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August 17, 2010
Kickstarter: Free Candy
The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill]
by Alexander Abad-Santos
Todd Triplett has 45 days to raise $16,560 more to bring Free Candy, a multi-use art space, to Clinton Hill.
Mr. Triplett, 34, who holds a master’s from Pratt, originally planned to open a music and arts space in Fort Greene in 2007 but was served a notice of eminent domain by the city just weeks before opening to make way for a housing tower and dance space as part of the BAM Cultural District. That project was put on hold because of the downturn in the housing market.
Mr. Triplett has found a new space, and he hopes he’ll achieve his dream with the help of community donations through Kickstarter. Mr. Triplett is still keeping the venue’s location secret, but so far he’s raised $3,440 of his $20,000 goal, which comes with an October 1st deadline. If he raises the funds, Triplett hopes to have Free Candy running by the end of the year.
The Local recently spoke with Mr. Triplett about his project. Here’s the condensed interview:
...Between 2005 and 2007 I was building a space called the Amber Arts Music Space. It was in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, about a block away from BAM on Ashland and Fulton. We were about four weeks from opening and we had gotten all our various licenses, and we were just putting the finishing touches on the building. We received a letter from eminent domain from the city; basically saying they were replacing the building with a condominium and ironically, an arts space at the base of the condominium.
So we fought and eventually let it go. The building actually still stands like the day we left it. That was basically three years ago.
Click here to help back Mr. Triplett's project.
Posted by eric at August 17, 2010 2:04 PM