The
entire complex may take more than a decade to complete, and is expected to bring
new residences, hotel rooms, affordable housing, and a school to the area.
In the adjacent booth of Carl Solway Gallery, the installation artist Ann Hamilton (who not long ago filled the Park Avenue Armory's
entire drill hall) is in
residence, engaging visitors with the sort of interactive project that's become common at contemporary fairs like Frieze (coming to
New York in May) and at the Armory, but that is rare here.