New Home of St. Ann’s Warehouse at Tobacco Warehouse Breaks Ground Today

Photo Credit: Edward Reed

Photo Credit: Edward Reed

Mayor Michael Bloomberg today broke ground on the new home of St. Ann’s Warehouse at Tobacco Warehouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The Mayor was joined by Brooklyn Bridge Park President Regina Myer, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, St. Ann’s Warehouse Executive Director Susan Feldman, Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin and Parks and Recreation Commissioner Veronica M. White. The selection of the developer and plans were announced in September 2013.

“Today is another big day for Brooklyn Bridge Park – and the beginning of a great new chapter in the history of the Tobacco Warehouse and the St. Ann’s Warehouse performing arts institution,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “The renovated Warehouse will house a multi-use space for artists, schools, and community groups and will be a wonderful addition to New York’s proud tradition of arts and culture in our public parks.”

Image from Marvel Architects

Image from Marvel Architects

St. Ann’s Warehouse is currently at 29 Jay Street until the construction of the new space is completed in the Fall of 2015. The Mayor’s press release states, “In its current, roofless state, the Tobacco Warehouse assumes a trapezoidal footprint made up of a rectangle and an adjacent triangle. With St. Ann’s Warehouse, Marvel Architects PLLC has designed an 18,000-square-foot enclosed building with a flexible performance space the size and signature style of St. Ann’s previous warehouse theaters; a second, 1,000-square-foot multi-use community space for local artists, educational and community groups; artists’ support spaces; offices, and a waterside lobby with many archways and access points to Brooklyn Bridge Park. The original brick walls are to be preserved and visible throughout the foyers, theater and Community Room. The 7,600-square-foot triangle space will be left open-air, and is imagined as a walled birch tree grove, to be landscaped by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and open to the public, through its many open arches, during Park hours. The original walls for the Triangle Garden will be experienced first-hand by park visitors seeking shelter from the wind or shade from the sun. It may also serve as an entranceway for the theater and Community Room from New Dock Street.”

Other park developments will also break ground in early 2014, including the Main Street section of the park and John Street condo develpment and parkland.

Full press release from the Mayor’s Office: nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/353-13/mayor-bloomberg-breaks-ground-new-home-st-ann-s-warehouse-brooklyn-bridge-park

More about the future St. Ann’s Warehouse here: stannswarehouse.org/tobacco_warehouse.php

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