There was a groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction of the basketball courts at Van Cortlandt Park's Classic Playground. The $162,000.00 project was funded in part by the city and the Courts of Dreams Foundation.
New York City Parks Commissioner Mr. Adrian Benepe, Bronx Parks Commissioner Hector Aponte, Congressman Eliot Engel, State Senator Jeff Klein, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, and Ms. Natasha Cornstein (Co-founder & Chair, Courts of Dreams Foundation) were on hand to break ground for the new basketball courts.
Children from PS/MS 95 and PS 344 the two local schools that use Classic Playground the most were on hand to give a choral performance, after which there were some quick speeches, and then everyone moved over to break ground for the new basketball courts. You can see in the pictures below what occurred.
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| Here you see the children singing the national anthem. |
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| NYC Parks Commissioner Benepe is at the microphone introducing the guests on hand. |
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| Here are (starting from the right) Senator Jeff Klein, Ms. Cornstein and her husband, Dr Thomas Kelly (of the Horace Mann school, Assemblyman Dinowitz. and Congressman Engel. |
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| The groundbreaking |
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