Mural at Carmen Pabón del Amanecer Jardín
Mural at Carmen Pabón del Amanecer Jardín


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
Clematis growing at Carmen Pabón del Amanecer Jardín

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

  1. ↑ amNY (28 October 2016). "17 years later, Carmen's garden finally reopens". amNewYork. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ amNY (15 November 2016). "Carmen Pabon, legendary LES poet / gardener, dies at 95". amNewYork. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  4. ↑ "Carmen Pabón, La Madrina de Loisaida". The People's LES. 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Carmen Pabon Garden Opens on Avenue C, Ending 17-Year-Long Ordeal". The Lo-Down : News from the Lower East Side. 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  6. ↑ "Remembering Carmen Pabón, La Madrina de Loisaida | Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños". centropr.hunter.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  7. ↑ "New York City Garden Coalition | Bello Amanecer Borincano". www.earthcelebrations.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.

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