Database research record2002·USA (New York City)
Conflicting Rights to the City in New York's Community Gardens
Lynn A. Staeheli, Don Mitchell, Kristina Gibson
GeoJournal
Urban Farm DB summary
Analyzes the Giuliani administration's 1998–1999 policy of transferring community gardens to housing development and auctioning 100+ gardens, exposing how a city 'greening then privatizing' policy reversed itself and treated public gardens as disposable exchange-value assets.