The Shed wanted to:
Secure rezoning approvals to construct a unique and innovative cultural organization adjacent to the High Line and Hudson Yards.
Challenges The Shed faced
They needed an advisor to raise an unprecedented groundswell of community support from local residents and businesses, civic organizations and environmental and urban experts.
Capalino Assisted with
- Securing approvals
- Rezoning
- Raising public funding & City capital funding
- Budget
- Land use
- Community relations
- Strategic communications
What we got done
Adjacent to the High Line and Hudson Yards, the Shed brings together established and emerging artists in fields ranging from hip hop to classical music, painting to digital media, theatre to literature, and sculpture to dance in an unprecedented movable structure that adapts to support all kinds of inventive work under one roof. Capalino helped secure the rezoning approvals to construct the Shed, advised on securing the governmental funding, and helped secure construction permits for this unique and innovative addition to the NYC cultural scene.
