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Pao Arts Center 5th Anniversary

Mary Soo Hoo Park in Chinatown has been reactivated with a site-specific public art installation, “YEAR OF THE TIGER,” by Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong, a NY-based artist, commissioned by Pao Arts Center and The Rose Kennedy Greenway in honor of the Lunar New Year and the Pao Arts Center’s fifth anniversary.

Residents and visitors now have a colorful place to congregate and continue the conversation about how accessible and inviting public spaces helps build community socialization and increase equity within the neighborhood.

“The hope is that this really does become a community hub and a place for people to gather and dialogue,” Chery Wing-Zi Wong, the installation artist and trained architect, said. “… just to have casual encounters and to have a place where people feel safe to sit and be in.”

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