as buildings and structures of historic merit

Countdown to 2008 OHNY Weekend!Get ready to explore over 300 sites and programs in all five boroughs during the 6th Annual openhousenewyork Weekend, presented by Target, October 4 & 5!Encourage friends and family to send their contact information to info@ohny.org, to get the most current updates on the 2008 OHNY Weekend.

(Image courtesy of Veronica Price.)

6th Annual OHNY Weekend Preview: sustainablenewyorkHarlem Infill ProjectDiscover one of NYC's first privately-funded, mixed-income green housing projects in Harlem. Learn about the design elements used which include recycled carpet, a high-albedo roof system, and zinc cladding with principal David Briggs of loci architecture.

(Image courtesy of loci architecture.)

Center for the Urban EnvironmentVisit the new, green headquarters of the Center for the Urban Environment (CUE)!This 16,000 square-foot industrial warehouse space in the Gowanus neighborhood has been converted to a cutting edge, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified space for community programming about NYC's built environment.CUE's new home was recently awarded the Adaptive Re-Use category in the Building Brooklyn Awards, presented by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce.

(Image courtesy of Center for the Urban Environment.)

School of the Future: Green Roof & GardenFamilies and kids of all ages can explore School of the Future's green roof, installed just 3 years ago. Learn about the positive impact of green roofs on our city, and hear from students who have become stewards of the Earth. Participate by planting sedums and taking temperature readings.

(Image courtesy of Allison Godshall.)

OHNY Passports Available!Explore more sites during the 6th Annual openhousenewyork Weekend! Donate $150 to receive an OHNY Passport, which allows you and a guest front-of-the-line access at all sites and programs that do not require advance reservations.Don’t miss this opportunity to make the most of your OHNY Weekend; Make your $150 tax-deductible donation today!

(Image courtesy of Caroline Otto.)

Volunteer for the 6th Annual OHNY Weekend,
presented by Target
October 4 & 5, 2008Register to volunteer for OHNY Weekend! Join our growing number of volunteers to help make OHNY Weekend 2008 our biggest success.Volunteer for a four hour shift and receive a signature OHNY t-shirt, hat and button that allows front-of-the-line access at non-reservation sites and programs. Celebrate with OHNY staff and fellow volunteers at a wine and cheese wrap party.Opportunities are also available to volunteer throughout the year, please contact us at volunteer@ohny.org or 212.99.OHNY.

(Image courtesy of Veronica Price.)

Contribute to OHNY
openhousenewyork is able to provide innovative, free programs with the help of supporters like you. Please make a tax-deductible contribution online or by check to help us develop more exciting programs for 2008.

To learn more about supporting OHNY, click here, or donate online through the NYCharities:



Our Mission
openhousenewyork celebrates New York City's architecture and design through year-round programs of public access to significant buildings and sites in all five boroughs.

openhousenewyork:

• promotes a greater appreciation of New York City’s built environmentbroadens public awareness by exposing a diverse audience to distinctive examples of architecture, engineering and designeducates and provokes discussion of issues of excellence in design, planning and preservation
• showcases outstanding new work as buildings and structures of historic merit

New Museum Block Party 2008
Saturday, July 19

Join OHNY Kids! at the New Museum Block Party 2008, a free day of art activities and performances on Saturday July 19 from 12 - 7 pm in Sara D. Roosevelt Park, on the Lower East Side.

Enjoy a range of interactive projects and programs with artists and neighborhood community organizations and tour the 2008 Altoids Award exhibition at the New Museum. Stop by the OHNY Kids! booth to design and create a site-specific sculpture for Sara D. Roosevelt Park.

(Image courtesy of Veronica Price.)

Tudor City: From the Ground Up
Saturday, July 19

Discover Tudor City, a landmarked community of 3,000 apartments and pied-a-terres located in midtown Manhattan. Historian Brian Thompson will discuss the context of Tudor's City's construction, and how it impacted some of midtown's most iconic structures.

Neighborhood walking tours will be offered at 11 am and 1 pm on Saturday, July 19 (rain date: July 26). Tickets are still available! Purchase tickets here, or contact events@ohny.org with questions.

(Image courtesy of Veronica Price.)

Upcoming event: Marcel Breuer House Tour at Pocantico
Tuesday, August 19

openhousenewyork is thrilled to present its first program outside of New York City! Travel to the Pocantico Historic Area on the Rockefeller Estate in Tarrytown, New York, for unique access to the Marcel Breuer's 1949 House in a Museum Garden, typically closed to the public.

Barry Bergdoll, Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art and curator of MoMA's current exhibition on prefabricated housing, Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling, will lead a lecture and small group tours of the Marcel Breuer house. Originally built as part of a 1949 exhibition at MoMA, the Breuer House exemplifies the architect's vision of how the average American family could live in a well-designed, modern, expandable, and affordable home.

Tickets include a wine and hors d'oeuvres reception in the beautifully restored Coach Barn.

OHNY offers bus transportation leaving from Manhattan at 5pm on Tuesday, August 19, returning from Pocantico to midtown at 9 pm. Space is limited. Purchase tickets here, or contact events@ohny.org.

Presented in partnership with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

(Image courtesy of Rockefeller Brothers Fund.)

Contribute to OHNY
openhousenewyork is able to provide innovative, free programs with the help of supporters like you. Please make a tax-deductible contribution online or by check to help us develop more exciting programs for 2008.

To learn more about supporting OHNY, click here, or donate online through the NYCharities:



Our Mission
openhousenewyork celebrates New York City's architecture and design through year-round programs of public access to significant buildings and sites in all five boroughs.

openhousenewyork:

• promotes a greater appreciation of New York City’s built environmentbroadens public awareness by exposing a diverse audience to distinctive examples of architecture, engineering and designeducates and provokes discussion of issues of excellence in design, planning and preservation
• showcases outstanding new work as buildings and structures of historic merit

SculptureCenter Exhibition TourDiscover SculptureCenter, a not-for-profit museum dedicated to experimental and innovative developments in contemporary sculpture.Walk through SculptureCenter's current exhibition, Decoys, Complexes, and Triggers: Feminism and Land Art in the 1970s, with Executive Director Mary Ceruti, exhibition curator Catherine Morris, and The Architect's Newspaper Editor and architectural historian William Menking. Enjoy light refreshments, including beer, provided by Peak Organic Brewing Company, and wander through the museum, a former trolley repair shop in Long Island City, redesigned by artist/architect Maya Lin.Exhibition tours will begin at 6:30 and 7:15 pm on Wednesday, June 11. Purchase tickets here.

(Image courtesy of SculptureCenter.)

openhousenewyork Kids! in Brooklyn
Saturday, June 7 & Saturday, June 28Partnering with the Center for Architecture Foundation and Lefferts Historic House, OHNY Kids! presents free workshops in Prospect Park taught by built environment educator, Jane Cowan. These interactive workshops offer hands-on art activities focused on one of three elements: shape, color or texture. Open to kids ages 4-5.
Please register below or email education@ohny.org
Saturday, June 7, 2008 at Prospect ParkShapes: 9:00-10:00amColors: 10:30-11:30amSaturday, June 28, 2008 at Lefferts Historic HouseShapes: 9:00-10:00amTextures: 10:30-11:30am

(Image courtesy of Scott Lauer.)

Contribute to OHNY
openhousenewyork is able to provide innovative, free programs with the help of supporters like you. Please make a tax-deductible contribution online or by check to help us develop more exciting programs for 2008.

To learn more about supporting OHNY, click here, or donate online through the NYCharities:



Our Mission
openhousenewyork celebrates New York City's architecture and design through year-round programs of public access to significant buildings and sites in all five boroughs.

openhousenewyork:

• promotes a greater appreciation of New York City’s built environmentbroadens public awareness by exposing a diverse audience to distinctive examples of architecture, engineering and designeducates and provokes discussion of issues of excellence in design, planning and preservation
• showcases outstanding new work as buildings and structures of historic merit

Governors Island Walking Tour
Tuesday, May 20, 5:15 pmJoin openhousenewyork, the Governors Island Preservation & Education Corporation (GIPEC) and Rogers Marvel Architects for a guided tour of Governors Island, before it opens for the 2008 summer season. Explore the island's historic district and discuss plans for its exciting future with GIPEC's President, Leslie Koch, and Vice President for Planning, Design and Preservation, Betty Chen, along with members of the architecture and landscape team designing the future park and open spaces on Governors Island.

The tour leaves promptly on the 5:15 pm ferry from the Battery Maritime Building, adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, on Tuesday, May 20, returning at 7:00 pm. Space is limited so purchase tickets now or contact events@ohny.org with questions.

Contribute to OHNY
openhousenewyork is able to provide innovative, free programs with the help of supporters like you. Please make a tax-deductible contribution online or by check to help us develop more exciting programs for 2008.

To learn more about supporting OHNY, click here, or donate online through the NYCharities:



Our Mission
openhousenewyork celebrates New York City's architecture and design through year-round programs of public access to significant buildings and sites in all five boroughs.

openhousenewyork:

• promotes a greater appreciation of New York City’s built environmentbroadens public awareness by exposing a diverse audience to distinctive examples of architecture, engineering and designeducates and provokes discussion of issues of excellence in design, planning and preservation
• showcases outstanding new work as buildings and structures of historic merit

Three weeks until OHNY's Annual Benefit!
Buy tickets today and join openhousenewyork for its annual benefit cocktail party and silent art auction at The Explorers Club on Wednesday, May 7. Discover this members-only club’s rich architecture and collection of artifacts from around the world.Funds raised during this special evening ensure that the Annual openhousenewyork Weekend remains free and accessible to all. Your support will help expand OHNY's range of innovative education programs in all five boroughs.Click here for more information on OHNY's Annual Benefit and silent art auction.

(Image courtesy of The Explorers Club.)

Green Walking Tour of Lower Manhattan
Join Bob Gelber, founder of Walkin’ NY, for a tour of Lower Manhattan’s open spaces, waterfronts and environmentally friendly commercial, residential and retail buildings. Visit a model apartment in the Riverhouse, and gain special access to the photovoltaic grid on the building's roof, courtesy of
the Sheldrake Organization. Tour will begin at 10:30 am on Saturday, May 3.
Purchase tickets here.

(Image courtesy of the Riverhouse.)

Contribute to OHNY
openhousenewyork is able to provide innovative, free programs with the help of supporters like you. Please make a tax-deductible contribution online or by check to help us develop more exciting programs for 2008.

To learn more about supporting OHNY, click here, or donate online through the NYCharities:



Our Mission
openhousenewyork celebrates New York City's architecture and design through year-round programs of public access to significant buildings and sites in all five boroughs.

openhousenewyork:

• promotes a greater appreciation of New York City’s built environmentbroadens public awareness by exposing a diverse audience to distinctive examples of architecture, engineering and designeducates and provokes discussion of issues of excellence in design, planning and preservation
• showcases outstanding new work as buildings and structures of historic merit

OHNY Events
Architectural Photography Workshop
Spend the afternoon with Elliott Kaufman, widely published and experienced architectural photographer and faculty member at the International Center for Photography. Join one of two exclusive, four-hour workshops with Kaufman on the techniques and approaches of photographing some of Brooklyn's most interesting buildings and spaces. All levels of experience and camera types are welcome. Photographers with access to tripods are encouraged to bring them. Point and shoot digital cameras should have a
manual setting. Workshops will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 5 - 6, from 12 - 4 pm. Contact events@ohny.org with questions. Purchase tickets for Saturday, April 5.
Purchase tickets for Sunday, April 6.

(Image: The Drill Hall at the Park Avenue Armory, courtesy of Elliott Kaufman.)

Buy OHNY Benefit Tickets!
Join openhousenewyork for its annual benefit cocktail party and silent art auction at The Explorers Club. Discover this members-only club’s rich architecture and collection of artifacts from around the world.Funds raised during this special evening ensure that the Annual openhousenewyork Weekend remains free and accessible to all. Your support will help expand OHNY's range of innovative education programs in all five boroughs.Wednesday, May 7, 6:30 - 9 pm
Buy annual benefit tickets today!

(Image courtesy of The Explorers Club.)

Be an OHNY Classroom Volunteer
OHNY Kids! seeks volunteers who have classroom or youth experience to help OHNY educators with architecture and design activities for primary school students. Volunteers are needed during school hours. For more information about this exciting opportunity, contact education@ohny.org

(Image: PS 86, Kingsbridge Heights School, courtesy of Jessica Mak.)

Contribute to OHNY
openhousenewyork is able to provide innovative, free programs with the help of supporters like you. Please make a tax-deductible contribution online or by check to help us develop more exciting programs for 2008.

To learn more about supporting OHNY, click here, or donate online through the NYCharities:



Our Mission
openhousenewyork celebrates New York City's architecture and design through year-round programs of public access to significant buildings and sites in all five boroughs.

openhousenewyork:

• promotes a greater appreciation of New York City’s built environmentbroadens public awareness by exposing a diverse audience to distinctive examples of architecture, engineering and designeducates and provokes discussion of issues of excellence in design, planning and preservation
• showcases outstanding new work as buildings and structures of historic merit

news

21 February 2008

OHNY Events

Tom Otterness Studio Tour
Bring the entire family for a tour of artist Tom Otterness’ Brooklyn studio. View his new work as he discusses his whimsical and socially contemplative bronze sculptures seen in many public spaces throughout the city.

Studio tours will be offered at 1 & 3 pm on Sunday, March 16. Purchase tickets here.

Save the Date!
openhousenewyork Annual Benefit
Wedneday, May 7, 6:30 – 9 pm
The Explorers ClubOHNY’s annual benefit raises funds to ensure that the Annual openhousenewyork Weekend remains free and accessible to all. Your support will help expand OHNY's range of innovative education programs in all five boroughs.Buy tickets early to support the 2008 OHNY Weekend!

Be an OHNY Classroom Volunteer
OHNY Kids! seeks volunteers who have classroom or youth experience to help OHNY educators with architecture and design activities for primary school students. Volunteers are needed during school hours. For more information about this exciting opportunity, contact education@ohny.org

Suggest OHNY Sites
Site selection is already underway for the 6th Annual openhousenewyork Weekend, October 4 & 5, 2008. OHNY wants your recommendations for spaces, places or interiors of architectural, design or historical interest for OHNY Weekend. Sites throughout all five boroughs are welcomed and encouraged!
OHNY is also looking for qualified individuals to lead tours or workshops at sites and programs. If you are an expert on a historical site or design style in New York City or a teaching artist, we want to hear from you! To submit information regarding a site, tour, lecture or workshop for 2008, please provide details to info@ohny.org.

(Top to bottom images: Tom Otterness Studio, courtesy of Caroline Otto; 2007 OHNY Annual Benefit, Japan Society, Modulightor, courtesy of Veronica Price.)

Contribute to OHNY
openhousenewyork is able to provide innovative, free programs with the help of supporters like you. Please make a tax-deductible contribution online or by check to help us develop more exciting programs for 2008.

To learn more about supporting OHNY, click here, or donate online through the NYCharities:



Our Mission
openhousenewyork celebrates New York City's architecture and design through year-round programs of public access to significant buildings and sites in all five boroughs.

openhousenewyork:

• promotes a greater appreciation of New York City’s built environmentbroadens public awareness by exposing a diverse audience to distinctive examples of architecture, engineering and designeducates and provokes discussion of issues of excellence in design, planning and preservation
• showcases outstanding new work as buildings and structures of historic merit

31 January 2008

2008 OHNY Year Round Programs

openhousenewyork presents programs that enable the public to enjoy OHNY throughout the year.

On Sunday, March 16, bring the entire family for a tour of artist Tom Otterness' Brooklyn studio. View his new work as he discusses his whimsical and socially contemplative bronze sculptures seen in many public spaces throughout the city.

Spend the afternoon with Elliott Kaufman, the widely published and renowned architectural photographer and International Center for Photography faculty member. On Saturday and Sunday, April 5 & 6, he will lead two workshops focused on the techniques and approaches of photographing some of New York City's most interesting buildings and spaces.

Tickets for both programs will be available for purchase online three weeks prior to the event date, so mark your calendars!

OHNY's complete year-round calendar will be available in February. Check back for details!

(Images courtesy of Caroline Otto and Elliott Kaufman)

OHNY Kids! in the Classroom

OHNY Kids! launches NYC school programs for Spring 2008. OHNY and partner educators lead free, interactive workshops in the classroom which actively engage students and challenge them to think critically about the spaces, places and neighborhoods they inhabit.

Teachers interested in participating in OHNY Kids! classroom workshops should contact education@ohny.org or click here.

(Image courtesy of Veronica Price)

Get More Involved With OHNY

OHNY is seeking your participation on board committees, where you can work with board members and other committed volunteers to put your professional skills to use in the following areas: public relations/marketing, education and fundraising/event planning.

Join other dedicated professionals in a rewarding volunteer opportunity, where you can play an integral role in the success of openhousnewyork achieving its mission.

For more information on how to get involved, please contact info@ohny.org

(Image courtesy of Caroline Otto)

Contribute to OHNY
openhousenewyork is able to provide innovative, free programs with the help of supporters like you. Please make a tax-deductible contribution online or by check to help us develop more exciting programs for 2008.

To learn more about supporting OHNY, click here, or donate online through the NYCharities:



Our Mission
openhousenewyork celebrates New York City's architecture and design through year-round programs of public access to significant buildings and sites in all five boroughs.

openhousenewyork:

• promotes a greater appreciation of New York City’s built environmentbroadens public awareness by exposing a diverse audience to distinctive examples of architecture, engineering and designeducates and provokes discussion of issues of excellence in design, planning and preservation
• showcases outstanding new work as buildings and structures of historic merit