# @hyperallergic on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLSp8NOtlOt
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33969968-hyperallergic-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-06-24T17:12:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hyperallergic (@hyperallergic) — https://gondola.cc/hyperallergic

## Caption

New York City no longer plans to flatten Manhattan’s Elizabeth Street Garden after years of community resistance to a project that would convert the beloved green space into an affordable housing development.

Several legal challenges and a campaign to save the garden had delayed its eviction. On June 23, the city announced that it reached a deal with Councilmember Christopher Marte to build approximately 620 affordable housing units at three alternative sites in Lower Manhattan, First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro told journalists in a news conference. 

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A stone lion sculpture next to green lawn at the Elizabeth Street Garden in New York City (photo via Getty Images) 

#ElizabethStreetGarden #HavenGreen #AffordableHousing #NYC

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## Tags

havengreen, nyc, elizabethstreetgarden, affordablehousing

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