Latest Articles Tagged "community gardens"
A new court ruling paves the way for work to begin on the Haven Green affordable housing project, spelling the end of a longtime sculpture garden on Elizabeth Street.
A fight over a community garden in Little Italy has showcased longstanding tensions between the need for housing and green space in NYC.
New York City has over 550 community gardens, and they’re all open to the public.
As the first city-sanctioned community garden celebrates its 50th anniversary, leaders of community gardens around the five boroughs share stories about cultivating green spaces and strengthening neighborhood ties.
Five decades ago, the Liz Christy Community Garden on the Lower East Side was nothing more than a garbage-strewn vacant lot frequented by drug dealers. Donald Loggins was among the local residents who took control of it.
Community gardens can only open to members for necessary maintenance.
The process could lead to the groups, many of them houses of worship, losing their properties.
"The subpoenas were over-broad, and asked inappropriate questions about their voluntary associations with their neighbors."
Three gardens facing eviction from allegedly underhanded developers have gotten reprieves.
The drastic move would secure the plot's status as a green space.