Does government surveillance really get your goat? (To be honest I have never really understood that expression but I am just going to run with…
‘Literally a Rat Hole’: How Seventh Street Squat Grew on a Governor’s Meadow
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. In late October, I emailed Fly, a resident…
From Squat to Rooftop Squash: A New Garden Blooms at Umbrella House
After a visit last year to ABC No Rio, a former squat building turned community space still very much awaiting its day for the ambitious makeover…
Former Squatter Remembers the ’90s Squat Scene in New Book
Stacy Wakefield’s new book The Sunshine Crust Baking Factory, being published by Akashic in May, weaves together her experiences as a squatter in New York City back in the…