Open House New York Weekend Launch Party
Friday, October 11, 2013 7:00–9:30 p.m.
OHNY invites you to the 2013 OHNY Weekend Launch Party. Now in its eleventh year, OHNY Weekend is one of the most aniticipated and beloved cultural events in New York, opening up hundreds of buildings and sites throughout the five boroughs for public tours and talks. The Launch Party is a festive celebration to kick off each year’s OHNY Weekend.
New York Fashion Week
Pier 57, will host a variety of shops all housed in shipping containers. The pop-up market – Opening Ceremony By-The-Water, is open from Sept. 5 to Sept. 12 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Clothing retailers include Rihanna for River Island, DKNY, and The Newsstand. There will also be the North Brooklyn Collective, which sells bikes, and food vendors Takumi Tacos, Better Being Underground, Cold Process Coffee, and La Sonrisa Empanadas.
It’ll also be the location of Opening Ceremony’s first men’s and women’s runway show, which is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 8, at 8 p.m.
About Pier 57
In July of 2009, Hudson River Park Trust designated Youngwoo & Associates as a developer of the historic Pier 57. Youngwoo & Associates was one of three companies seeking to redevelop the pier.
Youngwoo & Associates (YWA) will transform Pier 57 into an innovative hub of cultural, recreational and public market activities, all located within a restored historic structure that will also create several acres of public open space on the Pier 57 rooftop and along a perimeter waterfront promenade.
YWA’s plan for Pier 57 includes a 170,000 square-foot covered, open-air public market – to be programmed and managed by Urban Space Management (USM) and housed in part in recycled and creatively refitted shipping containers. The market will be New York’s first large-scale concentration of year-round, affordable work/sell space for artisans and other small businesses.
The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) will establish a permanent outdoor venue on the roof of the pier, offering a mix of film, music and arts-based programming and promoting cultural connections between New York’s artistic community and the general public. In addition to hosting parts of the annual film festival itself, the Pier 57 “Sky Park” will be the year-round backdrop for a variety of exhibitions and performances conceived by TFF and YWA to educate, entertain and inspire independent artists and audiences alike.
The plan also calls for a “Contemporary Culture Center” of approximately 90,000 square-feet on the ground floor, envisioned as a unique mix of auction, exhibition, gallery and entertainment space centered around the contemporary arts. Seasonal docks will be provided for kayaks, canoes and other small craft. Other features include a two-acre rooftop park, restaurants and an “Underwater Discovery Center” in one of the pier’s historic caissons. Redevelopment of the pier, a National Historic Registry structure containing approximately 375,000 square feet of buildable waterfront space, is estimated to cost a total of $210 million.
Wired New York Forum
Discuss Pier 57 at Wired New York Forum