(His childhood friend Dhruv Chopra came on as a partner as they planned the space).
"They wanted it modern, colorful and funky," said Tamara Stewart, the town's young-adult librarian, who relied on several local teenagers to help plan the space.
He added that a top-down approach to planning the space was necessary in a place like Singapore where land is scare and a vibrant art cluster would be hard to develop organically.
With some smart planning, the space under the stairs can work perfectly.
For however many spaces N you want a side to be, plan the space to be 1.5N units wide.
He presented his plans for the space, which included a "neighborhood beautification plan" and scope to hire 171 Brooklyn workers, generating $7.2 million in local income.
Jimmy Haber, the owner, has no plans for the space as yet.
But now I concede that there is something interesting going on here, beyond the conscious plans of the space agencies.
"It didn't take me very long to figure out," he said of his plans for the space.
