Thursday, June 7, 2012

Honoring Harry Greenberg in Tompkins Square Park

Back in 2010, Harry Greenberg retired after 23 years as the supervisor of Tompkins Square Park. (Lincoln Anderson did a nice feature on Harry in The Villager here.)

Anyway, you may have seen this new plaque in the Park along the Ninth Street pedestrian walkway...




[Bobby Williams]

Howl! leaders made the presentation to Greenberg during the Howl! Festival this past weekend...


[Stacie Joy]
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3 comments:

  1. AnnaJune 7, 2012 at 12:39 PM

    Awww! That's great! Congrats to Harry, he really did pull through the ugly years and gave us all a lovely space for the entire neighborhood.

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  2. AnonymousJune 7, 2012 at 4:46 PM

    Yeah Harry. I was there for the presentation. He carried the torch to clean up the place with the help of Amy. They did a great job. I love them both.
    Melanie Neichin

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  3. chris flashJune 7, 2012 at 4:49 PM

    Harry Greenberg served our community honorably, generously and selflessly, from the riot days of resistance, through the relatively peaceful though unfortunately greatly-gentrified present, making Tompkins Square Park available to everyone.

    He is a good man and I was fortunate to have known him....

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