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Month: May 2008

Film Premiere: "SQUARE: Straightening Out Washington Square Park" Sunday, June 1st in Manhattan

May 30, 2008

“SQUARE: Straightening Out Washington Square Park” is a one hour documentary which focuses on the redesign of Washington Square Park and what’s taken place over the last four years: how the Bloomberg Administration pushed through … Read more…

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Event: Union Square: Not for Sale – Rally Thursday, June 5th 5 P.M.

May 30, 2008

KEEP UNION SQUARE PARK PUBLIC Announcement for June 5th Rally from Save Union Square: Bloomberg and his cronies have a vision of New York City where parks are for-profit, people are squeezed out of public … Read more…

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Today's NY Times: Save Ridgewood Reservoir from NYC Parks Department

May 29, 2008

Today’s New York Times features an Op-Ed by NYC Comptroller William Thompson Jr. and Robert Kennedy Jr. calling for the preservation of Ridgewood Reservoir on the Brooklyn-Queens border, “a teeming wildlife preserve,” 20 acres of … Read more…

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Event: The Selling of Brooklyn Bridge Park @ Judson Memorial Church Fri. May 30th

May 29, 2008

Discussion: The Selling of Brooklyn Bridge Park Friday, May 30th; 6:30 p.m. Judson Memorial Church (Washington Sq. Park South, entrance on Thompson St.) Background information: Urban parks are becoming our newest endangered species. It has … Read more…

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Film Premiere Sunday June 1st: "SQUARE: Straightening Out Washington Square Park" in Manhattan

May 28, 2008

“SQUARE: Straightening Out Washington Square Park” is a one hour documentary which focuses on the redesign of Washington Square Park and what’s taken place over the last four years: how the Bloomberg Administration pushed through … Read more…

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Union Square Park Pre-and-Post Tree Destruction

May 27, 2008

The photo to the left illustrates the luscious trees that existed at Union Square Park just a week ago. The photo below portrays the area as it looks now. NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe has … Read more…

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More old trees cut down at Union Square Park

May 26, 2008

This amazing tree, a Siberian Elm, was cut down at Union Square Park last week. I would say that this tree was most likely between 80 and 100 years old. It would seem fitting that … Read more…

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NY Times: Time and Cost Rise for Yankee Stadium Parks (in the Bronx)

May 25, 2008

Today’s New York Times has an article by Timothy Williams which covers the delay and increase in cost in rebuilding parkland that was sacrificed for the Yankees’ new stadium in the Bronx. The Bronx lost … Read more…

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Where is N.Y. Dosas ? Missing at Washington Square Park

May 24, 2008

N.Y. Dosas, Washington Square Park‘s much acclaimed vegan food cart stationed on the south side, returned on May 15th to the Park after a four month break! However, a poster wrote in on Thursday, May … Read more…

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This Week In the News: Toyota gets naming rights to an East Village park… NYPD wants precinct in Flushing Meadows Park… Randalls Island ruling allows athletic field construction… Privatization and Parks

May 23, 2008

*Toyota gets its own park in the East Village! Curbed and the New York Times report on the Toyota Children’s Learning Center (photo) on East 11th Street. The landscape architect told the Times, “The notion … Read more…

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About those four "Historic Plazas" (circa 1871) in the redesign plan at Washington Square Park …

May 22, 2008

Pictured here is the North West quadrant of Washington Square Park. When you study the City’s redesign plan, you’ll see that the diagram calls for a “plaza” in this location and that is currently being … Read more…

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Three More Trees Felled at Washington Sq Park This Morning; NYC Parks Department Budget Hearing Thursday; Upcoming Film Screening

May 21, 2008

Mark Your Calendars: On Sunday, June 1st at 7 p.m., Matt Davis, who supplied this photo of the trees in the process of being destroyed and has shared much of his knowledge, will screen his … Read more…

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Union Square as Public Commons – Creative Assembly Today 5 p.m. Union Square North

May 21, 2008

Union Square Pavilion in 2007 and during a 1960’s Protest Against Synagogue Vandalism Wikipedia defines a public space as: a place where anyone has a right to come without being excluded because of economic or … Read more…

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Union Square Park Healthy & Mature Trees Coming Down… by Order of NYC Parks Department

May 20, 2008

Received word from another blogger, Jessica Alfieri (who took the picture above), that the fourteen to fifteen healthy, mature trees at Union Square Park are getting the ax. These amazing trees have been part of … Read more…

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Squirrel at Washington Square Park – Oops!

May 20, 2008
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