Tag Archives: mckibben lofts

dead herring

23 Jan Filed under closed, communal living, living space, music, performance, underground, williamsburg. 10 Comments.

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

For most of its run, Dead Herring—an apartment that sometimes doubled as a DIY music and occasional theatre space was fairly averse …

fort useless

30 May Filed under bushwick, music, performance. 4 Comments.

neighborhood: bushwick | space type: music & events | active since: 2009 | links: website, facebook, twitter

In a dense (and getting denser!) corner of Bushwick, Fort Useless, a DIY show space housed in what used to be …

the schoolhouse

4 Sep Filed under art collective, bushwick, communal living, historic, living space. 17 Comments.

neighborhood: bushwick | space type: art collective | active since: 1996 | links: facebook


According to The Bushwiki, PS 52 was built in 1883 and served as an arts-intensive elementary school until 1945, when it was sold for use …

gowanus ballroom

12 May Filed under art gallery, gowanus, historic, makers, parties, performance, underground. 23 Comments.

neighborhood: gowanus | space type: art & events | active since: 2010 | links: website, facebook

Gowanus Ballrooom is one of my very favorite spaces, one I can’t help updating and re-writing about again and again. (In fact, check …

trees not trash

20 Jan Filed under activism, bushwick, community space, east williamsburg. 24 Comments.

photos by Maximus Comissar

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 …