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Month: July 2016

Between the Liner Notes Explores When 3,000 Beatniks “Rioted” in Washington Square Park

July 26, 2016July 25, 2016
Folk Riot Washington Square Park Greenwich Village

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…

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Manhole Explosion Near Fountain at Washington Square Park Today

July 20, 2016July 20, 2016
manhole explosion washington square park fountain plaza

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…

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Learn about The Chintz Age and NYC’s “Fabled Past” with Writer Ed Hamilton at Jefferson Market Library Thursday, July 21

July 20, 2016
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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…

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Weirdly Wondrous Washington Square Park Summer 2016 – Part II, in Photos

July 14, 2016July 13, 2016

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…

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Weirdly Wondrous Washington Square Park Summer 2016 – Part I, in Photos

July 11, 2016

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…

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In the News: Privatized Park Issues Resurface at Brooklyn Bridge Park and Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

July 10, 2016
Flushing Meadows Corona Park

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…

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Latest at 176 MacDougal: Formerly Shakespeare’s, Then Hong Wah Laundromat, Victim of Suspicious Fire, is Now Spina Bride | Payphone Still There!

July 7, 2016July 6, 2016
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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…

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Tango Tuesdays in the Park in July!

July 4, 2016
Tango Parks Department classes Washington Square Park

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…

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