Leslie Koch, founder of Downtown Traveler, paid Openhouse a visit during Park Here, the public park pop up that ran in early 2011. “Still,” she writes, “the Openhouse pop-up park is one of the few places in Manhattan where you can hang out for an entire day without buying anything.” Read Koch’s full story in the Huffington Post and visit Downtown Traveler for New York City events and info.

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