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A Downtown Storefront, Transformed

May 6, 2014 by Ryan Kailath

By Ryan Kailath A recent walk along the three-block length of East First Street revealed 12 vacant storefronts. Ten were boarded up or behind rolling grates, with forlorn signs advertising square footage, a broker’s phone number and stipulations like “No restaurants allowed.” One space was under construction. The 12th storefront, at the very end of the block […]

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It’s well known that New York City is short on space. The city is filled with skyscrapers, overcrowded apartments and small squares of grass that double as parks. Yet, from midtown to the farthest flung reaches of subway and bus lines, unused spaces are a constant. What happens when a space is forgotten, and how do New Yorkers fight to reclaim it? Vacant lots, deserted buildings and empty storefronts: this is a study in the before, the during and the after of those abandoned spaces.
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