2026 Open City Benefit
Tours, cocktails, dinner, and awards celebrating 25 years of unlocking the city.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
3 World Trade Center
6-9 PM
Founded in the wake of 9/11, Open House New York promotes broad, public access to the city. Through our signature OHNY Weekend festival and year-round programming, OHNY invites curious New Yorkers to peek behind the scenes and meet the people who design the city and keep its systems running.
The Open City Benefit is Open House New York’s largest single source of support, and ensures we can continue to open New York.
For questions or more information, contact Elis Shin at benefit@ohny.org.
Space provided with generous support from Silverstein Properties.
Tickets
At this time, individual tickets are sold out. Only a limited number of Catalyst tables are still available. To join the waitlist, inquire about availability, or complete payment on a pledge, please contact Elis Shin at benefit@ohny.org.
Unable to join but would like to support Open House New York? Consider taking a journal ad or making a donation.
Tables
Tickets
Ads
BUILDER AWARD
Lisa Silverstein
CEO,
Silverstein Properties
OPEN HOUSE NEW YORKER AWARD
Lillian Valenti
Chief Emeritus,
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
OPEN CITY AWARD
Scott Lauer
Founder,
Open House New York
Supporters
CO-CHAIRS
Forth Bagley and Liz Neumark
HOST COMMITTEE
Ali Chaudhry
Gonzalo Cruz
Mark Diffley
Dorothy Dunn
Erika Freund
Amy Gilfenbaum
Roy Kim
Elizabeth Kubany
Elizabeth Leber
Sara Lopergolo
Ruchika Modi
Adam Rolston
Natalie Salinas
Saundra Thomas
Ty Trippet
Josh Wiener
BUILDER
CONNECTOR
OPEN HOUSE NEW YORKER DUO
Edye and Bob Baker
Charney Companies
Caroline Otto
Richter + Ratner
OPEN HOUSE NEW YORKER
Anonymous
Mark Diffley
Kenneth Drucker FAIA
Fogarty Finger
Suzanne Frye, MD
Dennis Lin
Wendy Shlensky
INSIDER
Buro Happold
Cristobal Correa and Michael O’Loughlin
Davies Toews Architecture
Duce Construction Consultants
Louise Harpman
H. Randall Goya Architect
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
Rachel Jaffe and Zach Oberman
JG Neukomm Architecture
Lisa J. Kleist
Lighting Beyond
MG and Company
Andrea Monfried, Rizzoli NY
Murray Engineering, P.C.
Marc Norman, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate
NYC Ferry
Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation
Rockwell Group
Solid Objectives Idenburg Liu (SO–IL)
List in formation as of March 12
2025 Highlights
On April 30, 2025, the Open City Benefit brought together design and civic leaders for a festive evening in BLDG 303 at Brooklyn Navy Yard. The event honored Lindsay Greene, President and CEO, Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation; Ruth Ro, Partner, Dattner Architects; and Beth Rooney, Port Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
2025 Open City Benefit
Credit: Jenna Bascom Photography