Where in the City is This?
A community garden. A cyclist. A highrise in the background. Where in New York City is this?
11:25 AM EST on November 1, 2006
A community garden. A cyclist. A highrise in the background. Where in New York City is this? 
Lifelong New York City resident, except for a year in Copenhagen during college. Both experiences have taught me a lot about good (and bad) urban design. I grew up in Staten Island and also lived in Astoria Queens for 5 years. Now I live in Manhattan where I founded Upper Green Side (www.uppergreenside.org), a local environmental group on the Upper East & West Sides of Manhattan.
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