The environmentally friendly new structure, designed by architect Paul Castrucci, will include a computer lab, print shop, and a zine library, among other amenities. (Find more details here.) The city is contributing $21 million to the project through the Department of Cultural Affairs.
ABC Rio's previous four-story building on this lot, which was said to be in disrepair, was demolished in the spring of 2017, putting ABC No Rio's programming into "exile" at other arts organizations around the city.
The first hardcore/punk matinee in several years occurs on March 23 in Ridgewood.
According to a recent ABC No Rio Instagram post, the new building's estimated completion date is early summer of 2026.
ABC No Rio's longtime director, Steve Englander, passed away in December.
4 comments:
...i miss (Steve!) ABCnoRIO...i am looking forward to the new space!
21 Million tax dollars for this rebuild with youth homelessness at an all time high seems not good and why was none added here ? NO HOUSING NO PEACE !!! in case the NO RIO board forgot one of the prime reasons ABC NO RIO happened in the first place ?
Sorry Steven won't get to see it
We don't need more housing. City is already overbuilt and unlivable. Cramming more people into it is not going to help. There is such a thing as limits to "growrh".
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