Materials for the Arts

33-22 Northern Boulevard | also 32-22 Northern Boulevard, 33-00 Northern Boulevard, 32-20 Northern Boulevard | Sunnyside Yards | built 1915

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2000
Materials for the Arts is running its free reuse warehouse in Long Island City by the early 2000s
By the early 2000s Materials for the Arts was running a Long Island City warehouse of 35,000 square feet, handing donated goods free of charge to arts groups, public schools and nonprofits. The program began in 1978, when city cultural worker and artist Angela Fremont used a radio appeal to find a refrigerator for medicine at the Central Park Children's Zoo. Donations have included Victoria's Secret bra straps, 50,000 buttons and 87 lamps from the Smurfs movie.
Source: atlasobscura.com
2015
Sony gives 166 tons of office furnishings to Materials for the Arts
When Sony moved its headquarters in 2015, it handed Materials for the Arts 166 tons of furniture, office supplies, lighting gear and office plants for the Long Island City warehouse to pass on. The New York Times once likened the warehouse to a Kmart as reimagined by Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
Source: atlasobscura.com
2016
Materials for the Arts keeps 1.9 million pounds of goods out of landfills in one year
In 2016 the reuse center diverted 1.9 million pounds of usable goods from landfills, redistributing them free to museums, theaters, galleries, schools, teaching artists and social service groups. The items given away that year were worth more than $10 million in total.
Source: atlasobscura.com

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