Construction Sight explores a unique urban motif: viewing panels at construction sites, through a combination of a photo index and copy. This book uses the construction site at 250 Water Street in Lower Manhattan as a case study to explore the broader issues of transparency and power in New York City’s affordable housing crisis. Through three years of research and a visual index of viewing panels, Construction Sight reveals how debates over housing are often obscured by opaque governance and conflicting stakeholder interests: issues that extend beyond New York to cities nationwide.
Construction Sight explores a unique urban motif: viewing panels at construction sites, through a combination of a photo index and copy. This book uses the construction site at 250 Water Street in Lower Manhattan as a case study to explore the broader issues of transparency and power in New York City’s affordable housing crisis. Through three years of research and a visual index of viewing panels, Construction Sight reveals how debates over housing are often obscured by opaque governance and conflicting stakeholder interests: issues that extend beyond New York to cities nationwide.
