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Chinatown’s newest affordable housing development (Man An House 萬安樓) offers 51 fully affordable units on N 9th St., serving senior residents. On the eastern wall of the building, Philadelphia-based muralist .cai has created something powerful.

Commissioned by , the mural draws from the beloved “History of Chinatown” at 10th & Winter St. - a work painted in resistance to the Vine Street Expressway that divided the neighborhood in the 1960s, and in celebration of Chinatown’s 125th anniversary in Philadelphia. That original mural, by artists Arturo Ho, Giz, N. Phung, and H. Tran, overflows with imagery: railroad workers, laundry laborers, a family sharing tea, a father and son bent over a book.

Chenlin Cai’s new mural carries that spirit forward - adding fresh color and new chapters to a story still being written.

A partnership made possible by .

At Trinity Street Apartments in Hartford, we’re transforming two 1920s state office buildings into 104 mixed-income homes overlooking Bushnell Park. Through adaptive reuse, full electrification, historic preservation, and activated ground-floor retail, the project reconnects housing to the civic heart of downtown while reducing embodied carbon and expanding access across income levels.

Trinity reflects our belief that equitable, climate-responsive communities are built through reinvestment. By aligning social equity, resilience, and design excellence, we are shaping housing as civic infrastructure for long-term neighborhood vitality.