(PLEASE LIST through 10/12/14) NYC PARKS CELEBRATES "OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK" WEEKEND AT CONFERENCE HOUSE PARK

Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP Commissioner, NYC Parks www.nyc.gov/parks

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PLEASE  LIST through October 12, 2014 IMMEDIATE

 

 

NYC PARKS CELEBRATES "OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK" WEEKEND AT

CONFERENCE HOUSE PARK

 

 

DATE:                         Saturday, October 11 and Sunday, October 12, 2014

 

TIME:                          1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

 

LOCATION:                Conference House Park

                                    STATEN ISLAND

 

DETAILS:                   Join NYC Parks as we celebrate Open House New York weekend at Conference House Park with events, tours, and exhibits.

 

                                    Events are FREE and include self-guided historic house tours, a guided Tottenville neighborhood architectural walking tour, an exhibit opening at the new Lenape Gallery at the Conference House Park Visitor Center, and the premiere of a new original play in the historic Conference House Museum.

 

                                    For a complete listing of events, visit www.nyc.gov/parks and search "Conference House Park."  For more information call John Kilcullen at 718-227-1463 or email him at john.kilcullen@parks.nyc.gov.

 

Located at the southern point of both New York City and New

York State, Conference House Park offers visitors five historic

houses, over 260 acres of natural forest, meadows

and wetlands, plus a mile and a half of natural beachfront

along the Raritan Bay and Arthur Kill.

 

                                   

 

 

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Contact:

Arthur Pincus / Tara Kiernan

(212) 360-1311