tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post7765942718923808654..comments2024-03-18T19:27:54.524-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Tributes set in stone in Tompkins Square ParkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-49151332452950385132012-01-09T21:32:34.202-05:002012-01-09T21:32:34.202-05:00Thanks for sharing, M.Thanks for sharing, M.EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-29108084702547281382012-01-09T17:15:10.172-05:002012-01-09T17:15:10.172-05:00I was glad to discover the photo of the stone plac...I was glad to discover the photo of the stone placed in Andrew's memory and also to read that some of Andrew's friends have seen it. Although it may not seem fully characteristic of Andrew, the stone is there at his request. About two months before he died, Andrew told me one day about the small tributes to pets on the dog run fence posts (the former dog run, replaced later in 2008) and then about the paving stones. After declaring that he was sure he would make it and that the cancer would not take his life, he asked if I would place a paver there in his memory if he did die, apologizing for making an "egoistic" request. As his mom, I didn't think this was egoistic and assured him so. After all, we all want to be remembered and have some trepidation about being forgotten after we leave this life. So I promised Andrew that I would have a stone placed in his memory and, there it is. He very much loved the park and spent a lot of time there with his dog Grover. So it is a very fitting place to remember him, I feel.M Ortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997481108053175951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-35317674094552563602011-04-01T09:32:55.172-04:002011-04-01T09:32:55.172-04:00Andrew was my neighbor, we lived across the hall f...Andrew was my neighbor, we lived across the hall from him since he moved into our building many years ago. I believe his mother arranged for the paver in the park and also made a donation for the preservation of a certain tree in the park in his honor as well. <br /><br />I don't know if Andrew would have hated that stone so much -- I think, perhaps, his mother may even have discussed it with him in advance of his passing......what a heartbreak for his family to lose him so young.VH McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15758245677856344651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-1151868598247089122011-03-30T13:28:42.021-04:002011-03-30T13:28:42.021-04:00I like the "will you marry me" tile. :)I like the "will you marry me" tile. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-5718867916760314732011-03-30T13:21:23.072-04:002011-03-30T13:21:23.072-04:00Andrew would absolutely hate having a paver placed...Andrew would absolutely hate having a paver placed here in his honor, and that's why he was the type of guy I absolutely loved. RIP, Andrew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71106680543270696532011-03-30T11:37:13.096-04:002011-03-30T11:37:13.096-04:00and don't forget Steve Vincent, a neighborhood...and don't forget Steve Vincent, a neighborhood writer that was killed in iraq after he wrote about the secret "killer squads" in white vans (my words) that was published in the NY Times.blue glassnoreply@blogger.com