in and around the park, public space, NYC & more
The Washington Square Music Festival has become renowned for the concerts produced at its namesake park for 59 years this season. It is hard to imagine what the park looked like in those early years. … Read more…
Updated 5:49 p.m.Why do I still think of NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver as ‘new’? He has held the position for three years now hired by Mayor Bill de Blasio. Previous Bloomberg Administration Parks Commissioner … Read more…
Washington Square Park Blog began over nine years ago with the intention of chronicling the redesign of Washington Square Park. Although the contentious redesign of the park and its construction is mostly complete (the sidewalk … Read more…
What you’ve been waiting for … the annual free French Films on the Green arrive at Washington Square Park for two Fridays: June 9th and 16th. ‘Green,’ of course, being at the park with the … Read more…
Updated 5/16 10:50 a.m. – Six months, 22 applicants, four interviewees, one outcome: After an (arguably) extensive “search,” George Vellonakis, the landscape designer responsible for the 2007-2014+ redesign of Washington Square Park, has been chosen … Read more…
Washington Square Park has experienced extreme flooding repeatedly when it rains of paths leading to the Fountain Plaza shortly after its Redesign by the Bloomberg Administration. It is impossible to walk along the pathways east … Read more…
Come honor Jane Jacobs in the place that was so special to her: Washington Square Park. Join WSP Eco-Projects and Washington Square Park Blog on a special Jane’s Walk (new date after torrential rain of … Read more…
