October 1, 2009

Open House NY reservations-required free tour list

Open House New York will open hundreds of sites for free tours during the weekend of October 10 and 11. Several locations will require reservations. Here’s the list of some of the most interesting OHNY tours that promise to fill up fast.

(Editor’s note: The final update to this list was Thursday night.)

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution - weekend tours at 12:30 (full on Saturday) and 2 p.m., includes free museum admission.

Lefferts Historic House - cellar-to-attic tours from noon on Saturday and Sunday. (718) 789-2822 ×10. Update: Only two spots remain noon on Sunday, all others full.

?What If!, a Leading Innovation Company weekend tours of Former Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital rsvp@whatifinnovation.com

Immaculate Conception School & Church - Saturday tours with openings at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. cetus@mindspring.com

Betances Community Center - Saturday tours with the architects in the Bronx. info@syarch.com. (All tours still have openings as of Thursday at noon.)

Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum tours of Manhattan’s only active cemetery with historian Eric K. Washington. (212) 939-0994. All four tours — Saturday and Sunday at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. — still have a few spots open (as of Thursday at noon) with the Sunday at 1:30 p.m. most likley to fill soonest.

Wild Project - weekend tours with Alive Structures landscape architects. (Spots still open on Sunday at 10 a.m.,noon and 4 p.m.) marni@alivestructures.com

Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity - Multiple tours during the weekend. (Sunday at 2 p.m. is still available as of Thursday at noon.) Steve_HTCathedral@yahoo.com

W hotels - tours of the Times Square, Union Square and Lexington Ave properties. rebecca.snyder@bbg-bbgm.com for Lex; nychappeningsrsvp@whotels.com, for others, specify which hotel. (As of noon Thursday, there are confirmed openings for W on Lex.)

The New School: Orozco Room - Saturday at 11 a.m. tour with Silvia Rocciolo, cocurator of the New School Art Collection, and James Wechsler, an independent scholar. Updated RSVP info.

Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church - Saturday and Sunday tours of the Romanesque Revival Church with Tiffany stained-glass windows. lrogers@lapcbrooklyn.org. Update: Reservations not required. “Just simply arrive during the allocated time (Sat. 12-1 pm, Sun. 1-5pm).”

Louis Armstrong House Museum - weekend tours still available (as of Thursday afternoon.) info@louisarmstronghouse.org

Brooklyn Museum - Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. tours of the Sackler Wing with Polshek architect. A few spaces are still available both days (as of Thursday afternoon.) grouptours@brooklynmuseum.org

Woodlawn Cemetery - weekend tours of private mausoleums by designers McKim, Mead & White, Carrere & Hastings, John Russell Poper, Tiffany, and Hunt & Hunt. Update: Reservations are preferred; spots available on the Saturday at 10 a.m. tour and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. tours. (718) 920-1470

Locations that may still have spots open: (NewYorkology has reached out to each of these groups to confirm availibility.)

Duane St Live/ Work Loft - Sunday tours. info@mparchitectsnyc.com.

Brooklyn Navy Yard Bike Tour - Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. ohny@brooklynnavyyard.com, specify bike tour.

Brooklyn Navy Yard by Bus Tour - Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m. ohny@brooklynnavyyard.com, specify bus tour.

Reservation-required tours that are full

Museum of the City of New York behind-the-scenes tour Sunday at 2 p.m. (917) 492-3395. Full, wait-list only.

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel - Saturday and Sunday tours at 11 a.m. E-mail: atlantic.ave.tunnel@gmail.com. Update: Wait-list only. Full.

The Standard hotel - Saturday and Sunday opendialoguenewyork programs at 10 a.m. Standard@polshek.com. Update: All tours full.

7 World Trade Center - Saturday and Sunday tours. 7wtc.ohny@gmail.com. Full.

Litchfield Villa and Prospect Park - tours Sunday at 1 and 3 p.m. rsvp@architecturaltrust.org. Full.

Control Group Offices/Woolworth Building - Saturday tours at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. of the lobby and an upstairs office. openhouse@controlgroup.com. Full.

Dwell95 - Sunday tours at noon and 2 p.m. of the Philippe Starck’s residential rental. dwell95.tours@gmail.com Or possibly: dwell95tour@gmail.com. Full.

The Illumination of 7WTC - Saturday at 7 p.m. talk. ohny.lightingtour@gmail.com. Full.

Murray’s Cheese - weekend tours of the cheese caves. taylor@murrayscheese.com. Full.

Morgan Library & Museum: Thaw Conservation Center - Saturday tours at noon and 2 p.m. with Samuel Anderson Architects. openhouseny@themorgan.org. Full.

New Museum - Sunday at noon and 1 p.m. tours with former
SANAA architect Florian Idenburg. ohny.newmuseum@gmail.com Full.

Manhattan Bridge Tour - Sunday noon tour with Sam Schwartz. SamMBTour100@gmail.com. Full.

Old Croton Aqueduct Walking Tour - Five-mile walking tour starting at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. old.croton.aqueduct.@
gmail.com Full.

Bronx Aqueduct walk - Saturday 9:30 a.m. walking tour. old.croton.aqueduct@gmail.com. Full.

World’s Fair Trolley Tours every hour on the hour from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. (Note: NYC Parks website currently indicates the trolley reservation lottery closed Sept. 30.) Update: The lottery reopened Oct. 2; and then closed the same day.

Seguine Mansion - Saturday tours at 11 a.m., noon and 1 and 2 p.m. Oct. 1 lottery for reservations, under Staten Island tab. Update: the lottery is closed.

Tom Otterness Studio Saturday and Sunday tours with the artist. rsvp@tomotterness.net. Full.

Smyth Hotel - Sunday tours with architects and interior designers. rebecca.snyder@bbg-bbgm.com. Full.

Riverside Drive Apartment - Saturday and Sunday 4 p.m. tours with architect Aki Ishida. info@akiishida.com. Full.

Apollo Theater - Saturday and Sunday tours led by Beyer Blinder Belle restoration architects. (212) 531-5337. Full.

Radio City Music Hall - Sunday tours with restoration architect Hugh Hardy. ohny@h3hc.com. Full.

Slot House - Saturday tours with the owners and architects. info@mparchitectsnyc.com. Full.

Grand Central Terminal - Saturday tours at 10, 11, noon and 1 p.m. with renovation architects, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners. ohny@bbbarch.com. Full.

Manhattan Bridge Tour Through a Photographer’s Lens - Sunday at 10 a.m. mbtour@entephoto.com. Full.

Midtown Modern -Saturday 11 a.m. tour of the Seagram Building, Lever House and Sony Building. docomomo.us@gmail.com. Full.

Brooklyn Bridge Park Hardhat Tours - Sunday tours of the construction site. brooklynbridgepark@empire.state.ny.us. Full.

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum - behind-the-scenes relic tour Saturday at 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Full.

Ellis Island South Side and Ferry Building - Saturday and Sunday tours of the abandoned hospital are free, (but you must buy a $12 ferry ticket through Statue Cruises.) Free tour-only reservations: (212) 363-3206 ×580. Must be at least 18 years old. Full.

Japan Society - Saturday and Sunday tours. jseducation@japansociety.org. Full.

Museum of Arts and Design - Saturday and Sunday renovation tours at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. groups@madmuseum.org. Full.

The Visionaire - Saturday tours with Pelli Clarke Pelli architect, Craig Copeland. info@thevisioniare.com. Update: or (212) 425-2550. Full.

Brooklyn Public Library - Saturday and Sunday behind-the-scenes tours. c.hayes@brooklynpubliclibrary.org. Full.

GreenHomeNYC: Williamsburg Walk - Saturday 10 a.m. behind-the-scenes tours of three sustainable buildings. info@greenhomenyc.org. Full.

BBG-BBGM Design Studios/Empire State Building - Saturday tours. Rebecca.Snyder@bbg-bbgm.com. Full.

Engineering New York - Saturday and Sunday tours highlighting engineering systems of sustainable buildings. openhouseny@arup.com. Full.

OHNY tour by raffle

Special Nov. 15 Woolworth Building tour (including Frank Woolworth’s original office, the 43rd floor observation deck and the indoor swimming pool) will be available to raffle winners only. Raffle tickets are $20 each.

Richard Meier & Partners Model Museum - Saturday and Sunday tours of the exhibit space in Long Island City. Update: “Reservations for the model museum will be taken until today, Thursday, October 8 at 5 pm. The tours offered on October 10 & 11 will be the last tours offered for the rest of the year. The Model Museum will be available for visits by appointment beginning in May 2010,” according to an e-mail from Richard Meier & Partners Model Museum tour organizers. richardmeiermodelmuseum@gmail.com

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