June 15, 2003
First day on Girls Club Site

Construction won't begin for another year. But yesterday was the real ground-breaking for the future Lower Eastside Girls Club.

Oh, sure, they've done a few test borings to see what's the situation underground. But a hardy group of girls, staff, volunteers, and family began cleaning up the currently empty, city-owned lot yesterday.


We have site control of the whole piece, and a lease on part of it, where this summer there will be a weekly farmer's market and, if all goes well, wireless internet demo. A taste of the future, an open house, a barn-raising, a homestead for the girls of the Lower East Side.

Posted by Dave at June 15, 2003 11:57 PM