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Council Member Gale A. Brewer pays tribute to Barry Benepe, founder of Green Market
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer delivers a heartfelt tribute to Barry Benepe, the recently deceased founder of Green Market, highlighting his contributions to New York City and his impact on urban life. She shares personal connections and emphasizes Benepe's legacy in improving the city's neighborhoods and supporting local farmers.
- Benepe died at 96 and was known for his work on parks, bikes, and neighborhood improvement
- He was the co-founder of Green Market, starting with the Fourteenth Street Green Market
- Brewer encourages council members to think of Benepe when visiting Green Markets
Gale A. Brewer
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So I'm here to talk about Barry Benepe who died yesterday.
1:26:36
He was the head of the founder of the Green Market, the cofounder of the Green Market.
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He died at 96.
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He was also a architectural and brilliant writer on so many different topics.
1:26:49
He was somebody who I think, Jane Jacobs was a friend of.
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He wrote about, the parks, the bikes, how to make our neighborhoods a better place.
1:27:00
Obviously, his son, Adrian Benopy, some of you know as the parks commissioner, now head of Brooklyn Botanical.
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His Barry Benepi's father and my grandfather were best friends for eighty years.
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And he was somebody, I think, who made this city a much better place.
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So we obviously, wish his wife Judith Spector, who was a friend of mine even before she married him, and his amazing family, very talented family in many ways, send our condolences.
1:27:30
I I think that people like Barry don't come along very often.
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He was a graduate of very prestigious colleges and graduate schools and decided that he wanted the farmers in the city of New York and the state of New York to get their due.
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And the way to do it was to start the Fourteenth Street Green Market.
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I think all of us can thank him because many of us go to the Green Market, and please think of him every time you do so.
1:27:55
Thank you very much.