Innovation in Preservation
Uncover the techniques, tools, and materials helping practitioners breathe new life into historic architecture, landscape design, and decorative and fine art.
Top: EverGreene Architectural Arts. Photo: Alex Barreto for Industry City
Series Description
New York City is a palimpsest: many buildings have lived multiple lives, their architecture being reimagined and reinvented to fit the needs of successive generations. It should come as no surprise that a city that changes as quickly and voraciously as New York is a leader in devising new strategies and methods for historic preservation and adaptive reuse. It takes a lot of forward-thinking people to keep our city’s past present—from financing to design to construction, preservation demands innovative thinking at every step.
This year, during OHNY Weekend, Open House New York and the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation invite you to visit a selection of places that demonstrate cutting-edge practices for preserving, protecting, and opening historic architecture, landscape design, and decorative and fine arts. With a mix of Open Access and Ticketed experiences, participants will have myriad opportunities to learn about how, in protecting the past, preservation stewards create lasting resources for future generations.
Series Lineup
62 Reade Street Hard Hat Tour
Tribeca, Manhattan | Ticketed
1450 Pacific
Crown Heights, Brooklyn | Open Access
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Washington Heights, Manhattan | Ticketed
Apollo Stages at the Victoria Theater
Harlem, Manhattan | Ticketed
Bowne House Historical Society
Flushing, Queens | Open Access
Carroll Hall
Bushwick, Brooklyn | Open Access
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine: Textile Conservation Lab
Morningside Heights, Manhattan | Ticketed
Claremont Hall
Morningside Heights, Manhattan | Ticketed
DREAM Charter School
Mott Haven, Bronx | Open Access
Dumbo Archway Plaza Reveal
Dumbo, Brooklyn | Open Access
EverGreene Architectural Arts
Sunset Park, Brooklyn | Open Access
Fillmore Place Passive House Hard Hat Tour
Williamsburg, Brooklyn | Ticketed
Grand Central Terminal
Midtown, Manhattan | Ticketed
Mount Morris Fire Tower
Harlem, Manhattan | Open Access
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Conversion
Upper West Side, Manhattan | Ticketed
Naval Cemetery Landscape
Williamsburg, Brooklyn | Open Access
New York Academy of Medicine
East Harlem, Manhattan | Ticketed
New York Sign Museum at Noble Signs
Ocean Hill, Brooklyn | Open Access
Nine Chapel Hard Hat Tour
Downtown Brooklyn | Ticketed
Nitehawk Prospect Park
Park Slope, Brooklyn | Ticketed
Powerhouse Arts | 2024
Gowanus, Brooklyn | Open Access
Re-Envisioning the Prospect Park Vale
Prospect Park, Brooklyn | Ticketed
Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center: Architecture Tour
West Village, Manhattan | Ticketed
TWA Hotel
JFK Airport, Queens | Ticketed
Westbeth Artists Housing
West Village, Manhattan | Open Access
Woodlawn Cemetery: Connections To New York’s Cultural Institutions
Woodlawn, Bronx | Ticketed
This series includes a mix of Open Access and Ticketed experiences. Open Access locations are free to visit without reservations. Some locations require tickets. Ticketing opens on October 8 at 11 am.
Full details, including times and locations, will be released on October 1.