Today the South Bronx got a little more green space for once.
The Friends of Brook Park in the South Bronx are removing the asphalt so there will be even more space to grow things. Brook Park is a community garden in Mott Haven, they grow food there-- it's amazing. The adjacent lot was covered in asphalt for some reason years ago. (It never made any sense)
Well, Today was "tear up the pavement day" and a lot of people showed up to help out. City council woman Melissa Mark-Viverito stopped by to cheer us on. I think we got about a third of the asphalt up-- so, there's still more work to be done.
You have no idea how much fun it is to expose the soil a take back a little patch of the earth from all of the pavement. Today the South Bronx got a little more green space for once!
Here's the the Friends of Brook Park for making this happen!
Well, Today was "tear up the pavement day" and a lot of people showed up to help out. City council woman Melissa Mark-Viverito stopped by to cheer us on. I think we got about a third of the asphalt up-- so, there's still more work to be done.
You have no idea how much fun it is to expose the soil a take back a little patch of the earth from all of the pavement. Today the South Bronx got a little more green space for once!
Here's the the Friends of Brook Park for making this happen!