This event is in the past.It took place on March 23, 2026 at citygroup.


Step inside the vision of Herman Jessor, the architect who built over 40,000 cooperative homes across New York. This exhibition pairs his modernist housing legacy with Zara Pfeifer's haunting photographs, capturing an era when shelter was treated as a right, not real estate.
Documentary photography
Modernist architecture
Social housing history
Cooperative movement
Tips
🏠"homes weren't considered commodities, but rather a universal human right" (curators)
JESSOR, A Show About the Architect of the Grand Street Co-ops
Chinatown


Step inside the vision of Herman Jessor, the architect who built over 40,000 cooperative homes across New York. This exhibition pairs his modernist housing legacy with Zara Pfeifer's haunting photographs, capturing an era when shelter was treated as a right, not real estate.
Documentary photography
Modernist architecture
Social housing history
Cooperative movement
Tips
🏠"homes weren't considered commodities, but rather a universal human right" (curators)
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