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What do you get when you put great kids together, with a great location and a great organizations, a great project! In June of 2008, Hamilton Grange National Memorial was relocated to Saint Nicholas Park. Until a permanent plan is developed, a short-term garden designed by local children is being planted on the historic…
…home’s former site through a collaboration between PS 153, The Boys & Girls Club of Harlem…
… The Horticultural Society of New York and the National Park Service (NPS). The garden is a part of the First Bloom…
…program, sponsored by the National Park Foundation. In New York City, First Bloom is working to create…
…opportunities for Harlem youth to make meaningful connections to nature and instill a sense of pride of place…
…while beautifying the neighborhood. Come checkout the final stages of the garden and watch history grow.
Thanks to the Park Services, Matt Ferris and Mark Kornmann
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Get a Harlem Details photograph from Danny Tisdale's architectural detail of Harlem's passing history. This image above was taken from the Big Apple Club sign shot on 135th Street and Adam Clayton Powell in 2007 (where a Popeye's is located today). 2000 to present!
