Salvage Fest 2007

We just returned from Salvage Fest 2007 in NYC! This was the first ever salvage festival put together by Jon Butler of Brownstoner.com. (I pulled the "about" info from Jon's site below. It's a great site. Check it out!)

Brownstoner.com is a site about Brooklyn real estate and renovation, and all the tangential topics that impact life inside and outside the home in Brooklyn. Launched in October 2004 by Jonathan Butler, the site currently has about 100,000 unique visitors per month.

Liz and I had set out on Thursday to Long Island (Liz's home) and drove straight through getting in late Thursday evening. Salvage Fest was on Saturday in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. A fabulous section of what seemed to me to be late 19th century brownstones. The fest was held at a public school (PS11). The vibe was good and everyone from the exhibitors to the shoppers were excited about the turnout and the enthusiasm for a strictly salvage show. Rich Ellis from Architectural Salvage News was there. I forgot to ask but it seemed like people were going crazy for the first ever architectural salvage directory. Even though I've written for Architectural Salvage News and talk over the phone with Rich often, it was the first time we'd met in person. We took a photo to share with all of you which I'll post later (forgot the USB cord).

We met Fred Shapiro and Camille Gibeau of Silver Fox Enterprises out of Albany, NY. They had great salvage from that area. We purchased a couple of light fixtures.

Lisa with "This Old House" was there as well taking photos and interviewing exhibitors for an upcoming article.

All in all it was a great experience. Thanks go out to Jon for coming up with this format and hopefully we'll do this again next year!

Tab