by Emma Davey 
A local initiative is finally ready to move beyond the design stages and into actualizing its goal — but it needs community support first.
The All Along Project, a collaboration between the local grassroots group Neighborhood Women and Lea Architecture, aims to correct the lack of historic and public spaces commemorating women, by utilizing available greenspaces. According to the project’s Kickstarter, only 1.9% of parks and monuments in New York City are named after women.
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