17 septembre 2015 / 18 h 06 / Adam Purple and The Garden of Eden

Adam Purple and The Garden of Eden, by Harvey Wang and Amy Brost.

[Vimeo.]

In 1975, on the crime-ridden Lower East Side, Adam Purple started a garden behind his tenement home. By 1986, The Garden of Eden was world famous and had grown to 15,000 square feet. For Adam – a social activist, philosopher, artist, and revolutionary – the Garden was the medium of his political and artistic expression. It was razed by the city in 1986 after a protracted court battle.

Adam Purple died this Monday as he was bicycling over the Williamsburg Bridge. He was 84.

[Photo Harvey Wang.]

[Photo Harvey Wang.]

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