This series of guided tours through Flushing, Queens is inspired by the recently rezoned Special Flushing Waterfront District (SFWD) and other similar developments in the downtown Flushing neighborhood. With an emphasis on supporting housing and habitat for all, the tour will highlight how new developments in the area are displacing both human and non-human long term area residents, overlooking the importance of diversity to create homogenized shopping centers.
The tour will trace public space and privately owned publicly accessible space through Flushing, and end along the Flushing Creek coastline with a species ID session highlighting wetland ecology lead by Queens based naturalist Mike Feller in collaboration with Guardians of Flushing Bay.
Later this year, a video highlighting main themes from the tour will be produced with translated texts made available in English, Chinese, Spanish, and Korean. The projects allows participants to experience the crowded streets of Flushing’s central business district and transportation hub while demystifying the dynamic environmental and socio-economic forces reshaping the neighborhood and waterfront area.
