To discover how the Cary Leeds Center has contributed to the recent and ongoing recovery of the South Bronx is to learn about the history of the neighborhood and its deterioration during the 20th Century. To grasp how the Cary Leeds Center exists today as a community hub and a world class tennis facility is to become familiar with the vision and journey of New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL). To understand the design and construction of the Cary Leeds Center—and its spatial relationship to the landscape of Crotona Park—is to recognize the potential of Architect-Led Design Build and the value of public-private partnerships in building civic architecture that enhances the city and the lives of its residents.