Marble Fairbanks is currently featured in the The New York Times article, “Building Public Places for a Covid World.” Excerpts from Karen’s interview on the important role libraries play in fostering and supporting community are included and the Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center is touted as a, “place that helps us thrive.” Glen Oaks Library and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are also featured as spaces that engage and activate community.
We are working with the GSA and the Northeast Region of the National Park Service (NPS) on a macro-level diagnostic study for regional museum storage solutions. The final report at the end of 2020 will provide recommendations for the 76 park units in the region that, “manage, preserve, protect, exhibit, and store more than 36 million museum objects and archival items.” Our team is currently in the process of engaging with Curators, Superintendents and Facilities managers on site visits spanning the 13 states in the region.
We are wrapping up construction at Lawrence University in Wisconsin to renovate the second floor of the main campus library. The university is relocating their student services center, the Center for Academic Success, into the library to encourage engagement with the valuable educational resources and academic advisors.
Construction is wrapping up in East Midwood, Brooklyn to transform a former elementary school into the newest high school in the Urban Dove Team Charter School network. UD serves under-credited students failing out of the NYC School system by re-engaging them through a sports based curriculum that incorporates team building and youth development into academics to help students develop the skills they need to graduate, go to college and be successful in their careers.
Plaza and site work is complete at the Brooklyn Public Library’s newest branch: The Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center. When opened to the public, the library will provide over 15,000 square feet of space for patrons as well as additional landscaped, outdoor space on three levels.