Today, it is emblematic of older industrial cities, a focus of urban revitalization ideas including arts districts, bike paths, trams, and loft housing.
The event was sponsored by Departures magazine through its new Global Arts initiative, designed to highlight the global exchange of ideas through the medium of contemporary arts.
Re:Awakenings by Bill Morrison was commissioned by New York Live Arts as part of Live Ideas: The Worlds of Oliver Sacks and made possible by The Opaline Fund.