Station North Arts and Entertainment, Annex Theater begin work on new space

Construction to transform a former fried chicken joint into theater space began Monday after Station North Arts and Entertainment Inc. and Baltimore Annex Theater raised more than $11,000 in pledges for the project.

The groups initially set out to raise $10,000 on the crowdfunding Website Kickstarter to help finance the $25,000 renovation of 1 W. North Ave. — the 7,500-square-foot building formerly home to a New York Fried Chicken. The minimum pledge on Kickstarter was $1, and the groups had raised…