There is a neat, poetic symmetry to the life of Dominick Ferro, the primary custodian of Orient Grove, a shaded community garden providing an oasis on the eastern edge of ever-changing Williamsburg since 1997.
Ferro was born the son of hard-scrabble subsistence farmers near the southern Italian city of Salerno, in a pastoral setting staffed by goats, chickens, cows, the lot. In 1956, seeking…
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Orient Grove: East Williamsburg’s Best Kept Secret
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