REFLECTIVE URBANISMS: Mapping New York Chinatown
An interactive web project that collects and tells stories from Manhattan’s Chinatown community about its buildings. The project maps changes that Chinatown’s architecture has undergone over time, using archival research and oral histories with current and past residents, business owners, fraternal associations, temple caretakers, and others to chronicle and preserve the neighborhood’s living history. The multimedia website will feature an interactive map of 3D digital building models to visualize notable transformations over time. This project is also supported by The Laundromat Project’s Create Change Artist Residency and the Columbia GSAPP Incubator Prize.