Kingsland Wildflowers (Broadway Stages)
520 Kingsland Avenue | Greenpoint | built 1971
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- 2015
Four groups apply for a $1 million grant to turn the roof at 520 Kingsland Avenue into a green roof
Alive Structures gathered Broadway Stages, NYC Audubon and the Newtown Creek Alliance in 2015 to seek money from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund. The grant awarded $1 million over three years toward a 24,000-square-foot green roof.
Source: broadway-stages.com
- 2016
Broadway Stages provides its rooftop at 520 Kingsland Avenue and invests $2.5 million in Kingsland Wildflowers
Kingsland Wildflowers was founded in 2016. Broadway Stages provided the roof at 520 Kingsland Avenue and put $2.5 million into building the green roof and paying for its maintenance and educational programs. Alive Structures still maintains the garden.
Source: broadway-stages.com
- 2016
Alive Structures designs a half-acre meadow of native plants on the Broadway Stages soundstage roof
Alive Structures designed the half-acre green roof on top of the Broadway Stages soundstage at 520 Kingsland Avenue. Its plantings include stout blue-eyed grass and northern dropseed, both native grasses, and a host plant for monarch butterflies. The roof diverts rainwater runoff, and bat and bird microphones and swallow houses installed there support wildlife monitoring.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2018
NOoSPHERE Arts joins Kingsland Wildflowers and begins arts programming on the roof
The nonprofit NOoSPHERE Arts, founded by artist Sol Kjøk, joined the Kingsland Wildflowers project in 2018 and brings creative programming to the roof. The Newtown Creek Alliance has managed the site's educational programming since 2020.
Source: broadway-stages.com
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