Published Sep 26, 2003
Modified Mar 6, 2008
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She's too modest to write anything about it, but today Jen Chung turned 27. Other famous people with birthdays today? T.S. Eliot (turning 115), George Gershwin (relatively young at 105, but dead), and Serena Williams (a baby at 22).
Jake Dobkin co-founded Gothamist with Jen Chung. In 2019, Jake released Ask a Native New Yorker, a book based on his Gothamist advice column.
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As the first city-sanctioned community garden celebrates its 50th anniversary, leaders of community gardens around the five boroughs share stories about cultivating green spaces and strengthening neighborhood ties.
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Five decades ago, the Liz Christy Community Garden on the Lower East Side was nothing more than a garbage-strewn vacant lot frequented by drug dealers. Donald Loggins was among the local residents who took control of it.
