Re: Saving New York City's Community Gardens
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- Subject: Re: Saving New York City's Community Gardens
- From: B* <b*@nh.ultranet.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:43:15 -0500
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Here is a site with more info:
<http://www.nycgardens.org/>http://www.nycgardens.org/
Tom Wilson wrote:
>
> This is the first I've heard of this crazy scheme? Why is the Mayor
> auctioning these Community Gardens off? I sure would like to know. Perhaps
> he will try to put up an apartment building so the city can get more
> taxes??? It sure sounds crazy to me, since New York can stand all the
> community gardens they can get.What's up with this?
> Would like to know.Perhaps you should take him on a tour of the gardens.
>
> Kate Wilson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arisaemaq@aol.com <Arisaemaq@aol.com>
> To: hortexchange@mallorn.com <hortexchange@mallorn.com>
> Date: Saturday, February 20, 1999 5:52 PM
> Subject: Saving New York City's Community Gardens
>
> >
> >>PETITION IN SUPPORT OF NYC'S GARDENS
> >>
> >>Dear Mayor Giuliani,
> >>
> >>Community gardens represent one of the best and most all around
> >>positive developments in New York City. They are founded by working New
> >>
> >>Yorkers, thrive on principles of a true democracy, provide solace,
> >>learning, and
> >>pleasure to young and old, offer bridges across cultures and ethnic
> >>groups, offer space for a multitude of cultural activities, and turn
> >>neighborhoods and indeed the city as a whole into a more vibrant and
> >>healthy environment.
> >>
> >>New York's gardens have set a national example of innovative and
> >>successful public policy and urban renewal. They are studied and
> >>admired across the country. Their preservation represents a special
> >>opportunity to set a
> >>critical environmental benchmark in this issue and to evidence
> >>foresight for the cities of the future.
> >>
> >>We hereby ask that you withdraw the gardens from the auction list.
> >>
> >>Sincerely,
> >>
> >>1. Myla Goldberg, Brooklyn, NY
> >>2. Mark Leger, Brooklyn, NY
> >>3. Julie Warsowe, Brooklyn, NY
> >>4. Alan Chin, New York, NY
> >>5. Jill Underwood, Brooklyn, NY
> >>6. Ed Gilmartin, Brooklyn, NY
> >>7. Daniel Kleinfeld, Manhattan, NY
> >>8. Colin Young, Brooklyn, NY
> >>9. Katherine Puma, New York, NY
> >>10. Katherine Harber, New York, NY
> >>11. Patrick Boyd, New York, NY
> >>12. Jay Douglas, New York, NY
> >>13. David Aron Damane, NY
> >>14. Katy Grenfell, New York, NY
> >>15. Rommy Sandhu, New York, NY
> >>16. Charles Michael Cone, New York, NY
> >>17. Jay Poindexter, Brooklyn, NY
> >>18. Scott Rednour, New York, NY
> >>19. Vicki Manning, Brooklyn, NY
> >>20. Paul B. Haydon, Jackson Heights, NY
> >>21. Jeffries Blackerby, New York, NY
> >>22. Martha McCully, New York, NY
> >>23. Judith Newman, New York, NY
> >>24. Elizabeth Crow, New York, NY
> >>25. Heather Lord, New York, NY
> >>26. Joanna Clark, Brooklyn, NY
> >>27. Michael Trigilio, San Antonio, TX
> >>28. Aurelio M. Montemayor, San Antonio, TX
> >>29. Liz Moore, San Antonio, TX
> >>30. Jennifer Popiel, Los Angeles, CA
> >>31. Carol Mills, Lafayette, IN
> >>32. Jon Mills, Lafayette, IN
> >>33 Myrdene Anderson, Lafayette, IN
> >>34. Maria Lydia Spinelli, Chicago, IL
> >>35. Patricia Monaghan, Chicago, IL
> >>36. Elyse Guttenberg, Fairbanks, AK
> >>37. Ava Torre-Bueno, San Diego, CA
> >>38. Susi Torre-Bueno, San Diego, CA (NYC resident for 25+ years+)
> >>39. Jose Torre-Bueno, Encinitas, CA (former NYC resident)
> >40. Nan Sterman, Olivenhain, CA
> >41. Marcia Brown Meigs, Ithaca, New York Visitor and lover of
> greenspaces
> >used by people
> >
> >>
> >>
> >
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