After getting a $2.5 million state grant in January for its much-needed renovations, the Lower East Side’s Luther Gulick Park recently got some more good news, receiving a $1 million allocation from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
The announcement was made April 1 by the Friends of Gulick Park, a community group that has long advocated for an overhaul of the previously neglected parcel.
With more than $6 million on hand, the little park along Delancey St., between Willett and Columbia Sts., now has all the necessary funding to move forward on its renovation plans — and the work could begin as early as next fall, according to the Friends.
Aside from its importance to the community, the revitalization of Gulick Park has been a particularly special project for Silver, since he often fondly speaks of playing basketball there as a kid.
