Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center
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- Title
- Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center
- Description
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1995 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence - Silver Medal
The Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center (GMDC) in Brooklyn, New York, is an arts and industry complex with incubator and studio space for artisan businesses. The center was created and is managed by a collective of woodworking manufacturers, crafts people, and artisans who formed the collective to purchase their building—a historic mill in Greenpoint—and save the complex when ownership of the building was transferred to the city.
GMDC preserved the historic building and transformed it into a thriving artist and artisan network where expertise, equipment, and supplies are shared and sold. The renovation established space for incubator workshops and studios with easy access to downtown markets. The space protects 21 businesses, creates jobs, and provides support services and workspace for small artisan businesses. GMDC offers an unusual but highly successful model for small-scale, urban industrial cooperatives. It has since expanded to rehabilitate six other manufacturing buildings to create similar spaces for artisans and manufacturing entrepreneurs. - Coverage
- New York, NY
- Date
- 1998
- Subject
- adaptive reuse
- historic preservation
- artists' studios
- small-scale manufacturing
- business incubators
- Contributor
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New York City Economic Development Corporation
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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New York State Urban Development Corporation
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center
- Contributor
- en Developer
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Kiss Cathcart Anders Architects
- Contributor
- en Architect
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Hirsch/Danois
- Contributor
- en Landscape Architect
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North Brooklyn Development Corporation
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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Economic Development Assistance Consortium
- Contributor
- en Community Group
- Rights
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