Climate and Cultural Resilience
The Climate and Cultural Resilience project transforms the parking area at Overton into a community space with a large scale map installation, and new rain gardens by removing the existing asphalt. This project seeks to create awareness about aging infrastructure, increase of impervious surfaces that are contributors to neighborhood flooding, and the need for investment in green infrastructure to promote a more resilient and equitable future.
Rain Garden + Map Installation
Using the Bronzeville (+) Plus installation as a base map (from 31st Street on the North, 60th Street on the South, the Dan Ryan Expressway on the West and Lake Park Avenue / Woodlawn Avenue on the East), this project showcases the permeability of Bronzeville by using colored urban watershed zones – the dark purple represents the most pervious zones while the light violet the most impervious. The rain gardens are designed with natural and wetland planting areas integrating three zones to capture stormwater from Overton grounds and contribute with stormwater detention, retention and infiltration. Additionally, educational panels were created and installed along Prairie Avenue to share some additional resources about neighborhood flooding and and ideas for neighborhood green infrastructure projects.
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This project was in collaboration with Site Design and supported by Elevated Chicago, Enterprise Partners, and the Center for Neighborhood Technology.
Project Team:
Ruth Levy
Gordon Johnson
Stacey Adams
Stacey Adams Jr.
Kemon Adams
Volunteers (in alphabetical order):
Aamena Ansari
Alec Miller
Allauna Landheart
Angela Gronroos
Ann Panopio
Aqsa Tahir
Asiye Yukselen
Ayesha Riaz
Beatriz Beckford
Caleb Boyd
Carly Zagorski
Cassandra Rice
Corey Adams
Em Davenport
Evelyn Burd
Gage Kroll
Genevieve Wasser
Giovana Geluda
Haley Pesci
Henry Ochoa
Isabel Fitzpatrick-Meyers
Isabella ostos
Ilya Deynega
Ivy Ledford
Jacob Pesci
Jade Foreman
J'Khayla Johnson
Karli Honroth
kelechi agwuncha
Kemon Adams
Lewis Ndikumana
Lidia Madrid
Lily Parker
Louisa Zheng
Mackenzie Lukas
Malcolm Ryshavy
Matthew Raigosa
Matt Weiss
Mejay Gula
Nadia John
Nate Krout
Nishant
Noa Lipsky
Nyjah Johnson
Olivia Alcabes
Paloma Locsin
Ramsey Bell
Sally Unger
Sharlene Yulita
Stacey Adams
Stacey Adams, Jr.
Stephanie Adams
Susan Carlotta Ellis
Tina Lamkey
Valeria Bernal
Valerie Wong
Zoe Miller
We know we might have missed a few names in this list…
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