The promise of MASS MoCA
The museum’s latest expansion is a hit, but its impact on the struggling town of North Adams remains a work in progress
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Photographs by Michael Manning TWO YOUNG MEN from Brooklyn tentatively inch down the hallway, holding onto a handrail because it’s so dark. They turn a corner and the room in front of them opens up, filled with intense light of different colors. They make their way to a bench and sit down, mesmerized by a large(...)