I’m sorry that I didn’t make it to the walk-through of the brand new Center for the Urban Environment on 7th Street between 3rd and 2nd Avenue, which is quite the up and coming street.
Judging by the pictures on Gowanus Lounge, it looks like a very interesting space.
The Center is in the same building as Brooklyn Artist’s Gym and Room 58 (part of the Brooklyn Writer’s Space). And on the same block where the new branch of Union Hall will be.
Quite the hot spot of a block.
Today at 3 p.m. Assemblymember Joan L. Millman presented the Center with a $250,000 check for its new state-of-the-art green building in the Gowanus seciton of Brooklyn. The Center is on schedule to be Brooklyn’s first LEED-certifed building for commercial interiors by the US Green Building Council.
LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
The Center’s Community Grand Opening is scheduled for Saturday, May 10th and will feature public tours of the building, you and family programming, a local tour of the Gowanus neighborhood and a Sustain Business Corner. Founded in 1978, the Center has been involved in urban environmental education in NYC. THey are a leading innovator in the field, with programming that promotes sustanability and a healthy living enviornment.