OLIN Landscape Designer Max Dickson joined forces with the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, hosting LGBTQ+ PUBLIC SPACES: Preservation of Historic Queer Landscapes, a free virtual presentation that dived into the history and untold stories of queer public spaces.
Max and NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project co-director Ken Lustbader explored local and national sites, such as the Stonewall National Monument at Christopher Park and Central Park, and shed light on the roles of preservationists and designers to increase the overall visibility and preservation of culturally significant LGBTQ+ landscapes.
Max originally began research on this topic through OLIN Labs and collaboratively created the Pridescapes research initiative that explores LGBTQ+ landscapes and seeks to clarify the crucial importance of preserving LGBTQ+ spaces, telling untold LGBTQ+ histories, and imagining new futures for culturally significant LGBTQ+ landscapes.