When the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts opened its doors in 2005, the idea of transforming a sprawling former factory into one of the nation’s largest community art centers seemed ambitious and challenging. Photographs by his widow, Eunice Boscov, and watercolor paintings by his sister-in-law Shirley Boscov were displayed during the event and auctioned to raise funds to support the arts center. Two other community leaders joined Albert Boscov as key players in establishing the center based on their belief in the power of the arts to transform Reading, said Levi Landis, president and executive director of the nonprofit arts center. Expansive visionThe founders envisioned a complex that would house artist studios, teaching spaces, exhibition galleries and performance venues under one roof. GoggleWorks milestones2005 – GoggleWorks Center for the Arts opens in the former Willson Goggle factory on Washington Street.