Wednesday, May 28, 2008


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Originally uploaded by clarisel.
@ Plaza Cultural

Puerto Rico Sun recently visited NYC's Loisaida. This shot was taken at Plaza Cultural, a community garden.

For more photos of my day at Loisaida, visit my site at www.flickr.com/photos/clarisel.


By the way, La Plaza Cultural Armando Perez is among 10 "places that matter" that will be honored by Place Matters in June for enhancing community life. La Plaza and the other places will be honored as part of Place Matters' 10th anniversary celebration. City Lore and the Municipal Art Society founded the Place Matters project in 1998, and Place Matters' mission is to foster the conservation of New York City's historically and culturally significant places.

According to Place Matters: "CHARAS and other community members and activists cleared and reclaimed La Plaza from a rubble-strewn lot in 1976. This is a storied place, known for its large and lovely garden (26,000 s.f.), and as a performance space for amateurs and professionals."

For more information, go to www.placematters.net.

2 comments:

David Quiles said...

I was there!!! I went to the festival and the main stage was playing some of that modern music so I just started walking around looking at the many wonderful tables and then came upon this oasis in the heart of Loisada. I've never seen it before but it's beauty was calling to me. What a beautiful job this group did on the garden. It really feels like an a far away place. Anyway, if I knew what you look like I would have said hi. I love your blog. It's very informative and gives me and the family something to do every now and then. Thanks a million for creating it and keeping it going.

Clarisel said...

Hi David. Thanks for your support. I have to go to Loisaida to shoot some more.