broken angel

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neighborhood: clinton hill | space type: living space, maker | active since: 1979 | links: facebook, flickr

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time’s up

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neighborhood: williamsburg | space type: community space, skillshare, activism | active since: 1987 | links: websitewikipediafacebooktwitter, flickr

Environmental-activism nonprofit Time’s Up is actually one of the very first spaces I profiled…

dead herring

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space type: apartment & music | neighborhood: williamsburg | active: 2007–2013 | links: myspace, facebook, twitter

I’ve been wanting to profile Dead Herring—an apartment that…

no-space

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space type: activism | neighborhood: greenpoint | active since: 2011 | links: website, facebooktwitter

No-Space is the current workshop for Not An Alternative, an art-and-activism…

wondering around wandering

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space type: pop-up gallery | neighborhood: crown heights | active since: 2012 | links: website

Wondering Around Wandering is a huge, vibrant pop-up art gallery in a former iron-working factory in…

body actualized center

cosmic yoga

neighborhood: bushwick | space type: community space, yoga studio | active since: 2011 | links: website, facebook, twitter

Body Actualized Center for Cosmic Living is…

clockworks puppet studio

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space type: theatre | neighborhood: red hook | active since: 2011 | links: website, blog

The Clockworks Puppet Theatre is in trouble. If they don’t receive a miracle…

the illuminator

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space type: maker, activism | neighborhood: ft. greene & all over | active since: 2012 | links: website, facebook, twitter

For many involved in the…

pickett furniture (pier 41 workshop)

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space type: coworking maker space | neighborhood: red hook | active since: 2010 | links: website, facebook, twitter, tumblr

Pickett Furniture is…

bushwick city farms

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space type: community farm | neighborhood: bushwick | active since: 2008 | links: website, facebook, twitter

The first thing my sister Laurel told me about…