in and around the park, public space, NYC & more
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A Brooklyn artist has *tagged* the street light near the Arch with a colorful glass pigeon, one of more than 60 of the birds showing up in mid-stroll at the bottom of the ever-present poles … Read more…
For over a dozen years, the community around Washington Square Park fought off the concept of a private conservancy at the Greenwich Village park. After witnessing the changes, the commercialization of its uptown neighbors Union … Read more…
I wondered if there were any black squirrels left in the park. I hadn’t seen one in a long time and then I saw one yesterday! Can you find her on this tree? Quiet Northwest … Read more…
I remember the walkway along the Hudson River before it was a “park.” It was my favorite place to walk. There were quirky things along it that were whimsical, not manicured; gritty, not sanitized. I … Read more…
Live a block from the park: 120 Waverly Place between Washington Square West and Sixth Avenue has two rental apartments on the market advertised in a way you don’t see much anymore, via old school … Read more…
From the Daily Mail: It’s the middle of the day in Manhattan’s bustling Washington Square Park. At different points in the landmark thoroughfare, DailyMail.com placed two children – a six-year-old boy and girl – as … Read more…
Films under the Arch are the best! And learning about conservation – Save the pandas! Save the rhinos! – is a close second. Experience both on Wednesday, August 24th when Nat Geo WILD series “Mission … Read more…
Neighbor Ann McDermott and members of Greenwich Village Grapevine (a Facebook group, of course – it is now 2016) will host “A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED WSP HOOTENANNY” on Thursday, August 18th from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. … Read more…
If you missed it last month, Washington Square Park continues to be the place to … tango this summer continuing every Tuesday in August! NYC has quite an active tango community; now that will include … Read more…
An old-fashioned barber shop still exists in Greenwich Village on MacDougal Street at #179, right across from oft-covered here #176, both a block from the park. Traffic Barber Shop is fairly well reviewed on Yelp. … Read more…
Ahh… the Mounds. The Mounds were part of the 1970s Washington Square Park design, removed in the initial Bloomberg Administration redo plans, and only exist now at the park because community advocates and former City … Read more…