I am leasing to the city. I do not have pictures of the interior prior to construction, as the interior was too dark to shoot. The ceiling did have a spectacular plaster winged angel that was too delicate to save. The rest was a soggy ruin. A photographer named Larry Racioppo may have interior shots. He can be contacted via the Brooklyn Public Library’s website, which describes a photography exhibit of his work last fall that included this building, among others. There ws unfortunately nothing of the old interior that could be incorporated into the school.
Just found this web site, so let me add my two cents. First some corrections for the record. The address of the Bushwick Theater is 1396, not 1936, Broadway, Brooklyn. It is now the home of the ACORN High School for Social Justice, which is one of the new smaller high schools being created by the City. Its focus is on community service and themes of social justice interwoven into the curriculum. The school will be celebrating its opening at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, March 30, at 4:00 pm. As the owner of the building, I tried to preserve as much as I could, but the interior was shot. Only the exterior could be saved, and unfortunately, much that was unique and beautiful had been destroyed before I purchased the building in 2000. Nevertheless, the preservation of the exterior and the transformation of the building from a derelict hulk to a proud community facility is a gleaming symbol of the revitalization of the Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant commmunities that it is a part of.
I am leasing to the city. I do not have pictures of the interior prior to construction, as the interior was too dark to shoot. The ceiling did have a spectacular plaster winged angel that was too delicate to save. The rest was a soggy ruin. A photographer named Larry Racioppo may have interior shots. He can be contacted via the Brooklyn Public Library’s website, which describes a photography exhibit of his work last fall that included this building, among others. There ws unfortunately nothing of the old interior that could be incorporated into the school.
Just found this web site, so let me add my two cents. First some corrections for the record. The address of the Bushwick Theater is 1396, not 1936, Broadway, Brooklyn. It is now the home of the ACORN High School for Social Justice, which is one of the new smaller high schools being created by the City. Its focus is on community service and themes of social justice interwoven into the curriculum. The school will be celebrating its opening at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, March 30, at 4:00 pm. As the owner of the building, I tried to preserve as much as I could, but the interior was shot. Only the exterior could be saved, and unfortunately, much that was unique and beautiful had been destroyed before I purchased the building in 2000. Nevertheless, the preservation of the exterior and the transformation of the building from a derelict hulk to a proud community facility is a gleaming symbol of the revitalization of the Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant commmunities that it is a part of.