“Bedford-Stuyvesant, commonly known as bed-stuy is a historically Black neighborhood in Brooklyn where the architectonic intervention takes place. The Black resident demographic of bed-stuy decreased from 95% in 1980 to less than 25% today. Disproportionate policing, corporate investment in colorblind commerce, and racial violence are driving forces for this displacement. The architecture attempts to re-connect the Black populations displaced to other nearby neighborhoods to the public spaces in bed-stuy that are no longer easily accessible, but still, central to the development of culture and self-sovereignty for this marginalized group.
Cast Ironwork, specifically those carrying message and symbols of ”“sankofa”“,are transformed from barriers to street infrastructure. Symbols on the Iron leave a trail that connect people in East New York, Crown Heights, Brownsville, and Fort-Greene back to public space in Bedford-Stuyvesant.”
