Lindsey Scannapieco's guest appearances

Lindsey Scannapieco

Knight Cities podcast

Phila-State

Philly Who?

Partners for Better Communities (Virginia's DHCD Podcast)

Indie Colorcast

AHEAD OF THE CURVE

Josh Kopelman

Ryan Gravel

Jason Roberts

Rick Nucci

Jo Piazza

Serena Williams

Matt Weaver

Angela Glover Blackwell

Steve Cook

Scott Stowell

Anthony Demby

Andrew Jackson

Melody Warnick

Duane Miller

Lil Dicky

OwlTail

We're talking support for food-based businesses and small scale manufacturing in the August installment of the Creating Community Vitality series.  Bok Vocational High School was built in 1936 and accommodated 3,000 students from across Philadelphia studying subjects like wallpapering, cosmetology, auto mechanics, bricklaying, and more. In 2013, the school closed due to decreased enrollment and deferred maintenance. Today it's a hub of more than 200 businesses serving a neighborhood in a new and exciting way. Lindsey Scannapieco is the Managing Partner of SCOUT, a multi-disciplinary design and development firm with a background in transforming vacant and underutilized spaces in creative ways. Scannapieco speaks about the adaptive reuse project repurposing the former classrooms of a historic school into space for makers, nonprofits, small businesses, and artists.  Shortly after, SCOUT took ownership of the building, and, over the past five years, the building has become a hub for makers, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. Check out BOK here. Check out other offerings in the Creating Community Vitality series.

We're talking support for food-based businesses and small scale manufacturing in the August installment of the Creating Community Vitality series.  Bok Vocational High School was built in 1936 and accommodated 3,000 students from across Philadelphia studying subjects like wallpapering, cosmetology, auto mechanics, bricklaying, and more. In 2013, the school closed due to decreased enrollment and deferred maintenance. Today it's a hub of more than 200 businesses serving a neighborhood in a new and exciting way. Lindsey Scannapieco is the Managing Partner of <a href="https://www.scout-ltd.com/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SCOUT,</a> a multi-disciplinary design and development firm with a background in transforming vacant and underutilized spaces in creative ways. Scannapieco speaks about the adaptive reuse project repurposing the former classrooms of a historic school into space for makers, nonprofits, small businesses, and artists.  Shortly after, SCOUT took ownership of the building, and, over the past five years, the building has become a hub for makers, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. <a href="https://www.buildingbok.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out BOK here.</a> Check out other offerings in <a href="https://virginiamainstreet.com/creating-community-vitality-series/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Creating Community Vitality series.</a>

54. Fostering BOK's Vibrant Community of Emerging Businesses ⇒ SCOUT's Lindsey Scannapieco

Lindsey Scannapieco is the Managing Partner of Scout and an urbanist at heart. She purchased her main project Building BOK 2 years after the 8-story vocational high school closed, with hopes of utilizing the existing space as a place for local creators and businesses. In our conversation, we talk about adaptive re-use, Building BOK, their new community-driven events, how it takes time to build trusting relationships with community partners, what it means to be an ‘accessible’ space, frustrations with individualism in the U.S., and really looking at Philadelphia as a hub of opportunity. Follow us on Instagram Host: Tatiana Swedek

Lindsey Scannapieco is the Managing Partner of <a href="https://www.scout-ltd.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Scout </a>and an urbanist at heart. She purchased her main project <a href="https://www.buildingbok.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Building BOK</a> 2 years after the 8-story vocational high school closed, with hopes of utilizing the existing space as a place for local creators and businesses. In our conversation, we talk about adaptive re-use, Building BOK, their new community-driven events, how it takes time to build trusting relationships with community partners, what it means to be an ‘accessible’ space, frustrations with individualism in the U.S., and really looking at Philadelphia as a hub of opportunity. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aheadofthecurv3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow us on Instagram</a> Host: <a href="https://www.tatianaswedek.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tatiana Swedek</a>

Adaptive Reuse & Collectivism in Philadelphia with Lindsey Scannapieco

Lindsey Scannapieco is the Managing Partner of Scout, an urban design collective that specializes in repurposing vacant and underutilized spaces. Their claim to fame so far is the Bok building, a giant, 8-story vocational school that takes up an entire city block in South Philly.The Bok School was closed in 2012, but in 2014 Lindsey bought the building with a grand vision - she would lease pieces of it to creatives, who would use the building’s maker spaces for their original purpose, rather than just turning the building into condos.Today, Bok has 130 businesses operating out of the building, but, the most famous one is Bok Bar, the rooftop beer garden with an unmatched view of the skyline. Bok Bar opened to a bit of controversy in 2015, but since then has become a Philly summer staple.Support Philly Who?Donate via Paypal,Venmo: @podphillywho,Become a Monthly Patron,Purchase a T-Shirt or Hat,Become a Sponsor

Lindsey Scannapieco is the Managing Partner of Scout, an urban design collective that specializes in repurposing vacant and underutilized spaces. Their claim to fame so far is the Bok building, a giant, 8-story vocational school that takes up an entire city block in South Philly.The Bok School was closed in 2012, but in 2014 Lindsey bought the building with a grand vision - she would lease pieces of it to creatives, who would use the building’s maker spaces for their original purpose, rather than just turning the building into condos.Today, Bok has 130 businesses operating out of the building, but, the most famous one is Bok Bar, the rooftop beer garden with an unmatched view of the skyline. Bok Bar opened to a bit of controversy in 2015, but since then has become a Philly summer staple. Support Philly Who?<a href="https://bit.ly/phillywhopaypal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donate via Paypal</a>,Venmo: @podphillywho,<a href="https://bit.ly/pwpatreon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Become a Monthly Patron</a>,<a href="https://podphillywho.com/shop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Purchase a T-Shirt or Hat</a>,<a href="https://podphillywho.com/become-a-sponsor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Become a Sponsor</a>

Lindsey Scannapieco: Repurposing Bok into South Philly's Creative Hub

SPONSORED BY:HOUWZER  &amp; FAB WEB WORKLindsey Scannapieco, founder of the urban design and development studio, Scout LTD, that’s the organization behind Building Bok, the transformational project of the vacant former Bok Technical High School in South Philadelphia.By nature the Real Estate development game attracts big thinkers with a predisposition for seeing opportunities where others only see road blocks. It’s an inherent optimism that makes them simultaneously figure heads for change and targets of criticism. None exemplifies this more in the current Philly development landscape than my next guest.Lindsay Scannapieco has a Master's degree in city design and social science from the London School of Economics  which led her to a role with the Olympic Park Legacy Company that was tasked with activating vacant property in and around the former London 2012 Games. When looking for her next big project Lindsey stumbled across a School District of Philadelphia website that featured obsolete District buildings that were being sold. It was there Lindsey first saw Edward W. Bok Technical High School and the vision for transforming the 340,000 sq/ft (that’s equivalent to the surface area of six football fields) structure into an innovative hub for creatives and non-profits in South Philly was born.It’s a big bold project that has already captured the attention of the city with the launch of its seasonal roof-top Pop-Up restaurant, Le Bok Fin.In this episode we talk to Lindsay about her time in the UK repurposing Olympic infrastructure after the London Games, how she found and purchased Bok, and how she felt the first time she walked through the massive space. 

<h3>SPONSORED BY: <a href="http://www.houwzer.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HOUWZER </a> &amp; <a href="http://www.fabwebwork.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FAB WEB WORK</a></h3>Lindsey Scannapieco, founder of the urban design and development studio, <a href="http://www.scout-ltd.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scout LTD</a>, that’s the organization behind <a href="http://www.buildingbok.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Building Bok</a>, the transformational project of the vacant former Bok Technical High School in South Philadelphia.By nature the Real Estate development game attracts big thinkers with a predisposition for seeing opportunities where others only see road blocks. It’s an inherent optimism that makes them simultaneously figure heads for change and targets of criticism. None exemplifies this more in the current Philly development landscape than my next guest.Lindsay Scannapieco has a Master's degree in city design and social science from the London School of Economics  which led her to a role with the Olympic Park Legacy Company that was tasked with activating vacant property in and around the former London 2012 Games. When looking for her next big project Lindsey stumbled across a School District of Philadelphia website that featured obsolete District buildings that were being sold. It was there Lindsey first saw Edward W. Bok Technical High School and the vision for transforming the 340,000 sq/ft (that’s equivalent to the surface area of six football fields) structure into an innovative hub for creatives and non-profits in South Philly was born.It’s a big bold project that has already captured the attention of the city with the launch of its seasonal roof-top Pop-Up restaurant, <a href="http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/arts-culture/84991-le-bok-fin-debuts-on-rooftop-of-former-south-philly-highschool-photos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Le Bok Fin</a>.In this episode we talk to Lindsay about her time in the UK repurposing Olympic infrastructure after the London Games, how she found and purchased Bok, and how she felt the first time she walked through the massive space.

Episode 003 - Lindsey Scannapieco & Building Bok

As American cities fill with new and smaller households, school populations are shrinking. And that means a lot of closed schools in communities with no idea how to repurpose them. Enter Lindsey Scannapieco, principal with Scout, Ltd. and now the enthusiastic developer of the Edward Bok Technical School in South Philadelphia. It is a mammoth undertaking – an eight-story, 340,000-square-foot hulk of a building with two gyms, one of the city’s largest auditoriums, science labs, a commercial kitchen and more.

As American cities fill with new and smaller households, school populations are shrinking. And that means a lot of closed schools in communities with no idea how to repurpose them. Enter Lindsey Scannapieco, principal with Scout, Ltd. and now the enthusiastic developer of the Edward Bok Technical School in South Philadelphia. It is a mammoth undertaking – an eight-story, 340,000-square-foot hulk of a building with two gyms, one of the city’s largest auditoriums, science labs, a commercial kitchen and more.