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Sunnyside Public Realm Vision Plan
Sunnyside Public Realm Vision Plan
Queens, Queens County, NY, United States
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Other Projects by di Domenico + Partners, LLP
Sunnyside Public Realm Vision Plan
Queens, Queens County, NY, United States
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2025
BUDGET
Undisclosed
In an effort organized by the Urban Design Forum and ANHD, dD+P worked with the Sunnyside Shines BID to develop the Sunnyside Public Realm Vision Plan—a project aimed at transforming areas beneath the neighborhood’s transit infrastructure into vibrant community hubs.
The Vision Plan seeks to establish a sustainable framework for ongoing investment in Sunnyside’s public realm by identifying opportunities for transformation through design, engagement, logistics, and the incorporation of findings from pilot projects. The Vision Plan is more than a set of ideas, it is an invitation to imagine what Sunnyside’s public spaces can become. Guided by community voices and real-world pilot projects, it lays the groundwork for more welcoming, inclusive, and joyful spaces throughout the neighborhood. Rather than offer fixed solutions, the Vision Plan serves as a springboard for future thinking rooted in continued community input and lived experience.
Our team worked closely with stakeholders to translate community priorities into a design framework that reflects Sunnyside’s diverse identities. The team intentionally engaged with demographic and geospatial gaps found during early-stage outreach. Interventions emerged from a deeply inclusive engagement strategy that centered underrepresented voices: pop-ups gathered multilingual input throughout the neighborhood, students visualized ideas through AI-powered collaging workshops, and seniors shared stories in bilingual circles. These insights deeply shaped the design and implementation of the pilot projects.
This community-driven process culminated in two short-term public space pilot projects that reimagined life beneath and around the elevated 7 train. dD+P teamed up with the Queens Lighting Collective and local artists to lead public engagement outreach and conduct site analyses to co-create a Vision Plan grounded in neighborhood priorities and culture. The pilot projects, a night market and a lighting installation, transformed transit-adjacent sites into multi-generational community hubs. At Lowery Plaza, parking bays became a festive corridor filled with local vendors, cultural performances, and artmaking. At Sabba Park, the Queens Lighting Collective designed a solar-powered Art Deco-inspired lighting structure that created a vibrant and safer neighborhood gateway. Together, these interventions drew over 800 attendees, enabled new small businesses partnerships, and sparked agency dialogue surrounding longer-term improvements.
The Vision Plan seeks to establish a sustainable framework for ongoing investment in Sunnyside’s public realm by identifying opportunities for transformation through design, engagement, logistics, and the incorporation of findings from pilot projects. The Vision Plan is more than a set of ideas, it is an invitation to imagine what Sunnyside’s public spaces can become. Guided by community voices and real-world pilot projects, it lays the groundwork for more welcoming, inclusive, and joyful spaces throughout the neighborhood. Rather than offer fixed solutions, the Vision Plan serves as a springboard for future thinking rooted in continued community input and lived experience.
Our team worked closely with stakeholders to translate community priorities into a design framework that reflects Sunnyside’s diverse identities. The team intentionally engaged with demographic and geospatial gaps found during early-stage outreach. Interventions emerged from a deeply inclusive engagement strategy that centered underrepresented voices: pop-ups gathered multilingual input throughout the neighborhood, students visualized ideas through AI-powered collaging workshops, and seniors shared stories in bilingual circles. These insights deeply shaped the design and implementation of the pilot projects.
This community-driven process culminated in two short-term public space pilot projects that reimagined life beneath and around the elevated 7 train. dD+P teamed up with the Queens Lighting Collective and local artists to lead public engagement outreach and conduct site analyses to co-create a Vision Plan grounded in neighborhood priorities and culture. The pilot projects, a night market and a lighting installation, transformed transit-adjacent sites into multi-generational community hubs. At Lowery Plaza, parking bays became a festive corridor filled with local vendors, cultural performances, and artmaking. At Sabba Park, the Queens Lighting Collective designed a solar-powered Art Deco-inspired lighting structure that created a vibrant and safer neighborhood gateway. Together, these interventions drew over 800 attendees, enabled new small businesses partnerships, and sparked agency dialogue surrounding longer-term improvements.
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