A $335 million renovation is underway to make sure the entire Lincoln Center community feels welcome, especially the neighbors right across the street.
After a year of grassroots community efforts, public advocacy, and coalition building, the restoration of a destroyed mural at PS 295 in Park Slope is complete.
Common, who is also an artist, author and activist and who founded the Common Ground Foundation, was at the Forte Prep Academy in Queens to help paint a Juneteenth mural.
The exhibit was organized by the Center for Educational Innovation as part of its Benchmarks program which empowers children to have a voice and display those ideas in a public setting.
Finished just in time for Earth Day, the mural is brightening up 573 Johnson Avenue in Bushwick. The painting features a variety of rainforest vegetation.
The artist says he wants to use his platform and his talent to help bridge the gap between the NYPD and the community.