Closing Bell: New Park for Navy Yard
The Brooklyn Navy Yard has a new artist-designed park. Located across from an old WWII machine shop, the new space comprises three tables and ten benches made of recycled ship parts; even the barbecue lid was crafted by sculptor Michelle Greene from an old transmitter box. You can view more designs here.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard has a new artist-designed park. Located across from an old WWII machine shop, the new space comprises three tables and ten benches made of recycled ship parts; even the barbecue lid was crafted by sculptor Michelle Greene from an old transmitter box. You can view more designs here.
Denton, there is at least one little ray of hope. Was just reading today about a study of the garment district that just came out from the nonprofit Design Trust for Public Space. They are optimistic that NYC garment manufacturing will increase over the next few years. They say that small companies producing fewer than 5,000 units of a garment retailing between $100 and $300 find it cheaper to manufacture in NYC. As shipping costs increase because of the cost of fuel, more companies will increase their local production.
Awesome! Beats pretend jails.
The Navy Yard is a big place! Where is this park? Googlemaps link?
I think the whole business plan of the Navy Yard is that it offers a fenced-in enclave. The gates keep our the Clinton Hill and Vinegar Hill riff-raff. This is THE selling point of the Yard. Interesting to note that Steiner Studio, which is the Yard’s largest tenant/client has its own set of gates within the outer gates. How do you like that? Now that’s exclusivity! The whole place is bizarre. A gated community to keep the unwashed away from the small-time industrial tenants and an extra gate to keep the small-time industrial clients from the movie people.
“Man you are a downer. The Navy Yard has not been a working navy yard in over 40 years. ”
So that makes it OK.
However, GMD Shipyard still does some work there.
http://www.bayonnedrydock.com/gmd.html
OK, so when I pull up to the gate I say “Minard’s studio” to get me in?
The guards are suspicious of people arriving on foot. It is a drive-in kind of place.
No pedestrian shmuts in the Navy Yard please.
“Nomi, will “I’m visiting Nomi’s studio” get me in?”
Ha, no. You have to give the name of the business your going to. I don’t officially have a studio there.
Thanks, Nomi. It’s an interesting place for sure. Just sucks that in order to see all the green goodies, you need to go on an official tour (which I recommend!)