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This informative piece appeared in Friday’s New York Daily News, an Op-Ed by parks advocate Geoffrey Croft addressing the vast reduction over the years of the Parks Department budget and why creating a city-wide conservancy … Read more…
After the suspicious fire which then caused the long-time laundromatin this location to close around one year ago, 176 MacDougal Street — aka 1 MacDougal Alley — was taken over by Mirador, a high end … Read more…
This is Part III in a series. To catch up, please see Part I and Part II. Perhaps the most surprising thing about the March 5th Community Board 2 committee meeting addressing Washington Square Park and … Read more…
In light of the recent court victory preserving dedicated parkland that New York University planned to massively build upon via its mega “NYU 2031” expansion plans — and to which the Bloomberg Administration’s City Council … Read more…
This post from A Walk in the Park Blog was published just before the appointment which happened today: Mitchell Silver is the City’s new Parks Commissioner By Geoffrey Croft An ex-planner, with a reputation for … Read more…
Updated 3/21 (see ‘Added note’ under Budget) This is a report-back of Community Board 2 Parks Committee’s meeting on March 5th, 2014 in which Washington Square Park and Washington Square Park Conservancy were discussed. Continued from … Read more…
This will be in two three parts. WSP Blog Ed. note: When I heard that Manhattan Community Board 2’s response to the information this blog obtained via FOIL (which I first began documenting here in November … Read more…
Washington Square Park 1908 by William Glackens. From 2008 WSP Blog post on William Glackens: One of Glackens’ favorite subjects was Washington Square Park, an old city square that separated Greenwich Village, a working-class neighborhood … Read more…
Updated 4:51 p.m. Today’s Sunday New York Post, Washington Square Park to get its own police station by Kate Briquelet Washington Square Park, once a bastion of free love and cheap drugs, will soon get … Read more…
My report-back piece on the meeting is coming shortly! A few unanticipated factors got in the way, apologies. In the meantime, if you haven’t seen The Villager piece, check it out. The Villager: Conservancy, C.B. … Read more…
“Victory for Parks” Party and Rally will be held on Saturday, March 15th at 1 p.m. at LaGuardia Park, LaGuardia Place between West 3rd and Bleecker Streets at the Fiorello LaGuardia statue. Everyone is invited … Read more…
This site was the subject of a ‘bot’ attack and down for the last 19 hours or so! It’s now back! Will be posting shortly but probably tomorrow for report-back on last Wednesday’s Community Board … Read more…
More posts about last week’s Community Board 2 meeting and conservancy at Washington Square coming later today or tomorrow!! Photos: Cathryn
Updated Wednesday’s Community Board 2 Parks Committee Meeting with both Washington Square Park and the Washington Square Park Conservancy on its agenda had many fascinating and also curious aspects to it. First, here, a report-back … Read more…
Tomorrow! Union Square Park at 12 noon. Join press conference calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to “cancel the Bloomberg- era contract” to place a high-end bar/restaurant in the historic Pavilion in Union Square Park. … Read more…