A few years back, while snaking down beautiful MLK Boulevard, I noticed a sign announcing the African American Cultural Gardens - way down at the north end of the cultural gardens, right before you pass St. Clair, on the last stretch before hitting the freeway. The sign features an attractive rendering, lots of names and organizations, and a "thermometer" indicating the folks listed on the sign are finding cold shoulders in their fundraising efforts... they need to raise $1.3 million and have barely registered starting, and it seems this effort actually goes back quite some time.