Urban Omnibus Block Party 2014
Thank you to the 450 supporters, friends, and family who came out to celebrate the first five years of Urban Omnibus last Friday! We were delighted to see so many UO collaborators and friends, our generous sponsors, and members of the Architectural League’s board and staff (past and present), as well as a number of new faces thanks to the enthusiastic outreach efforts of our incredible benefit committee, co-chaired by Andy Bernheimer and Douglas Woodward. The party was held at the Gowanus Ballroom, an art space that occupies the workspace of Serett Metalworks in the Gowanus Industrial Arts Complex, demonstrating a kind of creative production we love to highlight on Urban Omnibus: what can result when manufacturing and visual art join forces. We were excited to work with a team from Nuit Blanche New York, who repurposed footage from a range of Urban Omnibus video productions to transform the interior walls of the building into windows on the city. And we were well sated with delicious Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, mini-pies from Pie Corps, beer from Finback Brewery, and wine from Bottlerocket.
But most of all, we were thrilled to celebrate with our readers, the most important constituency for this publication. Live events — where we invite you to explore the city, discuss pressing issues, or party with us — are an important and vital part of our mission: to define and enrich the culture of citymaking. As it starts to warm up outside, stay tuned for more events that encourage greater intimacy with the choices that structure why our urban, built environment is the way it is and more discussions about ways we can improve it.
UO collaborator Wes Rozen, Raye Rozen, Christina Fleuron, Camila Morales, and Ian Veidenheimer
Jeffrey Garibaldi, Lyndsey Tyler, Director of Integrated Marketing for ABC Stone, and Casey McGuire
UO collaborator Laura Forlano, Wiley Cole, Architectural League Executive Director Rosalie Genevro, and UO collaborator Rachel Barnard
Erik Verboon, Alan Tansey, UO collaborator Michael Chen, Elena Hasbun, and Braden Caldwell.
Benefit committee co-chair Andy Bernheimer, Nicole Bernheimer, Margit Detweiler, and Mark Gardner
Gregory Wessner and League Board member Peter Mullan
Margaret Sullivan (right) and friends
UO collaborators Dylan House (left), Hillary Angelo (second from right), Tamara Greenfield (right), and friend
Urban Omnibus Editor Cassim Shepard (left) and Architectural League Digital Editorial Director Varick Shute (right) give remarks.
Raj Kottamasu and Jonathan Massey
Chris Mottalini, Nepal Asatthawasi (second from left), Winthrop Hoyt, Marcie Muscat, and UO collaborator Lindsay Haddix
Susan Chin and Charles McKinney (center) and friends
Ashley Simone (left) and friends
UO collaborator Caitlin Blanchfield, Marcelo Lopez Dinardi, and Tyrene Calvesbert
Steve Hogden, League Board member Susie Rodriguez, and Karen Heyman
Lisa Green and Susie Rodriguez
Robin Osler and friends
Andreas Burgess and Sadia Shepard
Ben Shute, Robert Price, Douglas Zywiczynski, and Janet Shute
Kimberly Dowdell and friend
Varick Shute, the League’s digital editorial director, and UO collaborator Stanley Greenberg
Urban Omnibus Editor Cassim Shepard and Granger Moorhead
Nuit Blanche New York Executive Director Ethan Vogt, League Project Manager Daniel Rojo, and Virginia Laird
Marc Norman, UO Collaborator Christine Gaspar, and friend
UO collaborator Jeff Maki (second from left) and friends
Susan Lowance of Kohn Pedersen Fox (center) and friends
Nadia Meratla (right) and friends
Alex De Lucena and Lisa Fairstein
UO collaborator Christopher Payne (right) and friends
Andrew Hollweck of the New York Building Congress and friend
UO collaborator Juliette Spertus, Darby Jack, and UO Editor Cassim Shepard
Manish Vora and Livia Carega
David Sundberg, Susan Chin, Stanley Greenberg, and Erica Stoller
UO collaborator Ari Paul and Annie Lok
UO collaborator Samir Shah and friend
The team from Lally Acoustical Consulting, responsible for the evening’s killer soundsystem
Thanks to Serett Metalworks, home to The Gowanus Ballroom, for hosting us!
All photos by David Lang.