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My creations for Pittsburgh's Frankie Pace Park
Amir Rashidd work samples Re: Frankie Pace Park, 901 Centre Ave. Pittsburgh PA 15219 Read about Frankie Pace here: https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:1996.69.326 Ghanaian Adinkra symbols The ornamental symbols represent messages highlighting inspiration, the positivity in life and nature. sound machine water collector
The Power of Parks April 2018
I created various artwork for the Frankie M. Pace park. Here is one of the articles about the park. Pittsburgh ‘Cap’ Park Plans to Honor Neighborhood History "To go back in order to move forward." JEN KINNEY APRIL 3, 2018 A rendering of the planned I-579 Cap Park. (Credit: LaQuatra Bonci/Pittsburgh Sports & Exhibition Authority) Anew park in Pittsburgh will attempt to reconnect the Hill District to downtown, while striving to honor the past and future of this historically black neighborhood. Like many low-income neighborhoods of color, the Hill District was gutted by urban renewal projects and cut off from downtown by a highway project in the 1950s. Now a new park capping I-579 will create a pedestrian link and a much-needed green space, all in the spirit of the Sankofa bird. As a sign in the new I-579 Cap Park will explain, the Sankofa is a symbol of a bird looking over its shoulder. It’s an Akan word from Ghana meaning “to go back in order to move f...