A photographic look at Lower Manhattan's disappearing single-story building typology

A new exhibition currently on view at the Center for Architecture in New York City highlights the disappearing nature of single-story buildings across the East Village and Lower East Side neighborhoods. 

The exhibition features the architectural photography of Adam Friedberg, who has been personally documenting every single-story structure in the area over the last four years. According to an exhibition website, the exhibition highlights a "reflection of the rapid development and gentrification of the neighborhood. He completed the project this past fall, and over the course of the documentation many of the buildings have already disappeared or will soon be demolished."

According to the site, Friedberg would photograph the buildings early in the morning before cars and pedestr...