PHOTOS BY TEQUILA MINSKY
At the Jane St. Garden fence dedication, from left, Parks Borough Commissioner Bill Castro, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, state Senator
Brad Hoylman, Borough President Gale Brewer, Speaker Corey Johnson, Susan Sipos, Barry Benepe, former and current Jane St. Block Association
Chairpersons Paula Fedderson and Kate Bostock-Shefferman, respectively, and Michael Talbot, West Village Committee president.
Sweet Jane fence: Garden free of its chain-link
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
Jane St. residents were joined on
Saturday by local politicians and
Bill Castro, the Parks Department’s
Manhattan borough commissioner,
for a ribbon-cutting for the new fence
around the Jane St. Garden, at Jane St.
and Eighth Ave.
Work began this past spring to replace
the rickety old leaning chainlink
fence with a new granite-curb
and ornate steel fence. The sidewalk
at the garden’s entrance was also fi xed
up. The fence project’s total cost was
roughly $400,000.
The garden has a long history. At one
point, the city wanted to sell the plot
for development, but the community
fought off the plan.
The West Village Committee, made
up of veteran activists, has long held
sway over the green space. But a reenergized
Jane St. Block Association
is pushing for greater control and for
making the garden more accessible to
the public.
It was a long time coming, but the Jane St. Garden finally has a beautiful new fence and gate.
26 December 6, 2018 TVG Schneps Community News Group