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![My junior high BFF, Alissa Walker - aka @gelatobaby, is a published author. (hurrah!) Introducing: City Walks Architecture: New York from Chronicle Books.
She’s walkin’ NYC to celebrate. Join Alissa for a week of walks October 18-24 throughout the city. All walks are free; show up and look for her smiling face. PLUS…all tours receive gelato or ice cream. What could be better!
Please join and forward along. It’s going to be great.
Sunday, October 18A World of Tomorrow in Queens: Space-Age Adventures for Pint-Size Walkers/Pre-WalkersSponsored by Core77Bring the kids (and strollers) for this walk that starts at the new Shea Stadium and wanders through the fantastic structures left behind by the 1964 World’s Fair, ending at the New York Hall of Science for a round of Rocket Park Mini Golf and astronaut ice cream.1pmMeet at Willets Point Blvd – Shea Stadium Station [7], Queens
Monday, October 19Sustainable Skyscrapers: Times Square Goes GreenSponsored by Worldstudio & SVA MFA in Interaction DesignJoin Alissa and a group of special guests, including design experts from Times Square Alliance, as we learn about the reactive interiors and intelligent materials that make up the Bank of America Tower and six more of the city’s greenest buildings. We’ll find out how this unlikely corner of the city is going green, from low-energy LEDs to pocket parks in closed streets. Then we’ll head to SVA’s Interaction Design HQ for eco-friendly refreshments.6pm Meet outside the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park (corner of Sixth Avenue & 42nd Street)8pm Reception at SVA MFA in Interaction Design, 132 W 21 Street, 6th floor
Tuesday, October 20Official Release Party at Jen Bekman Gallery & Rising Lower East Side WalkSponsored by ForYourArtJoin us at Jen Bekman Gallery for drinks, carb-loading and and Hosang Park’s photography, then stroll through the ever-changing Lower East Side with special stops at the New Museum, Storefront for Art & Architecture and more. Then we’ll head back to Jen Bekman Gallery for four special New York-inspired flavors of gelato from il laboratorio del gelato. Purchase a copy on-site and Alissa will sign your favorite neighborhood!6pm Meet at Jen Bekman Gallery, 6 Spring Street7-8:30pm Walk through the LES8:30pmGelato reception at Jen Bekman Gallery
Wednesday, October 21The Brooklyn Bridge Before BreakfastSponsored by Chronicle BooksDon’t miss this brisk early morning walk over the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan to see New York rising in all its glory. And gosh darn it if we don’t find some breakfast ice cream on the other side. We’ll be finished by 8am, just in time for you to head to work.7am Meet outside the High Street Station [A/C], Brooklyn
Thursday, October 22Broadway Skyscrapers: How New York Got HighSponsored by The Architect’s NewspaperPack a picnic for this one-hour lunchtime walk that starts at Bowling Green Park and marches up Lower Broadway, revealing the Gossip Girl-worthy back-stabbing backstory behind the battling buildings (and architects) who attempted to keep topping each other during the skyscraper race of the early 1900’s.12pm Meet outside the Bowling Green Station [4/5]
Friday, October 23Midtown Modernism: Then & NowSponsored by SVA MFA in Design CriticismWear your Mad Menfinest for this evening walk to see some of the city’s modern masterpieces, as Alissa narrates with excerpts from reviews of each building that were published at the time of completion. Includes the “Slaughter on Sixth,” MoMA, Lever Building, Seagram Building and a few lesser-known/secret spots, followed by Gordon Bunshaft-approved martinis and Mies van der Gelato.6pm Meet in front of the Time & Life statue at the Time-Life Building, 1271 Avenue of the Americas
Saturday, October 25The High Line: A Rail Good IdeaSponsored by GOODA leisurely stroll up New York’s public space pride-and-joy, the converted railway corridor now known as The High Line, with special guests discussing its design and creation. We’ll also be gawking at the spanking-new architecture sprouting up around New York’s “Starchitect Row,” followed by gelato in the shape of Frank Gehry’s InterActiveCorp Building. Kids absolutely welcome!11am Meet at the southern terminus of the High Line, at the corner of Gansevoort & Washington
Lost? Left behind? Raining? Canceling? Wanna meet the tour already in progress? Simply check her Twitter updates or send Alissa a message at @gelatobaby
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My junior high BFF, Alissa Walker - aka @gelatobaby, is a published author. (hurrah!) Introducing: City Walks Architecture: New York from Chronicle Books.
She’s walkin’ NYC to celebrate. Join Alissa for a week of walks October 18-24 throughout the city. All walks are free; show up and look for her smiling face. PLUS…all tours receive gelato or ice cream. What could be better!
Please join and forward along. It’s going to be great.
Sunday, October 18
A World of Tomorrow in Queens: Space-Age Adventures for Pint-Size Walkers/Pre-Walkers
Sponsored by Core77
Bring the kids (and strollers) for this walk that starts at the new Shea Stadium and wanders through the fantastic structures left behind by the 1964 World’s Fair, ending at the New York Hall of Science for a round of Rocket Park Mini Golf and astronaut ice cream.
1pmMeet at Willets Point Blvd – Shea Stadium Station [7], Queens
Monday, October 19
Sustainable Skyscrapers: Times Square Goes Green
Sponsored by Worldstudio & SVA MFA in Interaction Design
Join Alissa and a group of special guests, including design experts from Times Square Alliance, as we learn about the reactive interiors and intelligent materials that make up the Bank of America Tower and six more of the city’s greenest buildings. We’ll find out how this unlikely corner of the city is going green, from low-energy LEDs to pocket parks in closed streets. Then we’ll head to SVA’s Interaction Design HQ for eco-friendly refreshments.
6pm Meet outside the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park (corner of Sixth Avenue & 42nd Street)
8pm Reception at SVA MFA in Interaction Design, 132 W 21 Street, 6th floor
Tuesday, October 20
Official Release Party at Jen Bekman Gallery & Rising Lower East Side Walk
Sponsored by ForYourArt
Join us at Jen Bekman Gallery for drinks, carb-loading and and Hosang Park’s photography, then stroll through the ever-changing Lower East Side with special stops at the New Museum, Storefront for Art & Architecture and more. Then we’ll head back to Jen Bekman Gallery for four special New York-inspired flavors of gelato from il laboratorio del gelato. Purchase a copy on-site and Alissa will sign your favorite neighborhood!
6pm Meet at Jen Bekman Gallery, 6 Spring Street
7-8:30pm Walk through the LES
8:30pmGelato reception at Jen Bekman Gallery
Wednesday, October 21
The Brooklyn Bridge Before Breakfast
Sponsored by Chronicle Books
Don’t miss this brisk early morning walk over the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan to see New York rising in all its glory. And gosh darn it if we don’t find some breakfast ice cream on the other side. We’ll be finished by 8am, just in time for you to head to work.
7am Meet outside the High Street Station [A/C], Brooklyn
Thursday, October 22
Broadway Skyscrapers: How New York Got High
Sponsored by The Architect’s Newspaper
Pack a picnic for this one-hour lunchtime walk that starts at Bowling Green Park and marches up Lower Broadway, revealing the Gossip Girl-worthy back-stabbing backstory behind the battling buildings (and architects) who attempted to keep topping each other during the skyscraper race of the early 1900’s.
12pm Meet outside the Bowling Green Station [4/5]
Friday, October 23
Midtown Modernism: Then & Now
Sponsored by SVA MFA in Design Criticism
Wear your Mad Menfinest for this evening walk to see some of the city’s modern masterpieces, as Alissa narrates with excerpts from reviews of each building that were published at the time of completion. Includes the “Slaughter on Sixth,” MoMA, Lever Building, Seagram Building and a few lesser-known/secret spots, followed by Gordon Bunshaft-approved martinis and Mies van der Gelato.
6pm Meet in front of the Time & Life statue at the Time-Life Building, 1271 Avenue of the Americas
Saturday, October 25
The High Line: A Rail Good Idea
Sponsored by GOOD
A leisurely stroll up New York’s public space pride-and-joy, the converted railway corridor now known as The High Line, with special guests discussing its design and creation. We’ll also be gawking at the spanking-new architecture sprouting up around New York’s “Starchitect Row,” followed by gelato in the shape of Frank Gehry’s InterActiveCorp Building. Kids absolutely welcome!
11am Meet at the southern terminus of the High Line, at the corner of Gansevoort & Washington
Lost? Left behind? Raining? Canceling? Wanna meet the tour already in progress? Simply check her Twitter updates or send Alissa a message at @gelatobaby
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