http://www.planNYC.org/ PlanNYC | New York City Planning Information Portal en-us ja3n@earthlink.net http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=130#3070 Governor Eliot Spitzer pledged $12 million at the groundbreaking ceremony for the permanent home of the Museum of African Art. The governor's funding pledge matches the $12 million that the city contributed. Expected to open in late 2009, the museum will feature over 85,000-square feet of exhibition space in addition to condominium housing units above the facility. 2007-09-24 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=130#2410 While the Museum of African History has found a permanent home, members of the community garden which it will replace feel ousted. The Nueva Esperanza Jardin in East Harlem was scheduled to become the new home of the museum and Edison schools back in 2002, but plans were dropped after the school ran into financial troubles. The new plan will include a 116-unit condominium tower as well as the museum. According to activist group More Gardens!, the fate of the garden is a forewarning of what could occur across the city with dozens of community gardens in danger of being developed, particularly in East Harlem. 2007-04-10 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=130#2371 Activists climbed into trees and tried to block construction workers from demolishing an East Harlem community garden. The police eventually got them out of the trees and the construction workers proceeded to bulldoze the site in preparation for the construction of Museum of African Art. The protesters, who had been living in another nearby garden for about a month, pledged to continue their fight by living in a multi-colored bus parked across the street. 2007-04-04 00:00:00