Editing MoMA PS1 (section)

===Founding===
What would become MoMA PS1 was founded in 1971 by [[Alanna Heiss]] as the Institute for Art and Urban Resources Inc.,<ref name="MoMA PS1">{{cite web |title=Profile |url=http://momaps1.org/about/ |website=MoMA PS1 |quote="MoMA PS1 was founded in 1971 by Alanna Heiss as the Institute for Art and Urban Resources Inc."|access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref> an organization with the mission of turning abandoned, underutilized buildings in New York City into artist studios and exhibition spaces.

Recognizing that New York was a worldwide magnet for contemporary artists, and believing that traditional museums were not providing adequate exhibition opportunities for site-specific art, in 1971 Heiss established a formal, alternative arts organization with architecture/theater critic [[Brendan Gill]] called The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, and began renovating abandoned buildings in New York City.

In 1976, Heiss opened the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in a deserted Romanesque Revival public school building, significantly increasing the organization's exhibition and studio capacity. This building, dating from 1892, served as the first school in Long Island City until 1963, when the First Ward school it housed was closed due to low attendance and the building was turned into a warehouse.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-UCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 | title=Long Island City | page=24 | magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] | via=[[Google Books]] | date=August 11, 1980 | access-date=January 1, 2013 }}</ref>

In October 1997, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center reopened to the public after a three-year, $8.5 million renovation project designed by Los Angeles-based architecture firm Frederick Fisher & Partners.<ref name="Louie">{{cite news |last1=Louie |first1=Elaine |title=CURRENTS; THE NEW P.S. 1: CONTEMPORARY ART, BUT THE BUILDING'S THE STAR |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/02/garden/currents-the-new-ps-1-contemporary-art-but-the-building-s-the-star.html |access-date=July 17, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=October 2, 1997}}</ref><ref name="Carol Vogel 1999">Carol Vogel (February 2, 1999), [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/02/arts/a-museum-merger-the-modern-meets-the-ultramodern.html A Museum Merger: The Modern Meets The Ultramodern] ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref><ref name="nytimes.com">[[Roberta Smith]] (October 31, 1997), [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/31/arts/art-review-more-spacious-and-gracious-yet-still-funky-at-heart.html Art Review: More Spacious and Gracious, Yet Still Funky at Heart] ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> The building's facilities were increased from {{convert|84,000|to|125,000|sqft}} in order to include a large outdoor gallery, a dramatic entryway, and a two-story project space.