Brooklyn’s New DeKalb Market is Made from 22 Salvaged Shipping Containers


This weekend Inhabitat rushed to the opening weekend of Brooklyn’s DeKalb Market, a joint venture between specialty market developers Urban Space and designers Youngwoo and Associates. We’ve been anxiously awaiting the opening of the market, which is built from discarded shipping containers…since March. It has brought together local entrepreneurs into not just a market, but an outdoor community center that showcases Brooklyn’s current economy and culture, while hinting at its heritage as a major manufacturing center and commercial port. 

Read more: inhabitat, 25.07.11.

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IBM Sustainable Cities - Examples

Community Preservation Corporation: When housing is more than shelter In Brooklyn, a vacant three-story walk-up is converted into six condominium units. In Syracuse, New York, the Little Italy section thrives again as a destination with restaurants, stores and residential apartments. In Newark, New Jersey, almost 400 low-income housing opportunities add momentum to its renaissance as a business and arts city. These are just three examples of how the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC), an IBM client, is helping to revitalize neighborhoods through a holistic, pragmatic combination of financing, technical expertise and public incentives.

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