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Address	58 Kent Street
Town or city	Brooklyn, New York
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°43′49″N 73°57′32″W / 40.73028°N 73.95889°W
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Floor area	29,000 sq ft (2,700 m2)
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Architect(s)	Ole Sondresen

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58 Kent Street is a three-story, open plan building in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in New York City. It is part of the Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory historic district, a complex that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The crowdfunding platform Kickstarter purchased the building in 2011 and completed an extensive renovation. Kickstarter staff worked there from 2014 through the COVID-19 pandemic, during which the company transitioned to a fully remote workforce; the building was sold in 2023.

The early 2010s renovation preserved the shell of the building, which was all that remained from its prior owner. The work to restore the façade and retain its arrested decay received two New York-based awards. In the signature sustainable and arboreal style of the renovation's architect, Ole Sondresen, the project adaptively reused the building's frame and recycled other materials sourced locally. Sondresen designed the headquarters around a central, glass courtyard. Designer Camille Finefrock, who also was responsible for the interior design, outfitted the courtyard with native ferns and shrubs. The space includes a rooftop garden, library, 74-seat theater, and was designed to afford staff a variety of workspace options.

The building's street faces are composed of three different façades in graffitied red brick, constructed from right to left, starting with the Italianate style of a factory built in 1860 and purchased by Faber a decade later. Faber hired the Brooklyn architect Theobald Engelhardt to make the center façade in Renaissance Revival style. The easternmost portion was built in the German Romanesque Revival style. The renovators repaired and shored this mismatched façade to preserve rather than overwrite the anachronistic updates it had received since its creation. The façade restorers studied each deteriorated joint to create replacement mortar equivalent in composition.

History

Eberhard Faber, the great-grandson of pencil entrepreneur Kaspar Faber, traveled to the United States, where he bought Eastern redcedar and, in New York City, opened a stationery store and the country's first pencil factory. The factory was established in eastern Midtown Manhattan in 1866, near the current site of the headquarters of the United Nations.^[1]^[2]^: 5 However, after a factory fire in 1872, Faber established the new Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory at a larger location in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.^[3] That complex expanded to eight buildings through the 1890s.^[4]^[5]^[2]^: 5–6 Faber's children split the company from its German parent in 1898 and remained in Greenpoint until 1956, when it moved to Pennsylvania.^[3] The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the complex as the Eberhard Faber Historic District in 2008.^[4]^[2]^: 1

Kickstarter was in contract to purchase a portion of the complex by 2011^[6] and finalized its purchase the next year.^[7]^[8] The two-story, 29,000 sq ft (2,700 m²)^[4] building had been gutted by its previous owner in the mid-1980s^[6] with failed plans of creating a high-rise hotel^[4] and nine-story addition.^[9] Kickstarter, which was founded two years prior, purchased the building for US$3.6 million^[10] and planned to spend an additional US$3.9 million on its renovation,^[11]^[12] as a portion of US$10 million it had raised through a recent venture round.^[11] Kickstarter co-founder and chairman Perry Chen said that their choice of investment in real estate reflected the company's long-term outlook,^[13] as they hoped to remain there in perpetuity.^[11] The choice to for the company to purchase its own building was rare among Internet startups, as was the choice to relocate away from Manhattan to a nondescript, industrial area of Brooklyn.^[4] The company had previously rented three narrow floors of a dilapidated tenement building in Manhattan's Lower East Side.^[4]

Construction and opening

Kickstarter's renovation plans were unanimously approved by the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission in March 2012^[9] and praised by community officials.^[11] Construction had begun by January 2013^[14] and staff moved in a year later, in January 2014.^[11] Kickstarter opened its headquarters with a public block party and art show in April.^[15]^[16] The company hosted a Killer Queen arcade cabinet for the block party and continued to house it afterwards.^[17] Sondresen, the architect, gave a public tour of the building in October.^[18]

The restoration received awards from the New York Landmarks Conservancy^[19] and Municipal Art Society.^[20]

Sale

Kickstarter remained a distributed company following the COVID-19 pandemic, and all employees had remote work arrangements.^[21]^[22] By 2022, the property was listed for sale at $29.5 million,^[23] later reduced to $25 million.^[24] A writer for Curbed said the listing "demotes the 29,000-square-foot space from its 2010s status as an example of where office design was heading to its contemporary state as a fossil of how we once worked".^[22] Whalar, a talent firm, bought 58 Kent Street in December 2023.^[24]

Design

All that remained of the building, when purchased by Kickstarter, was its raw shell in arrested decay. Behind its graffitied red brick façade, light shined through holes in its makeshift roof to illuminate a space where pigeons flew and rainwater puddled. Ole Sondresen, the Norwegian-born, New York-based architect behind the renovation, recalled how the building evoked a "dramatic and magical" feeling and,^[13] in his signature sustainable and arboreal style,^[25] sought to retain as much of its experience and materials as possible.^[13]

Sondresen adaptively reused multiple elements of the remaining building. He bordered a multi-floor, central courtyard using the roof's original, industrial trusses, and hung the courtyard's window façades off of repurposed trusses. Around the building's entrance, Sondresen kept the historic lintels, bollards, and arches.^[26] Separately, another architect worked to preserve the mismatched, dilapidated façade.^[6] For the externally sourced building materials, Sondresen chose sustainable options to reduce the construction's carbon footprint: reclaimed wood, recycled denim for insulation, and recycled fly ash in the building's concrete.^[27] The theater's seats were recovered from a shuttered Midwest venue. Sondresen estimated that the majority of construction materials came from a 20-mile radius.^[18]

The library and rooftop garden in winter

Camille Finefrock designed the building's gardens and interiors. The courtyard garden at the heart of the building was designed as a serene "portrait of the woods" for staff to connect with the nature that historically grew at the building's site through their nearest window. The courtyard features plants indigenous to Long Island and the Northeast, with ferns, swamp azalea, river birches, and a meditation stone beneath a redbud tree.^[4] Sondresen compared the layout to a Renaissance palazzo where the building is lit from inside:^[27] Three of the courtyard's four walls are glass, and the fourth is patinated Corten steel^[28] with a Japanese-style rain chain.^[4] Finefrock designed the rooftop garden in sandy soil to reflect the building's indigenous environment and its proximity to the ocean, with elements from the Long Island Pine Barrens, coastal plants, beach plum trees. A gravel path divides in two and allows a user the choice between a direct route across the roof or a more meandering enclosed philosopher's walk. Also on the roof are fruit, vegetable, and cut flower gardens for staff to collect blueberries, kale, tomatoes, and flowers for their desks. Inside, Finefrock chose vintage furniture, topographical maps and brass animals to complement the full library of books that she sourced from the estate of Frank H. Pearl, investor and founder of Perseus Books Group. Custom standing lamps illuminate leather reading chairs, a small cabinet of curiosities holds a rotating selection of objects evoking a sense of wonder befitting of factories for creative technology, both pencils and Kickstarter.^[4]

The building was designed to accommodate a variety of working styles and give staff multiple options for places to work. It follows an open plan layout common to startups,^[27] with rows of long work tables for staff to share. Alternatively, staff can work by preference at more private spaces around the office: an individual carrel or armchair in the library, a rattan lounge chair in the rooftop solarium, the meditation stone in the center courtyard, the wooden bleachers, and standing desks. The meeting rooms ranged from cozy spaces for small groups with mid-century loveseats to spacious conference rooms. There is also a deck on the roof for working outdoors and screening films.^[28]

The building's third story, its basement, was built for operations and public programming,^[27] with a kitchen, gallery space, and theater. Woodworkers built kitchen banquettes made of reclaimed wood as homage to the restaurant where the company's co-founders originally met a decade earlier.^[28] The 1,600-square-foot gallery was designed to host community events and artists. The 74-seat, Western redcedar-paneled theater hosts presentations, screenings, and performances for the company and outside creators.^[27]

Façade

The property purchased by Kickstarter and designated as 58 Kent Street is composed of three separate façades. The westernmost portion of the building, or its right side when facing its entrance, was part of an Italianate-style factory designed by Philemon Tillion in 1860. Faber moved his factory to the location from lower Manhattan in 1872 and commissioned the Brooklyn architect Theobald Engelhardt to make the center façade c. 1895. The Renaissance Revival section uses brick dentil courses and corbels, cast iron lintels, radiating brick arches, and bluestone water tables. The easternmost (left) portion follows the German Romanesque Revival style, featuring jutting brick header arches above the windows, cast iron lintels above the doors, and iron shutter hinges. The pediments above the latter two sections show the pencil company's logo.^[6]

Kickstarter's leaders liked the mismatched, dilapidated façade and hired New York City architect Scott Henson to assess whether it could be preserved. While historic preservation typically entails a return to the original condition, Henson was instead asked to keep its graffiti layers, different mortar types, broken bricks, and anachronistic masonry repairs while ensuring the façade's structural stability and waterproofing. The architect and preservation consultants surveyed every seam in the façade and chose mortars that would replicate the originals. Another contractor assessed for structural soundness.^[6]

The restorers then cut and repointed mortar joints based on a threshold of deterioration, and repaired other minor holes with spot pointing. Though the base of the central, Engelhardt-designed façade had more than 30 percent brick erosion, their joints were selectively repointed and bricks coated with water repellent, so as to preserve the existing brick face. The restorers preserved the graffiti on the brick faces but not on the repointed mortar. The brickwork in the building's rear was completely rather than selectively repointed to save money. Contemporary glass windows and Corten steel window boxes replaced their formerly closed apertures, and a minimalist Corten steel overhang signals the building's entrance on an otherwise unassuming façade.^[6]

References

^ Levine, Alexandra S. (October 11, 2016). "New York Today: Our Past in Pencils". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Presa, Donald G. (October 30, 2007). "Eberhard Faber Pencil Company Historic District" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Wakin, Daniel J. (2018). "No. 335: 'More Potent for Evil'". The Man with the Sawed-Off Leg and Other Tales of a New York City Block. New York: Arcade Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62872-849-1. OCLC 1011557481. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Keh, Pei-Ru (October 31, 2014). "Designer Camille Finefrock transforms Kickstarter's Brooklyn HQ into a 'portrait of the woods'". Wallpaper. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
^ Keh, Pei-Ru (November 2014). "Crowd pleaser". Wallpaper. No. 188. pp. 97–100.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Seward, Aaron (May 23, 2014). "58 Kent Street". The Architect's Newspaper. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
^ Furfaro, Danielle; Ng, Alfred (August 13, 2012). "Kickstarter is leaving Manhattan for Greenpoint". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
^ "Kickstarter Moving Its Offices To Greenpoint". Brooklyn Magazine. August 14, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Kickstarter wins Landmarks approval for Brooklyn HQ". CityLand. May 2, 2012. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
^ Chafkin, Max (March 18, 2013). "True To Its Roots: Why Kickstarter Wont Sell". Fast Company. Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Sloane, Garett (August 9, 2012). "Nice starter home". New York Post. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ Buerger, Megan (October 6, 2014). "Corner Office: Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler on Success, 'Broken Promises' and Being Spoofed by 'South Park'". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Keh 2014b, p. 97.
^ Anderson, Nicole (January 14, 2013). "Kickstarting Greenpoint: Crowd-Funding Site Begins Office Renovation in Brooklyn". The Architect's Newspaper. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
^ Keh 2014b, p. 100.
^ Lynch, Scott (May 4, 2014). "Photos: Kickstarter's Greenpoint Block Party". Gothamist. Archived from the original on May 8, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
^ Frushtick, Russ (October 10, 2014). "Dynamite With a Laser Beam". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Budin, Jeremiah (October 11, 2014). "Inside (and Atop) Kickstarter's Greenpoint Headquarters". Curbed NY. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
^ "The 24th Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards". The New York Landmarks Conservancy. May 6, 2014. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
^ "MASterworks Awards". The Municipal Art Society of New York. 2014. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
^ Delaney, Kevin J. (March 27, 2022). "As Kickstarter Launches a 4-Day Workweek, Its CEO Steps Down". Time.
^ ^a ^b Quinlan, Adriane (June 6, 2023). "The Ultimate Start-up Office Is for Sale". Curbed. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
^ "Listings - B6 Real Estate Advisors". Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Quinlan, Adriane (December 12, 2023). "Kickstarter's Greenpoint Office Is Becoming a Hype House". Curbed. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
^ La Guerre, Liam; Mashayekhi, Rey (March 8, 2017). "Brooklyn Style: The 7 Interior Designers to Watch in Kings County". Commercial Observer. p. 3. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
^ Keh 2014b, pp. 97, 99.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Anderson, Nicole (May 26, 2015). "Kickstarter Headquarters". The Architect's Newspaper. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Keh 2014b, p. 99.

External links

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[1] Levine, Alexandra S. (October 11, 2016). "New York Today: Our Past in Pencils". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2019.

[NYCL-2] Presa, Donald G. (October 30, 2007). "Eberhard Faber Pencil Company Historic District" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2019.

[Sawed-Off-3] Wakin, Daniel J. (2018). "No. 335: 'More Potent for Evil'". The Man with the Sawed-Off Leg and Other Tales of a New York City Block. New York: Arcade Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62872-849-1. OCLC 1011557481. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

[Wallpaper_interior-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Keh, Pei-Ru (October 31, 2014). "Designer Camille Finefrock transforms Kickstarter's Brooklyn HQ into a 'portrait of the woods'". Wallpaper. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2018.

[Wallpaper_exterior-5] Keh, Pei-Ru (November 2014). "Crowd pleaser". Wallpaper. No. 188. pp. 97–100.

[Archpaper_2014-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Seward, Aaron (May 23, 2014). "58 Kent Street". The Architect's Newspaper. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2018.

[Furfaro_Ng_2012_o776-7] Furfaro, Danielle; Ng, Alfred (August 13, 2012). "Kickstarter is leaving Manhattan for Greenpoint". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[Magazine_2012_c823-8] "Kickstarter Moving Its Offices To Greenpoint". Brooklyn Magazine. August 14, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[CityLand_approval-9] "Kickstarter wins Landmarks approval for Brooklyn HQ". CityLand. May 2, 2012. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

[10] Chafkin, Max (March 18, 2013). "True To Its Roots: Why Kickstarter Wont Sell". Fast Company. Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

[Post:_starter_home-11] Sloane, Garett (August 9, 2012). "Nice starter home". New York Post. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[Billboard_2014-12] Buerger, Megan (October 6, 2014). "Corner Office: Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler on Success, 'Broken Promises' and Being Spoofed by 'South Park'". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

[FOOTNOTEKeh2014b97-13] Keh 2014b, p. 97.

[Archpaper_2013-14] Anderson, Nicole (January 14, 2013). "Kickstarting Greenpoint: Crowd-Funding Site Begins Office Renovation in Brooklyn". The Architect's Newspaper. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2018.

[FOOTNOTEKeh2014b100-15] Keh 2014b, p. 100.

[16] Lynch, Scott (May 4, 2014). "Photos: Kickstarter's Greenpoint Block Party". Gothamist. Archived from the original on May 8, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

[17] Frushtick, Russ (October 10, 2014). "Dynamite With a Laser Beam". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2021.

[Curbed_2014-18] Budin, Jeremiah (October 11, 2014). "Inside (and Atop) Kickstarter's Greenpoint Headquarters". Curbed NY. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

[19] "The 24th Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards". The New York Landmarks Conservancy. May 6, 2014. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

[20] "MASterworks Awards". The Municipal Art Society of New York. 2014. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

[21] Delaney, Kevin J. (March 27, 2022). "As Kickstarter Launches a 4-Day Workweek, Its CEO Steps Down". Time.

[Quinlan_2023_h709-22] Quinlan, Adriane (June 6, 2023). "The Ultimate Start-up Office Is for Sale". Curbed. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[23] "Listings - B6 Real Estate Advisors". Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2022.

[Quinlan_2023_x046-24] Quinlan, Adriane (December 12, 2023). "Kickstarter's Greenpoint Office Is Becoming a Hype House". Curbed. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[25] La Guerre, Liam; Mashayekhi, Rey (March 8, 2017). "Brooklyn Style: The 7 Interior Designers to Watch in Kings County". Commercial Observer. p. 3. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018.

[FOOTNOTEKeh2014b97,_99-26] Keh 2014b, pp. 97, 99.

[Archpaper_2015-27] Anderson, Nicole (May 26, 2015). "Kickstarter Headquarters". The Architect's Newspaper. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018.

[FOOTNOTEKeh2014b99-28] Keh 2014b, p. 99.

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-The headquarters of [[Kickstarter]], an American [[public benefit corporation]] and [[crowdfunding]] platform for creative projects, are in [[Greenpoint, Brooklyn|Greenpoint]], a neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]] in [[New York City]]. The three-story, [[open plan]] building is part of the [[Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory]], which operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was later designated as a [[historic district]].
+'''58 Kent Street''' is a three-story, [[open plan]] building in [[Greenpoint, Brooklyn]], in [[New York City]]. It is part of the [[Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory]] [[historic district]], a complex that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The [[crowdfunding]] platform [[Kickstarter]] purchased the building in 2011 and completed an extensive renovation. Kickstarter staff worked there from 2014 through the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City|COVID-19 pandemic]], during which the company transitioned to a [[distributed company|fully remote workforce]]; the building was sold in 2023.
+The early 2010s renovation preserved the shell of the building, which was all that remained from its prior owner. The work to restore the façade and retain its [[arrested decay]] received two New York-based awards. In the signature sustainable and arboreal style of the renovation's architect, Ole Sondresen, the project [[adaptively reused]] the building's frame and recycled other materials sourced locally. Sondresen designed the headquarters around a central, glass courtyard. Designer Camille Finefrock, who also was responsible for the interior design, outfitted the courtyard with native ferns and shrubs. The space includes a rooftop garden, library, 74-seat theater, and was designed to afford staff a variety of workspace options.
-Kickstarter purchased the building in 2011 after reinvesting {{usd|7.5 million}} of a [[venture round]] to establish a home for the company, a nontraditional investment for an Internet startup but aligned with the company's long-term priorities. The building underwent an extensive renovation between 2011 and 2013. Staff moved from Kickstarter's [[Lower East Side]] offices in January 2014 and inaugurated the headquarters several months later with a [[block party]].
-Kickstarter's renovation preserved the shell of the building, which was all that remained from its prior owner. The work to restore the façade and retain its [[arrested decay]] received two New York-based awards. In the signature sustainable and arboreal style of the renovation's architect, Ole Sondresen, the project [[adaptively reused]] the building's frame and recycled other materials sourced locally. Sondresen designed the headquarters around a central, glass courtyard. Designer Camille Finefrock, who also was responsible for the interior design, outfitted the courtyard with native ferns and shrubs. The space includes a rooftop garden, library, 74-seat theater, and was designed to afford staff a variety of workspace options.
 The building's street faces are composed of three different façades in graffitied red brick, constructed from right to left, starting with the [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]] style of a factory built in 1860 and purchased by Faber a decade later. Faber hired the Brooklyn architect Theobald Engelhardt to make the center façade in [[Renaissance Revival]] style. The easternmost portion was built in the German [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]] style. The renovators repaired and shored this mismatched façade to preserve rather than overwrite the anachronistic updates it had received since its creation. The façade restorers studied each deteriorated joint to create replacement mortar equivalent in composition.
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 == History ==
-Eberhard Faber, the great-grandson of pencil entrepreneur [[Kaspar Faber]], traveled to the United States, where he bought [[Eastern redcedar]] and, in New York City, opened a [[stationery]] store and the country's first pencil factory. The factory was established in eastern [[Midtown Manhattan]] in 1866, near the current site of the [[headquarters of the United Nations]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/nyregion/new-york-today-eberhard-faber-pencil-factory-greenpoint-brooklyn-yom-kippur.html|title=New York Today: Our Past in Pencils|date=October 11, 2016|website=The New York Times|access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref><ref name="NYCL"/>{{rp|5}} However, after a factory fire in 1872, Faber established the new [[Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory]] at a larger location in [[Greenpoint, Brooklyn]].{{r|Sawed-Off}} That complex expanded to eight buildings through the 1890s.{{r|Wallpaper interior|Wallpaper exterior}}<ref name="NYCL">{{cite web|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2264.pdf|title=Eberhard Faber Pencil Company Historic District|last=Presa|first=Donald G.|date=October 30, 2007|year=|website=|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>{{rp|5–6}} Faber's children split the company from its German parent in 1898 and remained in Greenpoint until 1956, when it moved to Pennsylvania.{{r|Sawed-Off}} The [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] designated the complex as the Eberhard Faber Historic District in 2008.<!-- Decorative pencils adorn the [[façades]] of the buildings that neighbor the Kickstarter headquarters.-->{{r|Wallpaper interior}}<ref name="NYCL"/>{{rp|1}}
+Eberhard Faber, the great-grandson of pencil entrepreneur [[Kaspar Faber]], traveled to the United States, where he bought [[Eastern redcedar]] and, in New York City, opened a [[stationery]] store and the country's first pencil factory. The factory was established in eastern [[Midtown Manhattan]] in 1866, near the current site of the [[headquarters of the United Nations]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/nyregion/new-york-today-eberhard-faber-pencil-factory-greenpoint-brooklyn-yom-kippur.html|title=New York Today: Our Past in Pencils|date=October 11, 2016|last=Levine|first=Alexandra S.|website=The New York Times|access-date=September 16, 2019|archive-date=July 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724140518/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/nyregion/new-york-today-eberhard-faber-pencil-factory-greenpoint-brooklyn-yom-kippur.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYCL"/>{{rp|5}} However, after a factory fire in 1872, Faber established the new [[Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory]] at a larger location in [[Greenpoint, Brooklyn]].{{r|Sawed-Off}} That complex expanded to eight buildings through the 1890s.{{r|Wallpaper interior|Wallpaper exterior}}<ref name="NYCL">{{cite web|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2264.pdf|title=Eberhard Faber Pencil Company Historic District|last=Presa|first=Donald G.|date=October 30, 2007|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|access-date=October 17, 2019|archive-date=July 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724140516/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2264.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|5–6}} Faber's children split the company from its German parent in 1898 and remained in Greenpoint until 1956, when it moved to Pennsylvania.{{r|Sawed-Off}} The [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] designated the complex as the Eberhard Faber Historic District in 2008.<!-- Decorative pencils adorn the [[façades]] of the buildings that neighbor the Kickstarter headquarters.-->{{r|Wallpaper interior}}<ref name="NYCL"/>{{rp|1}}
-[[Kickstarter]] was in contract to purchase a portion of the complex by 2011.{{r|Archpaper 2014}} The two-story, {{convert|29000|ft2|m2|abbr=on}}{{r|Wallpaper interior}} building had been gutted by its previous owner in the mid-1980s{{r|Archpaper 2014}} with failed plans of creating a [[high-rise]] hotel{{r|Wallpaper interior}} and nine-story addition.{{r|CityLand approval}} Kickstarter, which was founded two years prior, purchased the building for {{usd|3.6 million}}<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Chafkin |first1=Max |title=True To Its Roots: Why Kickstarter Wont Sell |work=[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]] |date=2013-03-18 |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3006694/true-to-its-roots-why-kickstarter-wont-sell |accessdate=2018-04-08 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><!-- https://web.archive.org/web/20130917043259/betabeat.com/2012/08/kickstarters-new-hq-will-be-a-gutted-greenpoint-pencil-factory/ --> and planned to spend an additional {{usd|3.9 million}} on its renovation,{{r|Post: starter home|Billboard 2014}} as a portion of {{usd|10 million}} it had raised through a recent [[venture round]].{{r|Post: starter home}} Kickstarter co-founder and chairman [[Perry Chen]] said that their choice of investment in real estate reflected the company's long-term outlook,{{sfn|Keh|2014b|p=97}} as they hoped to remain there in perpetuity.{{r|Post: starter home}} The choice to for the company to purchase its own building was rare among Internet startups, as was the choice to relocate away from Manhattan to a nondescript, industrial area of Brooklyn.{{r|Wallpaper interior}} The company had previously rented three narrow floors of a dilapidated [[tenement building]] in Manhattan's [[Lower East Side]].{{r|Wallpaper interior}}<!-- relocated door and garden contents trivia http://www.businessinsider.com/a-look-inside-kickstarters-brooklyn-office-where-employees-can-pet-dogs-and-take-walks-in-a-secret-rooftop-garden-2016-11 -->
+[[Kickstarter]] was in contract to purchase a portion of the complex by 2011{{r|Archpaper 2014}} and finalized its purchase the next year.<ref name="Furfaro Ng 2012 o776">{{cite web | last=Furfaro | first=Danielle | last2=Ng | first2=Alfred | title=Kickstarter is leaving Manhattan for Greenpoint | website=Brooklyn Paper | date=August 13, 2012 | url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/kickstarter-is-leaving-manhattan-for-greenpoint/ | access-date=December 13, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Magazine 2012 c823">{{cite web | title=Kickstarter Moving Its Offices To Greenpoint | website=Brooklyn Magazine | date=August 14, 2012 | url=https://www.bkmag.com/2012/08/14/kickstarter-moving-its-offices-to-greenpoint/ | access-date=December 13, 2023}}</ref> The two-story, {{convert|29000|ft2|m2|abbr=on}}{{r|Wallpaper interior}} building had been gutted by its previous owner in the mid-1980s{{r|Archpaper 2014}} with failed plans of creating a [[high-rise]] hotel{{r|Wallpaper interior}} and nine-story addition.{{r|CityLand approval}} Kickstarter, which was founded two years prior, purchased the building for {{usd|3.6 million}}<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Chafkin |first1=Max |title=True To Its Roots: Why Kickstarter Wont Sell |work=[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]] |date=2013-03-18 |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3006694/true-to-its-roots-why-kickstarter-wont-sell |access-date=2018-04-08 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=July 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710082016/https://www.fastcompany.com/3006694/where-are-they-now/true-to-its-roots-why-kickstarter-wont-sell |url-status=live }}</ref><!-- https://web.archive.org/web/20130917043259/http://betabeat.com/2012/08/kickstarters-new-hq-will-be-a-gutted-greenpoint-pencil-factory/ --> and planned to spend an additional {{usd|3.9 million}} on its renovation,{{r|Post: starter home|Billboard 2014}} as a portion of {{usd|10 million}} it had raised through a recent [[venture round]].{{r|Post: starter home}} Kickstarter co-founder and chairman [[Perry Chen]] said that their choice of investment in real estate reflected the company's long-term outlook,{{sfn|Keh|2014b|p=97}} as they hoped to remain there in perpetuity.{{r|Post: starter home}} The choice to for the company to purchase its own building was rare among Internet startups, as was the choice to relocate away from Manhattan to a nondescript, industrial area of Brooklyn.{{r|Wallpaper interior}} The company had previously rented three narrow floors of a dilapidated [[tenement building]] in Manhattan's [[Lower East Side]].{{r|Wallpaper interior}}<!-- relocated door and garden contents trivia http://www.businessinsider.com/a-look-inside-kickstarters-brooklyn-office-where-employees-can-pet-dogs-and-take-walks-in-a-secret-rooftop-garden-2016-11 -->
+=== Construction and opening ===
+Kickstarter's renovation plans were unanimously approved by the city's [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission|Landmarks Preservation Commission]] in March 2012{{r|CityLand approval}} and praised by community officials.{{r|Post: starter home}} Construction had begun by January 2013<ref name="Archpaper 2013">{{Cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Nicole |title=Kickstarting Greenpoint: Crowd-Funding Site Begins Office Renovation in Brooklyn |work=[[The Architect's Newspaper]] |date=2013-01-14 |url=https://archpaper.com/2013/01/kickstarting-greenpoint-crowd-funding-site-begins-office-renovation-in-brooklyn/ |access-date=2018-04-07 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724140521/https://www.archpaper.com/2013/01/kickstarting-greenpoint-crowd-funding-site-begins-office-renovation-in-brooklyn/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and staff moved in a year later, in January 2014.{{r|Post: starter home}} <!--The company's staff expanded from 35 workers at the start of the renovation{{r|Archpaper 2015}} to 90 as of the building's completion.{{sfn|Keh|2014b|p=99}}-->Kickstarter opened its headquarters with a public [[block party]] and art show in April.{{sfn|Keh|2014b|p=100}}<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lynch |first1=Scott |title=Photos: Kickstarter's Greenpoint Block Party |work=[[Gothamist]] |date=2014-05-04 |url=http://gothamist.com/2014/05/04/photos_kickstarters_greenpoint_bloc.php |access-date=2018-04-08 |df=mdy-all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508152127/http://gothamist.com/2014/05/04/photos_kickstarters_greenpoint_bloc.php |archive-date=May 8, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The company hosted a ''[[Killer Queen (video game)|Killer Queen]]'' [[arcade cabinet]] for the block party and continued to house it afterwards.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Frushtick |first1=Russ |title=Dynamite With a Laser Beam |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2014-10-10 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/nyregion/killer-queen-a-10-person-console-game.html |language=en-US |access-date=March 20, 2021 |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724140520/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/nyregion/killer-queen-a-10-person-console-game.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Sondresen, the architect, gave a public tour of the building in October.<ref name="Curbed 2014">{{Cite web |last1=Budin |first1=Jeremiah |title=Inside (and Atop) Kickstarter's Greenpoint Headquarters |work=[[Curbed NY]] |date=2014-10-11 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/10/11/10036442/inside-and-atop-kickstarters-greenpoint-headquarters |access-date=2017-11-20 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724140523/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/10/11/10036442/inside-and-atop-kickstarters-greenpoint-headquarters |url-status=live }}</ref>
+The restoration received awards from the [[New York Landmarks Conservancy]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 24th Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards |work=[[The New York Landmarks Conservancy]] |date=2014-05-06 |url=http://www.nylandmarks.org/events/moses_awards/the_24th_lucy_g._moses_preservation_awards/ |access-date=2018-04-08 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724141032/https://nylandmarks.org/calendar/category/moses-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Municipal Art Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MASterworks Awards |work=[[The Municipal Art Society of New York]] |date=2014 |url=https://www.mas.org/awards/masterworks/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229191043/https://www.mas.org/awards/masterworks/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-12-29 |access-date=2018-04-08 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+=== Sale ===
+Kickstarter remained a [[distributed company]] following the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], and all employees had [[remote work]] arrangements.<ref>{{Cite magazine  |url=https://time.com/6161220/kickstarter-ceo-aziz-hasan-four-day-workweek/ |last=Delaney |first=Kevin J. |title=As Kickstarter Launches a 4-Day Workweek, Its CEO Steps Down |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=March 27, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Quinlan 2023 h709">{{cite web | last=Quinlan | first=Adriane | title=The Ultimate Start-up Office Is for Sale | website=Curbed | date=June 6, 2023 | url=https://www.curbed.com/2023/06/kickstarters-office-at-58-kent-is-on-sale-for-usd25-million.html | access-date=December 13, 2023}}</ref> By 2022, the property was listed for sale at $29.5 million,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://b6realestateadvisors.com/listings/?propertyId=1088938-sale | title=Listings - B6 Real Estate Advisors | access-date=July 28, 2022 | archive-date=July 24, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724140518/https://b6realestateadvisors.com/listings/?propertyId=1088938-sale | url-status=live }}</ref> later reduced to $25 million.<ref name="Quinlan 2023 x046"/> A writer for ''[[Curbed]]'' said the listing "demotes the 29,000-square-foot space from its 2010s status as an example of where office design was heading to its contemporary state as a fossil of how we once worked".<ref name="Quinlan 2023 h709"/> Whalar, a talent firm, bought 58 Kent Street in December 2023.<ref name="Quinlan 2023 x046">{{cite web | last=Quinlan | first=Adriane | title=Kickstarter’s Greenpoint Office Is Becoming a Hype House | website=Curbed | date=December 12, 2023 | url=https://www.curbed.com/2023/12/kickstarters-greenpoint-office-is-becoming-a-hype-house.html | access-date=December 13, 2023}}</ref>
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-All that remained of the building, when purchased by Kickstarter, was its raw shell in [[arrested decay]]. Behind its graffitied red brick façade, light shined through holes in its makeshift roof to illuminate a space where pigeons flew and rainwater puddled. Ole Sondresen, the Norwegian-born, New York-based architect behind the renovation, recalled how the building evoked a "dramatic and magical" feeling and,{{sfn|Keh|2014b|p=97}} in his signature sustainable and arboreal style,<ref>{{Cite web |last1=La Guerre |first1=Liam |last2=Mashayekhi |first2=Rey |title=Brooklyn Style: The 7 Interior Designers to Watch in Kings County |work=[[Commercial Observer]] |date=2017-03-08 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172013/https://commercialobserver.com/2017/03/brooklyn-style-the-7-interior-designers-to-watch-in-kings-county/ |accessdate=2018-04-07 |df=mdy-all |p=3 }}</ref> sought to retain as much of its experience and materials as possible.{{sfn|Keh|2014b|p=97}}
+All that remained of the building, when purchased by Kickstarter, was its raw shell in [[arrested decay]]. Behind its graffitied red brick façade, light shined through holes in its makeshift roof to illuminate a space where pigeons flew and rainwater puddled. Ole Sondresen, the Norwegian-born, New York-based architect behind the renovation, recalled how the building evoked a "dramatic and magical" feeling and,{{sfn|Keh|2014b|p=97}} in his signature sustainable and arboreal style,<ref>{{Cite web |last1=La Guerre |first1=Liam |last2=Mashayekhi |first2=Rey |title=Brooklyn Style: The 7 Interior Designers to Watch in Kings County |work=[[Commercial Observer]] |date=2017-03-08 |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2017/03/brooklyn-style-the-7-interior-designers-to-watch-in-kings-county/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407172013/https://commercialobserver.com/2017/03/brooklyn-style-the-7-interior-designers-to-watch-in-kings-county/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-04-07 |access-date=2018-04-07 |df=mdy-all |page=3 }}</ref> sought to retain as much of its experience and materials as possible.{{sfn|Keh|2014b|p=97}}
 Sondresen [[adaptive reuse|adaptively reused]] multiple elements of the remaining building. He bordered a multi-floor, central courtyard using the roof's original, industrial [[trusses]], and hung the courtyard's window façades off of repurposed trusses. Around the building's entrance, Sondresen kept the historic lintels, [[bollard]]s, and [[arch]]es.{{sfn|Keh|2014b|pp=97, 99}} Separately, another architect worked to preserve the mismatched, dilapidated façade.{{r|Archpaper 2014}} For the externally sourced building materials, Sondresen chose sustainable options to reduce the construction's [[carbon footprint]]: reclaimed wood, recycled [[denim]] for insulation, and recycled [[fly ash]] in the building's concrete.{{r|Archpaper 2015}} The theater's seats were recovered from a shuttered Midwest venue. Sondresen estimated that the majority of construction materials came from a 20-mile radius.{{r|Curbed 2014}}
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-Camille Finefrock designed the building's gardens and interiors. The courtyard garden at the heart of the building was designed as a serene "portrait of the woods" for staff to connect with the nature that historically grew at the building's site through their nearest window. The courtyard features plants indigenous to Long Island and the Northeast, with ferns, [[swamp azalea]], [[river birch]]es, and a meditation stone beneath a [[redbud|redbud tree]].{{r|Wallpaper interior}} Sondresen compared the layout to a Renaissance [[palazzo]] where the building is lit from inside:{{r|Archpaper 2015}} Three of the courtyard's four walls are glass, and the fourth is [[patinated]] [[Corten steel]]{{sfn|Keh|2014b|p=99}} with a Japanese-style [[rain chain]].{{r|Wallpaper interior}} Finefrock designed the rooftop garden in sandy soil to reflect the building's indigenous environment and its proximity to the ocean, with elements from the [[Long Island Pine Barrens]], coastal plants, [[beach plum]] trees. A gravel path divides in two and allows a user the choice between a direct route across the roof or a more meandering enclosed philosopher's walk. Also on the roof are fruit, vegetable, and [[cut flower]] gardens for staff to collect blueberries, kale, tomatoes, and flowers for their desks.<!--staff-run?, lessen [[heat island]] effect{{r|Archpaper 2015}}--> Inside, Finefrock chose vintage furniture, topographical maps and brass animals to compliment the full library of books that she sourced from the estate of Frank H. Pearl, investor and founder of Perseus Books Group. Custom standing lamps illuminate leather reading chairs, a small cabinet of curiosities holds a rotating selection of objects evoking a sense of wonder befitting of factories for creative technology, both pencils and Kickstarter.{{r|Wallpaper interior}}
+Camille Finefrock designed the building's gardens and interiors. The courtyard garden at the heart of the building was designed as a serene "portrait of the woods" for staff to connect with the nature that historically grew at the building's site through their nearest window. The courtyard features plants indigenous to Long Island and the Northeast, with ferns, [[swamp azalea]], [[river birch]]es, and a meditation stone beneath a [[redbud|redbud tree]].{{r|Wallpaper interior}} Sondresen compared the layout to a Renaissance [[palazzo]] where the building is lit from inside:{{r|Archpaper 2015}} Three of the courtyard's four walls are glass, and the fourth is [[patinated]] [[Corten steel]]{{sfn|Keh|2014b|p=99}} with a Japanese-style [[rain chain]].{{r|Wallpaper interior}} Finefrock designed the rooftop garden in sandy soil to reflect the building's indigenous environment and its proximity to the ocean, with elements from the [[Long Island Pine Barrens]], coastal plants, [[beach plum]] trees. A gravel path divides in two and allows a user the choice between a direct route across the roof or a more meandering enclosed philosopher's walk. Also on the roof are fruit, vegetable, and [[cut flower]] gardens for staff to collect blueberries, kale, tomatoes, and flowers for their desks.<!--staff-run?, lessen [[heat island]] effect{{r|Archpaper 2015}}--> Inside, Finefrock chose vintage furniture, topographical maps and brass animals to complement the full library of books that she sourced from the estate of Frank H. Pearl, investor and founder of Perseus Books Group. Custom standing lamps illuminate leather reading chairs, a small cabinet of curiosities holds a rotating selection of objects evoking a sense of wonder befitting of factories for creative technology, both pencils and Kickstarter.{{r|Wallpaper interior}}
 The building was designed to accommodate a variety of working styles and give staff multiple options for places to work. It follows an [[open plan]] layout common to startups,{{r|Archpaper 2015}} with rows of long work tables for staff to share. Alternatively, staff can work by preference at more private spaces around the office: an individual [[carrel desk|carrel]] or armchair<!--{{r|Archpaper 2015}}--> in the library, a [[rattan]] [[lounge chair]] in the rooftop solarium, the meditation stone in the center courtyard, the wooden bleachers, and standing desks. The meeting rooms ranged from cozy spaces for small groups with mid-century [[loveseat]]s to spacious conference rooms. There is also a deck on the roof for working outdoors and screening films.{{sfn|Keh|2014b|p=99}}<!-- Yancey started Jan 2014, worked in center of open workspace.{{sfn|Keh|2014b|p=99}} -->
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 The restorers then cut and [[repointed]] mortar joints based on a threshold of deterioration, and repaired other minor holes with spot pointing. Though the base of the central, Engelhardt-designed façade had more than 30 percent brick erosion, their joints were selectively repointed and bricks coated with water repellent, so as to preserve the existing brick face. The restorers preserved the graffiti on the brick faces but not on the repointed mortar. The brickwork in the building's rear was completely rather than selectively repointed to save money. Contemporary glass windows and Corten steel window boxes replaced their formerly closed apertures, and a minimalist Corten steel overhang signals the building's entrance on an otherwise unassuming façade.{{r|Archpaper 2014}}
-== Construction and opening ==
-Kickstarter's renovation plans were unanimously approved by the city's [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission|Landmarks Preservation Commission]] in March 2012{{r|CityLand approval}} and praised by community officials.{{r|Post: starter home}} Construction had begun by January 2013<ref name="Archpaper 2013">{{Cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Nicole |title=Kickstarting Greenpoint: Crowd-Funding Site Begins Office Renovation in Brooklyn |work=[[The Architect's Newspaper]] |date=2013-01-14 |url=https://archpaper.com/2013/01/kickstarting-greenpoint-crowd-funding-site-begins-office-renovation-in-brooklyn/ |accessdate=2018-04-07 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and staff moved in a year later, in January 2014.{{r|Post: starter home}} <!--The company's staff expanded from 35 workers at the start of the renovation{{r|Archpaper 2015}} to 90 as of the building's completion.{{sfn|Keh|2014b|p=99}}-->Kickstarter opened its headquarters with a public [[block party]] and art show in April.{{sfn|Keh|2014b|p=100}}<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lynch |first1=Scott |title=Photos: Kickstarter's Greenpoint Block Party |work=[[Gothamist]] |date=2014-05-04 |url=http://gothamist.com/2014/05/04/photos_kickstarters_greenpoint_bloc.php |accessdate=2018-04-08 |df=mdy-all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508152127/http://gothamist.com/2014/05/04/photos_kickstarters_greenpoint_bloc.php |archive-date=May 8, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sondresen, the architect, gave a public tour of the building in October.<ref name="Curbed 2014">{{Cite web |last1=Budin |first1=Jeremiah |title=Inside (and Atop) Kickstarter's Greenpoint Headquarters |work=[[Curbed NY]] |date=2014-10-11 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/10/11/10036442/inside-and-atop-kickstarters-greenpoint-headquarters |accessdate=2017-11-20 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
-The restoration received awards from the [[New York Landmarks Conservancy]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 24th Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards |work=[[The New York Landmarks Conservancy]] |date=2014-05-06 |url=http://www.nylandmarks.org/events/moses_awards/the_24th_lucy_g._moses_preservation_awards/ |accessdate=2018-04-08 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and [[Municipal Art Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MASterworks Awards |work=[[The Municipal Art Society of New York]] |date=2014 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229191043/https://www.mas.org/awards/masterworks/ |accessdate=2018-04-08 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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-<ref name="Archpaper 2014">{{Cite web |last1=Seward |first1=Aaron |title=58 Kent Street |work=[[The Architect's Newspaper]] |date=2014-05-23 |url=https://archpaper.com/2014/05/58-kent-street/ |accessdate=2018-04-07 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+<ref name="Archpaper 2014">{{Cite web |last1=Seward |first1=Aaron |title=58 Kent Street |work=[[The Architect's Newspaper]] |date=2014-05-23 |url=https://archpaper.com/2014/05/58-kent-street/ |access-date=2018-04-07 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724141030/https://www.archpaper.com/2014/05/58-kent-street/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-<ref name="Archpaper 2015">{{Cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Nicole |title=Kickstarter Headquarters |work=[[The Architect's Newspaper]] |date=2015-05-26 |url=https://archpaper.com/2015/05/kickstarter-headquarters/ |accessdate=2018-04-07 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+<ref name="Archpaper 2015">{{Cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Nicole |title=Kickstarter Headquarters |work=[[The Architect's Newspaper]] |date=2015-05-26 |url=https://archpaper.com/2015/05/kickstarter-headquarters/ |access-date=2018-04-07 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=April 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407013145/https://archpaper.com/2015/05/kickstarter-headquarters/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-<ref name="Billboard 2014">{{Cite web |last1=Buerger |first1=Megan |title=Corner Office: Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler on Success, 'Broken Promises' and Being Spoofed by 'South Park' |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=2014-10-06 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6274107/kickstarter-ceo-yancey-strickler-success--south-park |accessdate=2018-04-08 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+<ref name="Billboard 2014">{{Cite magazine |last1=Buerger |first1=Megan |title=Corner Office: Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler on Success, 'Broken Promises' and Being Spoofed by 'South Park' |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=2014-10-06 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6274107/kickstarter-ceo-yancey-strickler-success--south-park |access-date=2018-04-08 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
-<ref name="CityLand approval">{{Cite web |title=Kickstarter wins Landmarks approval for Brooklyn HQ |work=CityLand |date=2012-05-02 |url=http://www.citylandnyc.org/kickstarter-wins-landmarks%e2%80%99-approval-for-brooklyn-hq/ |accessdate=2018-04-08 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+<ref name="CityLand approval">{{Cite web |title=Kickstarter wins Landmarks approval for Brooklyn HQ |work=CityLand |date=2012-05-02 |url=http://www.citylandnyc.org/kickstarter-wins-landmarks%e2%80%99-approval-for-brooklyn-hq/ |access-date=2018-04-08 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724141030/https://www.citylandnyc.org/kickstarter-wins-landmarks%E2%80%99-approval-for-brooklyn-hq/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-<ref name="Post: starter home">{{Cite web |last1=Sloane |first1=Garett |title=Nice starter home |work=[[New York Post]] |date=2012-08-09 |url=https://nypost.com/2012/08/09/nice-starter-home/ |accessdate=2017-11-21 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+<ref name="Post: starter home">{{Cite web |last1=Sloane |first1=Garett |title=Nice starter home |work=[[New York Post]] |date=2012-08-09 |url=https://nypost.com/2012/08/09/nice-starter-home/ |access-date=2017-11-21 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724141030/https://nypost.com/2012/08/09/nice-starter-home/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-<ref name="Sawed-Off">{{Cite book |last1=Wakin |first1=Daniel J. |chapter=No. 335: 'More Potent for Evil' |title=The Man with the Sawed-Off Leg and Other Tales of a New York City Block |date=2018 |isbn=978-1-62872-849-1 |publisher=[[Arcade Publishing]] |location=New York |chapterurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKwyDwAAQBAJ |oclc=1011557481 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+<ref name="Sawed-Off">{{Cite book |last1=Wakin |first1=Daniel J. |chapter=No. 335: 'More Potent for Evil' |title=The Man with the Sawed-Off Leg and Other Tales of a New York City Block |date=2018 |isbn=978-1-62872-849-1 |publisher=[[Arcade Publishing]] |location=New York |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKwyDwAAQBAJ |oclc=1011557481 |df=mdy-all |access-date=April 8, 2018 |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724141029/https://books.google.com/books?id=aKwyDwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 <ref name="Wallpaper exterior">{{Cite news |last1=Keh |first1=Pei-Ru |title=Crowd pleaser |work=[[Wallpaper (magazine)|Wallpaper]] |issue=188 |pages=97–100 |date=November 2014 |df=mdy-all |ref={{harvid|Keh|2014b}} }}</ref>
-<ref name="Wallpaper interior">{{Cite web |last1=Keh |first1=Pei-Ru |title=Designer Camille Finefrock transforms Kickstarter's Brooklyn HQ into a 'portrait of the woods' |work=[[Wallpaper (magazine)|Wallpaper]] |date=2014-10-31 |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/designer-camille-finefrock-transforms-kickstarters-brooklyn-hq-into-a-portrait-of-the-woods |accessdate=2018-04-06 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+<ref name="Wallpaper interior">{{Cite web |last1=Keh |first1=Pei-Ru |title=Designer Camille Finefrock transforms Kickstarter's Brooklyn HQ into a 'portrait of the woods' |work=[[Wallpaper (magazine)|Wallpaper]] |date=2014-10-31 |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/designer-camille-finefrock-transforms-kickstarters-brooklyn-hq-into-a-portrait-of-the-woods |access-date=2018-04-06 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724141537/https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/designer-camille-finefrock-transforms-kickstarters-brooklyn-hq-into-a-portrait-of-the-woods |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 == External links ==
 * {{Commons category-inline}}
-* {{official website|http://www.olesondresen.com/kickstarter/}}
+* {{official website}}
 {{Portal bar|Architecture|Companies|New York City}}
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 [[Category:Buildings and structures in Brooklyn]]
 [[Category:Greenpoint, Brooklyn]]
-[[Category:Information technology company headquarters in the United States]]
 [[Category:Office buildings completed in 2014]]
 [[Category:2014 establishments in New York City]]