On West 105th Street, Manhattan, is a community garden called La Perla. We saw it all decorated for Hallowe'en (at least I'm assuming the "Caution: enter if you dare" banner is temporary):
La Perla used to be a drug hangout, but has been transformed over the space of four years. Community gardens aren't that common over this side of the Atlantic, but there are a few of them, most commonly in inner city developments where, like in Manhattan, the residences are all apartments with little communal outdoor space. I suppose our allotments are a more common occurrence.
I was only able to see it through the fence, as it was quite early in the morning and I expect it was closed to visitors by this time of year. But it looked like a really happy, friendly place to be. And I had a warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing that there are community gardens like this providing little pockets of green all over New York.
La Perla used to be a drug hangout, but has been transformed over the space of four years. Community gardens aren't that common over this side of the Atlantic, but there are a few of them, most commonly in inner city developments where, like in Manhattan, the residences are all apartments with little communal outdoor space. I suppose our allotments are a more common occurrence.
I was only able to see it through the fence, as it was quite early in the morning and I expect it was closed to visitors by this time of year. But it looked like a really happy, friendly place to be. And I had a warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing that there are community gardens like this providing little pockets of green all over New York.
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