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Sunnyside, Queens

About the Project

Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District (BID) will work with di Domenico + Partners and the Queens Lighting Collective to make Lowery Plaza, Bliss Plaza, Sabba Triangle and other public spaces in Sunnyside more welcoming and accessible for local residents and merchants. 

The team will co-envision Sunnyside’s public spaces along its main streets, produce lighting and art installations, and host community events that celebrate the neighborhood’s cultural diversity and unique history. Their goal is to cultivate local ownership and pride among Sunnyside residents and merchants for their public spaces, while galvanizing support for capital improvements in the area.

Team

Sunnyside Shines BID works to invigorate and enrich the economic life of Sunnyside, Queens by creating a safe, welcoming and dynamic commercial district in the neighborhood.

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Dirk McCall de Palomá
Sunnyside Shines BID
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Evelyn Chango
Sunnyside Shines BID
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Daniel Alvarado
Sunnyside Shines BID

di Domenico + Partners is an interdisciplinary firm providing services in architecture, planning, urban design, landscape architecture, and preservation. The Queens Lighting Collective is a group of Queens-based lighting design professionals working at the intersection of live performance, event/environmental design and multimedia ideation.

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John di Domenico
di Domenico and Partners
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Ricky Liu
di Domenico and Partners
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Alan Chan
di Domenico and Partners
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Masha Tsimring
Queens Lighting Collective
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Nicole Pearce
Queens Lighting Collective
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Kristen Robinson
Queens Lighting Collective
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Christina Tang
Queens Lighting Collective
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Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Queens Lighting Collective

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

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Molly Brennan
Phillips Lytle
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Shengkai Xu
Phillips Lytle
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Jocelyn Ng
Phillips Lytle
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Flora Donovan
Phillips Lytle
Image credit: Cameron Blaylock and partner organizations

Support

Connected Corridors projects are made possible with support from National Grid’s Project C, NYC Department of Small Business Services, Charles H. Revson Foundation, Deutsche Bank, and the NYC Green Relief & Recovery Fund, administered by City Parks Foundation. 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.

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