From the Files of Captain Awesome: Marina 59 gets dosed with the Better Theory
/Marina 59 on Jamaica Bay in Queens, N.Y., is about to go from boat graveyard to thriving arts-and-sustainability-center hub, the Wall Street Journal recently reported.
Shipping containers converted into performance and gallery space by the not-for-profit
, and Jerko the Gowanus Water Vacuum, a
houseboat functioning as a living lab
for sustainability projects by
, will be among the new arrivals at Marina 59 as part of a revitalization effort by the marina's owner, Ari Zablozki.
Arts and sustainability.
?
Zablozki bought the waterfront in 2009 and committed himself to breathe new life into the space, which used to house abandoned boats and a single bait shop.
Jerko the Gowanus Water Vacuum was renovated by Better Farm's friend Adam Katzman, coordinator of Expedition Gowanus. Katzman, who used to co-own a solar-energy company, bought the boat for $1 at the 79th Street Boat Basin and transported it to Gowanus and developed solar-energy and rain-water projects on it.
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