Saving Chinese Playground

Celebrating 40 years of Building Community. Over the course of the year, we will release a series of videos that encapsulate our work in the community. Be on the lookout for our short YouTube video series showcasing Chinatown CDC’s work over the last four decades. "Saving Chinese Playground" tells the story of how Chinatown activists at Cameron House, led by Rev. Harry Chuck and Sister Beverly Karnatz, successful organized opposition to a 1968 plan to develop a parking garage on the site of the Chinese Playground. This grass roots organizing led to formation of the Committee for Better Parks and Recreation in Chinatown, and is described in former Recreation and Park Commissioner Gordon Chin 's book, Building Community, Chinatown Style.