Archinect - News 2024-12-23T04:15:04-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/55050266/can-a-kickstarter-project-turn-the-broken-angel-brooklyn-s-architectural-oddity-into-a-museum Can a Kickstarter Project Turn the Broken Angel, Brooklyn’s Architectural Oddity, Into a Museum? Archinect 2012-08-10T11:53:00-04:00 >2012-08-10T14:49:15-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/76/764dea6d3b2b2119d01bfb3b0c475f4c?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>One of the biggest pieces of outsider art in New York City, the Broken Angel, is confronting the latest stage of its gradual decline, from a 10-story distorted jumble of wood and glass, to a now more subdued house that still retains the creative energy of its builder, Arthur Wood. Wood&rsquo;s son Christopher recently launched a Kickstarter project, with supporters paying for their original art to adorn the facade, the ultimate goal being to turn the building into a museum.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>