in and around the park, public space, NYC & more
It was seven years ago today this blog launched. Seven years of Community Board, Landmarks Preservation, City Council and other meetings! Seven years of chronicling things like the out-of-control privatizers of public space, the arborcidal Waterfalls … Read more…
After a zig zag pattern of “good” decision, followed by “bad” decision in the legal fight to hold back New York University from its seemingly endless desire to expand further and further into the Village, … Read more…
I was all ready to write about a drone being discovered at WSP based on a Google Alert I received when I realized it was a drone found in Philadelphia’s Washington Square Park (yes, there … Read more…
My beloved car met a slow death about five years ago and I have never quite recovered. It wasn’t fancy (a 1997 grey Buick Skylark) but it was familiar, it was comfortable and I trusted … Read more…
Just short of 100 years old, Caffe Dante on MacDougal Street sadly closing!, Vanishing New York Petrosino Square lawsuit: bike parking vs. art space – appeal heard in court today, A Walk in the Park … Read more…
Continued report-back from the February 4th meeting of Community Board 2’s Parks Committee addressing Washington Square Park follows. (See previous posts related to this meeting on NYPD moving into building and real-time surveillance at park … Read more…
Updated February 10th, 11:13 a.m. Early last year, this blog was tipped off that the soon-to-open building in Washington Square Park, home to the Parks Department district offices and restrooms for the park, was set … Read more…
This blog is almost seven years old. The seventh anniversary is February 26th. That is hard to imagine! I have been revisiting some of the earlier posts. This photo (at right) is from early on … Read more…
Detailed report-back coming from Wednesday night’s Community Board 2 Parks Committee meeting as it relates to Washington Square Park coming (as I noted… some illuminating things to report). But first… One item that came up towards the … Read more…
An update from last night’s Community Board 2 Parks Committee meeting will be coming with lots of juicy information around Washington Square! Information was provided by park administrator Sarah Neilson and others from the city’s … Read more…