Openhouse NY: Visit the Center for the Urban Environment

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