Map of Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

A Grassroots Model for Climate Resiliency

Posted on by Jenny Kijowski in Environmental Justice, Gentrification, Map, New York City, Sustainable Development

A Grassroots Model for Climate Resiliency Sophie Lasoff (GGFUP, 2014, Location: New York City) In this project, Sophie Lasoff explores the implementation of a social resiliency strategy by the environmental advocacy organization UPROSE in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.  A historically working-class and ethnically diverse community, Sunset Park faces not only the threat of climate change, but […]

Painting of a woman with dark skin displayed in a sunny green garden.

Creating Community

Posted on by Jenny Kijowski in Community Gardens, Digital Archive, Interview, New York City, Website

Creating Community: The relationship of history, creativity, and community development on Kelly Street Taylor Brock (GGFUP, 2015, Location: New York City) Taylor Brock worked as an artist assistant at The Laundromat Project in New York. She was assigned to assist gardener and artist Rosalba Ramirez in the Kelly Street Garden in the South Bronx. At […]