Eric Adams and Mamdani Clash Over NYC Art Garden

The Cultural Landscape Foundation, a nonprofit heritage stewardship organization that claimed to have recommended the VARA defense to the garden, celebrated the reported designation of the space as parkland.

“The Elizabeth Street Garden, like the High Line in Manhattan and the Home for Retired Playground Animals in the Bronx, will be a distinct park in the city’s portfolio, a much-needed open space serving area residents, and a destination for international travelers,” Cultural Landscape Foundation President and CEO Charles A. Birnbaum wrote in a statement to Hyperallergic.