in and around the park, public space, NYC & more
Updated-There is a story behind the scaled back number of concerts the Washington Square Music Festival is performing this year at Washington Square Park. Traditionally, the Festival, which has performed in its namesake park for … Read more…
Previously, there was somewhat make shift recycling at the park that appeared in early 2011 and I wondered at the time if WSP might get some shiny, flashy bins like other parks had. Now, through … Read more…
As I wrote earlier, I’d been in San Francisco. Here are some ‘snapshots’ from yesterday. Most perplexing: what is protruding from the top of the Arch? Interesting. The fence cordoning off Phase III construction has … Read more…
Hi Blog Readers, I was in San Francisco for a little over a week — which has its own Washington Square (I did not get to visit it tho’!) and public space/park issues — so … Read more…
Tonight at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, a Midnight Screening (one in an ongoing series) of “Fritz the Cat,” a 1972 film which has the distinction of being “the first x-rated animated feature.” The … Read more…
Near Central Park, two fledglings hawks, children to famed Red-tailed Hawk Pale Male and mate Zena, are in precarious health, believed to be poisoned by secondary poisoning after their parents fed them a rat poisoned … Read more…
Filming this week at WSP were actors Keira Knightley, Hailee Steinfeld and Mark Ruffalo on a park bench (above). Ruffalo was at the park in October for Occupy Wall Street’s General Assembly (see below). From … Read more…
In the wake of the news that there would be no replacement bathrooms while the existing rest rooms were under renovation during Phase III, the Community and park goers’ reaction was outrage. Well, kudos to … Read more…
Since the Fountain Plaza was redesigned in 2009 and existing healthy 40 year old trees were axed so the Fountain could align with the Arch (sort of), nine young trees have been planted and subsequently … Read more…
News from the NYU Faculty Against the Sexton Plan — they have written a book along with other notable authors, academics, artists and activists titled “While We Were Sleeping: NYU and the Destruction of New … Read more…
7/13 — So finding the right WordPress theme and getting the older posts to configure properly = A lot of work. Whereas this blog in the beginning seemed to just create itself, the redesign (of … Read more…