St. Ann's Warehouse (Tobacco Warehouse)
45 Water Street | DUMBO | built 1900
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- 1890
The Tobacco Inspection Warehouse handles ninety percent of Brooklyn's tobacco trade
The Fulton Ferry Historic District report describes the Tobacco Inspection Warehouse on the Water Street waterfront. In the 1850s the site held frame buildings, a marble yard and a lumber yard, and the warehouse replaced them. Tobacco was stored there, and customs officers also inspected imported tobacco in the building. By the 1890s about ninety percent of Brooklyn's tobacco trade went through it.
“The warehouse was used for storage of tobacco and was also the customs inspection center for tobacco imports. By the 1890s, ninety percent of Brooklyn's tobacco trade was carried on here.”
- 2011
A court rules the Tobacco Warehouse and Empire Stores sit on federal parkland, and St. Ann's loses its suit
Local preservationists and community groups brought a case in 2011, and the court held that the roofless Tobacco Warehouse and the nearby Empire Stores stood on federal parkland, which made private development illegal. St. Ann's Warehouse lost the suit, as a judge ruled the area was indeed a public park. The theater company then reached an agreement with Brooklyn Bridge Park and the preservationists, which needed state legislation, National Park Service approval and a community planning process.
Source: brownstoner.com
- 2015
St. Ann's Warehouse cuts the ribbon on its $31.6 million theater in the Tobacco Warehouse
In October 2015 St. Ann's Warehouse opened its new home in the 1850s Tobacco Warehouse at 45 Water Street, in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The renovation cost $31.6 million and gave the 25,000-square-foot space a roof, real floors and soundproof doors, and the designers kept the original brick walls. It is the company's first air-conditioned venue. The project had taken eight years from idea to ribbon cutting.
Source: brownstoner.com
- 2016
Marvel Architects' conversion of the Tobacco Warehouse wins an AIA New York design award
The Tobacco Warehouse conversion for St. Ann's Warehouse was designed by Marvel Architects and opened in the fall of 2015. In 2016 the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter gave the structure a Design Award.
“The new St. Ann's Warehouse opened its doors in Fall 2015. The Marvel Architects-designed structure won a 2016 American Institute of Architects New York Chapter Design Award.”
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- St. Ann's WarehouseWikipedia
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