NYC - East Village: 6B Garden - Tower of Found Art

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Cleared and planted in 1983, and transferred to the Parks department and thus permanently protected in 1996, the 17,000 square foot Sixth Street and Avenue B Community Garden in Alphabet City is one of the largest and most elaborate in New York.

Home to over 15 fruiting trees, more than 50 flowering shrubs and inumerable herbs, flowers and vegetables, the Garden is best known for its mostly wooden 37-foot Tower of Found Art, made entirely of scrapped material and adorned with ownerless possessions outlining the structure like baubles on a Christmas Tree. Urban legend has it that the creating artist is a one-legged, white beareded war veteran who to this day climbs to the top to place his found objects.

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Would you please plant this in the Avant-Garden?
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NYC - East Village: 6B Garden - Tower of Found Art

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