MARCUS GARVEY PARK CORNER: PLEASENT BUT NOT PERFECT

Posted on March 31, 2017March 31, 2017 by Samantha Nicole Ortega Aguilar

Marcus Garvey Park is among the largest public parks in East Harlem with amenities including three playgrounds, an outdoor pool, a recreation center, an amphitheater, a fire watchtower on top of a rock platform named the Acropolis. However a chain is only as good as its weakest link, in this case a park is only as good as[…]

ROOM FOR PEOPLE NOT PEOPLE FOR ROOMS

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Samantha Nicole Ortega Aguilar

The Cooper Hewitt Museum is currently displaying design projects that put an emphasis on people and are chasing rooms and spaces to conform to these people rather than have people contort to an environment. Probation Resource Hubs in New York City, Las Abuelita Kinship Housing in Tuscon, and High Speed Rail Map and Board Game for the United States[…]