Adam Purple & the Garden of Eden / by Amy Brost ; photographs by Harvey Wang.

Main entry:

Brost, Amy.

Title & Author:

Adam Purple & the Garden of Eden / by Amy Brost ; photographs by Harvey Wang.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

107 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"In 1975, on the crime-ridden Lower East Side of New York City, Adam Purple started a garden behind his tenement home at 184 Forsyth Street. By 1986, The Garden of Eden was world famous and had grown to 15,000 square feet, spanning five lots. For Adam--a social activist, philosopher, artist and revolutionary--The Garden of Eden was the medium of his political and artistic expression"--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9780615547220
0615547222

Subject:

Purple, Adam, 1930-2015.
Urban gardens New York (State) New York.
Gardening Political aspects.
Guerrilla gardens.
Jardins urbains New York (État) New York.
Jardins guérilla.
Gardening.
Urban gardens.
Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State) New York.
New York (State) New York Lower East Side.

Added entries:

Wang, Harvey.

Adam Purple and The Garden of Eden

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315683
Call No.: 315683
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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