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Interior of the cafe at Mill No. 5. We rescued at mid-1800s building from a New England seaport town, and re-assembled it within the mill. The interior woodwork is southern yellow pine beadboard that was original to the mill. We gathered sections of this wood from around the building, numbered them to maintain the patina, and re-assembled them in order within the new cafe space.
Hundred-seat theater at Mill No. 5.
Theater at the mill.
Rescued elements of a 1700s facade from England, re-assembled within the mill.
Interior of the cafe at Mill No. 5, which incorporated the facade of an early 1800s commercial building from a seaport town, and reused the beautiful late 1800s southern yellow pine beadboard from elsewhere in the building.
The interior of the cafe at Mill No. 5, as seen through the rescued facade of an early 1800s commercial building from a Massachusetts seaport town.
Another of the salvaged building facades, re-assembled within the mill building. This was originally from New Bedford, but it was incredibly similar to a defunct art gallery on Mt. Auburn Street in Harvard Square, so we matched their original paint colors.
SIDE NOTES: The NYC Music Map
Who knew maps could be so fun! Constantine Valhouli turned out to be not your average real estate developer when she made a Google map of all the best songs that have NYC street references. Bruce Springsteen’s “Incident on 57th St” is on the west side of Central Park. Lou Reed’s “Dirty Boulevard” is right near the awkward spot on the edge of the city where you have to catch the Megabus. The Lumineers’ “Ho Hey” is in Chinatown, precisely at Canal and Bowery, which if you know the song you’ll appreciate. Valhouli’s map has been featured in The Washington Post, a CMJ interview, and even Shake Shack picked it up. She told CMJ that she currently lives in Brooklyn “between the Beastie Boys’ ‘Root Down’ and Billy Joel’s ‘You May Be Right.’” Valhouli is also working on a song mapping of LA and you can browse through her progress now if you scroll over to the west coast side of the Music Map. I always find it exciting when people use innovative ways to express their music obsessions and this is a prime instance of that.
-Emily Hirsch
