Brian W. Fraser: The Chance of Living (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781954877061)

Gerrymandering and gentrification collide in Fraser's photo-essay on the residents of Jersey City's new Ward F

Published with MONOLITH EDITIONS.

In 2022, the Ward Commission of Jersey City met to remap the district, as typically happens following every census. The most striking change was the reconfiguration of Ward F, which split up the Bergen-Lafayette area. Attorneys and citizens alike argued that this move allowed politically connected developers to opt out of previous ordinance obligations. Change in the city had already been underway before the Ward F remapping, but the policy accelerated the erasure of the community and did nothing to address the growing affordable housing crisis. In The Chance of Living, Brian W. Fraser documents the residents of Bergen-Lafayette and their surroundings as the neighborhood transforms, providing a firsthand observation of what urban renewal really means to people watching their livelihoods diminish.

Author: Brian W. Fraser
ISBN-10: 1954877064
ISBN-13: 9781954877061
Publisher: Kris Graves Projects
Language: English
Published: 12/08/2026
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover