![]() Jennifer Lyons, co-founder of the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival and founder of MeanRed Productions, said that the situation Time Warp is facing isn’t new or unique. ![]() is not against cultural festivities and things of that nature but it was the issue of the location in a residential area and in a site that was not built to be a venue.” I went to Studio 54 when I was young … I just don’t want to be kept up at night Tully Costa, Crown Heights residentĪ representative for Mosley’s office said: “The assemblyman is relieved, but also he understands that the community came together and pushed for this. ![]() Tully Costa and other residents took up their concerns with assemblyman Walter Mosley, who pressured DCAS and the New York mayor’s office to move the event five miles away to Sunset Park, the site of last year’s event. She said: “This was the tip of the iceberg for a community that is not as well organised as it should be, facing down a billion-dollar real estate free-for-all and a piece of architecture that really should be used with the community in mind.” Tully Costa said she and other local residents’ groups feel the city accepts proposals for one-off events, and also property development, without consideration to the needs of the community. The armoury is currently owned by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), the agency that manages New York City’s property. “This about the continued misuse of the space.” Tully Costa, who lives a few blocks away from the armoury, is working with other local residents on a proposal for the space to be turned into a recreational centre with sports, education and cultural facilities. “This isn’t about the rave,” Tully Costa said. The interior of Bedford-Union Armory in the Crown Heights.
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