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Updated 4:45 p.m. In mid-May of this year, the new Washington Square Park fountain went under repair for two or so weeks. As part of the Bloomberg Administration’s redesign of the park, the famous fountain, … Read more…
FILM CANCELLED DUE TO EXPECTED RAIN Tonight at the park — “Films on the Green” – Free French Films – 8:30 p.m. featuring director Eric Rohmer’s “A Summer’s Tale.” Photo: Esther S. Kim (blog for … Read more…
What’s going on with the Fountain? Erratic hours, turning off at 7 p.m. (it’s supposed to stay on ’til 11); sometimes not on at 11 a.m. in the morning lately. Yesterday, a reader reports it … Read more…
As of last week!
I received a response yesterday afternoon from the New York City Parks Department about the work currently being done on the Washington Square Fountain. According to the Parks Department’s Phil Abramson, “The contractor is performing … Read more…
Updated May 17th, 2:52 p.m. I’ve been thinking about writing about the fountain’s construction falling apart for awhile but now it appears there’s a real reason. There are workers on the scene repairing it. A … Read more…
Photo: Re-Newelled Also, a bonus in the shot: The Empire State Building!
There’s been a lot of under-the-radar discussion about whether the Washington Square Park Fountain is actually aligned with the Arch. This has been a topic of discord since it was first announced a few years … Read more…
Updated More thoughts on the newly opened, reconfigured Washington Square Park Phase I, which, as you most likely know, involved moving of the Fountain 23 feet east to align with the Arch … coming next … Read more…
One of the many controversial, widely disliked aspects of New York City’s redesign of Washington Square Park is the renaming of the century old — here-to-fore unnamed — fountain, its name sold off to the … Read more…
In attempting to clarify a simple point of information from the NYC Parks Department Press Office last month, I first received a gracious response — followed by a drop-off in communication. Did I per chance … Read more…
Curbed linked to this site yesterday focusing on the article on whether the Fountain is or is not actually aligned now to the Arch (readers know that the Fountain and Arch inhabited their unaligned positions … Read more…
This photo was taken about a month ago by J. Bary who has been documenting the ongoing construction at Washington Square Park. It’s funny because the Fountain location looks a bit … off-center — not … Read more…
The Washington Square Park Task Force, convened by Community Board 2 and local elected officials to give some community oversight over the Parks Department “renovation” (redesign) of Washington Square Park, gathered recently for a public … Read more…