Garfield Park community church

The design of this community church in situated in one of the most segregated areas in Chicago. One of the largest problems in this neighborhood is the lack of social cohesion. In addition the predominately African American inhabitants are threatened with displacement as a result of gentrification. In order to prevent this, the community needs...

Rehabilitation Through Education - a prison in the Garfield Park neighborhood

Reducing recidivism through education programs in the prison.

HipHop: A New Perspective for Garfield Park, Chicago.

Garfield Park is a neglected neighborhood in between the city center and the suburbs of Chicago. During the 60s the white middle class moved out to the suburbs to live the “American Dream”. Poor black people moved in and at the same time crime started to rise. Right now the citizens are suffering a live full of poverty and are suppressed by...

Youth Center, Garfield Park