Open House New York -- historical and architectural sites throw doors open

I'll hafta go early, b4 baseball starts...

oh and btw this thread confused me and i thought it was last weekend - so i went by one hanson place to try and find a program - the security guard was all wtf u talkin abt.

That used to be my former housemate's bank. I used to love going there with her because I'd just trip out on the architecture.

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the Chrysler lobby is always open to the public.

This year I have circled:

The Gatehouse
Grant's Memorial
Chelsea Market
Floyd Bennet Field
The Montauk Club
Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House

Sadly I will definitely not get to all of these.

laurel - do you mean the actual bank on the 1st floor? would make kinda a weird condo. i guess they could chop it up, what with the ceiling being 3 stories high, would be a shame tho. i would make it the lobby or something like that - such a sweet room.

I bet I haven't been in Grant's Tomb since I was ten (right after they interred him).

I think they've scrapped the Gatehouse, Laurel?

Floyd Bennett Field sounds like one of the more value-added picks. are the Grant's Tomb and Wyckoff House tours unique to this weekend?

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Coming Oct 6 & 7

but not telling us any details until Sept 28

but they're hyping Red Hook and Roosevelt Island

Thanks, Morbs! I forgot last year.

I saw the Masonic Lodge a couple of years ago...was kinda disappointed...they did a good job at hiding the rooms where the initiates get paddled and such...

I was not disappointed in the Masonic Lodge! I imagined the rites w/ no problem...

up gabbneb's alley:

5th annual openhousenewyork Weekend

friday, October 5, 2007
7-9 pm
The Torch Club
18 waverly place

join the party and meet the architects, designers,
planners, and OHNY friends who help make
OHNY Weekend America's largest
architecture and design event!

$25 per person in advance / $35 at the door

I don't live on Waverly Pl!

washington mews?

The guide is in the Times on Sunday.

I got mine today - maybe it's different for delivery?

It's up online:

http://www.ohny.org/weekend/listings.cfm

and gabb is right, it's in the paper TODAY.

Oh no, it wasn't ... at least, not in many...

The 2007 openhousenewyork (OHNY) Weekend Event Guide will be inserted into the New York Times city edition at all newsstands in Queens, Brooklyn and the east side of Manhattan on Wednesday, October 3.

On Friday, September 28, home subscriptions received the OHNY Weekend Event Guide, but, due to circumstances beyond OHNY's control, many newssstands did not receive the New York Times edition with our guide. We are remedying this inconvenience with the October 3 insert, and, as of September 28 through the Weekend, guides are available at any OHNY info centers in Manhattan.

In addition, free guides will also be available during the OHNY Weekend at all OHNY sites and info centers.

http://www.ohny.org/weekend/listings.cfm

Please note that advance reservations for sites and programs has started and all reservation information is in the OHNY Event Guide. OHNY does not take reservations; you must contact the specific site or program directly.

And of course, I bought my NYT at a Brooklyn deli and there's no fucking guide in it. Off to 536 LaGuardia Place later...

all reservation info is on the site too

Oh lordy, Floyd Bennet Field or the MTA substation, well-dee well-dee, which will it be?

mta substation is booked

site updates - http://www.ohny.org/weekend/updates.cfm
program updates - http://www.ohny.org/weekend/updates.cfm?upd=2

Rats, that always happens. A nice bike ride to the airfield it is.

I've pencilled in Roosevelt Island's Southpoint - The Encampment (though I don't really understand it), Astoria Pool (in my new neighborhood) and the Jacob Riis Bathhouse at Rockaway Beach. However, I will probably be running around trying to buy furniture of off Craigslist people instead.

http://rooseveltislander.blogspot.com/2007/08/encampment-public-art-project-are-gates.html

The tours of the MTA substation are only at 1pm and only 25 people per tour...but there's no RSVP info...???

All the track work this weekend is gonna make this harder. I may clomp around Red Hook tomorrow.

The 2010 OHNY Weekend event guide will be available tomorrow as an insert in Time Out New York's September 29 issue!

Full site and program listings will be available tonight on ohny.org at 9 pm, as well as in an easy-to-print PDF format. However, sites and programs that require advance reservations will start at 9 am on Wednesday, September 29.

anyone going to anything?

I want to do the Red Hook Sludge Boat, but there are no more spots. I will do the Digester Eggs at Newtown Creek and maybe the Chrysler Building.

Forgot about this until last min, as usual! But I can guarantee I won't be able to get F out of the house for anything on the list, so I'm not sure what my chances are of going.

Some events now open to reservations (and already gone):

http://www.ohny.eventbrite.com/

I am going to the Roosevelt House, Sat at noon.

Federally-operated sites scheduled to participate on OHNY Weekend will be closed this weekend. This includes the OHNY Weekend Information Hub, scheduled to be located at the Alexander Hamilton US Custom House/Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, and now relocated to the Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 East 11th Street at Second Avenue. The Information Hub will be open from 10 am-4 pm Saturday and Sunday. Stop by for questions, event guides, and other information.

http://blog.ohny.org/tag/2013-wknd-updates/

haven't investigated at all for this weekend, i assume all the shiny spots are filled up.

http://www.ohny.org/weekend/overview

well if they're REALLY going to let you climb the 149 steps up the Jefferson Market Library tower -- i went one year and it had been cancelled -- i'd be up for that. Going up the Grand Army arch was some scary shit.

pick something for me to do

http://www.ohny.org/weekend/overview

Working today but I'm thinking of doing Bronx Community College buildings Sunday.

it's reservation day

http://www.ohny.org/weekend/reservations

Got into Custom House tour and Edward Hopper studio.

advance res day

https://www.ohny.org/weekend/reservations

first time in years i haven't made a res; might drop into the Eldridge St Museum today

felt like a light year in terms of big shiny must-dos or maybe i've just been here long enough that i've seen most of the big-ticket items. also just don't have a passion for 19th century interiors by and large, and that takes up a lot of the calendar. but still a grand resource.

In theory I wanted to see a lot of this, but I was content to take a walk to see the ceiling of the AT&T lobby and move on.

It's a hell of a ceiling!

Missed it again, rats. I love this but I like going to the far-flung and less popular sites--Floyd Bennet Field and the Highbridge Water Tower and the Little Red Lighthouse etc etc are standouts from past years. The whole idea of crowds and waiting in lines puts me right off.

NY Architecture/Design Film Festival just started up: https://adfilmfest.com/site/ny2018

Archtober events: https://2019.archtober.org

and this year's OHNY events list is unveiled tomorrow

I'm going to be in town for OHNY this year! I've done the Chicago one a bunch of times and am excited to check out sites in a new city.

lmk what whets your appetite

https://ohny.org/weekend/event-guide

reservations open

Hamilton Grange, anyone been?

It's open!

we're on our way out to some sightseein'!