New York City Gardens
An eleventh-hour deal to save some New York City community gardens from the auction block the future of other urban plots in question. WNYC’s Amy Eddings reports that Puerto Rican residents who frequent traditional garden plots known as “casitas” worry that these community gathering places will be demolished.
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