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With Resident Input, Reimagining Green Space at Wald Houses

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At a Community Design Team meeting on February 22, Active Design Fellow Emmanuel Oni (left) and Community Organizing Fellow/Lillian Wald Houses resident Destiny Mata (middle) discuss ideas for uses of a space on Avenue D in the Lower East Side.

April 2017

At a Community Design Team meeting on February 22, Active Design Fellow Emmanuel Oni (left) and Community Organizing Fellow/Lillian Wald Houses resident Destiny Mata (middle) discuss ideas for uses of a space on Avenue D in the Lower East Side. The Community Design Team is a part of the project Opening The Edge, a partnership between the Design Trust for Public Space and NYCHA to work with residents on the design of a lively new green space at Lillian Wald Houses. Design Trust is a non-profit committed to how design can impact public spaces in NYC.