in and around the park, public space, NYC & more
One block of Sixth Avenue between West 8th Street and Waverly Place is now showing signs of blight as Duane Reade at 378 Sixth Avenue has closed. It joins nearby Barnes & Noble which previously … Read more…
Join WSP Eco-Projects and Washington Square Park Blog on a special Jane’s Walk, fittingly in honor of Jane Jacobs (pictured above), who had a rich history of community organizing in the fight to preserve Washington … Read more…
“The Lost Village” won the Best Documentary Award earlier this month at the New York City International Film Festival and will be shown at the Manhattan Film Festival Wednesday, April 26th at Cinema Village Theatre … Read more…
The lone remaining “hot dog” vendor, Fountain Plaza: Pooling Water in one of many empty tree pits – home to previously, repeatedly dying trees – around Fountain: “Hangman’s” Elm hanging on … still.. Northwest Quadrant. … Read more…
When the Washington Square fountain will turn on each year has been the subject of many blog posts over the years (such as this one). It is now jetting water for 2017! The fountain was … Read more…
Great photo taken at the park via The Dusty Rebel which documents “the creative and rebellious side of urbanity.”
These two images of Washington Square Park were both taken in April but 79 years apart: 1936 to 2015. The top photo was taken by noted period photographer Berenice Abbot. What a clever idea to … Read more…
The negative impacts and consequences of privatization on parks and public spaces have been covered frequently at this blog (here, here, and at my Huffington Post page). Another recent unwelcome trend in New York City … Read more…
