Later, during a late-night studio session in New York, Quinn watched Richards jam with local musicians. At its peak, the public housing development housed more than 27,000 residents across more than 4,000 apartments, stretching two miles along State Street. His parents “did not have any working knowledge of the possibilities of an art career, or even going to college and majoring in studio art,” Quinn said. Walking through the museum’s historic public housing exhibits, Quinn found himself confronting a version of the past he could no longer physically return to. “The closest I could come to visiting was at the National Public Housing Museum.”