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Press: Lofts and art space take shape, while going green

Posted April 14th, 2008 by director
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Purple flowers on the green roof at the Fay Street Lofts and The Warehouse Studios aren’t the only thing starting to bloom this spring over at the old Diggs building, formerly a meatpacking plant.

Don Shrubshell photo

By ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff

Published Sunday, April 13, 2008

Columbia’s second warehouse art studio space is a project of founder Stephanie Lyons and local architect Brian Pape, and it will differ from the Orr Street Studios by offering live-in loft spaces, as well as open studio memberships, or access for artists to work space for a $99 a month membership fee. Warehouse Studios also will offer private studios similar to Orr Street Studios, Lyons said.

On the south side of the building - the commercial side that will hold retail space, classrooms, a gallery, private studios and open studio space - dividing walls have been built, drywall is going up, sprinklers are in and the oak staircase leading to the second floor is installed.

Press: "Project Illuminates Arts"

Posted October 29th, 2007 by director
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Project Illuminates Arts

Old slaughterhouse space nears finish.

By MARY T. NGUYEN of the Tribune’s staff

Published Friday, October 26, 2007

Don Shrubshell photo. Adam, left, and Eric Wesbury of Wesbury Construction install skylight covers at Warehouse Studios and Fay Street Lofts at Fay and Hinkson streets. The building, below, is undergoing a renovation and will house a gallery and commercial space, as well as studio space.

Warehouse Studios and Fay Street Lofts even under construction are an escape from the surrounding industrial neighborhood. Outside, the shell of the Diggs building, once an old mule skinners’ barn and meatpacking company, remains intact. Every original brick is there from 1919, when the building was erected.

Inside, the scents of sawdust and fresh paint permeate the building. The north side, which will house eight live-work studio apartments, is nearer completion, and the Warehouse Studios’ rooms are well under way.

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