Posted September 24, 200618 yr image of proposed garden. couldn't find any actual pictures of the finished garden Garden chain adding link for first time in 21 years Indian community to raise flag next Sunday Sunday, September 24, 2006 Robert L. Smith Plain Dealer Reporter The opening of a cultural garden once captivated an international city. The parades, speeches and ethnic performers drew crowds of 100,000 to Rockefeller Park in the 1930s and 1940s.
September 24, 200618 yr Isn't the African-American one still trying to get funding? In a city that's 51% black?!?! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 25, 200618 yr Here is information on the Garden if anyone is interested. http://www.clevelandculturalgardens.org/OWD/2006OWD.pdf question? can all the threads on the culture garden be merged?
September 25, 200618 yr Can you find them all and we'll merge them? Or do I have to do that. Ugh. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 25, 200618 yr There is funding for the African-American garden. There are organizational problems that are keeping it from going forward. There is another garden that has broken ground (besides the Indian). I don't recall which nationality is sponsoring it.
September 25, 200618 yr This is fantastic! I can't wait to see this completed. Both are moving along steadily! And yes, we're waiting for the African American garden to get back on track. Materials are ready and waiting to be brought to the site!
September 29, 200618 yr How much do you love it? A friend pointed out the irony of a larger-than-life statue of a man known for extreme modesty, but it's still pretty awesome. From today's PD. Angelo Paolone, a worker with Shippers Highway Express Inc. holds the hand of a 13 foot bronze statue of Mahatma Ghandi as he and other worker place it on a base in the India section of the Rockefeller Gardens. It is to be unveiled in a ceremony Sunday.
September 29, 200618 yr The local Indian community really raised some cash for this. One of the members is a structural engineer. He designed the base for the statue. Supposedly, it could support something 5 tons heavier. Hey, whatever works..
September 29, 200618 yr ^They're planning on giving Ghandi a very big & heavy hat during the colder months
October 22, 200618 yr Wow I haven't been to the cultural gardens in years. What a wonderful gem! Cities around the world would kill for such a great public space.
October 22, 200618 yr Cities around the world would kill for such a great public space. I certainly would. Indian Garden... sounds like a college-district indian restaurant.
October 25, 200618 yr Here are a few shots from a couple weeks ago of the two new gardens: Latvian: Indian: Ganhi!
October 25, 200618 yr I really like the new Latvian garden. Its totally different from the others and we never really knew that it was going to be installed. Ghandi--you just can't go wrong with him.
October 26, 200618 yr Wasn't sure where to post this. there isn't a thread just related to the gardens. I've had this for little while and kept forgetting to post it. It shows all of the current gardens and the boundaries for future ones too. EDIT: Sorry if you read this with the oversized image. If somebody would like the full file, IM.
October 29, 200618 yr Why would they do just an African-American Garden? That would be like having a European Garden or an Asian Garden. How about the many African nations instead? It looks like they've got the space for them. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 30, 200618 yr Well, African-American is generally regarded as an ethnic group, but that doesn't imply it's a "black" garden. "Black" can be Kenyan, Domincan, Togoan, African-American, etc. Perhaps the African groups of Cleveland can create their own gardens as well? "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 30, 200618 yr Cities around the world would kill for such a great public space. I certainly would. Indian Garden... sounds like a college-district indian restaurant. There's an India Garden restaurant in Pittsburgh near Carnegie Mellon. Half off entrees 11pm-1am.
October 30, 200618 yr Well, African-American is generally regarded as an ethnic group, but that doesn't imply it's a "black" garden. "Black" can be Kenyan, Domincan, Togoan, African-American, etc. Perhaps the African groups of Cleveland can create their own gardens as well? CDM, that was a great way to explain it. African-American culture varies great from someone who might be West Indian or to be specific Jamerican. I think this is great idea for a garden considering its location to Glenville and Forest Hills.
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