Activists Fight To Keep Control Of Lower East Side Community Garden

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Representatives of a children’s community garden on the Lower East Side have filed a lawsuit, attempting to stop a developer from doing away with part of it for a new building.

The Children’s Magical Garden, on Stanton Street between Essex and Norfolk streets, has been in operation for more than 30 years, and allows children to plant food and learn about nature, operators said.

“The community came together to plant a garden so that the children have a safe place to be and to have a childhood, basically — you know, have a place they could go outside and play safely. So that was the beginning of the garden,” said garden director Kate Temple-West.

The garden was originally reclaimed from a state of extreme blight, she said.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/03/11/activists-fight-to-keep-control-of-lower-east-side-community-garden/