City of Asylum/PIttsburgh

 City of Asylum/Pittsburgh creates a thriving community for writers, readers, and neighbors.  We provide sanctuary to endangered literary writers, so that the writers can continue to write and their voices are not silenced.  And we offer a broad range of literary programs in a community setting to encourage cross-cultural exchange.  We anchor neighborhood economic development by transforming blighted properties into homes for these programs and energizing public spaces through public art with text-based components.