WOODLAND AVE.

The Woodland avenue is a commercial corridor in Southwest Philadelphia. It is home to a large diversely West African, East and South East Asian, and Black American Community. This double episode documentation, highlights community conversations that helped the development of storefronts, urban furniture, and landscaping that the inhabitants wanted to reflect the culture of their everyday life. The project was organized between the Community Design Collaborative (an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization) and ACANA ( African Cultural Alliance of North America). The goal to document, was a desire to record the inhabitants voice, so designers could listen and learn.