Although the Mars Bar is officially closed and mostly demolished, parts of it will live on through the left over wood used for the bar.
The design company 12 x 12 is hosting a competition in which 12 designers will create pieces of furniture out of reclaimed woods from different sites around New York, including the Mars Bar.
12 x 12 supplied 12 contemporary furniture designers with the reclaimed wood from 12 demolished New York City buildings. The exhibition, which is planned for sometime this spring, celebrates some of the cities best and innovative furniture designs, as well as advocates the recycling of reusable material.
EV Grieve reports that the wood from the Mars Bar is “antique Eastern spruce and vintage yellow pine."
Other sources of wood for the competition include a horse stable on East 75th Street belonging to Joseph Pulitzer, and parts of the Coney Island Boardwalk.
For more on this story, visit the 12 x 12 website.
