Two of our projects are in the running for AIA Brooklyn and Queens People’s Choice Award! Please visit their site to cast your vote for the new Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center in Brooklyn and Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center in the Bronx.
Brooklyn Public Library hosted the official groundbreaking ceremony for Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center on Monday, October 23rd. In addition to Brooklyn Public Library’s President and project team, New York City and State officials, and representatives from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund, we were also joined by students from P.S. 34 Green Stem club. See more photos from the event on our Facebook page or read more about the ceremony in the articles listed below:
Demolition of Brooklyn Public Library’s Greenpoint Library is complete! The official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center will take place on October 23rd at 3pm.
Join us this Monday at 107 Norman Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn to celebrate the beginning of construction with Brooklyn Public Library, Assemblyman Joe Lentol, and representatives from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center received a Design Award from the City of New York. All winners will be honored tonight at the 35th Annual Awards for Excellence by Mayor Bill de Blasio. Read the official press release here.
The new Greenpoint Library for Brooklyn Public Library replaces an existing, outdated one-story library, providing significantly enlarged indoor and outdoor space to house everyday library use and programming for the exploration of the environment. The project is expected to open in 2018. See all the updated renderings and plans on our website here.
Karen will be participating in the panel discussion “Where are Libraries Headed?” presented by Brooklyn Public Library and the Architectural League of New York at the Brooklyn Book Festival.
The event is this Sunday, 11am, at the Brooklyn Historical Society. It is free and open to the public, so we hope to see you there!
Thanks, The Brooklyn Paper, for highlighting the event!
Event details can be found here.