We say goodbye today to the Brooklyn Record. This morning Brownstoner publisher Jonathan Butler announced in a post that he was closing the Record, which was about a year old, and folding some of its content into Brownstoner. We’re sorry that Brooklyn is losing the Record, as we can use all the voices getting out as much information about Brooklyn stories to as many people as possible. Mr. Brownstoner wrote, in part:
Going forward, some of the things we’ve been putting in the Brooklyn Record basket in recent months—like storefront openings and closings and the more human-interest side of real estate, for example—will find a home under the Brownstoner umbrella. Other topics, like kick-boxing classes and indie rock concerts aren’t going to make the cut.
The good news is that Brownstoner will be growing.
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1 dalton // Jun 1, 2007 at 5:16 pm
I hate to say it, but I never quite got into the Brooklyn Record. I kept it in my blogroll, and checked it every morning, but I always felt a little disappointed when I was done…like there should be more but there wasn’t.
I think typing “11231” (or whatever your zipcode) does pretty much the same thing. I think Brownstoner made the right choice.
2 Anonymous // Jun 1, 2007 at 6:47 pm
FYI- another Closing- yet another orignal Burg 1995 art/music/theater and bar pushed out b/c of a massive rent increase!!! Guess the white WS yuppies will push out anything of cultural merit that was born in the Burg. Time for the rest of the pre condo boom artists to get the hell out….Burg is gonna be Mall…The death of the srtists and creatives in NYC…NYC/Bloomberg is very short sighted…
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Galapagos Art Space will open in DUMBO in the spring or early summer of 2008.
We’ll continue our full schedule in Williamsburg through the weekend of June 17th and then operate mostly on weekends and for special events through the summer.
Why?
We love Williamsburg, we were born here in 1995, but we simply can’t afford to remain in Williamsburg and produce the work that we feel is our most valuable contribution to the cultural ecosystem of New York City.
In December 2005 our rent went up by $10,000.00 a month.
Now, in order to extend our lease past November, our landlord requires a 30%
increase in rent.
As a venue, our core responsibility is to create audiences for the artists we present and help expand the cultural environment for the benefit of the community we live in.
In DUMBO we’ll be able to present the theater, dance, performance art, music, cinema, lectures / literary events, and the non profit fundraising that we believe is our core mission and the most important contribution we can make to our community.
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3 Brownstoner // Jun 2, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Dalton,
That was actually how we felt. We didn’t have the resources to make it what it could have/should have been and there was no point in continuing the status quo, especially when it was costing us a couple grand a month to do so.
Brownstoner