Vacant Spaces NY

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Vacant Spaces NY

Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample, MOS

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Vacant Spaces NY begins gathering the incomplete data available and documenting vacant spaces in New York City. Organized from large to small, general to specific, vacancy in the United States to case studies of specific vacancies in Manhattan, Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample, and their architecture studio MOS imagine possibilities for repurposing current vacant spaces in New York City. Usually empty, sometimes dusty, sometimes with brown paper covering the glass. Now, vacancy has only increased. In the densest city in the United States. During a housing crisis. Throughout a pandemic. The quantity of vacant spaces is anyone’s best guess. It’s only partially documented. They hide in plain sight. We have provided as case studies that imagine some possibilities for transforming current vacant spaces into housing or social services, taking part in a collective process of imagining a better city. There is also a section on Covid 19, which infiltrated New York during our research.

Publication date Size Format ISBN Printed · EN ISBN Ebook · EN Price Oct 2021 6 x 9 in. / 15,2 x 22,9 cm Softcover · 608 pages 978-1-94876-599-2 978-1-63840-997-7 $59.95 / €50 / £45

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