opendialogues
Speak with architects, designers, planners and scholars about their work at onsite talks and tours. Discuss the thoughts, challenges and inspirations that shape New York City’s places and spaces.
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OBRA Architects 315 Church St, 4th Fl/ Lispenard St program name: opendialoguenewyork borough: Manhattan Sun 3pm View working scale models of the firm's past and current projects with architects. program status: past subway: A, C, E, N, Q, R, 1, 9 to Canal St. other transportation: two blocks from Grand Street bike path GET DIRECTIONS  View Affiliated Site
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Octagon & Lighthouse Park, The 888 Main St/ 12th Road program name: opendialoguenewyork borough: Manhattan neighborhood: Roosevelt Island North End Sat 12 - 5 pm Sun 12 - 5 pm Q & A on these sustainably designed apartments with historic preservationists and green building developers all afternoon. program status: past subway: F to Roosevelt Island. bus: Q102. other transportation: Roosevelt Island Tram, Roosevelt Island greenway bike path      
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Perkins+Will 215 Park Ave S, 4th Fl/ 18th St program name: opendialoguenewyork borough: Manhattan neighborhood: Union Square Sat 9-5 Sun 9-5 Architects will discuss their office's functions as a laboratory for ideas about the sustainable workplace. Learn how their design is expected to earn at least a LEED-CI Silver rating, and its many sustainable features. program status: past subway: 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W to Union Sq. bus: M1, M2, M3, M5, M6, M7, M9 . other transportation: Broadway and 20th Street bike lanes 
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Pier Glass Art Studio 499 Van Brunt St, #2A program name: opendialoguenewyork borough: Brooklyn neighborhood: Red Hook Sat 11 am, 1, 3 pm Sun 11 am, 1, 3 pm Artists discuss glass blowing techniques, sand casting and sand pouring at this glassblowing studio and exhibition space. program status: past subway: F, G to Smith-9th Sts bus: B61, B71 other transportation: NY Water Taxi to Red Hook 
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Publicolor 149 Madison Ave, Ste 1201/ 31st St program name: opendialoguenewyork borough: Manhattan neighborhood: Murray Hill Sat 10 am - 3 pm Publicolor uses the power of color and collaboration to engage at-risk students in their education by teaching them painting and life skills, empowering them to catalyze lasting change in themselves, their schools, and their communities. program status: past subway: B, D, F, V to 34th St, 6 to 33rd St. bus: M1, M2, M3, M4. other transportation: two blocks from Broadway bike lane 
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Radio City Music Hall 1260 6th Ave/ 50th St program name: opendialoguenewyork borough: Manhattan neighborhood: Midtown Sun 1, 2:30, 4 pm Radio City Music Hall, one of the nation's most famous theaters, houses New York's most awe-inspiring spaces. No other hall combines such history, elegance and culture side by side. First built in the 1930's, and restored in the late 1990's, Radio City is alive again with popular entertainment for all! program status: past subway: B, D, F, V to 47-50th Sts/ Rockefeller Center. bus: M5, M6, M7, M27, M50.
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Red Hook Carriage House + Architecture Office 17 Dikeman St/ Dwight St program name: opendialoguenewyork borough: Brooklyn neighborhood: Red Hook Sat 11:30 am - 5 pm Sun 11:30 am - 5 pm An 1899 carriage house was gut-rehabbed in 2008/2009 by and for Thomas Warnke – principle of the architecture and design build firm, space4a - creating a light filled live-work studio flanked by a dramatic three story atrium like space, courtyard, roof deck, and garden. program status: past subway: smith st, 9th st bus: B77, B61 other transportation: Ikea water taxi
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Richard Meier & Partners Model Museum 5-22 46th Ave/ Vernon Blvd program name: opendialoguenewyork borough: Queens neighborhood: Long Island City Sat Tours on the hour, 10 am - 3 pm Sun Tours on the hour, 10 am - 3 pm Archivist Laura Galvanek leads tours through this exhibit space, featuring Meier's work from the 1960s through the present. capacity: 20 program status: past subway: 7 to Vernon/Jackson Blvd bus: B61, Q103
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Riverside Drive Apartment 222 Riverside Dr, Apt 12C/ 94th St program name: opendialoguenewyork borough: Manhattan neighborhood: Upper West Side Sat 3 pm Sun 3 pm Architect Aki Ishida leads a tour of this customized apartment that incorporates an extensive series of cabinetry customized to store and exhibit the owner's collections of artwork and handicrafts from her travels around the world. capacity: 15 program status: past subway: 1, 2, 3, B, C to 96th St bus: M96, M106
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Slot House 134 Adelphi St/ Myrtle Ave program name: opendialoguenewyork borough: Brooklyn neighborhood: Fort Greene Sat Every half hour 10 am - 5 pm Tour this modern renovation with the owners and architects. capacity: 15 program status: past subway: G to Clinton/ Washington Ave, B, D, Q, R to DeKalb Ave, A, C, F to Jay St/ Borough Hall, C to Lafayette Ave bus: B38, B54, B61, B69 GET DIRECTIONS View Affiliated Site
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Smyth Hotel 85 W Broadway/ Chambers St program name: opendialoguenewyork borough: Manhattan neighborhood: Tribeca Sun 12 - 4pm, tours on the hour with architects and interior designers Join architects BBG and interior designers Yabu Pushelberg for a tour of this boutique hotel that features modern interiors with a classical twist. program status: past GET DIRECTIONS View Affiliated Site
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SPACED: Gallery of Architecture 31 W 26th St, 6th floor/ 6th Ave program name: opendialoguenewyork borough: Manhattan neighborhood: Flatiron District Sat 9 am - 5 pm Sun 9 am - 5 pm Originally used as a rooming house for businessmen, this six-storey brick townhouse was converted in 1920 for manufacturing use. It is now an office, retail and gallery space. On exhibit: THE HUDSON: Our Nation's First Highway 400 Years of Colonization and Development. program status: past View Affiliated Site
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Standard, The 848 Washington St/ W 13th St program name: opendialoguenewyork borough: Manhattan neighborhood: Meatpacking District Sat 10 am Sun 10 am The eighteen-story, concrete and glass structure defines the identity of the Standard Hotel and engages its urban context through contrast. The building straddles the High Line, an abandoned section of a 75-year-old elevated railroad line, which passes over the Meatpacking District and today is the city’s newest linear public park. program status: past subway: C,E,1 bus: 11,14
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Tom Otterness Studio 96 4th St/ Bond St program name: opendialoguenewyork Sat 10:30 am, 1, 3 pm Sun 10:30 am, 1, 3 pm Meet sculptor Tom Otterness and tour his studio to learn about the inspirations behind his whimsical and socially contemplative, cartoon-like bronze figures. program status: past GET DIRECTIONS View Affiliated Site
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Trinity Church Cemtery & Mausoleum 155 St/ Broadway program name: opendialoguenewyork borough: Manhattan neighborhood: Washington Heights Sat 11:30 am, 1:30 pm Sun 11:30 am, 1:30 pm Local historian Eric K. Washington gives a tour of the cemetery's westerly division, highlighting the public face of this historic private space laid out originally by James Renwick, Jr. and later improved by Calvert Vaux. capacity: 25 per tour program status: past subway: 1 to 157th St. bus: Bx6, M4, M5. GET DIRECTIONS View Affiliated Site
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