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Bushwicks: Brown and Green
Brooklyn, NY - upfromflames - Monday, April 23rd, 2007 : goo
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Two fields
Seperated by one street, McKibben, at the corner of Bogart.
But separated by much more: faces, function, and future
The green, brought to you by Trees not Trash, in their community garden initiative.
The other, a weed choked empty shadow of a cement factory, leaky barrels and all. The factory, opened up just a few years ago; Fought by residents, delayed awhile, but built anyway. More particulates, more fumes, more brownfields.
Residents struggle on, driven by the tight real estate market and the inertia of a hip hood getting hipper.
My two friends, living on Bogart st. for eight years, moved away when it came time to have a baby. And I can understand. Would you want to raise one across the street from this brownfield?
No can deny the need for industry in our city. It was the decline of industry that put Bushwick into its tailspin in the ‘60’s. But a smarter balance is there…
Between brown and green…
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jack: 23rd Apr 2007 - 13:48 GMT
i am proud of you and your friends for what they are doing in brooklyn. you take the initiative and desire and move it. its to bad the city won't subsidize out of work men and women and use them as neighborhood watch patrol to keep an eye on things. could it be that at this point the city does not care about that area, you need a lobbyist to hound city hall for funding and the EPA for inspections of the factories. by the way are you in the pictures.
Cory: 25th Apr 2007 - 15:37 GMT
Thanks for the great pictures. The green field is a community garden opened by Trees Not Trash. Trees Not Trash is a neighborhood beautification project based in Bushwick. Our mission is to transform this neighborhood into a community with green space, where people can take pride in their streets
Check out the website (treesnottrash.org) and come garden with us every sunday.
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