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Spanning horizontally across the Lower East Side is Sara D. Roosevelt Park, a stretch of “green” offering formal play courts for several sports as well as community gardens
and event spaces. However, it seems to lack public engagement to the programs it offers; most of the sport courts are fenced up and accessible through a booking system to the sporty lot, ultimately pushing pedestrians to walk along the sidewalk.
The project aim to re-establish Manhattan’s Chinatown as a centre of local production industries, historically related to the neighborhood. The cleaner production process allows the making center to be more transparent and engaging to the public. In addition to bringing more public engagement and awareness to local manufacturing process, the proposed urban making center would also serve as an interactive platform for local toy designers to create opportunities for brand marketing and gathering feedbacks from the community.
The establishment of satellite chinatowns in Flushing, Brooklyn and Elmhurst has demoted the reputation of Manhattan Chinatown as the crossroad between east and west. Due to its proximity to the Garment District, historically zoned as industrial, Manhattan Chinatown used to be a place for garment manufacturing practices, employing close to 30,000 workers at its peak. However, rising land prices in lower Manhattan and cheaper production costs overseas has since moved much of the production to China.
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