The Center for the Urban Environment will be participating in this weekend’s Openhouse New York. Look! See!
Saturday October 4, 1 pm
Gowanus Walking tour with Dan Wiley (WAIT LIST ONLY)
Explore the area’s changes as the Canal and its neighborhood experience
a renaissance. Dan Wiley will guide us through the area’s environment,
history and industrial architecture.
Green Building Tours
Saturday October 4
11:00 am, 11:30 am, 12:00 pm, 12:30 pm, 1:00 pm
Get an inside look at our new headquarters, on schedule to become the
borough’s first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
Certified Gold building for Commercial Interiors by the United States
Green Building
Council (USGBC).
Brooklyn Bridge Fun for Families
Sunday October 5th
11:00 am – 12:30 pm, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Learn the fascinating history, design, and construction of the Brooklyn
Bridge and the wonders of its engineering. Create plate rubbings and
learn how a suspension bridge works through hands-on activities and a
scavenger hunt.
FREE
Reservations required: Email ohny@bcue.org to make a reservation
The Where and When
The Center for the Urban Environment
167 7th Street
Brooklyn, NY
Oct 4-5