PRESS RELEASES Oct. 1. 1969 to Nov. 7, 1969 from #50 to 91 #50
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PRESS RELEASES Oct. 1. 1969 to Nov. 7, 1969 From #50 to 91 #50 On the Street Where you Live 10/1/69 #51 Brooklyn Playground Named for Vietnam Veteran 10/2/69 #52 Colorful Street Signs Mark Three Colorful Greenwich Village 10/3/69 Historic Districts #53 Feature and Photo Tip 10/3/69 #54 Batters Up Under the Lights ' 10/6/69 #55 PRCa Asst. Admin. Receives Award from Queens Council 10/9/69 on the Arts #56 Deborah Hay & Dancers to Perform in Damrosch Park lOat/14/69 #57 X will Mark the Spot in Historical Districts 10/14/69 #58 Groundbreaking for JHS 72 Playground Friday 10/15/69 #59 Program for Mentally Handicapped Children-Brownsville 10/15/69 Center in Brooklyn #60 Brooklyn playgrounds-101 Walton St. , Intermediate School 320 10/15/69 P.S. 327 #61 National Historic Landmark Ceremony -Van Cortlandt Park 10/17/69 #62 Long Awaited P. S. 55 Playground to Open 10/17/69 #63 Fall Park Clean-Up Starts with A Big Please 10/20/69 #64 Sculpture-Of G-The Month 10/21/69 #65 Skating and Bicycling in Central Park 10/21/69 #65A Correction for #65 10/21/69 #66 Forest Park Playground Ready for Groundbreaking 10/21/69 #67 Grand Army Plaza Fencing 10/23/69 #68 Photo and News- Monsignor Me Goldrick Park, Ground Breaking 10/23/69 #69 Ballfield under construction, Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn 10/23/69 #70 Telephone Problems-Shirley Herz 10/24/69 #71 News Assignment Desk -Literary Walk 10/24/69 #72 3 Day seminar on Museums, Dept of Cultural Affairs 10/27/69 #73 Modern Dance 10/27/69 #74 Colorful Mosaics - Senior Citizens-ribbon cutting 10/28/69 #75 Tree matching plan 10/28/69 #76 Ground Breaking, Bronx, St. Mary's Park 10/28/69 #77 Playground PRCA architects, Pelham, Bronx 10/28/69 #78 Animal Identification Signs 10/29/69 #79 Identification Plaques-Zoo Animals 10/29/69 #80 Completion of Richmondtown -1976 10/29/69 #81 Feature Tip- Chelsea W Ik, Historical Tours 10/29/69 #82 Chelsea Walking Tour-Historical Signs 10/30/69 #83 N. Y. State Pavillion-Queens Playhouse 10/31/69 #84 Feature and Photo Tip - Playground JHS 126- Bklyn 10/30/69 #85 Recreation Centers - Winter Schedule 10/31/69 #86 PRCA Sculpture-Fifth Ave. Serpentine Sculpture 11/5/69 #87 Bike riding - Thanksgiving Day 11/5/69 #88 Caption-Sea Lion 11/6/69 #89 Feature Tip - Meeting to discuss building of intermediate Pool 11/6/69 #90 Old St. Nick -Christmas Trees selected 11/6/69 #91 Leaf collections - different types of machines used 11/7/69 t City of New York Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Administration for release 830 Fifth Avenue, Central Park 10021 August Heckscher, Administrator UPON RECEIPT For further information: Joy Barnes - 380-8141 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE Autumn will burst forth in all its splendor as the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Administration unveils its exhibit of street trees at the Mrst Annual Eryant Park Flower Show, Thursday, <Oct. 2) at 10:30 a. m. The Flower Show, a "community cooperative, " is the first of its kind to be held in Eryant Park. In keeping with the community spirit of this exhibit, PRCA dubbed its display "It Grows On You" to exemplify a portion of horti- culture with which city-dwellers are familiar. Live street trees planted for the exhibition will acquaint New Yorkers with the greenery they see everyday on the streets of their city. The PRCA exhibit will help city residents become aware that they, too, can effect the planting of something green and growing. "It is hoped, " remarks PRCA Administrator August Heckscher, "that the Eryant Park Flower Show will pr.ove successful as a common effort to bring the beauty and importance of living plants to New Yorkers. " The PRCA display of street tree plantings illustrates the potpourri of roles the agency must take from breaking the sidev/alk to the planting and main- tenance of the city1 s trees. The exhibit comprises the phases of tree planting with typical examples of live trees and shrubs that thrive under urban con- ditions. Color is added to the display with a bed of chrysantiiemutQS-,which also adds to the unification of the entire exhibit in the autumn spirit. The First Annual Eryant Park Flower Show is sponsored by PRCA, the Avenue of the Americas Association, the Garden Club of America, and the Horticultural Society of New York, Inc. Contributors and exhibitors to the fall production include the New York, Brooklyn and Queens Eotanical Gardens; the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State; and the New York Public U! r.?r'ary. Library. The admission free floral exhibit v/ill be open to the public from 10:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m., October 2 through October 7. Bryant Park is located at 42nd Street and Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan. - 30- #50 10/1/69 .5M-418251(69) <*jgg|fe, 346 ._ , _.. ... _ „... - 1-1-1-117.5 City of New York Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Administration for release 830 Fifth Avenue, Central Park 10021 • u . ,, *,<•••• UPON RECEIPT, August Heckscher, Administrator For further information: Joy Earnes - 360-8141 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE Autumn will burst forth in all its splendor as the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Administration unveils its exhibit of street trees at the Eixst Annual Eryant Park Flower Show, Thursday, (Oct. 2) at 10:30 a. m. The Flower Show, a "community cooperative, " is the first of its kind to be held in Eryant Park. In keeping with the community spirit of this exhibit, PRCA dubbed its display "It Grows On You" to exemplify a portion of horti- culture with which city-dwellers are familiar. Live street trees planted for the exhibition will acquaint New Yorkers with the greenery they see everyday on the streets of their city. The PRCA exhibit will help city residents become aware that they, too, can effect the planting of something green and growing. "It is hoped, " remarks PRCA Administrator August Heckscher, "that the Eryant Park Flower Show will pr.ove successful as a common effort to bring the beauty and importance of living plants to New Yorkers. " The PRCA display of street tree plantings illustrates the potpourri of roles the agency must take from breaking the sidewalk to the planting and main- tenance of the city1 s trees. The exhibit comprises the phases of tree planting with typical examples of live trees and shrubs that thrive under urban con- ditions. Color is added to the display with a bed of chrysanthemumsjwhich also adds to the unification of the entire exhibit in the autumn spirit. The First Annual Eryant Park Flower Show is sponsored by PRCA, the Avenue of the Americas Association, the Garden Club of America, and the Horticultural Society of New York, Inc. Contributors and exhibitors to the fall production include the New York, Brooklyn and Queens Eotanical Gardens; the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State; and the New York Public 'ij^ri^ry. Library. The admission free floral exhibit will be open to the public from 10:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m., October 2 through October 7. Eryant Park is located at 42nd Street and Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan. -30- #50 10/1/89 .- . „.. .„ _....,.,. _ l-I-l-l 17.5M-41825U69) <4ig^> 346 City of New York m • Parks, Recreation and ' T^\K FOlOSlCO Cultural Affairs Administration Ivl I Vl vClVV 830 Fifth Avenue, Central Park 10021 August Heckscher, Administrator UPON RECEIPT For Further Information: Joy Barnes-360-8141 BROOKLYN PLAYGROUND NAMED FOR VIETNAM VETERAN A Erooklyn playground on Nostrand Avenue and Kings Highway will be officially named the P. F. C. Thomas Norton Miemorial Playground at ceremonies Sunday (Oct. 5th) at 10:30 A* M. The playground is named for 21 year old Thomas Norton, a Vietnam veteran who was killed in action in April 1968. Private Norton, holder of the Silver and Bronze Stars and Purple Heart, was a former Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Administration employee who resided at 1643 East 35th Street in Brooklyn. Private Norton's father, William Norton, is a Senior Supervisor of Park Operations with the Parks Administration -a£&1 president of the Uniformed Park Officers Association. In ceremonies conducted by PRCA Administrator August Heckscher, the Honorable William T. Bellar, secretary to a Supreme Court Justice, will represent the community as speaker. Mr. Eellard is also a past County Commander of the American Legion. Lt. Col. Edward A. Lenk, Chaplain, of the Ft. Hamilton Army Base, will also speak at the ceremony. Members of Erooklyn chapters of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Knights of Columbus will also participate at the occasion. -30- 10/2/69 #51 FOR DAILY RECORDING ON PARK EVENTS: in Manhattan and Eronx- 755-4100. For Oueens, Staten Island and Brooklyn - 691-5858. 1-1-1-117.5M-41825K69) ariSfe, 346 City of New York m • Parks, Recreation and ' T^^F f ^I^CIO^ Cultural Affairs Administration Iwl I Wl VU^V 830 Fifth Avenue, Central Park 10021 August Heckscher, Administrator UPON RECEIPT For Further Information: Joy Earnes-360-8141 EROOKLYN PLAYGROUND NAMED FOR VIETNAM VETERAN A Erooklyn playground on Nostrand Avenue and Kings Highway will be officially named the P. F.C. Thomas Norton Memorial Playground at ceremonies Sunday (Oct. 5th) at 10:30 A. M. The playground is named for 21 year old Thomas Norton, a Vietnam veteran who was killed in action in April 1968.