A South Bronx Garden Offers a Place for New York’s Immigrant Communities to Keep Traditions Alive

Local restaurateurs, a community land trust, and a design nonprofit teamed up to create H.earth, a refuge in a neighborhood long abused by the city.
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Last autumn, the outdoor kitchen at New York City’s Bruckner Mott Haven Garden—a community space in the South Bronx located between an elevated highway, industrial buildings, and a six-story apartment building—made its debut.

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Diana Budds
Diana Budds is a New York–based writer who covers design, architecture, and urbanism.

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