they're terrorists is a thirty acre public housing community which sits just east of downtown seattle on the southern slope of first hill originally constructed in one nine hundred forty one the community is currently home to twelve hundred people living in five hundred sixty one public housing units because of his age many buildings in the community have reached the end of their useful life requiring redevelopment which provides us the opportunity to really rethink the potential of this neighborhood the video we're watching here shows what a redeveloped mixed income yesler terrorist might look like if it were built to full capacity the first phase of housing redevelopment visible on the bottom right of the screen here is located at the intersection of boren yesler and twelve avenue and has been funded by a ten million dollars hud grant as part of their choice neighborhoods initiative this grant allows us to get started right away on construction of two hundred eighteen new housing units along with other neighborhood improvements as we head west down yes their way toward broadway avenue you'll see the street reconfigured for city buses bikes and the new first hill street car the streetcar stop is in the heart of the neighborhood yes learn broadway and add significant transit connections from yes the terrace to the rest of the city to the left you'll see the parks department community center as well as a new central park for the neighborhood which is part of phase two construction with the existing yes the terrace community center the new central park more pedestrian and bike friendly sidewalks and streets you can really envision sunday market style activities that bring a community together here we're looking at the view from harbor view down night that you know you'll notice the great view down toward mt ranier this few among others will be preserved through careful attention to building placement below gro building in front of us is the steam plant building which was designated as an historic landmark in two thousand and eleven plans are underway to rehab the building in order to create a new home for our head start early learning program as well as job training for us the residents the pedestrian walkway to the left of the steam plant leads down to the main intersection of us learned broadway and is oriented through the view corridor toward mt ranier this feel is coming from the west over i five and shows another angle of a reconfigured yesler terrace the central park as mentioned before can be seen here just to our right and provides play and recreation opportunities for all ages looking at us live from the south toward harbor view you'll see the little saigon business district is our neighbor to the south another neighborhood improvement we're really excited about as part of phase one is a  climb to better connect the two neighborhoods moving over the site you'll see the neighborhood central park once again in the foreground overall redevelopment calls for approximately sixteen acres of parks and green spaces in addition to the central park there will be three pocket parks which also provide recreational opportunities for all from this vantage point we see a pocket park located at ten thousand new and fir in the northeast area of the neighborhood heading down tenth avenue you get a good sense of the green st luke road in the center of the neighborhood it creates a link between the three pocket parks improves connections throughout the neighborhood and includes many pedestrian friendly features such as white sidewalks lush plantings lighting and benches as you can see this redevelopment represents a tremendous amount of change for one of seattle's truly historic neighborhoods and with that comes a tremendous amount of opportunity this helps us bring more people closer to twenty five percent of all jobs in metropolitan seattle and closer to better transit it also gives us the opportunity to build a healthier community for our residents that is more supportive of education economic empowerment and environmental sustainability again this video reflects what a full build out of the site might look like and includes roughly five thousand units of housing across all income levels this project that she's started the terrorists redevelopment and she believed in my work enough to invite me along and so these last two weeks have been a pretty phenomenal experience i've had some experience with youth and focus so being able to bring those two worlds together the wreck tech in the us or community with youth and focus i think it's a very positive thing for the greater community for being able to teach and learn and share photography and have photography can help improve all of our lives  has your experience been the past two weeks with their kids every year you guys are great you've been a lot of fun to work with i've never had that opportunity to share what i know what i've learned over the last ten years during the filming the processing and the printing but then going back into the community and meeting people and seeing you guys in gauge with the different community members that's been the real highlight what do you recommend for other just out there where this program about documentary and everything to come into is an open mind of not having expectations but to have fun and to just keep learning about the ways that you can continue to tell not only your own story but the stories of other people as well so it's kind of a way to integrate you know personal work with the greater community do you think you've learnt anything so far even though you're a a mentor oh i've been learning every single moment that i'm here with you guys of the next generation so speaking back to learning every single moment like if i'm sharing what i know with you guys then i'm expecting you guys to continue that forward with video with film with imagery with just embracing community and figuring out how we can know what they do you that