Tag Archives: Bed-Stuy Beautification

Bed-Stuy Community Work Day

Posted on April 9, 2009 by The Changeling

[ April 25, 2009; 10:30 am to 4:00 pm. ] Here’s a great volunteer opportunity:

Volunteer at the Bed-Stuy Community Work Day!
Saturday, April 25th
10:30AM – 4PM

Mural Painting
Landscaping & Gardening
Transforming the Community
Celebrating Bed-Stuy!

Service will begin at Von King Park at the corner of Tompkins & Lafayette.

QUESTIONS? WANT TO VOLUNTEER?
CONTACT FERRISHAIA LEWIS AT 646.541.0346 OR FLEWIS09@CITYYEAR.ORG

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Sidewalk Gallery Show

Posted on March 16, 2009 by The Changeling

Dekalb Lafayette and Bedford Avenues
I love to watch artists at work. This weekend I came upon a group of guys who were putting this beautiful piece up on Dekalb near the Bedford-Nostrand station. This painting is of a woman and her children. It looked like they’d already finished a graffiti-looking piece to the right of [...]

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The Bed-Stuy Meadow Project

Posted on March 9, 2009 by The Changeling

Wouldn’t this abandoned lot look nicer if it were filled with wildflowers?
There is an exciting Bed-Stuy beautification project getting underway called the Bed-Stuy Meadow. The brainchild of Deborah Fisher of the environmental activist blog, 21st Century Plowshare, this large-scale guerrilla gardening action has the goal of planting wildflowers in every single abandoned [...]

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