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    August 24, 1967May 23, 2019 by Myles Zhang

    “This is world America. You are in the trance of the White People. You will be escorted to your cell. In fact you will be pre-born into your cell.”

    – Amiri Baraka

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    After a traffic stop in July 1967, poet and activist Amiri Baraka was brutalized and jailed.

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    Read Amiri’s testimony about this jail.

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    • ADAPTIVE REUSE of JAIL
    • Exhibit Design | Myles Zhang
    • Institutional Reuse | Janine Lang
    • Institutional Reuse | Shivali Gaikwad
    • Institutional Reuse | Xianqi Fan
    • Social History | Maura Whang
    • Social History | Shreya Ghoshal
    • Housing | Qianye Yu
    • Housing | Myron Wang
    • Community Hubs | Madeline Berry
    • Community Hubs | Daniella Zamora
    • Materials + Technology | Rob Kesack
    • Materials + Technology | Gabriela Figuereo

    Credits

    Based on a studio at Columbia University GSAPP by Belmont Freeman and Bryony Roberts.

    Exhibit curated by Myles Zhang and Zemin Zhang.

    Click here to view full credits.

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    271-285 New Street, Newark, NJ, 07103

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