Architects Michael Graves and Robert A.M. Stern are selling name-brand design to the (Upper East Side) masses.

For two decades, Long Island City has been a destination for the art crowd, who flocked to cutting-edge showcases like P.S.1. But with MOMA moving in, the neighborhood is seriously heating up -- and, as partisans like to point out, it's closer to midtown than Chelsea is. Plus: A user's guide to LIC.

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Making the new MoMA was not only about containing the museum’s spectacular and growing collections. It was also about making a home for an ongoing argument about modern art. Decision by decision, this is how they did it.