Joining NYC Mayor Eric Adams in Rosh Hashanah celebration at Tribeca Synagogue

The first night of Rosh Hashanah marks the start of the Jewish New Year and the High Holiday season. Last Friday, Principal Angel Ayón was honored to join one of our newest clients, Tribeca Synagogue, in its annual celebration, which featured New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Angel met the Mayor face-to-face after the ceremony and his address to the congregation.

AYON Studio is currently working with the congregation to assess their iconic building’s skylight and plaza and identify causes of water infiltration. As part of our thorough approach, we are also providing recommendations for required repair work.

Centrally located in Lower Manhattan, Tribeca Synagogue was built in 1967 and features a sinuous outline, an abstract reference to the eternal flame. Curving “like a grand piano soundboard” (New York Times, 2015), this convex façade flips to a concave shape on the interior, which conveys intimacy and creates an ideal acoustical environment. This eliminates any need for electrical amplification, while the large skylight above (aforementioned as a possible source of the current leaks), brings natural light deep into the sanctuary. Small but quietly beautiful, the mid-block edifice often attracts casual admirers, as well as fans of mid-century Modern architecture.

Training GSA employees and APT members about glazing upgrades

The US federal government owns and operates many mid-century modern buildings that are now, decades later, seeing their share of wear-and-tear. Meanwhile, occupants and users of these buildings are requiring both improved comfort and increased energy savings. These issues were specifically addressed in “Glazing Upgrades in Modernist Buildings,” Principal Angel Ayón’s September 13th presentation to a joint audience for the General Services Administration (GSA), which will also be presented to members of the Association for Preservation Technology (APT) in 2024.

Tailored to the series “Sustainable Repair and Retrofit of Historic Building Envelopes: Diagnosis, Options Analysis & Post Construction Evaluation,” Angel’s virtual presentation guided attendees through the process of repair and replacement of steel-framed glazing systems, conducted at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum from 2004 – 2008. This intervention was honored with numerous awards, and was published in the APT Bulletin in 2011, as well as the award-winning Reglazing Modernism ― Intervention Strategies For 20th Century Icons, published in 2019, co-authored by Angel.

Learning objectives for the class addressed overall approach, alterations of historic elements, analysis of existing building envelopes, testing, new advances in glass reflectivity and light transmittance, and envelope improvements prior to re-engineering of mechanical systems. Angel capped off his presentation with a “wishlist” of sorts to the glass and fenestration industry, which included high performance films, thermal insulating coatings, heated glass, historic glass manufacturing, warm edge technology, vacuum insulating glazing, heat tracing, and new thermal break materials and technologies.

Commemorating the planning of the 1963 March on Washington in Harlem

Last month marked 60 years since The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (The March), a historic protest gathering on The Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial and attended by over 250,000 people. Held on August 28, 1963, it is famous for Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech calling for an end to racism.

Viewed as a way advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans, grassroots organizers of The March gathered in nondescript places, such as church basements and community rooms. One such place was the Harlem headquarters, located at 170 West 130th Street, which now has its own Harlem Heritage Marker.

Friendship Baptist Church loaned The March’s organizers space in the building, which also served girls at the turn of the 20th century as the Sojourner Truth House, offered art classes to Renaissance students like Jacob Lawrence as the Utopia House, and later provided a safe space for church friends to collaborate as the Friendship House.

Principal Angel and his family attended the unveiling of the plaque on August 28, 2023, as part of his advocacy work with Save Harlem Now!, which helped achieve Landmark status for the Historic District the building and the Historic District that surrounds it. NYC Mayor Eric Adams was among the dignitaries at the event, which was broadcast and covered on CBS New York, NBC New York, and YouTube. In the words of the Mayor “the grandest of ideas do not take place in the grandest of places. It takes place in the basements, in the hall, and small church environments [like this building]. That's how it's done.”

Sharing our conservation expertise with the Getty’s mid-career students

Just as in architectural design, the fields of architectural preservation and conservation continue to evolve along with building technology. What may have been the best intervention methods or materials two decades ago may now be obsolete. That’s why the Getty Conservation Institute offers an International Course on the Conservation of Modern Heritage for mid-career architects, planners, engineers, conservators, policymakers, and advocates from around the world.

The course aims to advance the conservation of modern heritage and architecture by teaching participants about recent advancements in research and practice. This hybrid learning opportunity kicked off in May and just finished up this month. Students learned from a variety of seasoned professionals, including AYON Studio Principal Angel Ayón and his Reglazing Modernism co-author Uta Pottgeisser, who shared their knowledge of interventions on both modern steel-frame and aluminum-frame glazed enclosures. Much of the research they discussed was collected for their 2019 publication Reglazing Modernism ― Intervention Strategies for 20th Century Icons, which won the 2021 Lee Nelson Book Award from the Association for Preservation Technology International.

The 26 participants were exposed to a broad range of contemporary issues that professionals face in the conservation of modern heritage, from theoretical and methodological issues to the technical aspects of materials conservation. The course also provided a platform for both students and instructors to share experiences, challenges, and other thoughts surrounding the practice.

Talking about preservation on the “Tangible Remnants” podcast

AYON Studio Principal Angel Ayón recently joined “Tangible Remnants” podcast host Nakita Reed in a conversation about his journey into and within the historic preservation profession. In Episode 37, Angel discusses his young professional life in Cuba, his continued education and professional career in New York, the power of mentorship, and the future of his firm.

Established professionals, peers, and students alike will delight in hearing firsthand of Angel’s triumphs, as well as his challenges. Highlights include his transition from his native Havana, Cuba, to the US; and his detailed preservation work on the building enclosure and glazing systems at the iconic Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, which inspired Reglazing Modernism ― Intervention Strategies for 20th Century Icons (Birkhäuser, 2019).

He also shares his early-career meeting with James Marston Fitch, and his good fortune of later winning the mid-career fellowship in his name, which helped fund the development of Reglazing Modernism. The resulting publication, co-authored with Uta Pottgiesser, won the 2021 Lee Nelson Book Award from the Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) for the most outstanding and influential book-length work on preservation technology. Going full circle, Angel now serves on the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation.

Throughout Angel’s conversation with Nakita, you’ll hear how he learned the values of relationships, maintaining historic integrity, and doing the right thing. Take a listen here!

Nakita Reed, like Angel, is also a sustainable preservation architect. Her “Tangible Remnants” podcast explores the interconnectedness of architecture, preservation, sustainability, race and gender. On it, she invites BIPOC practitioners (like Angel) and other women who are impacting the built environment today to join her in discussing the people, buildings, and policies that made a historical impact. It’s geared towards lovers of existing buildings who want to learn from the past to shape a better future.

Celebrating Juneteenth!

Wishing everyone a safe, celebratory and reflective Juneteenth!

Honoring Grassroots Preservation with HDC

On June 13th, the Historic Districts Council celebrated New York’s brightest community preservationists at their Annual Grassroots Preservation Awards, held at Saint Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery. Angel Ayón, principal of AYON Studio, was honored to present Justice for 441 Willoughby with one such award.

A resident of Brooklyn and a frequent passerby of 441 Willoughby, also known as the Jacob Dangler Mansion, Angel shared a personal account of the historic building’s impression on him and also told of the group’s advocacy that “rallied the community, the local elected officials, and preservationists across the city.” Their extraordinary efforts were effective but ultimately thwarted by the developer, who was able to activate permits and demolish the 125-year-old BedStuy building last summer.

Angel also recognized the group’s ongoing fight for the site and demands for accountability and LPC historic district designation of the immediately surrounding blocks. “The coalition remains an inspiration to the preservation community for their continued vigilance… Justice for 441 Willoughby cares about a place that makes their neighborhood unique, a place that afforded their neighborhood with a distinctive sense of place. Their cries for justice and long-overdue preservation protections hit a roadblock fueled by bureaucratic non-sense and government inaction. It is impossible not to recall Dr. King reminding us that ‘Justice delayed is justice denied.’

Other 2023 Grassroots awardees included Eric K. Washington and the Manhattan Community Board Five Land Use, Housing and Zoning Committee. The event also honored The Village Sun and City Council Member Christopher Marte.

Annual Pratt Lecture: Cultural Adaptive Reuse

What happens to historic churches and theaters when their congregations and audiences dwindle? Unfortunately, many often fall into disuse and disrepair. Rather than tear them down, though, property owners are now turning to adaptive reuse as a way to make them viable for a new generation. To learn more about the exciting new uses these cultural buildings offer, Pratt Institute’s Historic Preservation program tapped AYON Studio to present their project experience and research.

For the second year in a row, Sanika Kulkarni and Angel Ayón shared numerous case studies of cultural building reuse with master’s candidates studying historic preservation, facilities management, planning, and architecture. They showed churches (such as St. Paul’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church) that have been converted into everything from hotels and restaurants to tattoo parlors and skate parks. They also highlighted theaters (like Times Square Theater, Flushing RKO Keith’s, the Nitehawk, and Theater 80) that have been turned into residences, retail stores, gyms and sports arenas, and parking garages.

Not only is adaptive reuse more sustainable, it also helps preserve the unique architectural fabric that makes America’s cities and towns fun places to live in and visit. And although it is challenging, finding ways to creatively adapt these structures for modern uses also provides new opportunities to ever-evolving communities.

Angel Ayón participates in NY State minority Legislative Caucus Weekend

NYC’s affordable housing crisis is currently a high-profile issue in Albany, due in part to a critical agenda from State Senator Cordell Cleare. Cleare represents District 30, which includes most of Harlem and Upper Manhattan, as well as a portion of the Upper West Side. She recently invited AYON Studio Principal Angel Ayón to speak on the topic during New York State’s Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus Legislative Weekend.  

Angel joined fellow panelists Valerie J. Bradley of Save Harlem Now! and Donald C. Notice of West Harlem Group Assistance to explore “Providing Affordable Housing for Harlem Through Preservation & New Strategies to Preserve our Homes & Culture.” The group discussed how the combined efforts of legislative action, the renewal of existing building stock, and community advocacy and activism can help meet the housing needs in Manhattan’s northern neighborhoods.

Sharing our FISP expertise in ICRI-MNY’s annual panel discussion

Principal Angel Ayón participated in The International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI)’s Annual FISP Panel in NYC on January 26th. Under the topic of “How to Balance the Competing Client Needs and DOB Requirements: Lessons Learned, Ethics, and Client Requests,” the interactive program, held at Club 101, addressed issues that can arise when performing FISP inspections and issuing reports.

Certified as an inspector (QEWI) by the city’s Department of Buildings (DOB) and an expert on the DOB’s Façade Inspection & Safety Program (FISP), Angel offered valuable insights from his vast professional experience. He and his fellow panelists spoke openly about the complex relationship between client expectations, professional responsibilities, and DOB regulations, covering such topics as repair timelines, shed removal requests, report submissions, violation fees, and professional responsibility and limitations.

Angel was joined by fellow panelists John Foley of FirstService, Andrew Houston of NYC Facade Architecture, Matthew Mowrer of O'Donnell & Naccarato, Clyde Porter of Clyde Porter Consulting Engineers, and Moderator Michelle Dallhoff of WJE Engineers & Architects.

Devoted solely to repair and restoration of concrete, masonry, and other structures, ICRI brings together engineers, architects, consultants, contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, property managers and owners. The organization regularly provides educational presentations and seminars to share knowledge and resources among its membership for the betterment of the industry.

Angel Ayón co-presents at 2022 MASterworks!

Event photographs © Genevieve Wagner, Municipal Art Society

On December 6, the Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) hosted its 2022 MASterworks Award Breakfast Ceremony at the Center for Architecture in New York City. AYON Studio principal and founder Angel Ayón presented the awards, along with emcee Elizabeth Goldstein, President of MAS, and co-jurists Tina Vaz, MAS Board Member and Head of Meta Open Arts and Debbie Millman, Host of Design Matters.

Established in 2001, the MASterworks Awards honor projects that make a significant contribution to New York City’s built environment, those that “exemplify excellence in architecture and urban design, as well as the creative spirit of New York City.” This year’s awardees were:

• Best Restoration: Brooklyn Public Library Central Library Master Plan: Phase 1 by Toshiko Mori Architect

• Best New Urban Amenity: Fountain of the Fairs Mist Garden by Quennell Rothschild & Partners

• Best New Infrastructure Moynihan Train Hall by Empire State Development

• Best Adaptive Reuse: Adams Street Library, by WORKac

• Best Urban Landscape: Little Island by MNLA

• Best New Building: Northeast Bronx YMCA by Marvel Architects

Goldstein said that the awardees “represented an exciting new addition or substantial improvement to our city’s built environment,” and that “the teams who helped realize them have done a great service to New York City.” Winning projects were also honored with in-person explorations of project sites and virtual conversations with project teams. Additional jurists not present at the ceremony included Pascale Sablan of Adjaye Associates and Sara Zewde of Studio Zewde.

Lori Arnold, PhD joins AYON Studio!

Lori performing stone documentation at one of AYON Studio’s historic church projects in Brooklyn

We’re thrilled to bring experienced preservation specialist, teacher, and author Lori Arnold, PhD on board to help guide many projects in our growing firm! With 23 years of professional experience in a range of roles, from Conservator to Construction Manager, she offers comprehensive knowledge of building materials properties and behaviors. She knows the industry inside and out and has garnered key insights that help identify potential project issues and proactively resolve them.

Lori earned her art history degree from Keene State College, followed by a Master of Science from Columbia University, and has worked on cultural, educational and transportation projects throughout her career.

She will also be our second published author at the firm, in addition to founder and Principal Angel Ayón. Lori’s full-length textbook entitled Saving Historic American Wood, will be released later this fall. The first of its kind, the textbook outlines the basic issues that historic wood faces in North America. Written for conservation students, master carpenters and those teaching wood conservation, the illustrated book guides readers in how to identify causes of deterioration — such as insects or fungi — and offers various remedies to combat the issues.

Save Harlem Now! Conference Spurs Preservation Efforts

Event photographs © Akinfe Fatou, courtesy of Save Harlem Now!

Supporting our interests close to home, AYON Studio was honored to participate in the Save Harlem Now! 2022 Preservation Conference on November 3rd. Sponsored by the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, the full-day symposium gathered preservationists, activists, and thinkers around a central theme of “Saving This Place! A Call to Action for Preserving Harlem.”

Held in the Nelson Mandela Room at the Ford Foundation in midtown, the program brought together a wide array of speakers who shared both the challenges and triumphs of their grass roots advocacy to preserve the cultural and architectural legacy of Harlem. These efforts have included awareness-building events such as educational opportunities and knowledge sharing in the form of lectures, dramatic presentations, author-interview series, oral histories and documentaries, and panel discussions; as well as cultural events such as music festivals and exhibitions. They also discussed economic development models and how to overcome barriers such as survivorship bias, underrepresented narratives, and climate-related issues to promote greater social justice in the neighborhood.

Currently serving as SNH Board Vice President, Angel Ayón moderated an afternoon session entitled “The Intervention: Finding a Way Forward.” Exploring various approaches for increasing designations in Harlem, the panel discussed best practices for historic preservation and examined other cities’ efforts to support historic preservation in African American communities. Panelists included Erica Avrami, Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation at Columbia University; Karen Taylor, Founder and Executive Director, While We Are Still Here; Mtamanika Youngblood, Chair Emeritus and Founding Board Chair, Sweet Auburn Works.

The envelope, please! Awarding Modernism in America

Event photographs © Andrew Lee courtesy Docomomo US

On the evening of November 3rd, Principal Angel Ayón presented two Awards of Excellence in Docomomo US’s Modernism in America Awards.

First, Becker and Becker accepted a Commercial Award of Excellence for Hotel Marcel, the adaptive reuse of the Armstrong Rubber Company building in New Haven, Connecticut, which was completed in 1970. Originally designed for Pirelli Tire by Marcel Breuer and Robert Gatje, the building is highly visible from I-95 and features pre-cast ‘Mosai’ panels, board-formed concrete, and terrazzo stairways. Representing a sustainable solution for an iconic modern structure threatened with demolition for two decades, the project serves as a case study and a call to rethink our culture of disposability. It’s now anticipated to be the first Passive House-certified hotel in the US, operating with zero carbon footprint.

The next awardee was Peavey Plaza, located in downtown Minneapolis and originally designed by M. Paul Friedberg and Associates. Completed in 1975, the sunken plaza featured iconic Brutalist fountains, which had run dry and were slated for demolition. A local and national consortium, including M. Paul Friedberg himself, advocated for saving the site, successfully convinced the city and earning a Docomomo US Advocacy Award of Excellence in 2014. Now the plaza offers universal access and dramatically reduced its water usage. The rehabilitation won a 2022 Civic/Institutional Design Award of Excellence, which was accepted by Coen + Partners.

Other awardees included a minimal design intervention of the Walter & Sylvia Stockmayer House from 1961; UMassBRUT, a multidisciplinary campaign led by contingents from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; and the SurveyLA Historic Context Statement – L.A. Modernism, 1919-1980.

Angel joined his fellow jurors, Executive Director Liz Waytkus, President Bob Meckfessel, and a host of members and honorees for the ninth annual awards ceremony.

Read more about this year’s awards program and its winners here!

Recognizing community impact in NYLC’s latest "HPF People" video

For 40 years, New York City Historic Properties Fund (HPF) has helped owners of NYC Landmarks find and hire experts like AYON Studio for property restoration projects. To mark this important milestone, HPF launched an informative year-long video series titled “Celebrate HPF People.”

This month’s video features Cuban-trained preservation architect, author, and community activist Angel Ayón, who has participated in the HPF program as a trusted advisor for HPF-funded projects throughout Harlem and in Brooklyn.

Since 1982, HPF has provided over $31.6M in low-interest loans for over 273 buildings, including homes, co-ops, non-profits, and religious institutions throughout the city’s five boroughs. “This organization reinforces why we do preservation and why it’s of value…to the community at large,” says Angel.

“HPF is a reliable, trustworthy organization with competent staff. It not only provides funding, but guides homeowners throughout the process, from the beginning till the end,” he explains. “Then we can concentrate on the technical issues of the building. The whole thing is just better because [HPF staff] are there.”

Ayón says HPF also provides crucial work to small architects and contractors, who are often women and minority-owned companies and people of color. This provides economic opportunities, including those for growth and development, for the larger community. “That is really the tremendous positive impact the fund has had.”

Helping Columbia students connect Preservation and Sustainability

As part of Françoise Astorg Bollack’s “Old Buildings - New Ideas,” seminar at Columbia University, Principal Angel Ayón shared important case studies from his 2019 book, Reglazing Modernism. He presented numerous buildings, discussed both positive and negative outcomes of interventions in Modern building envelopes, and shared recent discoveries in his current additional research.

Angel’s lecture was followed by a discussion with Eliot Benor from Building Envelope Testing, who offered further information about building envelope testing, energy retrofits of existing buildings, and heat flow measurements. Afterward, he provided a lab demonstration to give students to have a hands-on experience about the visual and thermal properties of glass as a significant Modern building material.

The lively and engaging talk was organized by GSAPP Adjunct Associate Professor Bollack for students in the Historic Preservation program. She was highly complimentary, saying “What is wonderful is that you clearly reinforced what I have been telling them for a few weeks now. I could see the students were really engaged!”

Docomomo US announces 2022 Modernism in America Award winners!

Principal Angel Ayón helped critique the submissions and determine the winners of the ninth annual Docomomo US 2022 Modernism in America Awards.

This year’s awardees included the Walter & Sylvia Stockmayer House from 1961, which won a Residential Design Award of Excellence. Practicing “minimal design intervention,” the 2015 renovation was cited for its rare and well-preserved example of a Usonian design in Vermont. Using archival correspondence, photographs, sketches, and plans, Ayón described it as “contemporary where needed, while not falling into trendy midcentury modern redesign pitfalls.”

UMassBRUT, a multidisciplinary campaign led by contingents from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, won an Inventory/Survey Award of Excellence. Spreading awareness about the value and history of the iconic 1960’s and ‘70’s buildings within their local campuses and communities, Ayón described the effort as “exemplary and responsible stewardship of a massive educational site. “Brutalism is ugly – but they leaned into it and made a case for why it is important.”

Another winner — the SurveyLA Historic Context Statement – L.A. Modernism, 1919-1980 — received an Inventory/Survey Citation of Merit. A deep dive into the history of L.A.’s built environment, the compendium tracks the development of Prewar and Postwar styles and architectural responses to both. A model for other cities, it’s also easily accessible and written on a level for everyone to understand and enjoy. Ayón described it as “a thorough, expansive, and breathtaking resource… generously inclusive of both mundane and refined works of architecture… while not being overly academic.”

APT Bulletin publishes excerpt from Reglazing Modernism

Still looking for a reason to pick up your copy of 2021 Lee Nelson Book Award winner Reglazing Modernism: Intervention Strategies for 20th-Century Icons? If so, the most recent issue of APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology offers a great teaser.

Focusing on the Zeche Zollverein case study, the two-page excerpt highlights the authors’ critical assessment of the multiple glazing interventions completed as part of the renovation efforts at the former coal mine in Essen, Germany. Most of the buildings on the property, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001, were “reused for permanent cultural and historical purposes.” And because “each building was treated differently,” the complex is “a showcase of façade refurbishment at its best.”

Co-authored by AYON Studio Principal Angel Ayón, Reglazing Modernism contains 19 more case studies and was reviewed in a previous issue of APT Bulletin last year. Whether your interest in Modern architecture is your passion or your profession (or both!), make sure to purchase the full book for the full story behind interventions to the steel-framed glazing assemblies on other Modern icons (and World Heritage sites) throughout the US and Europe, such as Fallingwater in Pennsylvania, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Fagus Factory and Bauhaus Dessau, both also in Germany.

Also offering information on emerging technologies that may offer higher performance in the future, Reglazing Modernism won APT’s 2021 Lee Nelson Book Award, presented every three years to the best book-length work on preservation technology.

Bringing Indoors and Outdoors Together through Mid-Century Design

Built in 1963 as a spec house by theater stage set designer Ralph Alswang in a new style he called “carpenter modern,” Blau House is a Modern home that reflects the legacy of Westport, Connecticut’s Mid-20th century era. When the Blau’s bought the house the following year, they began work on a surrounding garden, lush with a unique combination of shade trees, rhododendrons and a blend of native and exotic plants that contrasted neighbors’ highly manicured grassy lawns. Now an integrated indoor-outdoor property, the Blau House and Gardens combines clean lines with a fusion of organic and manmade materials, and large modern windows to frame views and open up to nature.

On Friday, August 5th, AYON Studio principal Angel Ayón joined other architects and preservationists for a tour and roundtable to envision the house and gardens as one, and save them as a new cultural and horticultural destination. Organized by the Blau House & Gardens, the round table discussed ways to save the Blau property from demolition and development and how it can be transformed into a community resource for educational programming.

The Blau House and Gardens, Inc, (BHG) is a non-profit public charity highlighting mid-20th century modern design through horticulture, arts, and culture. The charity aims to establish the house and gardens for community use. The Blau tour and roundtable aim to create awareness of the property while discussing the value of Mid-century Modern homes and sites.

Touring the Heights this Saturday!

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If you’re in the New York City area this weekend, come join AYON Studio principal and founder Angel Ayón, as he walks around Washington Heights sharing stories about its history and various points of interest. Hosted by the Historic Districts Council, the tour is based on his talk earlier this spring with Samson Jacobson, location manager for 2021’s hit movie musical In The Heights.

The tour will be held at 11 am on Saturday, June 25, and will explore this neighborhood’s buildings and public spaces, offering a unique experience of Caribbean culture. Home to one of the largest concentrations of Puerto Rican and Dominican communities outside of the islands, Washington Heights is celebrated for its unmatched vitality and strong connection to the vibrant Caribbean culture and music that has flourished there.

AYON Studio is currently working on several projects in the neighborhood, including properties at Saint Nicholas Place; on Broadway; at South Pinehurst and Pinehurst Avenues; on Bennet Avenue; at Saint Nicholas Avenue; and at Haven Street.

The tour is $15 for HDC Friends and Seniors, $25 General Admission. Register here!