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An Unconventional Music Venue With a Jagged Design May Be the Last Hope for Williamsburg’ Cultural Legacy (thepoliticker.observer)
If Bedford Avenue is the main street of modern day Williamsburg, North Sixth Street is the hipster haven’s Broadway. Home to the first proper grocery store (Tops), concert venue (Northsix), swap meet (Artists and Fleas) and grotesque theme restaurant (Sea), North Sixth Street has long been the grand stage of Williamsburg. Now performing on North Sixth Street (even if Northsix is long gone, replaced by a Manhattan concert conglomerate) is the Original Music Workshop. Conceived by Kevin Dolan, a former tax attorney who also happens to be an organ virtuoso, the Original Music Workshop seeks to provide a venue bridging new and old Williamsburg, sustaining music of all types for all ages. As the rest of the neighborhood continues its inexorable gentrification, Mr. Dolan hopes to preserve a tiny corner of Williamsburg cultural past, as well as one of its historic industrial buildings. "It's amazing you can knock down anything and build whatever you want," Mr. Dolan said in an interview. "I'm hopeful that at least the south side of this block will still maintain its feel into the future." The project began three years ago, in a small townhouse Mr. Dolan had hoped to turn into ...
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