Bushwick Beer Garden
In 2008 Jan Luc Van Damme and Paul Nicholson created a social and community interaction space called the Bushwick Beer Garden [BBG].
The BBG is Located Brooklyn NY, and has held dozens of events including their Undergraduate
college reunion, a political puppet theatre debate, Bushwick Open Studios, and numerous
interactive neighborhood-centric events. The Beer Garden is a temporary autonomous zone
that incorporates the traditions of an authentic German beer garden with the people
and traditions of a very different and rapidly transitioning neighborhood. The space
pays homage to the historical origins of the Bushwick, as farmland that gradually
filled with German immigrants who established a network of breweries to service a
thirsty New York City. In that spirit, the Beer Garden hopes to incorporate the culture,
people and practices of Brooklyn in the 21st century. The Bushwick Beer Garden does not
charge admission, fees, dues, nor sell anything.
