The Green Stitch

The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 decimated the thriving Black Wall Street community in Greenwood, Tulsa, leaving a lasting legacy of racial trauma and urban displacement. Today, minority communities remain disproportionately affected by environmental injustices, including reduced access to public green spaces, with studies showing they have one-third less access to suitable parks than white citizens in the same city.

The Green Stitch is a 34-acre community green space envisioned as a site of remembrance, resilience and renewal along historic Greenwood Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Designed as an act of restorative justice, this project integrates principles of landscape architecture, therapeutic landscapes, regenerative design and narrative storytelling, to commemorate the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre while fostering environmental and social equity. Key design elements include memorial gardens, native wildflower meadows, a public amphitheater and community gardens, providing spaces for historical reflection, cultural expression and ecological restoration. Through site analysis and community engagement, this project seeks to create an inclusive public space that strengthens community identity, resists gentrification and envisions a future rooted in healing and sustainability.