in and around the park, public space, NYC & more
Can NYU – ever – recover from this latest debacle of forcing its over-expansion plans onto Greenwich Village? New York University, already facing a public relations image problem among informed New Yorkers (for good reason), … Read more…
Not sure who placed this there (which group) but a thought provoking message on the fountain*: *New York City has more vacant buildings and lots than homeless people. Photos: Cathryn
A memorable collection of images, stories, and multi-media capturing Washington Square and Greenwich Village in the 1950s and 1960s goes on display beginning today, June 17th, at the Museum of the City of New York … Read more…
The World Science Festival, now in its 8th year, is going on through the weekend around the city, and comes to Washington Square on Sunday, May 31st when the park will act as host to … Read more…
The New Yorker this week grapples with the question: Why Are There So Many Shuttered Storefronts in the West Village? The article begins with a focus on the House of Cards & Curiosities which for … Read more…
On December 31st, 2012, Barnes & Noble at Sixth Avenue and West 8th Street closed. A bookstore had been there at this corner location for years; Barnes & Noble had taken over the space from … Read more…
It has built to such a point … the endless closing of every other neighborhood business… that people can’t stop talking about it. But the time has more than come to DO something about it. … Read more…
Yesterday, on Twitter, Joe Coffee announced a new location of their small coffee shop chain, which launched in 2003 on Waverly Place, set to settle in near Washington Square Park. Joe Coffee @JoecoffeeNYC · Jan 13 … Read more…
The cover art got my attention – how could I resist? A cat sitting under Washington Square’s Arch which is adorned with illustrations of cats, dogs and musicians as the park’s resident pigeons perch atop … Read more…
It was recently revealed that plans for Hudson River Park’s “Pier 55” were all negotiated in private and then presented to the public without any degree of transparency or inclusiveness. (Sound familiar?) This way of … Read more…
What “economy tools” exist which can be used to protect artists from being booted out of their spaces due to gentrification? How can a more just and “sustainable” business landscape be enacted? Can capitalist practices … Read more…
Vegetarian restaurant, Gobo, on Sixth Avenue between Waverly and 8th Street, has closed. I noticed this For Lease signage just yesterday while it appears to have shuttered in September according to a Yelp comment. Their … Read more…
A new tenant has been found for 176 MacDougal Street aka 1 MacDougal Alley (and below noted as 30 W. 8th Street). It is a florist shop and event planning business, Spina, which originated in … Read more…
Updated 8:06 p.m. Community Board 2 has some new members! The 50 member board’s composition hasn’t changed dramatically with the arrival of three new members but it is different. Off the board: Dodge Landesman, who … Read more…
After the suspicious fire which then caused the long-time laundromatin this location to close around one year ago, 176 MacDougal Street — aka 1 MacDougal Alley — was taken over by Mirador, a high end … Read more…