Dear Friends,
The Friends of St. Nicholas Park is excited about the upcoming move of the Hamilton Grange into our park. Unfortunately, a group of individuals want to stop the move and even the funding because they say that the orientation of house in the proposed plan is not historical.
If the move is halted, federal funding may stop and our beloved park will be left with a huge hole in the ground and the Grange remains shoved between two buildings on Convent Ave. There is a petition you can sign to show your support and let Community Board 9 know that the community supports the move as is. A meeting is schedule at Community Board 9 for this Thursday.
Please show your support and sign the petition to move the Hamilton Grange into St. Nicholas Park!
The website below has more info and background on the move. http://www.supportthegrange.com/
Thank you,
Friends of St. Nicholas Park
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The Friends of St. Nicholas Park is a coalition of residents and community based organizations, working together to revitalize our neighborhood’s natural resource. We advocate for the increase in programming, beautification projects, and the over all positive use of our 23-acre park. With the help of many neighborhood groups, including Community Board 9, the YMCA’S Jackie Robinson Youth Center, the Hamilton Heights Homeowners Association, and the Historic Harlem Parks Coalition (HHPC), we hope to achieve these goals.
Our past achievements include: organizing volunteers for work days in the park under the leadership of our gardener, working with HHPC to sponsor a four night film festival, and hosting a Halloween event, and a tree lighting ceremony.
We love our park and serve as its eyes and ears, always advocating on its behalf and working to address the public interest.
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I posted the link for the petition on my blogspot.
SUPPORT THE MOVE OF THE GRANGE AND ITS REORIENTATION AS PROPOSED BY THE NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE
Please follow the link and sign the petition so Alexander Hamilton's Grange can be moved to St. Nicholas Park.
A group of vociferous individuals are trying to stop the move and relegate the Grange to the horrible space that it has been in for the past 100 years!
Your signature is important! Act immediately!
http://www.supportthegrange.com/index.html
I have been emailing the link to the petition to many of my friends.
See my letter to The Bank of New York at my blogspot which I forwarded on to the NPS (all rights reserved). Maybe the BNY will help out with the move and the restoration!
http://nicksternet.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-letter-to-bank-of-new-york.html
I received a response from a Mr. Heines at The Bank of New York, thanking me for the letter about saving The Hamilton Grange. He claimed that he would pass my letter on to others within the Bank, but I haven't heard anything else!
I also sent a hard copy of my letter to him, which, I believe merits a hard copy response! I will let everyone know if I receive one, and I will post it!
What is the status of the move? Can anyone give us an update as to how the petition signing is going? Is it successful? Is the NPS continuing construction of the foundation? We are sort of left in the dark about this? Did these creepy individuals file a law suit to stop it? What's up everyone? Please post an update!!
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