by Emma Davey A years-in-the-making “campus for creatives” has now opened in Greenpoint, Curbed reports.
The Lighthouse took over the former Kickstarter building at 58 Kent Street. The new location joins the Lighthouse’s original location in Venice, California.
Plebeians, beware, as a yearly membership will cost you at least $5,750 for individuals and can run up to $7,500 for 24-hour office access. All that dough gets you myriad amenities: podcast and recording studios, a cafe, a communal…
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Wish them luck. I just heard Achilles Heel, the trendy bar on west St by the river is closing after 13 yrs.
So lame that this digital ‘work’ requires this giant space and actual creators of things have nowhere to rent anymore.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but it appears the new (very wealthy/ mostly waterfront arrivals) in this neighborhood have (inadvertently) gutted Greenpoint of its long cherished local businesses (via rent increases, a list too long to mention), torn up and covered our parks in pet waste, added very little but overpriced Instagram traps/nail salons/veterinary clinics.. And they don’t seem to have any connection to improving this place (outside of their own glass boxes). Overpriced transitory/vapid/clinical spaces devoid of character or meaning are what they appear to be supplanting here. And yes, I’m aware there was a time people complained about bars, coffee shops, and record stores.. this place is losing it’s soul.