"Right now, Pink Houses slowed down a lot," he says. Watches a man get killed over debts as they move a couch into their apartment.īut even Dunn admits that was from a different time period. Moved to Pink Houses, the very first day, I saw someone get murdered," Dunn tells VICE. "When I moved from Queens to the Pink Houses, the first time I So it only makes sense that Project Heat follows a family as they move from suburban Queens to the PInk Houses and get tied up in the rivalry between gangs from two sides of the development. All photos by Jonah Blissĭunn moved to the Pink Houses when he was a teenager in 1988. "That we were all dealing with what happened to that kid." Tiffon "Pop" Dunn, creator and star of Project "We wanted to start the show off with the Gurley shootingīecause we wanted to let the community know we were feeling for them," says Of a housing project deemed one of New York City's "most dangerous" by at least some members of the NYPD. The actorsĪre recruited by the creators from among the people they grew up with in the Pink Houses, and the series is shot in the hallways, lobbies, and public spaces Web series on YouTube, the production can be a bit shaky sometimes. New York's toughest neighborhoods, serving as backdrop and muse. Web series that takes its cues from the headlines, with East New York, one of And we're trying to channel it into something positive." -Tiffon "Pop" Dunn Officer, Peter Liang, a rookie, had only patrolled the Pink Houses onceīefore the night he killed Gurley in the darkened stairwell. The stairwell of the Pink Houses while on a vertical patrol. In 2014, an NYPD officer shot and killed 28-year-old Akai Gurley in If this sounds familiar, that's because it should. They turn a corner, and the rookie shoots the boyfriend from moments earlier. Happens in these places," the officer explains. Partner why he keeps his gun out while they patrol the projects. Outside in the stairwell, a rookie police officer explains to his Then the action rewinds, and this time we see it from the NYPD Look upwards, and is quickly shot from the landing above by a New York City Police Officer. When they step into the stairwell, the boyfriend turns to Hallway, and briefly wait for the elevator before deciding to take the stairs. The woman complains that they never do anything, so her boyfriend says they'll head to a Houses, a public housing project in East New York, Brooklyn. The first episode of Project Heat opens with an argument between a couple in an apartment in the Pink One of New York's 'Most Dangerous' Housing Projects Now Has Its Own YouTube Show
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