1. Rooms to Grow.
- Author
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LENTZ, LINDA C.
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CONSTRUCTION projects , *CURVED beams , *FACILITY management , *TILE flooring , *PUBLIC spaces , *SLIDING doors , *PRESCHOOL children , *WAREHOUSES - Abstract
BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,045 INTERIORS MEEKER AVENUE, in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York, would not spring to mind as an ideal location for a preschool, though it cuts through a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood. Chief among them, says Barker, was the way the beams, columns, and pipes of the residential building thread through the space in the lower one, compromising ceiling heights. Yet in 2019, when educator Nicole Jubran saw that a dilapidated construction-supply warehouse would soon be vacated there, she realized its potential for the early-childhood facility she planned to open. [Extracted from the article]
- Published
- 2022