cathedral of junk (austin)

neighborhood: south austin | space type: silliness | active since: 1988 | link: facebook This is my first “honorary Brooklyn” post. I just came back from a trip to Austin with my sister & cousin, and although there were a …

running rebel studios (formerly semi-legit)

neighborhood: bushwick | space type: commercial space | active since: 2010 | links: running rebel (website, facebook); proliferation publishing (website, facebook) One of the reasons I started this project is that I was alarmed at how fleeting so much of the …

greenroom brooklyn

neighborhood: bushwick | space type: apartment & party space | active since: 2010 | links: website, facebook, twitter Self-described as “Brooklyn’s underground launchpad for performing artists,” Greenroom Brooklyn is run by violinist and dancer Johnny Arco, with help from Ryan …

film biz recycling

space type: nonprofit | neighborhood: gowanus | active since: 2009 | links: website, blog, facebook, twitter One of my favorite things about this project is how often it surprises me. And holy shit was it a surprise walking into Film …

werdink / ninja pyrate

neighborhood: east williamsburg | space type: screenprinting \ events | active since: 2010 links (werdink): site, blog, myspace, facebook | link (ninja pyrate): facebook contact (werdink): contact@werdink.com; 917.204.2976 | contact (ninja pyrate): ninjapyrates@gmail.com Even though I live about ten minutes away from …

hive nyc

neighborhood: bushwick | space type: art collective | active since: 2011 | links: website, facebook, twitter During this year’s Bushwick Open Studios, I had an ambitious roster of spaces to hit, and by a fortuitous chance, one of those was …

about

Hey, I’m Oriana, and I love Brooklyn. I love the creativity, the drive, the bizarre and beautiful ideas, the thrilling unique energy of the people who live here. This project tracks Brooklyn space by space, in the words of the …

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 toward assuaging …

idiotarod

neighborhood: all over | active since: 2003 | space type: silliness | links: website, wikipedia This post is a cheat, I know. The Idiotarod is not a space, and it’s not even always (or only) in Brooklyn. But it is …