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Art: Architecture/Design Annual openhousenewyork Weekend

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Year-round educational programs from openhousenewyork culminate this weekend with the organization's sixth-annual smorgasbord of architectural offerings — the largest event of its kind in America. Droves of amateur historians gain access to spaces normally restricted from public view, and learn about both cutting-edge and time-tested green design. Suggested stops include: Chelsea's soon-to-be-green Highline; Renzo Piano's brand-new New York Times building; Staten Island's ancient naval base, Fort Wadsworth; the gold-plated Grand Masonic Lodge of New York, surreptitiously tucked away on Sixth Avenue; the seawater-rusted mercantilism of the Brooklyn Navy Yards; and the Bronx's sprawling Woodlawn Cemetery — the final-resting place of Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Herman Melville, and countless other notables.

– Natalya Krimgold

Note:

Pack your digital camera and submit your snaps to the OHNY Focus on Architecture Photography Competition. Reservations are required for some tours.

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