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02/13/1998 at 12:00 AM EST

115 community gardens in New York, by two environmental groups -- and a $250,000 donation from Bette Midler -- after Mayor Rudy Giuliani threatened to sell the city spaces to the highest bidders (read: developers). Pricetag of the salvation effort: $4.2 million. The Trust for Public Land and other agencies will pick up the tab.

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