Somos una organización no gubernamental, sin fines de lucro, de interés público y acción comunitaria, a favor de los derechos de los niños, niñas y adolescentes cuyo foco de trabajo es la New Yorkers Attempt to Prevent Garden Demolition (El Jardin de la Esperanza), 1999-2000. Global Nonviolent Action Database, 2010. Why it worked. On the morning of February 15, 2000, I watched as the New York City Police Department and a city construction company demolished Esperanza Garden (fully named, “El Jardin de la Esperanza,” “The Garden of Hope”), a narrow lot at the corner of East 7th and Avenue C on the Lower East Side. One endangered garden was El Jardin de la Esperanza (Garden of Hope) in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Alicia Torres, a woman from Puerto Rico, started the garden with the help of family and community members. They worked for months clearing out the rubble of a vacant lot to make room for sunflowers and roses. Jardin de la Esperanza Hope Garden LOCATION: 7th Street between B&C Status: BULLDOZED February 15, 2000 El Jardin de Esperanza was started 22 years ago by the Torres family when Alecia Torres, a neighborhood resident and great grandmother, began clearing the rubble and trash filled lot. Somos un espacio para combatir la pobreza, al contribuir con la promoción, protección, educación y prevención de los factores de riesgo; para lo cual, desarrollamos programas enfocados en los Derechos de la Infancia y facilitamos el adecuado desarrollo Biopsicosociocultural de un grupo de beneficiarios residentes en el Sector Los Curos del Estad Lr8vr.