Storefront for Art and Architecture

Early topics addressed include the polluted Gowanus Canal in 1983, New York City Homeless Shelters in 1985, preservation of Adam Purple's "Garden on Eden" in 1984, and removal of Richard Serra's "Tilted Arc" in 1985.

[3] Early exhibitors included Lebbeus Woods, Coop Himmelblau, Dan Graham, Carolee Schneemann, Michael Sorkin, Richard Serra, Imre Makovecz, Neil Denari, Zvi Hecker, SITE, Steven Holl, Thom Mayne, and Tehching Hsieh.

When the panels are open the design is meant to blur the border between the gallery and the street in order to create a dialogue between the experimental projects being exhibited inside and the city outside.

[8] In 2011, Storefront responded to the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City by calling for public submissions of ideas for improving communication with economic and political powers.

In 2014, the Storefront led the project "Letters to The Mayor,"[10] which Domus journal described as "a program designed to highlight the sometimes overlooked relationship between architects and local political authorities, and to facilitate new conversations between them.

[3] Exhibitions have ranged from single artist site-specific installations to thematic group shows that have addressed issues from new technology to the social and political forces that shape the built environment.

[3] Examples of artists and architects that have participated in Storefront events include Bernard Tschumi, Hilary Sample, Peter Cook, Mark Wigley, Jenny Sabin, Oana Stanescu, Bryony Roberts, Tatiana Bilbao, Mabel Wilson, Meejin Yoon, Juergen Mayer, Jimenez Lai, Rosalyne Shieh, Jing Liu (architect), Mitchell Joachim, and Saskia Sassen.