Rose Town, in Kingston, Jamaica has a fabulous story that every marginalized community needs to know. In the 1960s, Rose Town was worse than marginalized; it was so torn by civil war that the government bulldozed its heart out to keep the warring parties apart. The recovery began in earnest over a decade ago as a result of a visit by Prince Charles, who passionately took up the cause of the neighborhood. This inspiring video tells some of the stories of what has been happening since. Here’s the story of one of the design charrettes that put the process of change in motion.
Why? Few recovering communities anywhere had a lower starting point than Rose Town.