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fivemyles
[I’m counting down to the release of the Brooklyn Spaces book by doing one mini-post per day, sharing teasers of some of the places you’ll find in it.] neighborhood: crown heights | space type: gallery | active since: 1999 | …
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mister rogers
[I’m counting down to the release of the Brooklyn Spaces book by doing one mini-post per day, sharing teasers of some of the places you’ll find in it.] neighborhood: crown heights | space type: performance venue & coworking | active …
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pioneer works
space type: nonprofit, skillshare, gallery | neighborhood: red hook | active since: 2012 | links: website, facebook, twitter, wikipedia Pioneer Works is huge. It’s around 27,000 square feet with 40-foot ceilings, which is just truly, absolutely …
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silent barn redux
neighborhood: ridgewood | space type: music, art, events | active since: 2013 | links: website, facebook, twitter By now everyone probably knows the storied history of the Silent Barn. The band Skeletons started the DIY venue in their …
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time’s up
neighborhood: williamsburg | space type: community space, skillshare, activism | active since: 1987 | links: website, wikipedia, facebook, twitter, flickr Environmental-activism nonprofit Time’s Up is actually one of the very first spaces I profiled when I …
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body actualized center
neighborhood: bushwick | space type: community space, yoga studio | active since: 2011 | links: website, facebook, twitter Body Actualized Center for Cosmic Living is a new space in Bushwick that has quickly gained a lot of acclaim. …
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bushwick city farms
space type: community farm | neighborhood: bushwick | active since: 2008 | links: website, facebook, twitter The first thing my sister Laurel told me about Bushwick City Farms was that being a volunteer there went a tremendous way …
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jerkhaus
neighborhood: sunset park | space type: music & living space | active: 2004–2011 | links: none (sorry!) The Jerkhaus is an incredibly lived-in communal-housing and punk-show space. They’ve had almost sixty roommates over the seven years the house has been …
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trees not trash
neighborhood: East Williamsburg / Bushwick | space type: community space; guerilla garden | active since: 2004 | link: website, facebook Who says a space has to be enclosed by four walls, or even have a roof? Trees Not Trash…
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the brooklyn free store
neighborhood: bed-stuy | space type: community space | active: 2009–2011 | links: facebook, twitter, tumblr update: I am really sad to add an update on the closing of this terrific space. In March of 2011, the Brooklyn Free …
