A rendering of the facade of the new UrbanGlass, which is scheduled to reopen with a totally renovated facility in 2013.
At 9:30 this morning, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined city officials and UrbanGlass executive director Dawn Bennett and vice chair Carol Yorke for a ceremonial groundbreaking event to mark the start of construction of a new facility to house the Brooklyn, New York, non-profit open-access glass center. A formal ceremony at a nearby dance nonprofit brought together city officials with representatives of the area’s nonprofits, which will be getting higher visibility in this downtown Brooklyn neighborhood thanks to the UrbanGlass reNEWal Project designed by architect Thomas Leeser. Continue reading
