Skip to content
  • About
    • Blog in the News
    • Tales of Washington Square Park!
  • NYC’s Redesign of WSP
  • NYC Blogs
  • Donate to WSP Blog
  • Contact
    • Permits
  • Events

in and around the park, public space, NYC & more

Washington Square Park Blog
  • Home
  • Happening at WSP
    • History WSP Redesign
    • History of Park
  • Greenwich Village
    • Purchase Curated Greenwich Village products via Amazon, support WSP Blog
  • Impacts: Private Conservancies, City Parks
    • Privatization of Public Space
  • WSP Conservancy Timeline
    • Documentation: Concealed by Washington Square Park Private Conservancy Founders

Month: April 2022

The Long Con: Washington Square Private Conservancy Attempting to Program Park & More – Part I

April 30, 2022April 29, 2022

In June of 2013, the four founding members of what would then become Washington Square Park Conservancy came before Community Board 2’s Parks Committee for a “public hearing” in order to get “approval” for their … Read more…

Leave a comment

WSP Conservancy Follow-up Piece Coming Friday

April 28, 2022

The follow-up to my piece from earlier this month, Highlights from Gothamist Article — Mission Creep: Emails Show how Wealthy Donors Exerted Influence Over Washington Square Park, is coming Friday. This is regarding the private … Read more…

Leave a comment

Community Board 2 Full Board Meeting to be Held Virtually Tuesday, April 26th

April 28, 2022April 25, 2022

Opportunity for Public Comment If you have something you’d like to address within the community – related to Washington Square Park, or not – you can attend virtually and also sign up for public comment … Read more…

Leave a comment

The Commercialization of Earth Day

April 22, 2022

Hi, I started a Substack for some other writing. I’m still working on getting a groove to it. I posted a piece today, The Commercialization of Earth Day: We’re so used to everything being commercialized … Read more…

Leave a comment

Earth Day Protest of Pesticide Spraying in NYC Parks – Thursday, April 21st Union Square Park

April 20, 2022April 19, 2022

Earth Day Rally to Protest Poison Parks in New York City Toxic Roundup (glyphosate) pesticide continues to be used in New York City parks. Union Square Park * Thursday, April 21st at 12 noon George … Read more…

Leave a comment

Washington Square Park Spring

April 11, 2022

Spring has sprung at Washington Square Park! Photo: Here is New York via Instagram

Leave a comment

NY Daily News Op-Ed: Return all New York City Parks to the People

April 10, 2022

The answer is to abolish private park corporations (and, yes, that’s what they are – private corporations) The New York Daily News this past week ran an Op-Ed by professor/author Kevin Loughran on private conservancies … Read more…

Leave a comment

Highlights from Gothamist Article — Mission Creep: Emails Show how Wealthy Donors Exerted Influence Over Washington Square Park

April 8, 2022April 6, 2022

from left to right: Justine Leguizamo, Veronica Bulgari, Gwen Evans, Betsey Ely Last week, Gothamist ran an explosive piece, Mission Creep: Emails Show how Wealthy Donors Exerted Influence Over Washington Square Park outlining exactly that. … Read more…

Leave a comment

STAY IN THE LOOP! Subscribe:

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Note: Please remember to verify your email!

Community Board 2 Parks Committee Mtg Addressing Washington Sq Park Conservancy

C.B. 2 PARKS COMMITTEE
Rich Caccappolo, Chair
Wed., May 4th @ 6:30 PM – Meeting Access via Videoconference

*Update by the Washington Square Park Conservancy on recent and upcoming activities.
Please register using this link.
Your support of independent media and advocacy matters. Donate to Washington Square Park Blog today:

Recent Comments

  • cathryn on New NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue Starts Today as Mayor Adams Reneges on his 1% for Parks Campaign Promise
  • cathryn on Fountain Always
  • Oran Diermeier-Lazar on Fountain Always
  • Jeannie on New NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue Starts Today as Mayor Adams Reneges on his 1% for Parks Campaign Promise
  • cathryn on Dog Wilbur has Lived in a Brooklyn Shelter Cage for 4 of his 8 Years – Half his Life
  • Nancy Roberts on Dog Wilbur has Lived in a Brooklyn Shelter Cage for 4 of his 8 Years – Half his Life
  • cathryn on New NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue Starts Today as Mayor Adams Reneges on his 1% for Parks Campaign Promise
  • cathryn on New NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue Starts Today as Mayor Adams Reneges on his 1% for Parks Campaign Promise

Events at the Park

Summer Classes/Events at Washington Square

Like WSP Blog on Facebook:

Like WSP Blog on Facebook:

Greenwich Village/Washington Square Curated Amazon Page

You can support WSP Blog this way! Click here to see this great curated list!

New Ebook!

Washington Square Park ebook - Tales of Washington Square Park

Key Posts over the Years


Exitus Acta Probat: The Washington Square Arch

Phase I Opens! May 2009

NYC's Redesign Plans for Washington Square Park

Washington Square 6 A.M. Fall 2011

NBC News Reports on This Blog's Report of Trees Repeatedly Dying Around the Fountain

Actually, Mr. Vellonakis, the Washington Square Fountain is Already Aligned

The Shell Game: On NYU 2031 Expansion Plan

New Happenings On West 8th Street

Neighborhood Spotlight: Think Coffee on Mercer Street

Categories

For my Activist Friends

Realize that little things lead to bigger things ... And there's a wonderful parable in the New Testament: The sower scatters seeds. Some seeds fall in the pathway and get stamped on, and they don't grow. Some fall on the rocks, and they don't grow. But some seeds fall on fallow ground, and they grow and multiply a thousandfold. Who knows where some good little thing that you've done may bring results years later that you never dreamed of. ~ Pete Seeger

Archives

April 2022
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930  
« Feb   May »
Series on misrepresentations and evasions by Parks Department & WSP Conservancy to push this private entity through: Private Conservancy Watch This organization does not run or manage the park.

Recent Posts

  • Chalking on the Fountain Plaza at Washington Square, 2014
  • Con Job: How Washington Square Park Conservancy Manipulated and Overstepped in its Role – Part II
  • Community Board 2 Meeting on Concerns Regarding Washington Square Park Conservancy Wed. May 4th
  • A Snapshot Look at Washington Square Park Sunday, May 1st
  • The Long Con: Washington Square Private Conservancy Attempting to Program Park & More – Part I

My Other Sites

Personal Site

Book Site

Cathryn at HuffPost
© 2022 Washington Square Park Blog • Built with GeneratePress