The acclaimed bar and event space we designed and built for The Long Now in 2014 is turning 10 years old this year…. And it still looks fantastic! If you’ve never been here, you should make the trip. And if you have been here then you know what we mean.

Long Now worked with Bay Area architects Jillian Northrup and Jeffrey McGrew of BWC Architects to strike the right balance between bar, cafe, exhibition space, and event venue. Together they created a space where, in Rose’s words, “every surface, every object is a story that you can tell.” (from https://longnow.org/)

As part of this 10 year birthday anniversary we’re assisting in some needed and wanted upgrades to the space. Along with the upstairs office renovation previously completed, we’re helping with some additional items and upgrades to the main bar and event space, including an expansion of the ceiling mounted bottle keep program.

The bottle keep has been a ongoing beautiful project for The Interval since the inception; giving donors a way to enjoy their contributions and share them with friends.

The program has been so successful for The Long Now, that they have been completely sold out of bottles for years. This expansion of capacity for bottle donors allows them to continue the excitement around this program, and help this innovative non-profit further their programing.

We built the new bottle holders to expand the capacity & exactly match the ones we made years ago. Designed and built at our Oakland shop space, just like the originals!

The new ceiling bottle holders and wall hangers were installed earlier this week and are ready for more bottles to come!