Public Meeting: Plan for Public Plaza at Avenue C
Thursday, October 22nd, 6:30 p.m.
Residents and neighbors who live or work near Avenue C and McDonald Avenue: you are invited to a public meeting to learn more about the proposed pedestrian plaza and art for the plaza surface.
The flyer above shows the proposed pedestrian plaza's location--where there is currently an empty, unused, unattractive concrete triangle (upper right).
The plaza's amenities, including moveable tables and chairs, umbrellas, planters, a granite block, and flexible bollards are shown on the bottom right of the flyer.
In the middle left is the artwork for the plaza surface. The painting, which would cover the entire surface of the plaza, is called "Pond Island." The proposal by neighborhood artist Anney Fresh was selected from twenty-two entries submitted to the art competition.
If you would like more information about the plaza or the meeting, send an e-mail to Dorothy Le from Neighborhood Plaza Partnership at DLe @ the hort.org or call her at (212) 757-0915, extension 125.
The proposed plaza is a joint project of the Kensington Stewards and the Neighborhood Plaza Partnership (NPP). The Stewards and NPP would manage the plaza and keep it clean.
The Kensington Stewards is a group of volunteers who live in Kensington and got together a few years ago to work on community beautification and quality-of-life projects: creating Kensington Plaza, protecting trees on Church Avenue with metal tree guards, planting daffodils and other flowers around the trees, and holding community "sidewalk clean-up days."
Neighborhood Plaza Partnership (NPP), a program of The Horticultural Society of New York, is working with The Kensington Stewards. With their professional guidance, the proposed plaza would be clean, green, and well-managed.
Meeting location
P.S. 179 Cafeteria
202 Avenue C, between E. 2nd and E. 3rd streets
Kensington