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Month: June 2009

Skipper the Cat lives on Washington Square and Still Needs a Home. Can you help?

June 30, 2009

I posted this originally earlier this month but Skipper still needs a home.  Isn’t he sweet? Can you help?  Here’s the info: Skipper is a 1-1/2 year old sweet male tabby kitty who lives on … Read more…

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Washington Square Park Friday – Rain, Wind, the Fountain, Oh My!

June 29, 2009

This was the scene Friday (6/26) early evening around 7 p.m. at Washington Square Park as crazy gusts of wind and rain occurred simultaneously causing the Fountain to become a force onto itself, spilling torrential … Read more…

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Washington Sq Park: The famous Arch, The Fountain Plaza

June 26, 2009

June ’09 Photo: Cat

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Renegade Cabaret comes to High Line Park off Neighbor's Fire Escape Above

June 25, 2009

Great story in today’s New York Times about Chelsea resident Patty Heffley who has lived for 31 years above the High Line before it was a park (she even witnessed a train going by a few … Read more…

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Daily Metro Reports Parks Department Says "No Way" to Anonymous Wealthy Donors' Plans to "better" Washington Sq Park with their private security Force

June 23, 2009

Daily paper Metro NY checked in with the NYC Parks Department about yesterday’s report in the New York Post that wealthy but anonymous donors, in addition to New York University, acting as part of a … Read more…

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NY Post Reports New Washington Square "Coalition" comprised of anonymous wealthy donors and NYU. Privatization of Park begins?

June 22, 2009

In today’s New York Post, we’re informed of a new “coalition:”  “The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park.”   The name and article bring up a lot of questions:  Who doesn’t want a better … Read more…

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Tonite, Mon. June 22nd Open Forum on NYU: 2031 Plan Which Means… More Expansion!

June 22, 2009

Tonite !  Monday, June 22nd, 6:30 p.m. an Open Forum on NYU: 2031 Plan presented by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Greenwich Village Block Associations, and a dozen other community groups. I know it doesn’t … Read more…

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A Day in June at Washington Square Park

June 12, 2009

Photos: Cat Next Blog Post will return Monday, June 22nd. Note:  You can follow me on Twitter.

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Washington Square Park 1936 – With No Fences, Unaligned Fountain, etc.

April 17, 2015June 12, 2009

Washington Square Park: April 1936. No Fences… very sparsely landscaped but very inviting. This shot is facing North. Fountain is to the left unaligned to the Arch and in the location it had been since … Read more…

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Skipper The Cat Lives on Washington Square and Needs a New Home!

June 11, 2009

Skipper is a 1-1/2 year old sweet male tabby kitty who lives on Washington Square but his guardian, who is a nun, travels for a few months at a time and is now looking to … Read more…

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Two Letters on Washington Sq Park's New Design

June 10, 2009

Sharon Woolums’ Letter to the Editor in weekly the Villager (June 3rd, 2009): To The Editor: After the initial euphoria of just having the park opened and reveling in the perfect spring day, I reflected … Read more…

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Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park — Home to Two Stanford White-designed structures

June 10, 2009

I went by Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn over the weekend. The Urban Park Rangers in the Fort Greene Park Visitors Center told me a bit of the park’s history. They informed me that Stanford … Read more…

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"Bidding adieu to BIDS" — on the Business Improvement Districts in New York City

June 9, 2009

The Brooklyn Paper takes a look this week in an editorial, “Bidding Adieu to BIDS,” at the formation in the ’70’s of the Business Improvement District, an entity which has become increasingly popular in Mayor … Read more…

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French Film Fridays – WSP to host "March of the Penguins" Friday, June 12th (Update: Moved to Monday, June 15th); Other films subsequent Fridays

June 8, 2009

The New York City Parks Department in conjunction with the Cultural Center of the French Embassy is presenting French Film Fridays for Free, or what they call “Films on the Green,” in June and July. … Read more…

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This Saturday Morning: Ducks In the Washington Square Park Fountain!

June 6, 2009

First there were two ducks and then one flew off… Last week Bryant Park had ducks ambling about so maybe it’s the same pair and they are on an NYC Park tour… Thanks to Walking … Read more…

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