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Carmen Pabón del Amanecer Jardín, also known as Carmen's Garden and El Bello Amanecer Boriqueño Garden, is a 4,635-square-foot (430.6 m2) community garden at 117 Avenue C, in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City.[1][2] Carmen Pabón del Amanecer Jardín is named after Carmen Pabon, a Lower East Side poet and gardener who died in 2016 at the age of 95.[3][4]
History
![Clematis growing at Carmen Pabón del Amanecer Jardín](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/X-T3_20220604_5936.jpg/220px-X-T3_20220604_5936.jpg)
The garden was created by Pabon in the late 1970s on a vacant lot.[5] Pabon and local volunteers cleared the vacant lot and planted flowers.[6][7] Pabon held poetry readings and ran a soup kitchen to fed the homeless.[5] The garden space was closed in 2000 due to the construction of the apartment complex next door.[5] After being closed for 17 years, Carmen's Garden was re-opened in 2016, with Carmen Pabón cutting the ribbon not long before her death.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Ferguson, Sarah (28 October 2016). "17 years later, Carmen's garden finally reopens". amNewYork. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ Moynihan, Colin (2000-09-10). "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: EAST VILLAGE; Construction at Garden Site Shakes Co-op, Members Say". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ amNY (15 November 2016). "Carmen Pabon, legendary LES poet / gardener, dies at 95". amNewYork. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ Vieira, Imani (2020-05-04). "Carmen Pabón, La Madrina de Loisaida". The People's LES. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ a b c d Litvak, Ed (2016-10-27). "Carmen Pabon Garden Opens on Avenue C, Ending 17-Year-Long Ordeal". The Lo-Down : News from the Lower East Side. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "Remembering Carmen Pabón, La Madrina de Loisaida | Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños". centropr.hunter.cuny.edu. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "New York City Garden Coalition | Bello Amanecer Borincano". www.earthcelebrations.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
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