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Season 3 Episode 10: Green Streets

32 SeasonsAug 21, 1990NR1h 00m8

If a tree can grow in Brooklyn, can an eggplant flourish in the Bronx? Maria De Luca's Green Streets charts the spontaneous emergence of community gardens in New York City and how they've helped to nourish neighborhood pride, racial tolerance and a budding sense of hope for hundreds of enthusiastic gardeners in the urban jungle.

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Season 3 Episodes:

Episode 1 Through the Wire

1. Through the Wire

Aired: Jun 26, 1990

Produced in association with Amnesty International, THROUGH THE WIRE examines...

Episode 8 Days of Waiting

8. Days of Waiting

Aired: Aug 15, 1990

Artist Estelle Peck Ishigo went with her Japanese American husband into an in...

Episode 9 Golub

9. Golub

Aired: Aug 14, 1990

The role of art in America has been debated everywhere from the Halls of Cong...

Episode 10 Green Streets

10. Green Streets

Aired: Aug 21, 1990

If a tree can grow in Brooklyn, can an eggplant flourish in the Bronx? Maria ...

Episode 11 Going Up

11. Going Up

Aired: Aug 21, 1990

The creation of a skyscraper is transformed by director Gary Pollard into a b...

Episode 16 People Power

16. People Power

Aired: Jul 17, 1990

After years of witnessing first hand the horrors of guerrilla wars, Israeli-b...


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Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Genres:Documentary