Soaking Up Some Salvage at the Fest
At Saturday’s Salvage Fest, the sun was shining (a little too hard but we can’t complain), most of the dealers showed up on time and attendees (some of whom came from as far as Chicago) showed up in droves, some with measuring tapes in hand, to see what all the fuss was about. Thanks to…
At Saturday’s Salvage Fest, the sun was shining (a little too hard but we can’t complain), most of the dealers showed up on time and attendees (some of whom came from as far as Chicago) showed up in droves, some with measuring tapes in hand, to see what all the fuss was about. Thanks to everyone who made the effort to come and helped make it a special day for us. (We particulaly enjoyed getting a chance to meet so many readers!) In addition, a special thanks to Principal Wrighton, Amy Oztan from the PTA and Councilwoman James for helping to make the event possible. And, of course, a big shout-out to all the dealers (listed on the jump) who took a chance on a first-time event. It’s safe to say we’ll be doing more of this type of event in the future. Lots of photos in the Flickr set on the link; or view as a slideshow here.
Salvage Fest Photo Set [Flickr]
Silver Fox
Moon River Chattel
Olde Good Things
Demolition Depot
Build It Green
Reclaimed Home
Architectural Salvage News
Eddie’s Salvage
Suzanne’s Salvage
what’s with all the obnoxious, psuedo-intellectual posts about race and class? if you really have ideas about social change, get to it and stop wasting your time on a blog about buildings.
Cmon, I’m black, and I’m sure there were some black and Hispanic and Asian and Middle Eastern folks there as well as some folks representing various classes. This is Brooklyn. Plus, who cares if the thing was “predominantly white?” So is my job! And why should black people consider whether or not the event is predominantly black before deciding to attend? That ain’t going to stop me if I intend to go. And I was gonna go too, except I fell asleep on the sofa.
Dumbest thread ever.
BTW it wasn’t a criticism. It was an observation. I was addressing the problem of talking about large groups of people. I think that most people know that every person is different. If the original person who raised the point of race was not racist he or she could have seen the crowd as people who were interested in restoration. That was the common denominator. Instead he/she did a head count based on race. Why he/she didn’t take a count of male/female, gay/straight… I don’t know. I guess race is his/her struggle.
4:30- you got me. See. You’re right I’m human with the same damn struggles.
Did the event have ethnic, age, gender, sexual orientation, height, income or any other diversity problems in addition to there being a race problem?
“The problem with all these conversations is that it forces even the most rational person to make generalizations.”
All?
Here you are criticizing others for generalizing when in the same breath you’re doing it yourself. Hypocrite.
But then all the white people would stop coming.
So next time bring your black friends.