Penn South Archive Project

Public Intervention (2022 – present)

Who said an immigrant garment worker’s union could erect an affordable housing project smack dab in the middle of Manhattan??

No one.

But they did it anyway!

Penn South was built by the labor movement to provide affordable housing for working people within walking distance of their jobs. It opened in 1962 and has remained a living beacon to the power of collective action. I have been collaborating with the good folks of coop to establish the Penn South Archive Project to create a permanent record of this bold social experiment.

Please also see The Cooperators, Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, Voices of 9.11