luther gulick park

Parks Department planners have been working on designs for a new and improved Luther Gulick Park -- now they've got a bit more money to get the job done. This week, neighborhood activists learned City Councilwoman Margaret Chin has...

Last night, Lower East Side residents inched just a little bit closer to fulfilling the dream of reclaiming Luther Gulick Park, one of the neighborhood's shabbiest public spaces.  In a two-hour workshop at the Abrons Arts Center, neighborhood activists...

Lots of Lower East Side families enjoyed a beautiful afternoon in Luther Gulick Park yesterday, taking in a puppet show put on by the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater.  The event was part of a grassroots campaign to reclaim the...

One of the only traveling puppet theaters in the country, City Parks Foundation's PuppetMobile, is coming to Luther Gulick Park Sunday afternoon (1 pm). The Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater will perform "Bessie's Big Shot," a new work. After the performance...

Yesterday we linked to the New York Times' piece on the city's experiment in park-based ping pong. The soon-to-be transformed Luther Gulick Park is one of three outdoor recreational areas in New York pioneering the concept. The others are...

Last weekend, 150 or so Lower East Side residents gathered in Luther Gulick Park for "It's My Park Day."  The event was part of a community-based campaign to revitalize the park, at the corner of Willett and Delancey streets. ...

Across the city on Saturday, residents who care about open space will be celebrating "It's My Park Day."   In our neighborhood, the Friends of Gulick Park have all kinds of fun activities planned, including pumpkin painting, bulb planting...

  The Friends of Gulick Park got some good news this week.  For the past year, we've been reporting about their efforts to transform the ragged little section of the neighborhood at Delancey and Willett streets. The City Council had...

As we mentioned last week, the city is getting ready to open up the brand new Hester Street Playground in Sara D. Roosevelt Park, after a $5 million reconstruction project. When you visit the playground in the weeks ahead,...

The other day we posted some of the video highlights from "Take Back Our Park Day" in Luther Gulick Park. The Friends of Gulick Park are now out with a wrap-up and a look at what's next in their...