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Month: March 2015

Impact of East Village Explosion on Building Animals — At least 7 Cats and 1 Dog Known Missing (Updated)

April 4, 2015March 31, 2015

Updated April 1st, 9:13 a.m. It appears three of the cats have been found! Info at end. (ed. note: now 4!) Kathleen Blomberg has lived at 125 Second Avenue for twenty one years, most recently … Read more…

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Questions about Washington Square Park conservancy? Community Board Meeting Wednesday April 1st to Discuss

March 30, 2015

Still so many questions* about the Washington Square Park private conservancy, the way it was formed, the information that was intentionally withheld from the public, and what the plans are going forward for the so-called (self-dubbed) … Read more…

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Missing Animals from East Village Explosion: 7 Cats from Buildings Unaccounted for, Likely More | Plight of Animals Omitted from Media Reports (Updated)

April 4, 2015March 29, 2015

Updated 6:27 p.m. Plight of Animals in East Village Buildings Unreported in Media Accounts of Aftermath of Explosion The East Village explosion that occurred Thursday afternoon (March 26) destroyed three buildings, countless homes, businesses, possessions, … Read more…

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Will City’s Parks Department Stop use of Monsanto’s Roundup After International Report Declares Chemical a Carcinogen?

March 27, 2015March 27, 2015

Environmental advocacy groups, Beyond Pesticides and the No Spray Coalition are calling for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to “stop the use of the country’s most popular … Read more…

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In the News: Pillow Fight Day Returning Yet Again to Washington Square, Caffe Dante Closed, Larry WSP “Birdman” & more

March 26, 2015

Meet Larry, Ex-Con “Birdman” of Washington Square, via a series called “No Your City” at Break.com. Larry has an intense story, for sure. He has loads of personality and flocks of friends, feathered and humans … Read more…

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Washington Square Park 1908 by William Glackens

March 17, 2015
Washington Square Park 1908 by William Glackens

Artist William Glackens lived from 1870 to 1938 and, for the period between 1908 and 1914, he painted more than twenty portraits of Washington Square Park, including this one. He had a studio across the … Read more…

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Help “The Automat” Film Become a Reality | Why The Story of this Beloved NYC Phenomenon Needs to be Told

March 13, 2015

Did you ever go to an Automat? The last one in NYC closed at 42nd Street and Third Avenue in 1991 but, from 1912 through the 1950s, the Automats were all the rage throughout the … Read more…

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Musician Steve Earle planning musical about Washington Square Park

March 11, 2015

In a recent interview, musician and Greenwich Village resident Steve Earle said that he is working on a musical about… Washington Square Park. The material is based on his 2007 album, Washington Square Serenade. (You … Read more…

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Washington Square Park Blog Named One of 24 Best NYC Neighborhood Blogs Via Brick Underground

March 26, 2015March 10, 2015

From Brick Underground, the 2015 version of their list of NYC’s “Best” Neighborhood Blogs. It was sweet to be on the list in 2014 and now this year, alongside so many other great blogs with so … Read more…

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Washington Square: Wintry Perfection in the Snow – Plus NYPD Trailer Moved, Mounds Off-Limits

March 7, 2015March 6, 2015

Was this the last snow of winter 2015? Likely one of the last of the season. Here are some wintry shots of Washington Square Park in what was one of the nicest snowfalls this winter. … Read more…

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Washington Square’s Arch as Wedding Cake

March 4, 2015

I mean, really, why not? At least it’s different. A couple asked for a wedding cake of the Arch and this is it! The wedding took place in Austin, Texas but apparently the groom had proposed … Read more…

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Save Small Businesses Community Forum to be Held March 5th at Judson Church

March 2, 2015

It has built to such a point … the endless closing of every other neighborhood business… that people can’t stop talking about it. But the time has more than come to DO something about it. … Read more…

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