Five-year-old Tyanna works on her playhouse with a slide and a boat during the Imagine LaSalle public workshop Sept. 11 at Waterfront Elementary BPS #95.

Tyanna's mom, Nekia, helps with a drawing.

UB sociology student and Imagine LaSalle volunteer Miranda Chen, works with a child.

Teresa Bosch, an associate planner in the UB Regional Institute, brought her sons, Mateo (right), 4, and Lucas, 5, to the workshop. They are speaking with Andy Wisniewski, senior associate with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, the firm leading the conceptual design of the park.

UB environmental design student and Imagine LaSalle volunteer Nofel Sohail helps a child with her design.

After they created their masterpieces, kids could bring them to a table to be photographed. The photos will be shared with the MVVA team and may inspire their playground design. In fact, MVVA is incorporating a child's idea into its design for a park in another city.

Brenda Stynes, UBRI's associate creative director, snaps a photo of a child’s design.