As the Program diagrams illustrate, I see Media and Food as major indicators of cultural identity for the West Indian Group. By Media, I am referring not only to news and radio, but also to the long traditions of written and oral history which hold a Diaspora group together many generations after migration. The relationship between media and settlement, then, becomes one which is infused, legend, myth and folklore enter a community at a specific point, moves through the group and takes on various forms before becoming part of a broader collective belief system outside the Diaspora group. Usually, this transfer of collective memory occurs during meals or food plays an otherwise large role in the process. As such, the following program emerges:
MEDIA:
Radio Station +/- 3,500 Sq. Ft.
Magazine +/- 10,000 Sq. Ft.
Cultural Media Museum +/- 15,000 Sq. Ft.
RESTAURANT:
Coffee Shop/ Bakery +/- 2,000 Sq. Ft.
Restaurant +/- 8,000 Sq. Ft.
ADMINISTRATION: +/- 2,000 Sq. Ft.
RESIDENTIAL: +/- 50,000 Sq. Ft.
CIRCULATION: +/- 10,000 Sq. Ft.
TOTAL: +/- 100,500 Sq. Ft.
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