If you're anywhere near New York City this weekend -- October 9 and 10, 2004 -- don't miss the City's second annual open house. Open House New York (OHNY) is your chance to get an inside look at more than 100 important architectural landmarks, including places that are usually closed to the public. Your whirlwind weekend will include visits to historic monuments, innovative new structures, private residences, design studios, art galleries, and even industrial buildings like power substations and water towers. Here's just a sampling...

Famous Landmarks and New Frontiers
· Terminal 5 at the former TWA Terminal, JFK Airport: The flowing, curvilinear form of this modern expressionist, concrete structure designed by Eero Saarinen is suggestive of flight. This 20th-century icon closed in 2001 and reopens temporarily with an exhibition to respond to the transitory nature of travel, architecture and contemporary art.
· Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza: the public will be able to climb to the top of this landmark for spectacular views of the city.
· Irish Hunger Memorial: Artist Brian Tolle will discuss his design, featuring a half-acre, partially cantilevered landscape with stone cottage and walls.
· Hidden Harbor Tour: Explore New York’s maritime and industrial infrastructure on this three-hour cruise. In cooperation with the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance.
· The High Line: The recent focus of an international design competition to create New York’s next great public space, this elevated railway weaves through the far West Side, unused and overgrown with meadow grasses and wildflowers. Views provided from adjacent rooftop.
· Governors Island: Another of New York’s next great public spaces, tour this 92-acre island with spectacular views and period architecture dating back to the turn of the 19th century.
· The Little Red Lighthouse: This landmark became the subject of such a popular children’s book that fans campaigned to save it when threatened with demolition. Explore the interior and enjoy views across the Hudson and of the towers of the George Washington Bridge.
· Old Croton Aqueduct: Walk along the path of New York’s first water source and one of America’s great early engineering achievements.
· Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Riverside Park: The rarely seen interior of this Greek temple memorializing the Civil War's dead will be open to the curious.

Historic Sites and Acclaimed New Work
· Eldridge Street Synagogue: Constructed in 1887and currently undergoing restoration, this National Historic Landmark is a combination of Moorish, Gothic & Romanesque styles.
· Pratt Institute Power Plant: this Industrial Age relic is the longest maintained electrical production site in the city and features steam engines complete with gleaming brass levers, belted generators and exposed gears dating back more than a century.
· Christopher House, Historic Richmond Town: This fieldstone farmhouse (c. 1730) is an excellent example of reconstruction based on the most limited physical documentation. Undergoing restoration, the structure will officially open in early November 2004.
· Frederick P. Rose Hall: Designed by Rafael Viñoly for Jazz at Lincoln Center, this first performing arts center designed specifically for jazz features dramatic views of Central Park.
· Heritage Health & Housing Headquarters: Recipient of a 2003 AIA national design award, the design by Caples Jefferson Architects features three conjoined and renovated buildings with lightwells, exposed beams and open work areas.
· Austrian Cultural Forum: Designed by Raimund Abraham in 2002, this 24-story skyscraper sits in the narrow footprint of a demolished townhouse. The dramatic tapering tower has garnered comparisons to dagger blades, guillotines, thermometers and metronomes.
· The Bohen Foundation: Designed by LOT-EK Architecture in 2002, this office and exhibition space for contemporary art incorporates eight shipping-container sections that can be configured to accommodate large-scale exhibits.

Subterranean Explorations and Spectacular Heights
· Astoria Pool: The public will have a chance to see the engineered underpinnings beneath this vast 330-foot Art Deco pool, as well as appreciate its original details and spectacular views across the East River.
· High Bridge Water Tower: Once a water pressure equalizing structure, the romantic Neo-Gothic tower over the Harlem River will be open for tours up the winding iron stairs to broad vistas at the top.
· The Jefferson Market Library Tower: This exuberant Venetian Gothic building’s tower affords spectacular views of Greenwich Village and lower Manhattan.

Old World Mansions and Contemporary Residences
· House of the Redeemer: Originally the town residence of Edith Shepard Fabbri, a great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, today it remains one of the most distinguished examples of early 20th-century residential architecture in New York City.
· Morris-Jumel Mansion: This Palladian mansion is Manhattan’s oldest house; it was a headquarters for George Washington in 1776 and later the home of the flamboyant Eliza Jumel. View 11 period rooms in the Colonial, Federal, and Empire styles.
· Paul Rudolph Townhouse: The last New York townhouse built by architect Paul Rudolph consists of a series of intricately interwoven horizontal and vertical spaces. It is now filled with the artistic collections of the current owner of Modulightor.
· Chelsea Loft: Architect Calvert Wright converted this 3,000-sq. ft. 19th-century warehouse into a duplex residence and terrace with sweeping views of downtown Manhattan.
· Cherner/O'Neill Residence: A modern, two-story glass and steel penthouse sits atop an early 19th-century townhouse and overlooks a community garden with noted folk art. Inside, view iconic mid-century furniture by Norman Cherner, father of architect/owner Ben Cherner.

For more information about OHNY Weekend 2004, including opening dates and hours for featured sites, visit www.ohny.org .