OCTOBER 2013 EVENTS & PROGRAMS
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openhousenewyork
(OHNY) Weekend 2013
Saturday and Sunday October 12th and 13th
from 11:00AM at 4:00PM
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Pl New York, NY
Join OHNY, the Center for Architecture Foundation, and LW! for a full weekend of family fun! Drop by the Center for Architecture with the family and try your hand at designing your own customized brownstone — we’ll have professionals on hand to assist you!
Farmhouse to Townhouse Walking Tour
Saturday October 12th, 11:00AM
West 89th Street (*location confirmed with reservation)
On this 45-minute LW! walking tour of West 89th Street, discover how the Upper West Side evolved from serene countryside to a bustling urban neighborhood. We’ll look at historic photos of mansions, row houses, the subway, and more! Note: Appropriate ages 6 and up. Advance reservations are required. The tour is presented in conjunction with OHNY Weekend.
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LANDMARK WEST! Book Talk Series
John Tauranac’s Empire State Building:
The Making of a Landmark
Thursday October 17th, 6:00PM to 8:00PM
Macaulay Honors College, 35 W 67th Street
John Tauranac, author of Empire State Building: The Making of a Landmark will present an illustrated lecture about the iconic New York City building. The New Yorker describes his work as “an appreciation of the structure as a practical work of art and an exploration of the building’s role in the city and the world.”
Q&A will follow the lecture.
Empire State Building: The Making of a Landmark will be available for purchase at the lecture.
Tickets are $10 for LW! members, $15 for non-members.
Limited seating. Purchase tickets here or send a check made out to LANDMARK WEST! to 45 W 67th Street, New York, NY 10023
Not sure if you’re a member? Please call LW! 212.496.8110.
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LANDMARK WEST!
Quarterly Young Preservationist Happy Hour
Dublin House Bar
Monday October 21st, 6:00PM to 8:00PM
Dublin House Bar, 225 West 79th Street
Grab a pint from the bar and join us in the Dublin House’s back room to mix and mingle with young preservationists. Whether you’re a grad student, or recent preservation or planning professional, this is a great opportunity to talk shop and more! And what better place than this landmark, The Dublin House — a 1921 Prohibition speakeasy which later, in 1933 affixed its iconic neon harp to the façade. The sign’s glow guided sailors arriving to Manhattan via the 79th Street Boat Basin who often made Dublin House their first stop in the city.
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LANDMARK WEST! Book Talk Series
Constance Rosenblum’s Habitats:
Private Lives in the Big City
Thursday October 24th, 6:00PM to 8:00PM
Macaulay Honors College, 35 W 67th Street
Author Constance Rosenblum will present an illustrated lecture about every New Yorker’s favorite topic — New York City real estate! As a writer for the New York Times Real Estate section, Rosenblum’s new book Habitats: Private Lives in the Big City is a compilation of articles tracing her journeys through the brownstones, mansions, co-ops and lofts of all five boroughs — a true insider’s view of the homes of the 21st-century metropolis. Four West Side homeowners whose stories are told in the book will discuss the restoration of their houses and how the neighborhood has been transformed over the decades. Q&A will follow the lecture.
Habitats: Private Lives in the Big City will be available for purchase at the lecture.
Tickets are $10 for LW! members, $15 for non-members.
Limited seating. Purchase tickets here or send a check made out to LANDMARK WEST! to 45 W 67th Street, New York, NY 10023
Not sure if you’re a member? Please call LW! 212.496.8110.