Illuminating Manhattan's Ghost Spaces
An AR platform that reveals the invisible history beneath gentrification. Layer digital 'igloos' of demolished buildings and lost venues over current construction sites, experiencing architectural 'mirages' of what once was.
Walking past a glass luxury condo on 5th Avenue, you hold up your phone and suddenly see the vibrant ghost of CBGB's interior superimposed — the stage, the crowd, the graffiti — exactly as it looked in 1975, complete with ambient audio of a live band playing that night. The past materializes before your eyes in the present space.