"Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)" . . . . . "\"In 1975, on the crime-ridden Lower East Side of New York City, Adam Purple started a garden behind his tenement home at 184 Forsyth Street. By 1986, The Garden of Eden was world famous and had grown to 15,000 square feet, spanning five lots. For Adam--a social activist, philosopher, artist and revolutionary--The Garden of Eden was the medium of his political and artistic expression\"--P. [4] of cover."@en . "Adam Purple and The Garden of Eden"@en . . . . "Adam Purple & The Garden of Eden"@en . . . . . . . . . . .