After the recent placement of the perimeter fence in front of Orchard Alley Community Garden, East 4th Streeters knew it wouldn't be long before the new fence itself would be in place!
Shortly after sunrise this morning [November 2], the crew were parking their trucks, collecting their picks and shovels, and off-loading their end-loaders! Then, once safely behind the perimeter fence, the work commenced!
After digging a furrow, the workers picked and shovelled:
Picking and shovelling.
You can see the bricks where the building that used to be here stood:
Bricks of a building.
If you were thinking that it must be hard work to dig such a trench, with all these bricks in the way, you're right — but this trough wasn't dug by hand!
Regular readers of this blog will no doubt remember the post A New Fence, that I posted yesterday, about the new fence being put up in front of the Orchard Alley Community Garden, on East 4th Street.
In that post, I mentioned a perimeter fence that would be erected during the installation of the new fence. Today I have a picture of that perimeter fence:
Perimeter fence.
Do you see how the sun glistens off the yellow leaves and yellow caution tape? Truly beautiful!
For those who want to see more of the perimeter fence, I prepared a video. Enjoy!
The residents of East 4th Street, between Avenues C and D, were surprised this morning to wake up and find that the fence in front of the Orchard Alley Community Garden was being taken down:
Fence being taken down.
But fear not, East 4th Streeters — the fence is being replaced! The new fence will look more like the nice fence down the block in front of Parque Tranquilidad (photo compliments of Google Maps!):
Parque Tranquilidad fence.
While work is taking place, a perimeter fence will be erected to protect passers-by:
Perimeter fence, on the ground.
Hopefully, they will level the soil, that rises up nearly six inches at the front:
Nearly six inches.
Making the East Village a better place for everyone, once fence at a time!
I was walking across East 4th Street yesterday, when I saw this couch, which someone abandoned on the sidewalk outside Orchard Alley community garden:
Abandoned couch.
Last night, Orchard Alley hosted the first film of a festival sponsored by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space. The name of the film-festival is "I (Heart) NRCHY"!
The arrival of this couch couldn't have been timed better — East Village anarchists love found objects! I bet they took it inside the garden and had a front-row seat for the movie!
