A frenchman and a financial-analyst-turned-gallerist are in the process of transforming a former Invisible Dog factory at 51 Bergen Street in Cobble Hill into an arts center with design studios, a community garden and, more importantly, low rents. The project is a collaboration between Muriel Guepin, who opened the Shop Art Gallery on the ground floor of the building last December, and Lucian Zayan, who recently moved to Brooklyn from his hometown of Paris. The space officially opens on May 9; in the meantime, reports The New York Times, they've got a makeshift thrift store up and running on Saturdays and Sundays. GMAP
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