in and around the park, public space, NYC & more
I am not certain how it is eight years today since Washington Square Park Blog began! You can read the very first post from February 26, 2008 here: The magical park. This blog began to … Read more…
Anti-pesticides activists, including Reverend Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping, The No Spray Coalition, The Black Institute and more, have joined up to push the Parks Department to go glyphosate-free in New York City … Read more…
Community Board 2 Parks Committee met last week, February 3rd, for its monthly meeting, addressing Washington Square Park for the first time since last summer. Part I of this report-back focuses on the status of … Read more…
Everyone knows and loves The Chelsea Hotel. Or, at least, as it was. The hotel began having widely-publicized management troubles in 2007, signs of change to come; the building was sold in 2011, and is … Read more…
For over three years, the 10,000 square foot hulking structure sitting at the corner of Sixth Avenue and West 8th Street in Greenwich Village has remained vacant after long-time tenant, mega-book seller Barnes & Noble … Read more…
Much to report back about last night’s Community Board 2 Parks Committee meeting addressing various Washington Square issues (the perpetually dying Fountain trees and what the Parks Department intends to do next, the missing hot … Read more…
Tonight, Community Board 2’s Parks Committee will address Washington Square Park. This will include a discussion on the use of New York University’s long-awaited and recently received $500,000 “donation” to the park. The money is … Read more…
Updated 4:44 p.m.: Mystery exists around the evolution of $1 Million New York University pledged to the Washington Square Park redesign project before construction began in 2007. It was believed that money came forth in … Read more…
For more on this issue of the mysteriously delayed NYU $500,000, see: NYU’s $500,000 “Gift” to Washington Square Park Concealed, Delayed for Years by Parks Department to Push Through Conservancy. The Community Board has been … Read more…