Accounts of his eldest children published in two parts in The Villager in January 2016 detailed years of abuse, in particular sexual abuse, by their father; this allegedly included being shown pornography; being given and forced to use dildos their father made; and being used as a “sex slave” and made to perform at gatherings.

A building was razed in 1973 on Eldridge Street behind Purple's apartment, and he decided to plant something with his companion, Eve.

He would haul manure from the horse-drawn carriages around Central Park and created a highly fertile topsoil.

[1][11] In the early 1980s, the city planned to create low-income housing, but there was opposition from neighborhood activists and supporters.

The Storefront for Art and Architecture created a group exhibition in 1984 to present alternative designs that would encompass the Garden of Eden into the public housing initiative.

[16][1] He is one of fifty subjects featured in Harvey Wang's New York, a book of photographs and brief biographies of notable or colorful New Yorkers.

[18] Mr. Purple, a rooftop bar in the Lower East Side's Hotel Indigo, cites the activist as the inspiration for its name.

In the 14th floor lobby, a mural by former Fun Gallery artist Lee Quiñones features a snapshot of Adam Purple, as well as other pictures capturing the Lower East Side's formerly thriving punk-beat art and music scene.

The bar's opening in 2015 sparked outrage among the late activist's friends and followers, who say that the restaurant represents a contradiction to almost everything that the real Mr. Purple believed in and fought for.