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Franklin Street Works

41 Franklin Street
203-595-5211

Mission:
Franklin Street Works is a new, not-for-profit contemporary art space, café, and social gathering place in Stamford, Connecticut. It produces original on-site and off-site exhibitions, artist projects, and related programming. Located in renovated row houses on Franklin Street, the two-story space includes three galleries and a café. Franklin Street Works embraces innovative art and exhibition practices, a DIY attitude, and a workshop approach to its programming, audiences, and organizational structure. The activities and attitudes of the café reflect and expand on the organization’s mission as a contemporary art venue.

The Building:
Franklin Street, originally called the “Northfield Road,” was named after Franklin Adams, son of the area’s principal developer, Nathaniel Adams. This row of brick townhouses was constructed between 1886 and 1890, and, as such, was one of the last structures erected on the street. They remained under single ownership until the 1920’s, at which time they were sold to individual families. One of the row’s most outstanding features is the decorative brickwork that marks the roofline. This type of brickwork, called corbelling, was a popular motif on masonry structures of the period and showed the influence of Northern Italian architecture. In addition to the decorative brickwork, much of the original detail remains including the handsome hooded entryways. When first constructed, the row was unpainted and treated as a single unit. Over the years, the subsequent owners, in an effort to personalize their homes, painted them different colors, altered the front doors and erected fences to delineate their property.


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