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AIDS Memorial Tree

Borough: Manhattan
Community Board: 03
Designated: 2024

Tree Details

Species: Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens)
Trunk Diameter 12 Inches

In 2010, during the 19th Annual Tompkins Square Park tree lighting, this blue spruce was designated as an East Village AIDS memorial. NYC Parks donated this spruce to the park in 1992 at the request of former Community Board 3 Chairperson, Albert Fabozzi in remembrance of Glenn Barnett, an advocate of the park's restoration. It honors Barnett and all the neighbors of Tompkins Square Park who were lost to AIDS. Each year during the holiday season, this tree is decorated to celebrate the community's compassion and brotherhood and to thank all those who maintain and improve the park.

Location

Tompkins Square Park
Central lawn, northeast of Hare Krishna Tree

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