Galapagos gets makeover in Dumbo

From the February issue: Clearly, what Brooklyn has been missing is a $150,000 man-made lake. One evening last month, Robert Elmes, the founder of the Galapagos Art Space, which is moving to a new home in Dumbo, surveyed the hole carved out of his new outpost and explained just how one goes about building an indoor body of water. Elmes’ former club — which opened in Williamsburg in 1995, pioneering the art, music and social scene there — housed a 300-square-foot pond that was its centerpiece. Now, after multiple rent increases, Elmes is moving the venture to Dumbo and constructing a new space of 10,000 square feet with a 1,600-square-foot “lake.” Elmes is designing the new moat with architect Tony Daniels.