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Adam Purple Memorials to Be Held Tomorrow

Coming up this weekend, the Lower East Side community will come together for a remembrance of urban gardening pioneer Adam Purple. The trailblazing environmentalist, whose real name was David Wilkie, died of an apparent heart attack September 14 while bicycling...

Lower East Side Garden Activist Adam Purple Dies at the Age of 84

Adam Purple, the urban gardening pioneer and environmental activist, died after collapsing on the Wiliamsburg Bridge Monday. The Lower East Side personality, whose real name was David Wilkie, was 84. Here's how the New York Times is remembering him...

Arts Watch: The New Old Bowery at the New Museum

On a recent trip to the New Museum to see its Come Closer: Art Around the Bowery, 1969-1989 exhibition, I was reminded of the Bowery of my youth. There were certainly no art museums dotting its landscape (or star-chef restaurants...

LES Film Festival Kicks Off Twenty Days of Films

The LES Film Festival kicked off 20 days of shorts and features made for under $30,000 last night at the intimate Grand Opening space on Norfolk Street.  If the evening's lineup was any indication, audiences will be in for...

The Destruction of Adam Purple’s Garden of Eden – 25 Years Later

Photographer Harvey Wang is raising funds to (hopefully) put on a show in honor of Adam Purple and his unrivaled "green" project, "The Garden of Eden." Purple created a huge garden on some abandoned lots on Eldridge Street in...
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Address: 385 Grand Street, #L605 Price: $625,000  Maintenance: $925.00 Open House: Sunday, April 14th from 12:00 - 1:00 pm Spacious 1 bedroom apartment in the highly sought...
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