Robert Moses & The Future of the City

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For the Robert Moses & The Future of the City exhibition, we covered the walls, furniture, and floor with homasote—raw and painted white—to establish both a uniform surface and a material metaphor for Robert Moses’s treatment of the city in his large-scale projects. An “island” occupied the center of the gallery; the structure was built to accommodate a large-scale vintage model of the proposed Mid-Manhattan Expressway. A ramp built through the island allowed a “birds-eye” view not only of the model, but also of the entire gallery. The ramp also served as an expression of the idea of an “accessible city.”

Curator: Hilary Ballon

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  • Z Museum of the City of New York
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Shall Not Be Denied Exhibition. In the “intro” area, visitors see a four-minute video montage of contemporary women stating the Nineteenth Amendment with photos of the suffragists who fought for it. (Video by Upswell.) The exhibition identity’s bold directional typographically leads visitors to the “street” area.
Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote
South Street Seaport Museum Reopening
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