The Brooklyn Tabernacle

EverGreene is currently restoring the plasterwork at a derelict theater in downtown Brooklyn, New York - the former Loew’s Metropolitan (1917, Charles Lamb). Its adaptive re-use as a house of worship is being undertaken by a non-denominational Christian congregation of 8,000 that needed a large space in a location convenient to public transportation.

Decades of decay and water leaks had resulted in a sagging ceiling and damaged walls with numerous missing pieces. EverGreene’s plaster artisans are consolidating and re-attaching delaminated plaster, repairing wire lath, making three-coat flat plaster patches, and replicating damaged and missing ornament. An historically compatible decorative painting scheme for the classical interior, developed by EverGreene in consultation with architects Kapell & Kostow and Li/Saltzman, will create an uplifting environment for church services.

Photos: © 2001 Whitney Cox