Back in October, local elected officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the official opening of the Carmen Pabon Garden — named for the longtime LES activist and community gardner — on Avenue C between Eighth Street and Seventh Street. (Carmen died last fall at age 94.)
While it appeared that someone had been tending to the space ... there hadn't been any notice about the space being open to the public...
However, sometime last week, a sign arrived noted that the garden is now open Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. (weather permitting) ...
DNAinfo reported last fall that local architect Paul Castrucci designed the garden, which features Magnolia and Pink Dogwood trees, cherry laurel and holly shrubs.
Eastville Gardens, the apartment complex whose official address is 342 E. Eighth St., is on the site once occupied by El Jardin de la Esperanza. The 22-year-old garden was bulldozed in February 2000 to make way for the new development via Donald Capoccia of BFC Partners. (You can read more background here.)
[File photo via Dave on 7th]
4 comments:
this is SO positive---not much fodder for....��
Let's hope they do the honorable thing and name a $55 burger or martini after Carmen in the new sky bar.
Her garden was, actually where it's always been, in the same location. The developers could have easily left it to the public or given it back to the locals. But they bulldozed it because they wanted to. So no props for these assholes.
I remember the original garden, this new one is sanitized blandness and depressing. And disturbingly authoritative and intimidating. And the ground, or floor looks like an exclusive men's room for corporate heads.
No one children under 16 allowed? 16? Will parents of teenagers be carded?
Might as well have a burly bouncer at the front gate with a ipad checklist.
I bet this will be used for those lame parties for app launches.
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