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Close Call For Bromley Carpet Factory After 3-Alarm Fire In Neighboring Building
Preservation

Close Call For Bromley Carpet Factory After 3-Alarm Fire In Neighboring Building

Crisis averted for Bromley Carpet Factory in Kensington after 3-alarm fire breaks out along Front Street.

Breathing Life Back Into Bromley
Preservation

Breathing Life Back Into Bromley

Good news is afoot in Kensington. Construction is finally underway at Bromley Carpet Mill on Jasper Street. Michael Bixler has this story of perseverance and preservation

In Kensington, Developers & Architects Confront The El
Architecture

In Kensington, Developers & Architects Confront The El

For the first time in decades, developers are building under the El. But how will they handle the many constraints–and the stigma of living “under the El?” Dan Shurley reviews a series of rather uneven new projects

A Neighborhood Son Takes On The “White Elephant”
Development

A Neighborhood Son Takes On The “White Elephant”

Bromley mill owner Jesse Munoz weighs the community’s reaction to his initial plans for the long empty building–a conversation that’s intensified since the loss of the adjacent Buck Hosiery mill. In this initial “Behind the Facade,” writer Nic Esposito finds Munoz at work inside the building. Illustrations by Ben Leech

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Let’s Get To Work
Preservation

Let’s Get To Work

If we want buildings like Buck Hosiery to be assets rather than catastrophic liabilities then we need to create preservation tools for workplaces, mills, and factories. With another historically important mill sitting vulnerable across the street, the imperative is now, says Nathaniel Popkin


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