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Posted in music | venues | video on January 3, 2007

A letter from Galapagos (not closing) | Before the Music Dies

GALAPAGOS ON HALLOWEEN 2006 (CRED)
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In case you missed this in the comments here and at Curbed:

Galapagos Art Space isn’t closing; the rumor is just a rumor, like the 'supervenue' rumor in October.

But cultural infrastructure is evaporating in our white-hot real estate market. If a pier in Red Hook, not even the one with the best view, sells for forty million dollars, and a parcel of land in Greenpoint can fetch one hundred and forty million, then it will become increasingly difficult, desperate by some accounts, for artists to maintain a meaningful presence in our city.

The real estate rumors that swirl around the arts are evidence of a community under great stress, wondering where it should go and fearful of how it will get there.

Robert Elmes
Director Galapagos Art Space

ALSO: Stop by Galapagos on January 9th for a free screening of the new, appropriately entitled movie "Before the Music Dies". Here's the trailer...



Previously
Brooklyn's Galapagos closing too?

Tags: Galapagos
posted at 2:45 PM on January 3, 2007 in music | venues | video | Comments (2)

Comments (2)

It's good to hear Galapagos is not closing down.

BTW, I have already seen the BTMD movie. If you read this site and/or listen to indie-rock, the movie will tell you nothing you already know. It doesn't reveal any facts. Decent documentary, really nothing special. They should have included Steve Albini. :)

Posted by Anonymous | January 3, 2007 2:58 PM

Someone should close it down! Why is there a reflecting pool taking up half the usable space? And why are the beer glasses so tall and skinny?

Posted by Galapagos H8R | January 3, 2007 5:01 PM

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