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Photos, prime summer Washington Square Park. After two+ weeks, the fountain is finally back on. The fountain was off for over two weeks. No clue what was wrong. It still looks a bit muted. Photos: … Read more…
Washington Square Park’s famous fountain has been off for over two weeks and prior to that the plumes looked super low. It’s the height of summer. What is going on? The NYC Parks Department Press … Read more…
The fountain at the park was off Memorial Day Monday presumably because of the large amounts of confetti within it from NYU graduation festivities. Artist Robert Vargas from Los Angeles was working his art in … Read more…
A snapshot in time Washington Square Park mid-May 2024. Photos: Cathryn
We love the fountain ON. Washington Square Park Spring 2024. Images: Cathryn
Summer in NYC Summer 2021. It’s hot today in NYC… drink in the vibe and coolness of the Washington Square Park Fountain. Photo: Cathryn
Updated The fountain at Washington Square Park came on super early this year on April 8th. Typically, the fountain comes on mid-May. Update: In 2017 and 2018, the fountain did come on in April but … Read more…
So, this happened at the park on Sunday. It’s not the first time someone has gotten their foot stuck in the famous fountain’s center jets in recent years but for FDNY … serious response! Via … Read more…
This is a flashback from 2010 of the Washington Square Park Fountain Plaza. You can see to the right – east – Phase II construction is going on. Phase I of the redesign construction, including … 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…
The little known history of when the Washington Square Park fountain was turned into a sanctioned wading pool during the Robert Moses era was looked into recently by Untapped Cities. As part of an earlier … Read more…
A favorite through the ages. The Washington Square Park fountain. An Abbreviated History of the Famous Structure In 1852, the first park fountain was built, placed in the exact center of the park on its … Read more…
Always nice to walk through the park on a rainy night. Last night, rainy Wednesday. Photos: Cathryn
When will the fountain turn off this year? I admit to a certain fondness for the ‘off seasons’ at the park but it is also nice to have the fountain ON. In 2011, during the … Read more…
And the water’s clear! Earlier this week. Yes, there is a part two to the skeletons/”human remains” reinterment in the park story, delayed, it will come. Also, the Washington Square Folk Festival is this Sunday, … Read more…