On June 21, Open House New York will take to the city’s waterways for a special boat tour highlighting the oft-overlooked role of our rivers and harbor in supporting the vast and complex infrastructural systems created to keep the city clean. Speakers include: Marty Bellew, retired Director of the Bureau of Waste Disposal, NYC Department
Open House New York invites you to join us for a presentation about the ongoing activation planning process to upgrade the Brooklyn Army Terminal's waterfront campus in Brooklyn. Designed by legendary architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1919, BAT's 97-acre complex features more than four million square feet of space across multiple buildings and a
Open House New York invites you to take a cruise along Newtown Creek, the 3.5-mile tributary that separates Brooklyn and Queens, to explore the outsized role that this historic waterway plays in New York's waste system. The neighborhoods surrounding Newtown Creek are home to nineteen waste transfer stations, the buildings where garbage is collected and
Open House New York invites you to take a cruise along Newtown Creek, the 3.5-mile tributary that separates Brooklyn and Queens, to explore the outsized role that this historic waterway plays in New York's waste system. The neighborhoods surrounding Newtown Creek are home to nineteen waste transfer stations, the buildings where garbage is collected and
A discussion co-sponsored by Open House New York, The Architectural League, Urban Omnibus, and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union. Over the last three decades, New York City has seen a dramatic in reduction in crime that has transformed it into one of the safest big cities in the United States. The
Departs from Pier 83 at Hudson River Park and West 43rd Street Boarding closes at 6:20 PM Boat tour 6:30-9:00 PM From 2012 to 2016, photographer and filmmaker Thomas Halaczinsky retraced the 1614 route of Adriaen Block, the first European to sail and map the archipelago of New York, exploring the magical and mysterious island world that
Open House New York invites you to a presentation of the plans for The Frick Collection with Ian Wardropper, Director, The Frick Collection; Annabelle Selldorf, Principal, Selldorf Architects; and Richard Southwick, Partner, Director Historic Preservation, Beyer Blinder Belle. The Frick engaged Selldorf Architects to create a design for the renovation of and addition to its buildings in order
New York City is home to over 2,000 bridges and tunnels that knit together the city's unique geography, each day carrying hundreds of thousands of cars, buses, trains, bikes, and more. It is a vast network that connects New Yorkers to jobs, food, goods and services, and other resources, and allows a disconnected archipelago of
From Massimo Vignelli’s and Unimark’s original graphic standards manual and vision for the New York City Transit Authority—now recognized as one of the most comprehensive, and celebrated, transit graphics systems in the world—to NYCDOT’s more recent citywide installation of the WalkNYC kiosks, graphic design has played a central role in the experience of New York
In 2018 New York City became the first city in the world to directly respond to the unrestricted growth of app-based car fleets like Uber and Lyft and the declining wages of their drivers. Intended to curb congestion and address equity in the system, the regulations being imposed are not immovable limits. And because New
Increasing traffic congestion. Declining transit ridership. Bicyclist and pedestrian fatalities on the rise. Is it all bad news? And what can we do about it? Sustainable transportation advocate Veronica Vanterpool, Principal, V Squared Strategies, LLC and MTA Board Member, weighs in on the future of transportation and mobility in New York City. Constant headlines suggest progress
Is our time at the steering wheel over? Will driving become illegal as cars learn to pilot themselves? Is this an impossible future, or a revolution just around the corner? Sam Schwartz, America's most celebrated transportation guru (and the man who introduced the term “gridlock” into the lexicon), looks at the revolution in self-driving cars
