Eddie Boros

Infobox Person
name = Eddie Boros
birth_date =
birth_place = New York City, New York, United States
death_date = April 27, 2007
death_place = New York City, New York, United States
occupation = Artist
spouse = none
parents =
children = none

Eddie Boros (died April 27, 2007) was a New York house painter and artist, famous primarily for building the "Tower of Toys" in a community garden in Manhattan's East Village.

Biography

Eddie Boros was born in New York on November 27. 1934 as the middle son of two Hungarian immigrants, a house painter and a seamstress. He grew up in the same apartment, on East 5th St. and Avenue B, that he was living in when he died. cite news
last=Anderson
first=Lincoln
title=A force of nature leaves a tower in Avenue B garden
work=The Villager
url=http://www.thevillager.com/villager_209/aforceofnatureleaves.html
date=2007-05-02
accessdate=2007-06-29] His rent, in 2007, was $68.00.cite web
title = My Neighbor, Eddie Boros
url = http://blondeoracle.blogspot.com/2007/07/apartment-five.html
accessdate = 2007-07-30]

Boros served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, but was such an adamant pacifist that he was assigned to plant trees.

He began building his tower out of scrap wood in 1985, after his frequent attempts at carving wood sculptures in the garden met with opposition from other tenants. Over time, the tower grew to a height of 65 feet, and was otherwise notable for being covered with a variety of toys. The tower appeared in the opening credits for the television show "NYPD Blue" and also appears in the musical "RENT".

Boros died at the age of 74 while recuperating after having both legs amputated above the knee. He died at Mary Immaculate Hospital after his relatives allegedly found him to be malnourished at the VA hospital he had been sent to in St. Albans, Queens.

Part of the 12th Annual Lower East Side Festival for the Arts was dedicated to Eddie Boros' memory.cite web
url=http://www.theaterforthenewcity.net/les.htm
title=Theater for the New City - 12th Annual Lower East Side Festival for the Arts]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.6bgarden.org/ 6th & B Garden]

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NAME=Eddie Boros
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=New York artist
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PLACE OF BIRTH=New York City, USA
DATE OF DEATH=April 27, 2007
PLACE OF DEATH=New York City, USA