by Emma Davey 
On September 18 in McGolrick Park, local artist Bea Wolert hosted a chalk quilting bee, a community-wide art project that invited participants to color in the tiles at the park’s pavilion. Only days later, the colorful tiles that were designed to bring Greenpoint together now housed angry locals holding signs with messages like “We don’t want a men’s shelter here!” and “Safe Haven? Safe For Who?”
The September 22nd meeting at McGolrick Park had been…
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More damaging to the character of the neighborhood is Greenpoint Landing, also a fait accompli. providing space that is helping people is a good thing. My two cents