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Scully&Scully celebrates Fund for Park Avenue
04/21/2010 - By New York, NY

Scully&Scully celebrates Fund for Park Avenue

Park Avenue is giving Broadway a run for the money to the title “Great White Way.” From 54th to 86th streets, over two miles long, down the middle East Side Boulevard, 60,000 white tulips are blooming, in honor of the Fund for Park Avenue.

Creating more green spaces is a critical component of PLANYC, the Bloomberg’s administration’s vision for a more sustainable and environmentally friendly New York. Reading from the Proclamation, Commissioner Benepe stated that since its inception, “The Fund for Park Avenue has planted nearly 3,000,000 tulip bulbs, more than 600 trees and approximately 900,000 begonias.” He went on to say that “flowers have a civilizing effect on people. I have never seen a fist fight in front of a flowerbed. The Fund for Park Avenue set the standard of private-public partnership and for the Central Park Conservancy. We (the City) stay out of the way. It’s the Fund that’s responsible for all this beauty.”

“What makes us unique” said Barbara McLaughlin, the Fund’s President, “is that we are totally dependant on donations from individuals, the buildings on Park Avenue, corporations and foundations. Scully & Scully has graciously donated 10% of all sales from tonight and Tuesday and Wednesday to the Fund.” They did the same last year, too.

Alex Donner provided background music and each guest left with an Eleni of New York cookie in the form of-- What else? --a white tulip.

In the winter, the Fund plants and lights the Memorial Christmas trees. In 1945 Susan Vanderpoel Clark started the tradition as a way to honor the men and women who fought for our country in World War II. Not as well known is the Fund’s Sculpture Committee, which oversees the art that decorates the medians in conjunction with the New York City Public Arts Program and in collaboration with arts organizations and artists. Past exhibitions have included sculptures by Deborah Butterfield, Donna Dennis, Robert Indiana, Jun Kaneko, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, Sui Jianguo, Beverly Pepper, George Rickey and James Surls. Currently on display is the work of Mia Westerlund Roosen. From January – May 2011, Will Ryman’s large rose sculptures will “bloom” on the malls.

Among those who filled the store were: Manhattan Borough Commissioner William Castro, City Council members Jessica Lappin and Dan Garodnick and FFPA Directors and Committee members Ronald D. Spencer, Nicole and Derek Limbocker, Margaret Ternes, Muffie Potter Aston, Sheri Babbio, Friederike Biggs, Evie Brown, Maureen Chilton, Blair Clarke, Mary Davidson, Amy Mazzola Flynn, Martha Glass, Eugenie Niven Goodman, Helena Martinez and Burwell Schorr.

Photos by Laurie Lambrecht


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