An 1865 mill, 60 miles from Manhattan.
Three shootable rooms, a working industrial campus, a mural park and a river, with the parking and load-in that a crew actually needs. Express trains and Amtrak run to Bridgeport, so a crew can arrive without a car. Booked by the day for stills and video, and open to location scouts for larger productions.
You can shoot a warehouse, a gallery and a waterfront without moving the truck.
The Knowlton is the former Armstrong Manufacturing works: original hardwood, exposed brick, steel sash windows, industrial corridors and a 27-foot peak. Outside there is a river, a deck, a 30,000 square foot lawn and nine large-scale murals. Locations that would take three separate permits in the city are on one lot here, with 200 free parking spaces on it.
Three rooms, three looks.
The Boathouse
9,500 sq ft with a 6,500 sq ft event floor, 27-foot peak ceiling and 1,200 sq ft waterfront deck
The big volume: original wood floors, a 27-foot peak, a 14-foot rigging beam, and three garage bay doors that open onto the deck and the water. Enormous natural light, and enough floor to build a set inside it.
See the roomThe Wilder Gallery
4,000 sq ft gallery
Original hardwood, high ceilings, columns and a row of tall windows. A clean gallery box for a multi-look day, with its own entrance so a crew can work independently of the rest of the building.
See the room
The Armstrong Gallery
1,400 sq ft gallery
The intimate room: original wood floor, high ceilings and art on the walls. Good for portraits, interviews and tight product work without dressing a bigger space down.
See the roomA 14-foot beam, and doors a truck fits through.
The Boathouse carries a 14-foot beam that can be used to suspend from 27 feet to the peak, and three large garage bay doors open straight onto a 1,200 square foot deck over the river. Natural light all day through the steel sash windows, blackout as needed, and a lot that takes crew vehicles without a permit.
What the building gives you.
Real rooms in the building, undressed. What you see is what a crew turns up to.
The rest of the lot is shootable too.
Nine murals by nationally known artists across the campus, a working waterfront on the Pequonnock, a river deck, a 30,000 square foot lawn, industrial corridors, a courtyard and the studio floors above. Scouts are welcome to walk the whole site.
Bring the production.
Feature, series, commercial or editorial: the campus takes larger productions, and we would rather talk early than fit you in late. Tell us the dates, the footprint and what you are looking for, and we will walk you through the whole site.
Tell us about the shoot.
Dates, the rough size of the crew, and what you are trying to make. If it helps, say which room you have in mind, or ask us and we will tell you which one fits. Rates depend on the room, the day and the footprint, so we quote per shoot rather than publishing a rate card.
Not booking an event? Studio and office leasing, press and everything else.