in and around the park, public space, NYC & more
Updated! It happened yesterday afternoon — The Horvath’s announcement via their Facebook page: We are extremely heart sick to have to announce to everyone that Violet has passed away . She came through the surgery … Read more…
I was going to write up my own impressions of the Community Board 2 Public hearing – “Washington Square Speak Out” – held on December 19th on the performance crackdown at WSP. However, Albert Amateau … Read more…
Update! The saga of Red-tailed hawk Mama Violet and the leg band that was causing her troubles began last spring prior to the birth of Pip. The leg band had been placed by the DEC … Read more…
Feeling like NYC has gotten a bit boring and the City government abhors anything too out of the ordinary? Well, check out the Central Park Harlem Meer Floating Christmas Tree via New York Lives: Great … Read more…
Happy Holidays! Since we can never get enough of the Mounds, this is a delightful clip of kids at Washington Square Park sledding and frolicking in the snow. The video features Karen Carpenter’s version of … Read more…
Community Board 2’s “Washington Square Speak Out” meeting Monday night at the Kimmel Center across from the Park was well attended and bustling with good energy. This meeting addressed the performance crackdown going down lately … Read more…
The New Schul held “Do the Light Thing in Washington Square Park,” an annual event to celebrate Chanukah, on Tuesday 12/20. This year it also had the theme “Occupy Chanukah.” Chanukah is the “festival of … Read more…
“Researching Greenwich Village History”, an NYU site, recently uncovered the history of the first Washington Square Christmas tree. It turns out that the tree propped up in the front of the Arch at the first … Read more…
Updated – This past Friday’s New York Times featured Kristin Jones’ “Behold,” “a 24 hour multimedia extravaganza” in appreciation of the city’s trees, slated for Arbor Day 2013. One tree in each borough will be … Read more…
After reading a bunch of reviews and notices yesterday about the Waverly Diner reopening, I remembered this photo I took one early morning of nearby Washington Square Diner. It is a welcoming neighborly presence on … Read more…
As word of the performance crackdown at Washington Square Park spread in October, Parks Department spokesperson Phil Abramson told the Villager: “At Washington Square Park the existing regulations are intended to keep paths clear and … Read more…
Two days after I wrote wondering where all the female singers at the park are, you rarely see any — other than the Opera Gals Under the Arch — one appeared! Ingrid Vollset – a … Read more…
In last week’s Clyde Haberman column in the New York Times “A Word to the ‘Wise and Honest’ on Washington Square Park” which addressed the performance crackdown, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe was quoted as follows … Read more…
Even I get a bit tired writing about the status of Washington Square Park Redesign: Phase II… When I wrote my last post on what-seemed-like-its-imminent-completion on November 10th, I really thought this section of the … Read more…