"What was once a laundromat is now becoming a stage, a classroom, and a canvas for the neighborhood,"
"She's just been bugging me for two years to do this particular project,"
Elizabeth Lee's parents opened B&K Launderette in the 1970s and ran it until the 1990s; family friends operated it until 2017. The building at 3151 16th St., near Albion, has been vacant since 2017 and will become Lee's Launderette, a new community art space. City vacancy tax and the memory of Lee's parents motivated adaptive reuse rather than immediate sale. The space will host murals, classes, and workshops, and will honor Lee's Chinese heritage with a dragon mural designed and painted by six Youth Arts Exchange students trained by muralist Joseph Lopez. The team includes Alice Woo, Mark Pinsukanjana, Bryan Yedinak, and Jim Bhak, and planned activities include weaving, Peptoc pep-talk projects, crochet, and DJ-ing, with an eventual plan to sell the building.
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