The Brooklyn Navy Yard
The company that I have my internship with is the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation. The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a non-profit organization that is in development. It’s located at 141 Flushing Ave Brooklyn, NY. The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a great piece of land, it has 225 acres. The Brooklyn Navy Yard was founded in 1801. The yard was first built to support the U.S navy. The yard serves as a military installation for the U.S Navy. The yard was first producing wooden ships during World War II. Later on, the yard produced steel ships for the American Civil War. After the Civil War ended, the Brooklyn Navy Yard served a commercial purpose. The BNY started to develop a small city inside the yard. They developed hospitals, youth, and elder services, parks, offices, supermarkets, restaurants, education, and houses. They also develop shuttle buses inside the yard to travel from building to building.
Two news articles that I have read are “Brooklyn Navy Yard CEO David Ehrenberg Stepping Down” from Commercial Observer and “This New York Artist and Designer Is Pushing the Limits of woodworking”
The first article is about David Ehrenberg stepping down from his CEO position at Brooklyn Navy Yard. He shared how much he loved this job. He said he views BNY as his second home. Every time he goes to work, he feels like he’s going home. He said he’s intimate with his office like a room in his house. He also talks about how treats his people. When David is sharing his experience in the BNY article and the little speech that he gave at the Zoom meeting, it reminds me of what Simon Sinek said in his speech about love and leadership. Maybe it’s not because of how strong your abilities are or how much education you took. It’s about how you treat people to make you a strong leader. Maybe it’s the moment you spend time listening or getting to know others that make people want to follow you and have the same goal as you. I would say that both Simon Sinek and David Ehrenberg are inspiring.
The second article I have read is “This New York Artist and Designer Is Pushing the Limits of woodworking.” It’s also an article from the BNY. Aaron Pontz is a New York artist who had a studio inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard and he’s working with the New Lab in BNY. Pontz created a woodshop that used timber hunks to create sculptures, furniture, and ornaments. Where the pieces are inseparable. Every wooden piece that Pontz made had the peculiarity of having an abstract human part. For example a hand gesture mirror. I think what Aaron Pontz did was very interesting. Pontz wanted to bring back the idea of ancient and original materials, which I think is a really good point. We have many materials that exist in the world, for example, plastic, metals, steel…etc. It’s because of the varieties that we don’t see much wooden furniture. It looks like we have forgotten the traditional one. But that doesn’t mean that the traditional one is bad, it’s just we have more choices. So I would say Pontz got a good point.
Work Cited:
https://commercialobserver.com/2022/02/brooklyn-navy-yard-ceo-david-ehrenberg-stepping-down/
