in and around the park, public space, NYC & more
Dramatic changes are being proposed for the 57-acre East River Park by the City of New York which will go through without intervention and the community is mobilizing. The city ‘threw out’ a plan that … Read more…
Updated As reported here previously, according to alarming statements by urban arborists, the trees at Washington Square Park are in danger amidst the currently ongoing “lawn restoration” project. Washington Square Park Blog reached out to … Read more…
Coverage – Part II – on the precarious state of the Washington Square Park trees coming next. Photos: Cathryn
The court hearing to save Fort Greene Park trees, scheduled for today, Thursday, August 22nd, has been postponed. The attorney for the Sierra Club, Richard Lippes, had his flight grounded due to storms in Buffalo … Read more…
Two years ago, this blog asked, Is Fort Greene Park at Risk of Being Washington ‘Squared’ With Proposed Redesign? – and it appears so. Friends of Fort Greene Park and other community members return to … Read more…
The fountain plaza is another area in the park where the death of the trees around it continues to be an issue, creating somewhat of a corporate mall feeling, but the fountain itself – located … Read more…
In July, fencing went up at Washington Square Park barricading the Northwest lawn, adorned with signs with Washington Square Park Conservancy logos on them stating “Lawn Restoration Work Ongoing” and pointing to a page on … Read more…
I like the idea that if you need an umbrella or chair that one might be waiting in a strategic location somewhere in the park. I feel like this park may be losing some of … Read more…
Popular herb Echinachea can be found in summer at Washington Square Park Echinachea (also called coneflower) – typically purple (lavender), pink and white – can be found in the park. Read more about this flowering … Read more…
Updated This interesting conference on Animals, Ecology & Society is coming up Friday, August 9th at NYU and is sponsored by the section on Animals and Society of the American Sociological Association and hosted by … Read more…