Upcoming exhibit at Storefront for Art and Architecture will explore New York's booming construction phase and offer alternative visions


This fall, a green construction fence will surround the Storefront for Art and Architecture. Don't worry, the building is staying put for now—but from September 27th to October 22nd, the New York institution will mimic a construction site, with over 25 LL47 signs commissioned to artists, designers, and architects depicting alternative visions of the ongoing development occurring throughout the city.

As the first visual cues of development, green construction fences and their "Work in Progress" signs signal the upcoming transformations of the neighborhoods in which they appear. In a city undergoing rapid change, they are the symbol of a booming construction phase and the powerful driving forces changing the social and urban development of the city.

"Constrained by laws, policies and codes, market forces and financial structures, and limited architectural responses," as the Storefront puts it, the mock construction site at 611 Broadway will create a place to appraise the status quo. Par...

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