Barry Benepe

{{Short description|American urban planner (1928–2025)}}

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Barry Benepe (21 May 1928 – 23 April 2025) was an American urban planner. He was a key figure in the establishment of farmers' markets in New York City.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/nyregion/barry-benepe-dead.html|title=Barry Benepe, Who Gave New York Its Greenmarkets, Dies at 96|first=Trip|last=Gabriel|date=April 23, 2025|work=The New York Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/nyregion/citypeople-my-son-the-bureaucrat-my-dad-the-gadfly.html|title=CITYPEOPLE; My Son the Bureaucrat, My Dad the Gadfly|first=Kelly|last=Crow|date=July 7, 2002|work=The New York Times}} Benepe was born in Manhattan on 21 May 1928, and died at his residence in Saugerties on 23 April 2025, at the age of 96.