Housing in New York: A Brief History

Glenn Ligon

• Title

  Housing in New York: A Brief History

• Date 2015
• ISBN 0989985963
• Publisher New York City: MoMA PS1
• Description 28 p.; 8.5 in; b/w ill.
• Language English
• Collections Bard Reading Room (2017), Permanent Collection, MoMA Reading Room
• Summary

  Housing in New York: A Brief History intertwines personal narrative with the history of New York City’s housing market and real estate development, exploring neighborhood change and gentrification, historical events, and the ever-changing character of the city. Published on the occasion of the fourth iteration of Greater New York at MoMA PS1, this title is part of a series of short volumes which revisit older histories of New York while also inviting speculation about its future, highlighting certain works in the exhibition and engaging a range of subjects including disco, performance anxiety, real estate, and newly unearthed historical documents. 

• Tags 21st century, Art criticism, Bard2017, New York, MoMA Reading Room