The Senior Citizens Sculpture Garden Park, at 153rd street, celebrated
the Youth Mural Project. We met a lot of people who helped out at
the garden and some people who stopped by to take a look at the
beautiful lot.
When we arrived, we met Miss
Catkin Bacon. She was a nice lady. She knew a lot of people. She
even helped Jahad, our photographer, take pictures of the plants,
statues, gazebo, pond, and people . She said she was present because
the children and the people from the garden invited her to help
make a mural. The mural is a life size cut out of children mounted
on the garden fences. The children traced themselves out of plywood.
Then they painted the plywood with colors that they liked. Young
people and seniors became partners as they joined in garden and
mural activites.
Police Officer Vilorio
was one of New Yorks finest who provided security for the gardan
party that day. Officer Vilorio has been in the police business
for five years. He took kids to see his police car, and the kids
enjoyed speaking on the microphone.
from
the invitation "Standing Together":
Senior Citizens
Sculpture Garden Park
In only 3 years
this site has been transformed from a lot used for dumping and drug
trafficking into a vibrant, inclusive community garden . Today ,
the garden reflects the southern agricultural root and african agrarian
creativity of the senior gardeners. The gardeners lovingly cultivate
and harvest corp such as grapers, tomatoes and beans.
This garden
is the fruit of a cross -generational collaboration which encourages
reflection and celebration of ethnic heritage and the environment.