Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Open House New York weekend, one of NYC’s best annual happenings and America’s largest architect and design event, is just around the corner — tours take place 10/15 & 10/16 (Saturday & Sunday).

If you’re not familiar with it, I reccommend you take a look at both the official site and recent posts from Curbed and the Village Voice as a primer. Most events are free, although some require reservations (and a $5 fee), which began yesterday. I wanted to post this earlier, but their website was being a bit wonky yesterday due to overwhelming demand and I put it off.

Admittedly, many of the best events are located outside of the Upper West Side. Still, there are a variety of options in the neighborhood, including:

• Frederick P. Rose Hall
• Lincoln Center
• First Church of Christ, Scientist
• Congregation Shearith Israel
• First Babtist Church
• Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre
• Old Croton Aqueduct Walking Tour
• Church Of St. Paul & St. Andrew
• St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
• Sun Works Center for Environmental Studies
• Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
• General Grant National Memorial

LandmarkWest put together a nice little write-up some of these locations that’s definitely worth checking out.

The full city-wide list of venues can be viewed here. I’m linking to their “map view,” but you can also peruse as a grid of photos or by alphabetical order.

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