2024 Open City Benefit

The Open City Benefit is a celebration of the power of place and new possibilities for our city.

On April 18, hundreds of Open House New Yorkers at the Open City Benefit, a celebration of the Rooftop Pavilion and Farm at North Javits, part of the $1.5 billion expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

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The Open City Benefit is Open House New York’s single largest source of support, making possible our work to promote broad, unparalleled access to the city—the places, people, projects, systems, and ideas that define New York and its future. And it is a ton of fun.

Thursday, April 18, 2024
6:00-9:00pm
Rooftop Pavilion and Farm at North Javits

Packages

Presenting Sponsor | $25,000
Project Sponsor | $15,000
Cultivator | $10,000
Pollinator | $5,000
Open House New York Duo | $3,000
Open House New Yorker | $1,250
Young Professional | $800 — Please email [email protected].

Sponsorship levels and benefits can be found here. All but $300 per ticket is considered tax-deductible.

Please contact Alison Pirie at [email protected] with questions.

Photo credit: © Albert Vecerka/Esto

Courtesy of Javits Center

Photo credit: © Albert Vecerka/Esto

Courtesy of Javits Center

Open City Award

Launched in 2018 and conferred each spring at the Open City Benefit, the Open City Award recognizes a place of singular importance to the past, present, and future of New York City.

This year, the Open City Award was awarded to the design-build team behind the Rooftop Pavilion and Farm at North Javits, led by Lendlease Turner, WXY Studio, TVSdesign, Moody Nolan, Stantec, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, and Jaros, Baum & Bolles. The award was accepted on behalf of the project team by Alan Steel, CEO of the New York Convention Center Operating Corporation.

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