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

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 once-uptown barricades have been at the park for awhile; it is not a sign of something ominous (at least I don’t think so…).

Pigeon sunbathes in an alcove — Pigeon sunbathes park alcove

SE Quadrant

Sparrow sightings:

Sparrow bathes in Pentanque court — Sparrow bathes Pentanque court

At least someone is using it. The petanque court is notably (and also inexplicably) sloped.

Reading Catch-22 and another sparrow:
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(Mom Nearby)

Was a tree chopped down recently?

Against all odds, this tree survived the redesign and was left in place — This tree survived the redesign

Against all odds, this tree was left in place at the Northeast Quadrant despite the lack of “symmetry.” There used to be picnic tables nearby too. Those did not survive.