Light's essay, "Elegy for a Garden" describes the battle around Esperanza, a New York community garden. For more information about Esperanza and NYC community gardens, see the links below: For a blog on its destruction, see: http://wrybread.com/gardens/esperanza/index.shtml
In the wake of the destruction of Esperanza, a new garden was built on an alternative site "Nueva Esperanza." Unfortunately, it now also is under threat: http://www.moregardens.org/node/150
This is a great game that comments on New York city park planning while allowing you to explore the political minefields of creating your own park.
Click here to see photos from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Exhibit: "Lee Friedlander: A Ramble in Frederick Law Olmsted's Parks"
Brenda Beekers' blog in which she documents her promise to visit her neighborhood park, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, every day for a year.
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