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Tompkinsville, Staten Island

About the Project

The Staten Island Urban Center (SIUC) will partner with A+A+A and Flint Collective NYC to use solar lighting and art to illuminate Tompkinsville Square, a neighborhood center that includes Tompkinsville Park and the intersections of Bay Street, Victory Boulevard/Central Avenue, and Minthorne Street. The goal of the project is to uplift and represent the culturally diverse businesses of Tompkinsville, increase safety, and make the commercial corridor a cultural destination for residents and visitors.

This project builds on the Abuelita Masala installation in Tompkinsville Park, with the Local Center in 2024.

Team

Staten Island Urban Center (SIUC) is a community development through community involvement organization, lifting the voices of Staten Island’s most marginalized and vulnerable communities experiencing social, environmental and criminal injustices. Their community-centered work is grounded in the pursuit of cultural equity, thrivability, self-determination and independence.

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Kelly Vilar
Staten Island Urban Center

A+A+A is Andrea Chiney, Ashely Kuo and Arianna Deane. They are a multidisciplinary design studio committed to making places more inclusive, collaborative and joyful. The Flint Collective NYC is a design research studio investigating light as a tool for social impact.



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Leela Shankar
Flint Collective NYC

Phillips Lytle LLP is providing legal support across the project teams.

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Molly Brennan
Phillips Lytle
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Daniel Krupa
Phillips Lytle
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Elizabeth P. LoPreiato
Phillips Lytle

Support

The Local Center is made possible with support from the Charles H. Revson Foundation, Kornfeld Foundation, and Lily Auchincloss Foundation. The Local Center is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Our programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.  

Our partners’ installations are made possible with funding from the NYC Department of Small Business Services’ Public Realm Grant.

To learn more about supporting the Local Center, please contact Katherine Sacco, katherine@urbandesignforum.org and Lauren Nye, lauren.n@anhd.org.

Image Credit: Cameron Blaylock