Behind-the-scenes hardhat tour of the construction site of the New York Wheel is one of Open House New York events that requires advance RSVP (photo courtesy of Perkins Eastman, S9 Architecture)
Multiple venues in all five boroughs
Saturday, October 15, and Sunday, October 16
Advance reservations required for some sites begin October 6 at 11:00 am, $5 per guest
OHNY Passport: $150 (sold out)
212-991-OHNY
www.ohny.org
Reservation lines for the fourteenth annual Open House New York Weekend go live this morning at 11:00, so get ready if you want to gain access to some of New York City’s most fascinating architectural constructions, because last year 7,000 of the 8,500 available reserved tours and dialogues were booked within one hour. Among those locations requiring advance RSVP ($5 per guest, up to two per reservation) for the October 15-16 event are 101 Bicycle Infrastructure: The Intersection of Architecture, Urban Planning & Design; 111 Eighth Avenue Infrastructure Tour (the Google building); the Broadway Malls; Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine Vertical Tours; Cornell Tech + Four Freedoms Park hardhat tour; DSNY Manhattan 1/2/5 Sanitation Garage & Salt Shed; Fulton Center open dialogue; Ghosts of Penn Station open dialogue; Hallett Nature Sanctuary; the High Bridge; High Line Landscape Tour open dialogue; Jazz at Lincoln Center Renovation Tour; Maple Grove Cemetery; Masonic Hall; the Met Breur open dialogue; the New School: Site Specific Artworks; New York Photo Safari in and around Judson Memorial Church; New York University: Edward Hopper Studio; Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant; NYC Manhole Covers; 125th Street East-West Connection panel discussion; Pier 17 Hard Hat Tour open dialogue; Pier 5 Uplands at Brooklyn Bridge Park hardhat tour open dialogue; Red Hook Walking Tour; Sacred Spaces of the East Village; St. Patrick’s Cathedral open dialogue; Stonewall National Monument; Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse; Times Square Nighttime Spectaculars; United Nations; Victorian Flatbush Walking Tour; Walk the Waterline open dialogue; the Woodlawn Cemetery; and the Woolworth Building. Don’t worry if you don’t get lucky and snag one of these highly coveted reservations, which cost five dollars per guest; there’s still plenty to do and see during Open House New York Weekend, as there are nearly three hundred participating buildings, parks, museums, studios, neighborhoods, and other architectural wonders that will not require an RSVP and are free to enter and enjoy.