Resource: Build It Green for Recycled Materials

After reading about building material recycler Build It Green NYC on Apartment Therapy a couple of weeks ago, we swung by its Long Island City warehouse to check it out. Yesterday’s post on the Services blog reminded us that we hadn’t written it up yesterday. When we visited, Justin was still overseeing the build-out of the vast space and the inventory level was modest. We’d say only about 20% of what they had on hand at the time had any historic charm, but we were still able to walk away with an old arched, paned window for $10. There were some old doors we liked and several old radiators for $20 a pop too. There’s already plenty of standard, charmless stuff like doors, windows, cabinets, etc for very cheap. Bottom line: BIG is still ramping up its operations, but it is still well worth the visit at this point. We hope it will become an invaluable resource in a city where most “salvage” shops are increasingly unaffordable.
Build It Green [Website]
Cheap Building Materials [Brownstoner Services]
Build It Green! NYC [Apartment Therapy]