Antoinette Ali-Sanders Way (Queens)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of Beach 17th Street and Seagirt Boulevard
Honoree: Antoinette Ali-Sanders worked to improve the society as a designer, developer, and organizer. A third-generation college graduate. she trained as a Landscape Architect, with a minor in Civil Engineering. She was one of the first Black women to graduate in Landscape Architecture from Rutgers University. She worked for the NYC Parks Department for 35 years. As a Parks employee, she worked with the first group of women out in the field in 1981. At the Parks Department, she prepared contract drawings and documents, and inspected, monitored, managed and supervised the construction of parks, playgrounds, and structures; as well as the restoration of monuments. She founded a construction company called Metro Skyway Construction, a foundation for PEACE (Progressive Economics and Cultural Enrichment) and a trade union Jersey City Monitoring Trade Association. She worked closely with Rev. Al Sharpton, Mayor Dinkins and Dr. Fulani when she became a member of the Committee for Independent Community Actions. One of her last architectural projects was for a Pan African activist named Queen Makkada who was planning to build a school in Africa. She was given the honorary title of Lady Jamilah before her passing. (Richards)
LL:2021/14