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This weekend New Yorkers get the chance to explore private and public buildings through Openhousenewyork, which runs this Saturday and Sunday, October 11-12. With over 80 sites over the five boroughs open for visits and tours, Open House New York's explains why:
- Let’s showcase New York City as the strong, dynamic and creative community we know and love.
- Let’s open our minds to the wonders of the city that surrounds us.
- Let’s share our architectural treasures and foster a spirit of learning and appreciation.
Newsday takes a look at the program, which was started by architect Scott Lauer who was inspired by London's London Open House. Some spaces Gothamist is interested in are Jefferson Market Library Tower (pictured), the Tweed Courthouse, the High Bridge Water Tower, the MoMA (yes - the under construction midtown location), the roof of Soldiers and Sailor Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, catacombs of the Greenwood Cemetary, and Hindu Temple Society of America in Queens. A few of the locations had scheduled tours, so check the Open House site.
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Shhhhh...otherwise everyone will come out and play.
I'm just kidding but I am looking forward to the High Bridge Water Tower too...
Be sure to check out Green-Wood Cemetery on Saturday. Tour includes the catacombs. It's going to be really crowded.
Damn, thanks for this tip.
Some great stuff to see!
Just checked the site. The Green-Wood tours require a reservation. Well, I assume they "require" instead of just take reservations for the heck of it.
reserve in advance 718.788.7850
I give the number because my reservation has already been made.
Did anyone else find the ohny.com site nigh-unusable? And their logo is a bad knock-off of the Getty Center's:
http://www.ohny.org/ohny_website/ohny_logo_new6C.jpg
http://www.getty.edu/global/images/global_logo_new.gif
(Damn the no-html-in-posts rule.)
But, a good idea overall. Eager to see some off-limits places.
hey, dig the site and all the cultcha-
New Yorker living in Asia (for a while) and find it fascinating the game of catch-up they're playing. However, the new initiative to build Asia's first Guggenheim is interesting -- not only for the socio-economic implications but the design -- on many levels. Pic here at this story and you can find others around. The architect is an Iraqi of all things.
Spacey, not Gehry.
story:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2003/10/04/2003070398
Image:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/photo/2003/10/04/0000063161