in and around the park, public space, NYC & more
The evening of Tuesday, September 11th, 2001, as well as every evening that week, and then subsequent Fridays, Union Square’s Plaza became the place people gathered to come together, to speak out, to mourn, to … Read more…
Don’t forget the excellent Conflux Festival begins Thursday, September 11th (thru Sunday, September 14th). It is described as the “Art & Technology conference for the creative exploration of Public Urban Space.” On-site events are taking … Read more…
WALKING TOUR: WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE — A Guide to New York City’s Redesign of a Perfect Public Space * Saturday, September 20th, 1 p.m. Meet Up at Washington Square Arch, Washington … Read more…
Columnist Mike Lupica in the Daily News : “Who died and made the New York Mayor royalty?” Lupica reminds us how Mayor Rudolph Giuliani decided he was indispensable post 9/11. Now his successor, Mayor Bloomberg, … Read more…
Updated: Answers at bottom! On Saturday night 9/6, NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe was honored by local group, the Lower East Side Ecology Center, along with others including NY City Council Member Rosie Mendez and … Read more…
Coming Up Next Week: Conflux Festival explores art and technology and how they relate to our public spaces and urban environment. Lots of interesting panels at the Center for Architecture* and also many off-site workshops … Read more…
In attempting to clarify a simple point of information from the NYC Parks Department Press Office last month, I first received a gracious response — followed by a drop-off in communication. Did I per chance … Read more…
In order to up the activism component of the blog and increase other writing and activities, Washington Square Park Blog will be updating three times a week for the month of September. (I’ve updated substantively … Read more…
*The “arborcidal” (tree-killing) New York City Waterfalls Public Art hours are being cut in half to preserve the Brooklyn trees (which are not responding well to its salt water mist). Not exactly scientific but … … Read more…