As you're contemplating your Labor Day weekend plans, let us make a suggestion: Take a little tour around NYC to visit seven important buildings—and you may get a chance to be see the top of the Woolworth Building at the new Woolworth Tower Residences as part of the Historic District Council's #PreservationPays Challenge. It'll be the public's chance to visit the Woolworth Tower Residences atop this landmark building—and it's your up close-and-personal opportunity to see how historic preservation is important.

The Historic Districts Council is asking entrants to take photographs of themselves in front of seven historically significant buildings and then tag them #PreservationPays, as well as mention the Historic Districts Council on social media—@hdcnyc on Instagram and @hdc_nyc on Twitter (more details in the rules below). Five people will be selected for the special tour of the 1913 building.

Here are the seven buildings in the #PreservationPays Challenge:

The Washington Square Arch in the Village (Take the A / C / E / B / D / F / M to W 4th St - Washington Sq);
Carnegie Hall, at 881 7th Avenue in Manhattan (Take the N / Q / R to 57th St - 7th Ave) (Take the N / Q / R to 57th St - 7th Ave);
Chavela's at 736 Franklin Ave in Crown Heights, Brooklyn (Take the 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 to Franklin Ave);
The Battery Maritime Building, at 10 South Street in Manhattan (Take the 1 to South Ferry or R to Whitehall St)
33-52 81st Street in the Jackson Heights Historic District, Queens (Take the 7 to 82nd St - Jackson Heights);
The Alhambra Apartments, at 500 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn (Take the A / C to Nostrand Ave); and
The Woolworth Building / Woolworth Tower Residences at 2 Park Place, Manhattan (Take the 2 / 3 to Park Place or R to City Hall).

And looks, here are some entrants already on Instagram and Twitter! Even City Council Member Ben Kallos is taking part:

CM Ben Kallos is working #PreservationPays (Historic Districts Council)

You'll find some more interesting facts about the buildings in the Historic Districts Council's slideshow "How Historic Preservation Benefits New York City," below. The slides also describe how historic preservation—as a driver of New York City's multi-billion-dollar tourism trade, a creator of good paying jobs, and an attractive option for affordable housing—is a positive force for the financial well-being of the city.