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Database research record2002·United States (New York City)

The common green/common ground Performance Project: The Personal, the Political, the Gardens, and NYU

Cindy Rosenthal

TDR/The Drama Review

Urban Farm DB summary

In New York City, a group of NYU students and local community activists protested and performed against landlords and the city bulldozing community gardens. Their performance piece documented the transformation of garbage-strewn lots into lush, vital community havens and cried out against their destruction. This highlights a conflict over urban garden governance.