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October 26, 2006
Walk Gets Greener In More Ways Than One
Brooklyn Downtown Star
By Medi Blum
Coverage of last weekend's Walkathon:
The second "Walk Don't Destroy" walkathon raised over $100,000 for Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn's legal fund this weekend, nearly doubling last year's $60,000.
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Many participants formed teams with their neighbors and walked under banners and signs such as "Boerum Hill Walks to Win," "No Arena, Go Greener," "Clinton Hill Cares: No Eminent Domain for AY Development," "ESDC Out of Brooklyn," or T-shirts such as the Castle Coalition's "Blight Me."
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From the jubilant schoolchildren galloping and skipping out in front of the march, to the quirky hip-hop-meets-band-geek musical accompaniment, to the pre-Halloween dress-up of some of the walkers (along with the bride, a fuzzy wolf dressed in street clothes, many real dogs wearing Develop Don't Destroy T-shirts, and, briefly, a Renaissance harlequin or two), to the downright mirth-inducing weather and the post-march concert led by John Wesley Harding, there was a cheerful tone to the walkathon.
Posted by lumi at October 26, 2006 10:48 PM