{"id":3447,"date":"2016-12-02T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/maker-park\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T07:56:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:56:22","slug":"maker-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/practice\/materials\/maker-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Maker Park: Reimagining North Brooklyn\u2019s Waterfront as a Vibrant Creative Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As New York City planners and developers continue to develop the long-neglected waterfronts along the East River, a new proposal begins to take shape. In North Brooklyn, the former industrial site that was home to the Astral Oil Works refinery has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayorsOffice\/status\/801078013223899136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">finally been secured<\/a> by the city after a contested battle to purchase the last piece of land from a private owner.<\/p>\n<p>The Bushwick Inlet Park is a 28-acre site that straddles a small river inlet and sits directly adjacent to Brooklyn\u2019s Greenpoint neighborhood. The City of New York has promised to convert the former refinery, which contains 10 oil tanks and a concrete structure, into a park for local Greenpoint and Williamsburg residents to have a greatly anticipated expanse of green space. A neighborhood organization <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bushwickinletpark.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park<\/a> has formed since the city acquired the first parcel of land to make sure the wishes and needs of the city are heard throughout its development process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629361730Aerial_View_Tanks.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629361730Aerial_View_Tanks.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629361730Aerial_View_Tanks.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629361730Aerial_View_Tanks.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629361730Aerial_View_Tanks.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629361730Aerial_View_Tanks.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>Aerial rendering of Maker Park<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Just as the full plot of land has been acquired, a new proposal, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maker-park.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maker Park<\/a>, emerges from a team assembled by a group of advocates, designers and planners, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Municipal Arts Society<\/a>, architecture firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiov.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Studio V<\/a> and landscape firm <a href=\"http:\/\/kensmithworkshop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Smith Workshop<\/a>, among others. The team envisions an alternative proposal to the projected plans first released by the city in 2007, which has promised to demolish the existing oil tanks and structure to create as much green space as possible on the site. Alternatively, the Maker Park team is advocating for the repurposing of these structures to create a dedicated community maker center and a series of play and installation spaces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current plan is to demolish [the tanks], and what we would like to propose is to keep them and do something incredible with them, breathe new life into them and thereby preserve not only the history of the site, but also the amazing creative culture around the neighborhood,\u201d says Karen Zabarsky in an interview with Architizer. Zabarsky is one of three founding members of the Maker Park project and a creative director at Kushner Companies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629356578maker_park-5.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629356578maker_park-5.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629356578maker_park-5.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629356578maker_park-5.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629356578maker_park-5.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629356578maker_park-5.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\u00a9 Brett Beyer\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Brett Beyer<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<p><i>The current site contains 10 existing oil tanks from the former refinery.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Zabarsky helped to form the Maker Park proposal after she had been put in touch with Zach Waldman, a digital strategist who had been living and working in the building on the Astral Oil Site until he was evicted in 2015. \u201cFor about 10 years prior to 2015, there had been a pretty impressive community of artists and makers and entrepreneurs that had kind of made this building one of the centers of Williamsburg creativity,\u201d says Waldman about the site\u2019s creative history. \u201cWu-Tang Clan recorded there, the Jewish Tinder, called JSwipe, was started there \u2026 This was a kind of a last of its kind community, and it would be a shame to not recognize that in any future plans for the neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Motivated to sustain the creative legacy of the former site and its contributions to the Williamsburg community, Waldman worked with Stacy Anderson of the Municipal Arts Society, who eventually brought Zabarsky into the fold. \u201cThe three of us solidified this idea and vision, and the final step was really taking it from just the three of us with our vision to making it into a real, solid team and a real vision that was backed up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629361712Aerial_View_Great_Lawn.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629361712Aerial_View_Great_Lawn.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629361712Aerial_View_Great_Lawn.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629361712Aerial_View_Great_Lawn.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629361712Aerial_View_Great_Lawn.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629361712Aerial_View_Great_Lawn.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p>\n<p><i>Maker Park proposes an inlet boardwalk and boating program.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This vision to retain the industrial architecture of the existing site goes deeper than its most recent creative history. \u201cWhen this project was conceived of, we didn\u2019t really know a great deal about the history of the site,\u201d says Anderson, \u201cbut it quickly revealed itself that the legacy of the planned site for Maker Park had a very direct link to our vision for this site.\u201d The owner of Astral Oil Works was Charles Pratt, who used the money he made from selling his refinery to Standard Oil in 1874 to subsidize the founding of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, \u201cwhich can be regarded as the original maker space of Brooklyn in that it was founded with the intention of endowing the newfound industrial workforce with the skills and the tools that they needed to thrive in this new economy,\u201d says Anderson. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was really unique about the space was that it was open to all people, irrespective of class and gender. It was a very kind of inclusive institution and very progressive for its time,\u201d she continues. Inspired by the equalizing spirit of this institution, the trio saw potential to make Bushwick Inlet Park not just a green space, but a civic commons, and they felt retaining the historical architecture of the site was the best way to communicate Pratt\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629362380Tank_Rock.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629362380Tank_Rock.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629362380Tank_Rock.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629362380Tank_Rock.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629362380Tank_Rock.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629362380Tank_Rock.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>The project envisions transforming the oil tanks into a series of play spaces, gardens, installations and performance venues.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Eventually the team found a designer in Studio V, a New York\u2013based architecture and design firm led by Jay Valgora that has extensive experience developing New York City\u2019s waterfront as well as in areas such as adaptive reuse and sustainability. Responding to the raft of monumental residential developments that have been popping up on Brooklyn\u2019s waterfront, Valgora saw the chance to do something more personal. \u201cWe see an opportunity at Bushwick Inlet Park to not just strip everything away \u2026 and create just generic solutions that could be anywhere, we want to preserve the unique characteristics of that site and create something that\u2019s really special, that\u2019s all about Greenpoint and that captures that unique character,\u201d he says in our interview.<\/p>\n<p><span helvetica=\"\" neue\",=\"\" helvetica,=\"\" arial,=\"\" sans-serif;=\"\" font-size:=\"\" 16px;=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" 400;\"=\"\">Studio V has subsequently on-boarded a range of practitioners including landscape architects Ken Smith Workshop, environmental attorney Michael Bogin, environmental engineer and remediation specialist Matthew Carroll and lighting designer Suzan Tillotson, who have all committed to develop this project pro bono. \u201cWe thought, i<\/span>n order to make this a real vision \u2014 not just a series of ideas, not just a bunch of pretty drawings \u2014 we would need to work with the kind of people that we work with all the time on waterfront projects,\u201d says Valgora.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629362388Tank_Theatre.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629362388Tank_Theatre.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629362388Tank_Theatre.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629362388Tank_Theatre.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629362388Tank_Theatre.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629362388Tank_Theatre.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Besides assembling a professional team, the architects and founders of Maker Park are committed to integrating the community into the proposal\u2019s planning process. \u201cWe want to create real solutions that take into account all the different conditions, maintain an open process where we\u2019re engaging with all community groups and all city agencies,\u201d says Valgora. Following up on two open design meetings this past spring and summer, the group is hosting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1242107699196331\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">community meeting<\/a> next Tuesday, December 6, to present its first round of renderings for community feedback. \u201cOur biggest mission with this event that we have coming up is to bring as many members of the community as we can possibly attract, and we have all kinds of different outreach strategies for doing that so people can really see the vision, they can meet the team, they can ask us questions,\u201d says Karen.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629352680DSC04711.JPG?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629352680DSC04711.JPG?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629352680DSC04711.JPG?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629352680DSC04711.JPG?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629352680DSC04711.JPG?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480629352680DSC04711.JPG?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>While the group\u2019s proposals to keep the oil tanks on-site have been received with interest, they have also been met with concerns from members of the community who worry about the contamination from the tanks and who feel they will compromise the amount of green space made available. The Maker Park team is hoping the December 6 meeting will quell any fears inspired by the proposal, \u201cWe want to assuage concerns that the community [has] that we would look to preserve these tanks at the expense of public health,\u201d says Anderson. \u201cWe want to also share our vision on a wider scale, show people we aren\u2019t greatly diminishing the amount of green space by keeping these structures, and in fact we\u2019re \u2026 approaching it in a new way.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480630021625Aerial_View_Final_20161128.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480630021625Aerial_View_Final_20161128.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480630021625Aerial_View_Final_20161128.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480630021625Aerial_View_Final_20161128.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480630021625Aerial_View_Final_20161128.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1480630021625Aerial_View_Final_20161128.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The team has a long way to go to secure their project, but they remain steadfast in the strength of its mission and committed to developing the project with the community. Stay tuned for more details on the project\u2019s evolution.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Information on the Maker Park Community Meeting taking place on December 6 can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1242107699196331\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As New York City planners and developers continue to develop the long-neglected waterfronts along the East River, a new proposal begins to take shape. 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