OHNY Weekend

2012 Focus on Architecture Winners

November 27, 2012 Focus on Architecture African Burial Ground, Focus on Architecture competition, Park Avenue Armory, TWA Flight Center

After tallying the votes from Facebook, we have determined the top three winners of the 2012 Focus on Architecture Photo Competition. Congratulations to Joan Tsen, Van Hsin-Hung Tsao and Joe David! Here are the winning photographs:

First place: Joan Tsen (African Burial Ground)

Second place: Van Hsin-Hung Tsao (TWA Flight Center)

Third place: Joe David (Park Avenue Armory)

Prizes for all winners have been provided by New York City Photo Safari.

In addition, the judges gave out four Judge’s Choice Awards. Congratulations to Roisin Collins, Van Hsin-Hung Tsao (photo above), Katie Killary and Michelle Songco. And here are the photos that received a Judge’s Choice Award:

Judges Choice Award: Roisin Collins (New York Marriott Marquis)

Judges Choice Award: Katie Killary (Wythe Hotel)

Judges Choice Award: Michelle Songco (Central Synagogue)

All Judges Choice Award Winners will receive an customized OHNY gift.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the competition and who voted for the winners. Together, all of the submissions create a dynamic portrait of the excitement and adventure that is the heart of OHNY Weekend.

Get your cameras ready and stay tuned for the next edition of the Focus on Architecture Photo Competition coming in October 2013!

2012 OHNY Focus on Architecture Finalists

November 15, 2012 Focus on Architecture, New York City Photo Safari, OHNY Photo Contest

Every year OHNY holds its annual OHNY Focus on Architecture Photo Competition and welcomes OHNY Weekend visitors to submit their best images taken from one of the hundreds of sites & programs offered. This year photos were judged based on the following criteria.

The spirit of openhousenewyork focuses on collective urban exploration and a shared appreciation for the past and present of New York City’s built environment. With that in mind, we are looking for photos that:

are taken during OHNY Weekend (October 6 & 7, 2012) at a participating OHNY Weekend site or program
demonstrate the energy and excitement of exploring a new space, place or neighborhood
show not only architecture and design, but also your fellow explorers and participants at the OHNY site/program (including OHNY participants, volunteers, guides, etc.)

The panel of judges included Sean Hemmerle, Elliott Kaufman, Margaret Morton and Erica Stoller. Thank you to StreetEasy for hosting our judging session. Below, we are proud to announce the top 10 images selected by our esteemed judges.

This year OHNY is asking YOU to determine the final top three winners of the contest. Vote for your favorite image by visiting Facebook, scrolling through the album titled 2012 OHNY Focus on Architecture Finalists and clicking “like” on your favorites. Based on the most number of “likes” for each photo, OHNY will determine the top three winners. Prizes courtesy of New York City Photo Safari.

Voting will close at 4pm MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26th. The final winners will be announced on Tuesday, November 27th.

Vote now by visiting us on Facebook!

Click here to read the full rules and conditions for the contest.

Celebrating 10 Years

October 1, 2012

In celebration of our 10th anniversary, openhousenewyork would like to give thanks to the sites and organizations that have participated in OHNY Weekend for all 10 years.

Covering the four out of five boroughs, and showcasing the diversity of culture, scale and architecture in the city, these sites include:

Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx)
The Green-Wood Cemetery (Brooklyn)
Mark Morris Dance Center (Brooklyn)
Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House, Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (Brooklyn)
Center for Architecture (Manhattan)
Church of the Transfiguration (Manhattan)
The Arsenal (Manhattan)
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (Manhattan)
Grand Lodge of Masons (Manhattan)
Harry F. Sinclair House (Ukrainian Institute of America) (Manhattan)
The High Line Rail Yards* (Manhattan) Chelsea
New York Marble Cemetery (Manhattan)
The New York Public Library Humanities and Social Sciences Library (Manhattan)
Temple Emanu-El (Manhattan)
Van Alen Institute (Manhattan)
The Hindu Temple Society of America (Queens)
King Manor Museum (Queens)

As a special addition to OHNY’s 10th Annual Weekend, special commemorative buttons designed by OHNY’s own Hae-In Kim have been created for all 17 sites. These buttons will be distributed during OHNY Weekend at each of these sites. Stop by and learn about these unique spaces during OHNY Weekend and make sure to get your very own 10 year button.

Please check our website or event guide for opening times for each of these sites.

Limited quantities available. Buttons will be available on a first come, first serve basis.

*reservations are required for this tour

Sold Out Tours

October 1, 2012 Reservations

Below is a list of the tours that are now sold out. If you are on EventBrite and cannot choose a time or day in the drop down this means that the tour is sold out.

-OHNY staff

7 World Trade

Arup SoundLab

Bank Building

The Bank of America Tower Night Lighting Tour

Bell Book and Candle

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center

The Brownstone East Village

Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine – Brilliant Walls of Light Tour

Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine – Vertical Tours

Cipriani Wall Street

Duane Street Live / Work Loft

Farmhouses to Townhouses

Fort Greene Walking Tour

The Four Seasons

Gateway to Greenwich Village Walking Tour

General Grant National Memorial: Tomb at Night Tour

Gowanus Canal “Super Fun” Site Canoe Tour

Grand Central Terminal

Grand Concourse: Its Past, Present & Future

Green-Wood Cemetery Self-guided Tour

Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill Walk

The High Line at the Rail Yards

Historic Flatiron Walking Tour

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Lincoln Center Center for the Performing Arts / Public Spaces Tour

Lost Steams of NYC: Minetta Brook

Lower Manhattan Waterfront Tour

Manhole Covers of 14th Street

Modern Religious Structures of the Upper East Side

Morgan Library & Museum

MTA Arts for Transit: Around Times Square

National September 11 Memorial

The New School: University Center

Newtown Creek Alliance Boat Tour

Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant

New York Marriott Marquis

New York Transit Museum

NYC DOT Urban Art Bike Tour

Old Croton Aqueduct Walk: Manhattan

One Jackson Square

Paul Ochs Residence

Paul Rudolph/Modulightor Building

Pier 15 / East River Waterfront Esplanade Tour

‪R Scott Bromley Residence‬

Raad Studio

Roosevelt House

Sacred Havens of the East Village

The Standard, New York

Sunnyside Gardens Historic District Tour

Sutton Place Residence

The Superblocks of NYU & Soho

Tayar Residence

Time Square Nighttime Sign Tour

Trinity Church Bell Tower

Turtle Bay Walk

United Nations

Upper West Side Stories

Via Verde

Victorian Flatbush Tour

Wallabout Walking Tour

Wythe Hotel

Yabu Pushelberg Residence

Please remember that there are many sites & programs that do not require reservations!

Celebrating Ten Years in the Making: Harry F. Sinclair House (Ukrainian Institute of America)

October 1, 2012

Harry F. Sinclair House (Ukrainian Institute of America)

Located in the midst of “Museum Mile” on the Upper East Side stands an ornate, French Renaissance-style mansion modestly named the Harry F. Sinclair House. Now the home of the Ukrainian Institute of America, this massive historical building was first constructed in 1898 by a renowned architect of the time, C.P.H. Gilbert, for a railroad investor and banker by the name of Isaac Fletcher. Harry F. Sinclair, founder of Sinclair Oil Company, bought the mansion in the 1920′s and sold it only ten years later. Regardless of his relatively short stay in the mansion it has retained his name to this day.

Tours of the Harry F. Sinclair House will take place throughout OHNY Weekend, starting on the hour.

Below is a photo of the Harry F. Sinclair House taken from past OHNY Weekend’s Focus on Architecture Photo Competition submissions:

photo credit Michael Schedler

In celebration of our 10 year Anniversary openhousenewyork pays homage to those sites and organizations that have supported and contributed to making our annual Weekend what it is today. This series of blog posts cover sites which originally opened their doors at the inaugural Weekend in 2003 and have continually reaffirmed their support and participation year after year.