The public was invited to join the designers on August 22nd to erect the canopy, install recycled plastic bottles and participate in the day’s events. These included a discussion on “What is affordable housing?,” led by Rosten Woo of the Center for Urban Pedagogy, public remarks by Councilwoman Blackwell and Gloria Guard, President of the People’s Emergency Center and videos from the Precious Places Community History Project, an oral history initiative produced by Scribe Video Center. >>