Art & Architecture - Turnstile Tours

Finding Frederick Law Olmsted in Cotton’s Kingdom with Sara Zewde | Episode 280

Join architect Sara Zewde for this live virtual program as she shares her recent research on the impact of Frederick Law Olmsted’s journeys through the Slave States on his practice …

Prospect Park
Virtual Programs

Frederick Law Olmsted: Designer of America & His Staten Island Roots | Episode 279

Join historian and filmmaker Laurence Cotton, originator of and consulting producer to the PBS special Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America, as he shares the remarkable life and career of the …

Prospect Park
Virtual Programs

Virtual Inside Industry at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for Open House New York | Episode 278

More than 50 Brooklyn Navy Yard tenants welcomed the public on Open House New York Weekend, with manufacturers, artists, designers, and eateries hosting tours and open studios. We again hosted a …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Inside Industry
Virtual Programs
Waterfront

Barge Family Reunion Celebration: The Tideshift Project, Session 2 | Episode 274

The Waterfront Museum presents the Barge Family Reunion Celebration, stories and images from people who have lived and worked aboard barges and their families. This is the second part of The …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

OLMSTED 200: Parks in Conversation | Virtual Tour of Prospect Park and Central Park | Episode 269

Join us for a special virtual tour in celebration of Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday that explores two of his New York City masterpieces—Central Park and Prospect Park. Built a …

Prospect Park
Virtual Programs

A Concrete History of Brooklyn | Episode 258

Concrete is the world’s most ubiquitous building material, and many important milestones of its development took place in Brooklyn. In this virtual program, we will examine concrete’s history, production, and …

Architecture
Brooklyn Army Terminal
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Gowanus
Prospect Park
Virtual Programs

Calvert Vaux: Architect for the People | Episode 257

Though often overlooked due to his association with Frederick Law Olmsted, Calvert Vaux is an important figure in American architecture in his own right. A classically-trained architect, talented artist, and …

Prospect Park
Virtual Programs

Exploring New York City’s Stair Streets with Michael Cairl | Episode 255

For the past three years, our friend Michael Cairl has been recovering from a stroke that limited his mobility and transformed how he gets around the city. As part of …

Virtual Programs

Calyo’s New York: Vistas and Vendors of the mid-1800s | Episode 251

In 1835, Naples-born painter Nicolino Calyo arrived in New York, and over the next 20 years, he produced a body of work that captured both the grandeur and minutia of …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Street Vending
Virtual Programs
Waterfront

Brooklyn Army Terminal Virtual Tour for Open House New York | Episode 248

Take a virtual visit to one of the most popular sites of Open House New York Weekend, the Brooklyn Army Terminal, and join us for a live exploration of the site’s …

Brooklyn Army Terminal
Virtual Programs
Waterfront
World War I
World War II

A dramatic look up at the window frames that connect two sides of the Brooklyn Army Terminal's gigantic and imposing Building B, made of poured concrete with off-set balconies

The Original Six: Repurposing America’s Naval Shipyards | Episode 245

At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the US Navy established six naval shipyards to build, repair, and outfit the fleet. From the “original six”—Boston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Portsmouth, Norfolk, and …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Virtual Programs
Waterfront

Olmsted, Public Health, and Urban Planning with Olmsted-Beil House | Episode 244

Join Turnstile Tours and the Friends of Olmsted-Beil House for a virtual panel discussion to mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of Frederick Law Olmsted’s report for the Staten Island Improvement Commission, …

Prospect Park
Virtual Programs

Cross Country on a Citi Bike: The True Story of an Adventurous New Yorker | Episode 240

Take a lunch trip from NYC to LA to Tulsa and back with tour guide and travel writer Jeffrey Tanenhaus. In 2015, he took a Citi Bike and pedaled it …

Virtual Programs

Tide Mills: Green Energy from the Colonial Era | Episode 239

In colonial New York, reliable power came from muscles (human and animal), firewood, and tides. From Spuyten Duyvil to Marine Park, Wallabout Bay to Flushing Bay, settlers turned many tidal …

Gowanus
Virtual Programs
Waterfront

Ships of Stone: Concrete Shipbuilding from the World Wars to Today | Episode 236

Concrete may seem like an odd material for shipbuilding, but during World War I, severe shortages of steel led to this innovation. Devised by Norwegian immigrants the Fougner brothers, they …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront
World War I
World War II

Famous and Forgotten: Street Names of the Brooklyn Navy Yard | Episode 232

Behind the gates of the Brooklyn Navy Yard lies a network of streets that are a mystery to most New Yorkers. Named for naval heroes, shipyard operations, and even a …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Virtual Programs
Waterfront
World War II

Housing for All: A History of Social Housing in NYC | Episode 224

As we approach New York City’s primary elections on June 22, housing, as always, is a key issue on the ballot. So we are looking back at the history of …

Architecture
Virtual Programs

Behind the Build: Bednark Studio | Episode 219

Celebrate NYC X DESIGN Interior Design Day with a virtual visit to Bednark Studio, a vertically-integrated design and fabrication company that specializes in retail environments, experiential marketing, and architectural millwork. Based in the …

Architecture
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Inside Industry
Virtual Programs

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