New Posts Return Tuesday, July 5th
On a deadline for a project and need to take a little blogging break … will post again Tuesday, July 5th!
On a deadline for a project and need to take a little blogging break … will post again Tuesday, July 5th!
Newest neighborhood red-tailed hawk, Pip, fledged (left the nest) last week! I’m a bit behind reporting on the news but it happened on Thursday, June 23rd. According to the hawk blogs, he has not yet … Read more…
Updated 5:35 p.m. How long will Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the NYC Parks Department, the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and the Port Authority … Read more…
Think Coffee on Mercer Street is one of my favorite coffee shops in the city. In addition to being fair trade, their blends are organic & shade grown (bird friendly; conserves biodiversity) offering the perfect … Read more…
If you were at Washington Square on Saturday looking for free career or relationship advice, you were in luck. Francisco, top photo, specialized in “Relationships, Sex & Dating” while unnamed “California Bowl” t-shirt guy, bottom … Read more…
New Posts return Monday, June 27th! Check back.
-Updated- Washington Square Park doesn’t have any Canada Geese but many city parks throughout the five boroughs do. But, if it’s up to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, not for long. Mayor Bloomberg has signed off on … Read more…
“Washington Square Dances” performed by dance group, Dances for a Variable Population, and directed by Naomi Goldberg Haas, premieres at Washington Square Park this week with four performances. The piece aims to celebrate the arrival of … Read more…
I’ve planned to write a comprehensive review of Washington Square Park Redesign: Phase II now, that, as of June 2nd, Phase II-A, the Eastern side, is at last open! … There’s so much going on! … Read more…
From Animal Care & Control Volunteer: Jinx – super sweet 2yr old cat DECLAWED front paws. Hard to take a pic of him he loves to be petted! Neutered male, black Bombay mix. About Jinx: … Read more…
It could be any day now. Pip, child of neighborhood hawks Violet and Bobby, has been doing flying motions, flapping his wings, and is almost ready to leave the nest (outside NYU President John Sexton’s … Read more…
If you walk from the fountain east, at the intersection where a fork occurs in the road and the pathway veers south, there is a huge Linden tree. Right now, it’s flowering and the flowers … Read more…
FILM CANCELLED DUE TO EXPECTED RAIN Tonight at the park — “Films on the Green” – Free French Films – 8:30 p.m. featuring director Eric Rohmer’s “A Summer’s Tale.” Photo: Esther S. Kim (blog for … Read more…
New Jersey-based foursome Thomas Wesley Stern performed at the Arch Monday right after the Mike Myers-Mario Batali ping pong match and attracted quite a crowd. They came to Washington Square with their new EP, “Hope … Read more…