Most known to Shelton residents as the long time home of Russell Linen, the building at 84 Center Street actually spent most of its working life, from 19xx to 19xx, as the United Shirt and Blouse Company. Lesser known, when it was first built in 1929 it was to house an automotive business, the Red Top Garage. Unfortunately this was just 9 months before Black Monday and the Great Depression and it soon shuttered its doors.

Now the inconspicuous building on Center Street in the heart of Downtown Shelton, Connecticut, with one eye on the past and the other fixed on the future, is slated for rebirth. Some of its missions are:

• A headquarters for high-tech/handmade glass production

• Leasable space for professional enterprise

• A downtown rooftop event space

• Mixed-use residences

• A center place for community, education, and art

In our rehabilitation we are committed to using local and period appropriate materials that draw attention to the story and beauty of its industrial past. And utilizing its old world structure of double Wythe masonry, solid-packed pylaster column, and abundantly placed thick steel girded beam we will incorporate modern engineering amenities that, built new from scratch, would be prohibitive for a project 10 times the size.

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We hope you will follow along as we embark on this amazing journey at the new Red Top G'rage.