.png)
Community interaction and personal growth are central drivers in this design that introduces public spaces that augment student learning through neighborhood engagement.
Crack Is Wack Mural -Anti-Drug Mural, created in response to the cocaine epidemic in New York in 1986 by Keith Haring.
124th m120.6ural Almost half a mile long mural spanning across a fence on 124th Street and 125th Street.
116th Street - This street is a cultural melting pot with Mexican and Puerto Rican cuisine spanning across East Harlem.
Langston Hughes House - This house was the home of Langston Hughes, a forefront figure in the Harlem Renaissance, a movement focused on Black Identity.
Graffiti Hall of Fame- Founded in 1980 by a local community activist to help graffiti artists hone their skills.
El Museo Del barrio- This Museum, founded in 1969, has the goal of preserving Puerto Rican and Latin art and culture.
East Harlem Community Alliance - Over 231 nonprofit businesses, religious organizations, and government agencies that work together to enhance the well-being of East Harlem.
Union Settlement - Support immigrants and low-income residents of East Harlem.
El Barrio's Artspace - Transformation of an abandoned art school into an arts facility with 89 units of affordable units/ living space for creatives and their families.
Harlem Art Collective - Empower the residents of Harlem through performing and visual Arts
Hope Community Inc. - Non-profit affordable Housing organization founded in 1968 and enriches the lives of Harlem residents through economic development, Cultural Arts, and social service partnerships
103rd Street Community Garden - Disney Company teamed up with New York Restoration Project (NYRP) and the surrounding community in the summer of 2004 to restore a former lot into a green space, and then again in 2011 to completely renovate the garden.
CCCADI - A nonprofit organization based in East Harlem in New York City that serves as an Afro-Caribbean center of culture and community for members of the African diaspora.
.png)
.png)
A grand stair connects the street level and lower level to make space for a "community kitchen". The walls of the central commons serve as gallery spaces that tell the story of YAYB, which continues to evolve with an ever-changing display of student work.
