Greenpoint
ADD THIS This year, we’re happy to welcome and sponsor the highly-awaited second year of Bring To Light on October 1st. This free nighttime festival will be hosted along Greenpoint’s industrial waterfront amidst the Manhattan skyline, transforming these public spaces into places of art and wonder. Studio D of our warehouse will be graced by performances of [...]
Hello, Bring To Light! Nuit Blanche New York 2011
It’s officially Earth Day today, so we wanted to join in the chorus of those who want to celebrate, preserve, and protect our planet. Last week, we mentioned an Sat. event going on near our Greenpoint home, but there are plenty of events going on all over the city.
Happy Earth Day
There are only a few days until Earth Day 2011, and we just wanted to remind our neighbors about the GO GREEN! GREENPOINT! Earth Day Festival. The event, hosted by Town Square, Inc is going to be held on Saturday, April 30, 2011 from 12pm-4pm at McCarren Park
Celebrate Earth Day in Brooklyn
Attorney General (and Governor-elect) Andrew Cuomo announced Wed. that Exxon Mobil reached a settlement agreement regarding clean up of the Greenpoint Oil Spill. Now that Exxon Mobil has finally been made to answer for their actions in more than just obfuscating, dragging their feet, and sending out the occasional press release, the work to repair the damage to our small corner of this ecosystem can begin.
A victory for Brooklyn, Queens, & Mother Earth
When you enter the warehouse at From the Source, you are surrounded by furniture designs 10 years in the making. On the further side of time, you are inside a building that was once a rope mill when the ship-building industry dominated the Brooklyn waterfront from 1820, with the construction of The Ohio, to 1965, when the USS Duluth was launched, according to http://www.brooklynnavyyard.org/