Article February 28, 1994 Issue

NEVER TOO YOUNG TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

"Where Once Only Garbage Grew, a Secret Garden"

Michel Marriot

The New York Times

"During an inspection of [the new $11 million Educare Center School] late last year, [Harvey] Robins, of the mayor's office, said he noticed something that dismayed him.

"'In the back of the school, there was this major eyesore,' he recalled—a triangular lot filled with garbage, paper, old toys and broken bicycles. It took crews of six to nine sanitation workers 18 days to clear the lot by hand, sanitation officials said.

"Once the ground was cleared, The Parks Council donated the landscape architectural work and about $10,000 in materials and staff time, its officials said, and the 'secret garden' was born....

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