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Open House New York’s Pop-Up Library: Architecture & Design Edition

The Roosevelt Island Library and Open House New York Invites you to Roosevelt Island Pop-Up Library: Architecture & Design Edition

Details Date: October 20, 2019 iCal
Start: 11:00 AM
End: 4:00 PM
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park (map)
1 FDR FOUR FREEDOMS PARK
Roosevelt Island, NY 10044

 

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Channel 7 News report from OHNY 2016
This month’s pop-up library explores the magic of architecture and design in partnership with Open House New York! Take  NYC Ferry’s Astoria Route to Roosevelt Island! Come for a family-friendly afternoon at the pop-up library featuring a curated book selection around architecture and design by Roosevelt Island Librarian Jennifer Minehardt, and hands-on activities from the ACE Mentor Program that teach participants about architecture and design. Explore arts & crafts activities that encourage participants to observe, explore, and design together, lawn games, and other fun surprises!

ABOUT OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK

Open House New York provides broad audiences with unparalleled access to the extraordinary architecture of New York and to the people who help design, build, and preserve the city. Through its year-round programs and the annual OHNY Weekend, Open House New York celebrates the best examples of design and planning throughout the five boroughs, from historic to contemporary, and helps foster a more informed conversation about how architecture and urban design sustain New York as a vibrant place to live, work, and learn. Open House New York is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. For more info visit ohny.org.

Each October, Open House New York Weekend unlocks the doors to New York’s most important buildings, offering an extraordinary opportunity to experience the city and meet the people who design, build, and preserve New York. From colonial to contemporary, residential to industrial, hundreds of sites across the five boroughs are open to visit, with tours, talks, performances and other special events taking place throughout the weekend. Through the unparalleled access that it enables, OHNY Weekend deepens our understanding of the importance of architecture and urban design to fostering a more vibrant civic life and helps catalyze a citywide conversation about how to build a better New York.

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