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By reconfiguring one of the most identifiable elements—the roof—of the houses on the site, and turning it into a series of spaces that hold both the exhibitions of different themes as well as various programs, the project tells a story associated with the Jay Heritage Center of the slave history in New York and the individuals who had once lived on the property and made an effort to push for the accomplishment of the Manumission.