Greenwich Village Gentrifies

A park redesign symbolizes Greenwhich Village's bohemian past and gentrified future.

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May 24, 2005, 7:00 AM PDT

A long-running dispute over the renovation of the Greenwich Village park "has turned the landmark square into a battleground for community groups, which are quarreling over its physical appearance and its future.

...Should the park, dating to the 1820s, be restored as a model of precise urban planning, with an iron fence designed to keep out dogs and vagrants? Or should the now-scruffy square, long home to beatniks, folkies, rap poets, hip hop artists and other iconoclasts, be left as it is?"

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Idyllic Park Becomes a Battlefield of Ideals

Monday, May 23, 2005 in The Los Angeles Times

Community / Economic Development New York

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