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May 18, 2011
‘The Gugg’ Comes to Downtown
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
by Linda Collins
"The Gugg?"
The Eagle has learned that the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is bringing a temporary exhibit to a storefront space in Downtown Brooklyn.
Tim King, a principal of CPEX Real Estate, and MaryAnne Gilmartin, executive vice president at Forest City Ratner, worked together to provide a free venue for the exhibit — in the former home of Sid’s Hardware at 345 Jay St., also known as 1 MetroTech.
King, who received the call from the Guggenheim’s curator several weeks ago, said the request for a site came with “a wish list of requirements, including free space.” He contacted Gilmartin, who he described as “very enthusiastic,” then showed the space and put the curator in touch with Forest City — all pro bono.
...The exhibit, titled “Stillspotting NYC,” will be ongoing but will have its inaugural edition in Downtown Brooklyn, according to David van der Leer, assistant curator of Architecture and Urban Studies. “We looked at many places around the borough — from Williamsburg, Bushwick, Crown Heights to DUMBO — and found our favorite place for the first edition of ‘Stillspotting NYC’ in Downtown Brooklyn,” wrote van der Leer in a published statement. “To many it is a place of work or transit, but so few people realize it can also be an incredible resource for stillness that will be transformed over the coming years.
NoLandGrab: The "stillness" that "the Gugg" sees is a product of the Metrotech dead zone that Bruce Ratner has created in downtown Brooklyn.
Posted by eric at May 18, 2011 10:10 AM