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From newly launched audio series “Profiles of Protest in the Trump Resistance era” by writer and reporter Mitchel Cohen comes Part IV capturing unique highlights and interviews from last week’s spirited immigrant rally at Washington … Read more…
Thanks to the Stonehenge site for including Washington Square Park Blog in its list of 5 Great NYC Blogs You Should be Following. So nice! Here are a couple of blogs that every New Yorker … Read more…
Last night, thousands of people gathered amidst Washington Square Park‘s Fountain Plaza with the majestic Arch as backdrop at an emergency protest called by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and joined by members of … Read more…
No Nor’easter on that night! On January 23, 1917, 6 artists, including John Sloan, Marcel Duchamp, and Gertrude Drick, made their way to the top of the Washington Square Arch after sneaking through an unguarded … Read more…
A “Community Reuse Event” comes to Westbeth Community Room on Sunday, January 22nd providing a welcome opportunity to bring unneeded but viable, clean items to find new homes, and potentially acquire a cornucopia of goods, … Read more…
Artist Guy Carleton Wiggins portrayed snowy Washington Square in many of his paintings. I love this 1950 portrait of an elegant lady in red with dog with the Arch as backdrop titled Stroll in Washington … Read more…
At the corner of Fifth Avenue and President Street in Park Slope sits a cozy and inviting garden dubbed GreenSpace @President Street and on its gate a sign designates it a “Certified Wildlife Habitat.” Awarded … Read more…
First snow of 2017 at the park! Snow falls in Washington Square Park, NYC Check out other photos of the park looking fab in the snow! Photo by Skizzick at Imgur
This weekend you can “recycle” your Christmas tree into mulch at Washington Square Park under the Arch. Although I tend to side with Phoebe from “Friends”* when I watch the trees sadly make their way through … Read more…