Several years ago I was cleaning out my attic and discovered a box with a dried corsage inside. The name on the box read Oak Crest Florist, 314 Friendship Circle. I remembered from my childhood that my neighbor, Eleanor Lyon (Brown), ran a florist from her basement in the 1950's. Finding that corsage planted the seed (no pun intended), which has turned into a wonderful project to revitalize a “forgotten” neighborhood and reclaim its original name, Oak Crest.

With the neighborhood currently becoming transitional, I began to explore ideas of how the neighborhood could improve upon and retain the original charm that had drawn families to Oak Crest so many years ago.