Hudson Street Stoop (HSS)
ACDC’s Modern-day Stoop to Connect Neighbors
Upcoming: Community Show & Tell on 9/6
Want to provide your feedback, wisdom, or questions for Hudson Street Stoop? Save the date for the Community Show & Tell! The event is open to the public to get to know with HSS Final Artists, give feedback on the three artists' HSS Project Proposals, and hear about their past works.
Community Show & Tell Details
🗓️ Sat Sep 6, 2025
🕐 1:00–3:00 PM
📍 66 Hudson Community Room
‼️ Doors open at 1:00 PM with food and a gallery walk. Artist presentations begin at 1:20 PM with Chinese interpretation provided.
Recap: Hudson Street Stoop, Designing For The Future
Summer 2025 - Call for Artist
In Summer 2025, ACDC sought an artist to co-create a temporary public art installation with community members to activate an open greenspace in Boston’s Chinatown. There was a strong preference for applicants who have past partnership(s) with community-based organization(s) as HSS serves as a creative opportunity for residents to practice community self-efficacy. The HSS Committee worked to select three final artists from the HSS’s Call For Artist. The selected artists will present their proposals to the public at the Community Show & Tell.
Introducing the HSS Committee
Made up of resident leaders, ACDC Staff, cultural workers, and selected partners, the committee serves as the selection body for third iteration of ACDC's Hudson Street Stoop (HSS) project.
Video by Amanda Huang
About Hudson Street Stoop
Hudson Street Stoop is a rotating public art initiative to transform One Greenway Park into an activated and inclusive neighborhood “stoop.”
Our goals are to create art that reminds working-class individuals and families that they belong and honor the rich history of Chinatown. ACDC collaborates with Chinatown residents and local artists to create interactive, rotating public art installations every 18 months.
Visit Hudson Street Stoop!
Located at One Greenway Park, between 66 - 88 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111.
Current Installation, Dancing Dragon (2023-2025)
On display until 2025, come swing by and explore it while it’s still here!
Rendering of Dancing Dragon by artists Katherine Chin & Parke MacDowell
The 2023 Hudson Street Stoop installation, Dancing Dragons by artists Katherine Chin & Parke MacDowell, was developed in collaboration with Chinatown residents. Dancing Dragon consists of a steel pavilion with meandering canopy structure providing seating, shade, and the armature for community activity. It is inspired by traditional Chinese dragon dance.
The Process
Hudson Street Stoop is advised by a committee of Chinatown residents and local arts administrators. The committee helped ACDC put out a request for qualifications (RFQ) to seek artists experienced in creating public art and engaging with community members as part of the creative process.
Community Visioning Sessions with residents & community members informs each design and selection process. The final selection is by the HSS Committee.
Throughout the year, ACDC facilitates community events that activates the space for the community.
Upcoming Hudson Street Stoop Events
Stay tuned for more exciting events coming soon!
Contact info@asiancdc.org for questions.
Hudson Street Stoop 2023-25 is Generously Funded in Part by
Community Evaluation Partners
Site Partners
Past Projects
2021-22 Installation, Storytell & Sway
Photo by Aaron John Bourque Photography, courtesy of Gianna Stewart
The 2021 Hudson Street Stoop installation, Storytell & Sway by local artist Gianna Stewart, was developed in collaboration with Chinatown residents. The Storytell & Sway exhibit is made of socially distanced bench swings inscribed with residents' quotes in their native languages and adorned with playful bells purchased from Chinatown shops.
