{"id":99037,"date":"2022-09-01T13:54:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T13:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/?post_type=metro_project&#038;p=99037"},"modified":"2022-10-18T14:52:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T14:52:20","slug":"brooklyn-fitness-center-community-threatened-by-gentrification","status":"publish","type":"metro_project","link":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/projects\/brooklyn-fitness-center-community-threatened-by-gentrification\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brooklyn Fitness Center Aims to Support a Community Threatened by Gentrification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sandow-article-header article-header\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-header\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-17.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of gymnasium with basketball courts and high ceilings\" class=\"wp-image-99038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-17.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-17-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-17-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-17-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-17-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption>COURTESY BRETT BAYER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group article-header_intro none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"article-date\" aria-label=\"Post Date\">September 1, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"size-large wp-block-heading\">A Brooklyn Fitness Center Aims to Support a Community Threatened by Gentrification<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"summary size-regular\">The Major R. Owens Health Center, part of the controversial Bedford-Union Armory redevelopment, is attuned to myriad community needs, but under for-profit management, it can only go so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>By: <\/span><a href=\"\/tag\/marianela\">Marianela<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"social-share\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fbrooklyn-fitness-center-community-threatened-by-gentrification%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fbrooklyn-fitness-center-community-threatened-by-gentrification%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M4.98 3.5c0 1.381-1.11 2.5-2.48 2.5s-2.48-1.119-2.48-2.5c0-1.38 1.11-2.5 2.48-2.5s2.48 1.12 2.48 2.5zm.02 4.5h-5v16h5v-16zm7.982 0h-4.968v16h4.969v-8.399c0-4.67 6.029-5.052 6.029 0v8.399h4.988v-10.131c0-7.88-8.922-7.593-11.018-3.714v-2.155z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fbrooklyn-fitness-center-community-threatened-by-gentrification%2F&#038;description=A+Brooklyn+Fitness+Center+Aims+to+Support+a+Community+Threatened+by+Gentrification\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"> <path d=\"M12 0c-6.627 0-12 5.372-12 12 0 5.084 3.163 9.426 7.627 11.174-.105-.949-.2-2.405.042-3.441.218-.937 1.407-5.965 1.407-5.965s-.359-.719-.359-1.782c0-1.668.967-2.914 2.171-2.914 1.023 0 1.518.769 1.518 1.69 0 1.029-.655 2.568-.994 3.995-.283 1.194.599 2.169 1.777 2.169 2.133 0 3.772-2.249 3.772-5.495 0-2.873-2.064-4.882-5.012-4.882-3.414 0-5.418 2.561-5.418 5.207 0 1.031.397 2.138.893 2.738.098.119.112.224.083.345l-.333 1.36c-.053.22-.174.267-.402.161-1.499-.698-2.436-2.889-2.436-4.649 0-3.785 2.75-7.262 7.929-7.262 4.163 0 7.398 2.967 7.398 6.931 0 4.136-2.607 7.464-6.227 7.464-1.216 0-2.359-.631-2.75-1.378l-.748 2.853c-.271 1.043-1.002 2.35-1.492 3.146 1.124.347 2.317.535 3.554.535 6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12 0-6.628-5.373-12-12-12z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"mailto:?body=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fbrooklyn-fitness-center-community-threatened-by-gentrification%2F&#038;subject=A+Brooklyn+Fitness+Center+Aims+to+Support+a+Community+Threatened+by+Gentrification\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M12 12.713l-11.985-9.713h23.97l-11.985 9.713zm0 2.574l-12-9.725v15.438h24v-15.438l-12 9.725z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column empty-header-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\">When I arrive at the new Major R. Owens Health Center, two teenage boys step inside ahead of me and sign in at the front desk. They\u2019re here to play basketball. Past the turnstiles that lead to the building\u2019s main activity space, I can see the Mercury\u2014Phoenix, Arizona\u2019s WNBA team\u2014holding a daytime practice. Despite their presence, Eric Woodlin assured me, most of the people using the health center are from the neighborhood. \u201cThey really pushed us on gentrification and displacement,\u201d he says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-2-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of fitness center showing gymnasium and soccer field\" class=\"wp-image-99039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-2-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-2-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-2-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>COURTESY BRETT BAYER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\">By \u201cus,\u201d he means BFC Partners, the real estate and development company for which he serves as director of community engagement, and by \u201cthey\u201d he means the Legal Aid Society, who, with the support of New York Communities for Change and the Crown Heights Tenants Union, <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/2017\/11\/28\/legal-aid-society-is-also-trying-to-kill-the-bedford-union-armory-project\/?irclickid=RzLz-d0%3AZxyNWInyqx3noQc4UkD3r%3ARcKxWqxc0&amp;irgwc=1&amp;utm_source=impact&amp;utm_medium=af\">sued the city over the project in 2017<\/a>, claiming that the city and BFC had not properly studied the potential displacement a renovation of the Bedford-Union Armory could cause. Abutting two housing buildings, one of which was originally slated to be market-rate condos, the Major R. Owens Health Center threatened displacement in an already gentrifying community. Laurie Cumbo, the city council member who brokered the deal between the city and BFC when the project was first conceived, went so far as to at one point <a href=\"https:\/\/ny.curbed.com\/2017\/5\/18\/15660384\/bedford-union-armory-laurie-cumbo\">withdraw her support<\/a> when the developers wouldn\u2019t increase the percentage of affordable housing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/P1010011-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"archival image of armory showing steel trusses and large windows\" class=\"wp-image-99040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/P1010011-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/P1010011-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption>COURTESY MARVEL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/P1010058-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"archival image of steel trusses inside the armory\" class=\"wp-image-99041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/P1010058-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/P1010058-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption>COURTESY MARVEL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Nearly four years after the lawsuit and ensuing controversy, the health center opened in the fall of 2021 after a functional renovation by architecture firm Marvel. \u201cThe sustainable portion is that we\u2019re reusing a building that\u2019s over 100 years old. There weren\u2019t any major lifts or any huge interventions; we were able to work with a lot of the existing spaces,\u201d Marvel principal David Jackowski says. Marvel\u2019s work is indeed subtle and thoughtful: handrails have been brought up to code via additions that neither mimic the old nor stand out as too new. In the lobby, the building\u2019s original repetitive structure serves as a container for small offices, defined by simple metal and glass partitions. The supporting structure in the armory\u2019s drill hall soars but doesn\u2019t distract, and the interiors of each space\u2014the swimming pool operated by Imagine Swimming, the dance studios run by Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy, the basketball courts and homework help program run by New Heights NYC, among others\u2014all speak different aesthetic languages but understand each other, a testament to the designers\u2019 ability to make room for the identity of each group that uses the space.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1672\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-1.jpg\" alt=\"exterior image of brick walls and and arched roof of armory that was turned into a fitness center\" class=\"wp-image-99042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-1.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-1-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-1-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-1-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-1-2048x1370.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption>COURTESY BRETT BAYER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The health center currently houses eleven tenants, nine non-profits and two for-profits, and Woodlin insists that they provide services that this community wouldn\u2019t otherwise get. Cea Weaver, campaign coordinator with Housing Justice for All, told me that despite the services housed in the building and the improvements to the housing affordability (one building is fully affordable housing, and the other is half affordable and half market-rate), the project is still a \u201cgood example of the city having a really strong hand to negotiate with a developer and refusing to use it.\u201d Last year, Gabriel Sandoval of local news outlet THE CITY reported that only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2021\/9\/30\/22703396\/cumbo-crown-heights-armory-discounts\">250 memberships<\/a> are reserved at the discounted community rate\u2014in an area where about 45,000 people would qualify. Despite its communitarian efforts, BFC is still a for-profit developer, and a project like this will always prioritize its bottom-line, no matter how thoughtful and considered the architectural interventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-15.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of armory converted into offices white arches and glass doors\" class=\"wp-image-99043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-15.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-15-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-15-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bedford-Courts-Low-Res-For-Web-15-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption>COURTESY BRETT BAYER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"comment size-regular\">Would you like to comment on this article? 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