SOURCES FOR RECLAIMED BUILDING MATERIALS IN NEW YORK STATE
An excerpt from “The World at Home: A Household Guide to Building”
By Laura McCarthy, Program Associate
Citizens’ Environmental Coalition, 2007 www.cectoxic.org
Antique & Vintage Woods of America, Ltd; warehouse, design center and showroom, and woodcraft center, offering a variety of products and salvaged wood varieties.
Pine Plains, New York 12567. (518) 398-0049 www.antiqueandvintagewoods.com
Barn Shadow Enterprises; reclaimed and restored antique barn wood. Wellsville, NY 14895. 585-593-5075 www.barnshadow.com
BarnStormers Woodworks; salvaged barnwood flooring, siding, beams, and furniture made from 100% salvaged barnwood. Saugerties, NY 12477. 845-661-7989 www.safesolutionsllc.com
Building Preservation Works, LLC; specializing in architectural antiques for restorations, with online showroom. Homer, NY 13077. 607-749-8889 www.preservationworks.com
Build It Green! NYC; the city’s only non-profit, salvaged building materials warehouse. Queens, NY 11102 718-777-0132 www.bignyc.org
Craigslist; browse this site for free stuff postings in your neighborhood. www.craigslist.org
Demolition Depot; Specializing in vintage fixtures and architectural ornaments. New York City, 10035 212-860-1138 www.demolitiondepot.com
Eastern Rensselaer County Community Warehouse; non-profit reuse center with home and office furniture and fixtures. Hoosick Falls, NY 12090. 518-686-7540. www.hoosickfalls.com/community/ERC.htm
FreeCycle; Sign up (free) with your community’s online network to post and get postings about free stuff. www.freecycle.org
Greenworker Cooperatives - Bronx Building Materials Reuse Center; a non-profit organization working to create an alternative green economy in the South Bronx Plans for a building reuse center is in the works for 2007. Bronx, NY 10474. 718-617 7807 www.greenworker.coop/website_j/
Habitat for Humanity – ReStore; Surplus and used building materials and furniture for contractors and homeowners located in cities across the country. www.habitat.org/env/restores.aspx
Historic Home Supply Corp; specializes in architectural salvage. Troy, NY 12180. 518-266-0675 Hudson Valley Materials Exchange; reuse center accepting building materials, industrial scraps and art materials from the business wastestream with onsite waste assessments for potential donors. New Windsor, NY 12553. 845-567-1445. www.hvmaterialsexchange.com
Long Island City Business Development Cooperation; Industrial waste recycling and prevention program. Long Island City, NY 11101. 718-786-5300 x24 Materials Resource Center; A project of the Association for Resource Conservation which obtains scrap and surplus materials from industry. Ronkonkoma, NY 11779. 613-580-7290. www.materialresourcecenter.org
Mat-Ex Online Western/Central NY Materials Exchange; The exchange involves businesses in twenty-one counties. 585-344-2580 x5464 www.mat-ex.org
New York Salvage/Architiques; roofing, flooring, architectural salvage and antiques. Oneonta, NY 13820. 607-432-9890 www.architiques.net
NY Wa$teMatch; Helps clients reduce disposal costs, generate revenue and obtain raw materials for free. New York, 10007. 212-442-5219 www.wastematch.org
Pioneer Millworks; Produces quality hardwood flooring and siding from salvaged wood. Farmington, NY 14425. (585) 924-9970, (800) 951-9663 www.pioneermillworks.com
Significant Elements; A non-profit, architectural salvage warehouse working in conjunction with Tompkins County Solid Waste Management Division. Ithaca, NY, 14850. 607-277-3450 www.significantelements.org
Urban Archaeology; Specializing in saving historic elements from demolished buildings. New York, 10013. 212-431-4646 www.urbanarchaeology.com
Zaborski Emporium; Architectural salvage and vintage fixtures. Kingston, NY 12401. 914-338-6465 www.stanthejunkman.com