Code,800018
Subject,"Andrew Chikalis, Greek Cultural Garden"
Date,
Interviewer,
Abstract,"Andrew Chikalis, project coordinator for the Cleveland Cultural Gardens and Greek Cultural Garden delegate, discusses the restoration of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens.  He discusses how and why gardens are being restored, future plans for the gardens, and the city's involvement with the gardens as a whole.  Other topics include how he got involved with the gardens, landscape within the Greek Cultural Garden, and community involvement in the gardens. (poor sound quality)"
Special Notes,
minutes:,
0,Project coordinator for the Cleveland Cultural gardens.
1,"Preserving and conserving the Cultural gardens, renovation restoration, analysis of terrain"
2,"Archiving, Jim McKnight, maintaining plant life, architect, neglected gardens, surveys conducted"
3,"Irrigation systems in gardens, rededication in 1996 for bicentennial"
4,"Volunteers, helping clean up the gardens, fundraising"
5,Fundraising
6,"1996 Garden turned over to city officials, Lolly the Trolley, maintaining garden"
7,"First garden to start renovation, creating a sense of community, rededication of the community"
8,Demonstrating world peace purpose of the garden
9,"Immigration movement into Cleveland, past generations working with the old, landscape plan document"
10,"Landscape plan the compass that held everyone together, everyone is on the right course"
11,"Jim McKnight architect, strengths and weaknesses of the plan"
12,"City helped in assistance of renovation of gardens in some ways, need for a partnership with the city"
13,Continuous cooperation between various groups to keep gardens alive.
14,Became involved in the gardens thought the Cultural Garden Federation
15,"Involved in the project since 1993, worked on the landscape of the garden"
16,"Gardens kept up, weddings take place, advocate more support, broad programming, compares it to Central Park in New York City"
17,"Should be poetry readings, concerts held at the gardens, science should be incorporated"
18,"Bike path, educational programs, design of the garden,"
19,"Greek garden, sunken garden only garden that exhibits this, roman structures throughout"
20,"Philosophers statues throughout the garden, sculptors"
21,"Fountain found in the center of garden, Urns"
22,"Urns used to water the plant life, used as a watering system for the plants"
23,"Athens, Greece Acropolis (spelling), gardens represent culture"
24,Plants found in gardens are as close to the plants that are usually found in the country
25,"West slope, south side, north side of the gardens, planting many different plants"
26,Breaking up the garden into zones because of funding the project
27,Students help with the project
28,Concentrated on specific areas to fix within the garden
29,"Greek and Italian gardens walkway to connect two gardens, other gardens do not have that"
30,"Dead Air, Greek and Italian gardens are great neighbors to each other in garden"
31,"Landscape of gardens, info structure, monuments, sculptures visitors can experience all of this"
32,Natural beauty of the gardens
33,"Hope for the people, host of people that should be involved in this corridor"
34,"Increase education about the gardens,"