in and around the park, public space, NYC & more
Award-winning podcast, Between the Liner Notes, this month delves into the 1961 Washington Square Folk Riots. Washington Square Park Blog was interviewed, along with an illustrious line-up, which included key figure Izzy Young who ran … Read more…
Today, a manhole cover exploded at Washington Square Park just west of the Fountain. It occurred around 3:30 p.m. Twitter user Cassie, first to post about it, when asked if she got a photo said, … Read more…
Writer Ed Hamilton, author of the book, “Legends of the Chelsea Hotel,” as well as long-time blogger behind Living with Legends: Hotel Chelsea Blog, will appear at nearby Jefferson Market Library to read from his … Read more…
Eastern Entrance, Washington Square Park Inexplicably, the “french” barricades which guard this entrance overnight have the Central Park Conservancy sign on them. No word on what happened to the controversial proposed installation of “chains.” These … Read more…
Some of these photos got stockpiled over the last month. They tell a story. I usually orient them on the blog in the same way I walk around the park. I surveyed two people asking … Read more…
Is it in the zeitgeist? Are issues attached to privatized parks once again receiving some degree of scrutiny? Is the only way this happens via lawsuits and media attention? Perhaps. Gothamist: New Lawsuit Tries To … Read more…
176 MacDougal Street, one block from the park, has a long history as both a much-loved Village restaurant, Shakespeare’s, in the 1970s until the early 90s and then a much needed community laundromat, Hong Wah, … Read more…
Starting Tuesday, July 5th, Washington Square Park will be the place to … tango! NYC has quite an active tango community; now that will include the Greenwich Village park for four Tuesdays from 6-9 p.m. … Read more…