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The fight to save a beloved garden tucked inside the middle of a Manhattan block gained the support of a number of A-list celebrities this week, who each wrote heartfelt pleas to save a piece of the city.
Patti Smith, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro drafted letters to Mayor Eric Adams in hopes of changing plans to uproot the Elizabeth Street Garden in favor of building a new affordable housing complex.
The garden is known for regular programming that invites New Yorkers and anyone passing by to enjoy music events, movie nights, and group classes like Taichi and yoga, to name just a few.
The city owns the property and wants to sell it to a developer to construct a building that would provide housing for seniors. The current plan calls for 123 units for seniors, 50 of which would go to seniors who are homeless. The park is due to be town down on Sept. 10.
Despite public pressure, the city has held firm on its plan. That hasn’t stopped the outcry, which gained some of its most notable supporters this week when a handful of famous New Yorkers penned their letters to Adams.
“When I was growing up, Little Italy was more or less a concrete jungle. We used to play in the alleys. There was no share, no greenery, no respite-something that every neighborhood needs,” Martin Scorsese wrote to Adams.
“To destroy this garden would be a sad development for the neighborhood and for the city.”
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He has to make sure he has his kickback bag $ to fight his new legal battle until the diddy tapes come out.
Here's hoping this goes viral so we can stop him