A collection of essays -- edited by Brian Wallis -- by Martha Rosler, Wallis, Yvonne Rainer, Rosalyn Deutsche, Alexander Kluge, Richard Plunz, Christine Benglia Bevington, Marie Annick Brown, Allan Sekula, Tony Masso, Andrew Byard, Cenen, Dan Wiley, William Price, Camilo Jose Vergara, Mel Rosenthal, Dan Graham and Robin Hurst, photographic documentation, architectural information and more, pertaining to the theme of artists' efforts to engage with and improve issues in urban development such community housing and social equality. This book also functions as documentation of a series of corresponding exhibitions organized by Rosler. Images interspersed throughout texts.