BENCH DOGS

Bench Dogs has its roots in the industrial and fine arts scene that occupied Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the early 90's. Husband and wife, Weber Roberts and Brooks Crane started Bench Dogs in their live/work loft in the Gretsch Building along the edge of the East River. As manufacturing space made way for residential apartments, Bench Dogs was forced out of their building and relocated to the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Soon there were Bench Puppies, and having grown up in New England, Weber and Brooks moved to Rockland, ME to raise their family. Bench Dogs' first shop in Maine was at 21 Winter St., in a building recently torn down to make way for the new home for the Center for Maine Contemporary Art. Weber and Brooks built a mixed-use industrial building on the other end of town, 711 Main St. and lived above their new shop. Living and working on the water was a return to Bench Dogs' origins and was a dream project, however, a dream that was..

Primary location: Washington United States