
There was lots going on this past weekend at Washington Square. Good thing Phase II construction on the Eastern side finished in time!
First, Adoptapalooza on Saturday, June 4th featured over 100 cats and dogs for adoption. Fox News reports on the event here and Metromix New York has some great photos (including photo above). Metromix wrote:
Adoptapalooza is held regularly under the arch of Washington Square Park, celebrated with a day full of dog agility demonstrations, pet training, face-painting and photo ops.
This year over 100 adoptable dogs and cats were on hand to turn our hearts to mush and lick our faces clean off. There were mutts and pit bull mixes, papillons, beagles, puggles, chugs (chihuahua pugs, for the uninitiated), kittens and cats galore from shelters across the city. We wanted to take them all home with us! Trust us: one look at these faces and you will feel the same way!
Violet and Bobby (and Pip!) Hawk Cam followers via the New York Times met under the Arch on Sunday, June 5th at 10 a.m. The Times has the story here.
TreeHugger has a great piece on what went on at the park when the World Science Festival, a five day event (which sounds fantastic), came to the park on Sunday, its last day, utilizing the new “stage” and surrounding area.
Nice!
Photo: Gabi Porter
I visited the main stage of the Science festival on Sunday in Washington Square Park. The stage simply was not high enough (unlike the old one) — unless one was near the front of the crowd, you could barely see the scientist exploding different gases on the stage!
Thanks, Mitchel, for this observation from the event. I can imagine and that does sound like a problem!
Cathryn.