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Projects We Love

(Public Art Review, Issue 56: Spring/Summer 2017)

Learning From Two Months of Illuminating Abandoned Homes

(The Atlantic CITYLAB, April 21, 2017)

Bloomberg funded ‘Breathing Lights’ project assessed

(Times Union, April 8, 2017)

Breathing Lights wraps up with program at Proctors

(Troy Record, April 7, 2017)

Breathing Lights project comes to a close

(The Daily Gazette, April 7, 2017)

Breathing Lights finale and policy summit

(WNYT News Channel 13, April 7, 2017)

Area Land Banks to get $3.4 Million

(Times Union, March 24, 2017)

Just Breathe: Capital District art project shines light on darkness visible.

(Hudson Valley Magazine, February 20, 2017)

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The push to breathe life into the buildings that breathed light

(All Over Albany, January 17, 2017)

Breathing Lights: Abandoned Buildings Shine Bright in Albany, Schenectady, and Troy

(Fox News, December 30, 2016)

Top Stories 2016: Bloomberg-funded ‘Breathing Lights’ Public Art Installation

(Times Union, December 30, 2016)

Critics Choice 2016: Culture

(Times Union, December 28, 2016)

Best of 2016: Breathing Lights

(The Daily Gazette, December 23, 2016)

Clinic offered for those interested in buying vacant Schenectady homes

(The Daily Gazette, December 6, 2016)

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Citywide art project turns abandoned homes into glowing symbols

(Curbed, November 29, 2016)

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Shining a Light on Cities’ Abandoned Buildings, From the Inside Out

(New York Times, November 25, 2016)

Breathing Lights

(WAMC The Roundtable, November 23, 2016)

‘Breathing Lights’ winding down soon

(Times Union, November 23, 2016)

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Program Shining Light on Vacant Properties

(NEWS10 ABC, November 22, 2016)

What happens when lights stop breathing?

(The Daily Gazette, November 16, 2016)

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Light blight: Art project breathes life into empty buildings

(Miami Herald/Associated Press, November 18, 2016)

NY Attorney General Announces $20 Million in New Money for Land Banks

(A.G. Eric Schneiderman’s Office, November 2, 2016)

Breathing Lights

(The Brooklyn Rail, November 1, 2016)

“Breathing Lights” Gives New Life In To Abandon Buildings Across New York State

(CraveOnline.com, October 30, 2016)

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Can an art project (finally) save a neighborhood?

(The Washington Post, October 29, 2016)

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‘Breathing Lights’ Focus on Schenectady

(The Daily Gazette, October 27, 2016)

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Something to Talk About: “Single Room Occupancy” is a Play with Unique Stories

(Times Union, October 20, 2016)

Artists Turn Hundreds of Abandoned Homes into ‘Living Creatures’

(The Huffington Post, October 19, 2016)

Upstate New York Cities to Illuminate Abandom Buildings in Albany, Troy and Schenectady

Buying zombie house can be nerve-wracking

(The Daily Gazette, October 9, 2016)

Must See: Art Project Brings New Life Into Blighted Buildings

(TravelersToday.com, October 6, 2016)

This Art Project Breathes New Life Into Blighted Buildings

(Smithsonian.com, October 5, 2016)

The art of Bloomberg-funded ‘Breathing Lights’

(Times Union, October 3, 2016)

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‘Breathing Lights’ Illuminates Home-Vacancy Concern

(Hudson Valley Magazine Online, October 1, 2016)

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Illuminating Blight in Upstate New York

(The Atlantic CITYLAB, September 30, 2016)

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Breathing Lights begins this weekend

(All Over Albany, September 30, 2016)

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Breathing Lights aims to draw attention to vacant buildings

(NBC News, Channel 13 WNYT, September 30, 2016)

‘Breathing Lights’ Art Installation Brings Attention to Vacant and Abandoned Buildings

(Time Warner Cable News, September 30, 2016)

“Breathing Lights” installed in zombie homes

(CBS 6News, WRGB Albany, September 29, 2016)

Vacant homes highlighted with ‘Breathing Lights’

(The Daily Gazette, September 28, 2016)

These abandoned buildings have stories to tell

(Times Union, September 24, 2016)

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Why $1 million for illuminated houses?

(Times Union, September 24, 2016)

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15 striking works of public art that call for social progress

(Mashable, September 24, 2016)

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Art installation will light up the night

(Times Union, June 15, 2016)

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Breathing Lights announces featured art projects

(Troy Record, June 19, 2016)

Upstate New York Cities to Illuminate Abandom Buildings in Albany, Troy and Schenectady

Upstate New York Cities to Illuminate Blight

(NextCity.org, April 20, 2016)

Latest Breathing Lights updates

Latest Breathing Lights update on WMHT’s “AHA!”

(April 14, 2016)

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Breathing Lights in Upstate New York: Public Art and Deserted Buildings

(Nonprofit Quarterly, April 8, 2016)

More details about Breathing Lights

(AllOverAlbany.com, April 7, 2016)

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3 Mayors Unveil Breathing Lights Events and Announce Competition for Local Artists

(Bloomberg Philanthropies web post, April 7, 2016)

Breathing Lights in Upstate New York Public Art and Deserted Buildings (Nonprofit Quarterly, April 8, 2016)

Public art project will illuminate hundreds of buildings in Schenectady, Troy and Albany

(Albany Business Review, April 7, 2016)

Urban art initiative to raise awareness by illuminating vacant buildings

Testing phase for ‘Breathing Lights’ in vacant buildings

(Times Union, April 6, 2016)

Urban art initiative to raise awareness by illuminating vacant buildings

Urban art initiative to raise awareness by illuminating vacant buildings

(Troy Record, April 6, 2016)

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Shedding light on the issues: Breathing Lights effort to raise awareness of abandoned buildings

(Troy Record, December 7, 2015)

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The year in arts: 2015 in the Capital Region – The inspiration of ‘Breathing Lights’

(Times Union, December 24, 2015)

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