IT TAKES A VILLAGE
Spring Cleaning and Greening
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long with blooming greens and singing birds, spring brought with it the bi-annual Love Your Park Day. But truth be told, pandemic restrictions sent many outside long before it was warm for fresh-air activities and a dose of vitamin D. So thanks to Clean & Green enthusiasts who have been contributing long before the Love Your Park call to action, especially at these beloved neighborhood sites. ■
Volunteers swept and raked winter away at Beck Park.
Ed Snyder (on rake) and Steve Nolan (on broom) got an early start and were later joined by Michael Grossberg,
At Moyamensing Point, neighbors dug in for some socially distanced clean-up.
Willa Grossberg, Dan Rosenzweig, Sara McDonough, and Rosie Rosenzweig.
A crop of QV kids tended the Rose Garden.
John Weir, chair of Friends of Moyamensing Point (above), recruited a crew for cleaning and weeding the triangle at the intersection of 2nd St. and Moya-
Later in the season, more volunteers arrived to help Maria Frizelle Roberts out at the Front Street Rose Garden.
mensing Ave. From left to right, Pat Bigley, Tom
Pictured are Juliette Kang’s daughters, Rosalie and Clarissa Kraines, and Kevin Murphy’s sons Logan and
Bonner, and Rosemary and David Gifford.
Caden Murphy.
QUEEN VILLAGE QUARTERLY CRIER \\ SUMMER 2021
