Posts Tagged ‘The Foundry’
Feb 22: Foundry Festival
Saturday, February 22, 202511 am-1 pmThe Foundry101 Rogers Street, East Cambridge This year’s Foundry Festival focuses on the theme of “Resilience.” How has the East Cambridge community faced and overcome past challenges, and how can we react to the current climate of uncertainty in ways that will help our community not only survive but thrive?…
Read MoreNew play at Foundry explores a century-old story of women, work and immigration in Cambridge
Women workers at Blake & Knowles Steam Pump in East Cambridge were controversial in 1911. Their story will be staged at that same Foundry this year.
Read MoreThe Foundry and Squirrel Brand Apartments share something: examples of adaptive reuse
Adaptive reuse – revitalizing an existing, often imperfect, structure for new purposes – exists in many forms, but is often good environmentally. From refurbishing building materials to “cultural recycling” of entire structures, it means avoiding complete demolition.
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