Buffalo has been turning a corner in recent years, thanks to a significant influx of refugees. Families from Syria, Somalia, Bhutan, and Iraq are filling vacant houses and setting up shop in empty storefronts, notably on the city’s west side. Still, their largely low-income neighborhood lacks essential public space. In a vacant corner lot, however, a circular hot-pink swing set has not only become a new amenity but an unlikely symbol of unity.
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