HARLEM — The old hay loft at the landmarked El Barrio Firehouse once had a state-of-the-art system in the 1800s to pull its canvas hoses up to dry.
But it took a total renovation by public access TV's Manhattan Neighborhood Network to get the decommissioned firehouse back to featuring cutting-edge technology.
"There were dead pigeons and God knows what up here," said Dan Coughlin, executive director of MNN, which took over the space at 175 E. 104th St., between Lexington and Third avenues, in 2007.
The new-and-improved El Barrio Firehouse Community Media Center is now filled with three high-definition live broadcast and production studios, as well as editing and training facilities. Residents will be able to learn how to produce a television show and then use the equipment and facilities at the media center to do so.
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