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Glass Menagerie: Swallow, on Smith Street in Carroll Gardens.

One of the best ways to explore a city is to get into its iconic buildings. That’s why we’re making plans for this weekend’s Open House New York. The event (inspired by the sister event in London that happened a few weeks ago) is a chance to tour offices, studios, municipal structures and other architectural sites around the city—many of which are normally closed to the public. Best part: It’s all free. Click over to our Facebook for a sneak peek. 

Photo: Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant; Greenpoint, Brooklyn
©Jeff Goldberg/Esto for Ennead Architects

If Miss Havisham were reborn as a Brooklyn hipster, she’d likely ditch her wedding dress and slip into Prabal Gurung’s fall clothes: The hot young designer’s long, layered skirts and crinkly silk faille frocks are inspired both by the Dickensian spinster and a certain sort of outerborough girl when she’s dressed up to go out. Read more about the designer and his insider guide to Brooklyn.