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| New York City parks to be renamed after Black Americans |
| 2020-06-21 |
| [PIX11] New York City parks in each borough will be renamed to honor Black Americans. The announcement was made Friday by Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver in honor of Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. The holiday took on added meaning this year amid ongoing protests calling for racial equality, and in that spirit, Silver said it is time to recognize and correct the inequities laid to bare in the course of creating the city parks system. To kick off the initiative as well as honor the homegoing of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans who have have been killed, the Parks Department announced the creation of Juneteenth Grove at Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn. The agency planted 19 new flowering trees flanking the park’s main entry path on Tillary Street and installed new banners marking the area as Juneenth Grove. Nineteen benches along the path have been repainted in the red, black and green colors of the globally recognized Pan-African Flag. "In my six years as commissioner I have been committed to creating safe, inclusive spaces for staff and parkgoers, alike," Silver said in a statement Friday. "NYC Parks believes Black lives matter — our review of park names and the planting of our Juneteenth Grove is only the beginning of our renewed efforts to address inequities in our system for the city and for our employees. We are doing this, if for no other reason than, our Black lives matter." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #16 And this will cure racism, cause look s to lie down with lambs, bend spears into pruning hooks etc |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2020-06-21 20:30 |
| #15 I still call the Tappan Zee bridge the Tappan Zee. |
| Posted by: Unosh Hupinelet8756 2020-06-21 17:23 |
| #14 Central Park will be renamed Tawana Brawley Park, right? (/sarc) |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-06-21 14:27 |
| #13 I think Robert Mugabe deserves a statue AND a park named after him. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-06-21 12:58 |
| #12 How about Idi Amin park? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-06-21 11:52 |
| #11 Sooo, Central Park in Manhattan, known as a no-go area after dark will be named for a black American? This could be appropriate when you consider who commits most of the crime there. |
| Posted by: warthogswife 2020-06-21 11:48 |
| #10 /\ You mean that justice who swore to uphold and the Constitution? Hmmm, that's a toughy. /sarc |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-06-21 11:37 |
| #9 Clarence Thomas park sounds fine to me. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2020-06-21 11:34 |
| #8 So how's that whole, entire 'Avenue of the America's' working out for you? |
| Posted by: Cesare 2020-06-21 10:39 |
| #7 Wonder if Talcum X will get a nod. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2020-06-21 10:34 |
| #6 creating safe, inclusive spaces as long as you're not white or Jewish or Asian or a Trump supporter. If you're one of any of those get out and stay out. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2020-06-21 10:26 |
| #5 Just go ahead and name one after Wilhelm's wife and be done with it. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-06-21 09:08 |
| #4 Not for Tessa Majors? No. Not for Justine Damond either. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2020-06-21 09:07 |
| #3 Good grief. I thought for sure this was the Bee... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2020-06-21 08:03 |
| #2 Central park will now be called "Big park fulla trees and whiteys waiting to be taken off park, bitch." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-21 07:32 |
| #1 Not for Tessa Majors? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-06-21 02:22 |