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No. 44 |
Thursday, December 20, 2001 |
- Commissioner Stern speaks at the 12th
anniversary celebration of the Charging Bull
sculpture dedication in Bowling Green Park
at 26 Broadway and Morris Street. More
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- Queens Recreation sponsored a holiday event
at the Passarelle building in Flushing this
afternoon for hundreds of local public school
children. Holiday gifts and plenty of food
was distributed to each of the merry children.
- The Greenstreets Office is monitoring the
planting of Donellan
Square at 150th Street and St. Nicholas
Avenue in Manhattan. This large Parks site
has been a candidate for a Greenstreet for
many years and is finally being done through
money donated from Councilman Stanley Michels.
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- Operations reports that it is hosting the
twelfth Parks Annual Awards today, December
20, in the Arsenal. The Rookie of the Year
is Amy "Friday" Freitag, Historic
Houses. The Employee of the Year
is Elizabeth "Nine Plus" Perez, Contracts
and Payroll & Timekeeping. The Davis Award
winner is Geoffrey "Silk" Huston, St.
Mary's Recreation Center. The Manager
of the Year is William "Zorro" Castro, Bronx,
and the Commissioner's Award went to Alan
M. "Northside" Moss, First Deputy Commissioner.
- Bronx Operations conducts a final inspection
of Vidalia Playground, located on East 180th
Street between Vyse and Daly Avenues. This
site, once a trash and debris filled lot,
now includes a community garden, play equipment
with safety surfacing, handball and basketball
courts, a spray shower, comfort stations,
and a lawn area.
- Operations & Management Planning meet
on-site with Brooklyn to discuss maintenance
of a new Class A lawn. Class A lawns are park
lawns that that have recently undergone improvements
as a result of capital funding.
- As of December 11th, Queens Parks has received
156 new historical signs for various parks.
89 signs have been installed. The remaining
67 signs will be installed prior to 2002.
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- Staten Island installs Goose deterrent at
Clove Lakes Park.
The park is located on Victory Boulevard,
Clove Road, and Slosson Avenue.
- An Urban
Park Ranger Sergeant reported that
a cow's tongue and a dismembered chicken were
found on one of the tennis courts in Pelham
Bay Park. There were no witnesses
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