in and around the park, public space, NYC & more
Fitness, dance and self-improvement classes at Washington Square Park began in early June/July this year and you can still join in through mid-September! All classes are free. Schedule follows. Read on for some privatization-related controversy … Read more…
A snapshot of scenes at the park during Gay Pride Parade 2018, Sunday, June 24, NYC: This was the 49th year of the Pride Parade which began “to commemorate the Stonewall Riots of 1969” considered … Read more…
“It’s the best park in the world” says Paul Jerreat of Washington Square Park. Jerreat created this video of footage taken over two years walking through the park. A cameraman and video editor, Jerreat lived … Read more…
I have not posted a “Weekend Washington Square” in awhile! Here are some photos from over the weekend, park updates interspersed. Ronnie, 60 year park regular, on Washington Square Park: “There’s no place in the … Read more…
CITY OF SCIENCE: Hands-on Science Activities at Washington Square Park. Sunday, June 3rd 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adults and children: WALK ON WATER. BLAST BALLS INTO ORBIT. DEFY GRAVITY. Join the World Science Festival … Read more…
Updated 6:38 p.m. Washington Square Park’s Park Enforcement Patrol (PEP) went around earlier this month, and told performers at the park that they would need to begin following “expressive matter” rules from 2013 beginning May … Read more…
Women Take Over at WSP Event Thursday Evening WE NYC/Women Entrepreneurs, part of NYC Department of Small Business Services “dedicated to helping women start and grow their businesses,” is hosting an event “Women Take Over … Read more…
This image says so much about what you will experience on a spring day at Washington Square Park, taken yesterday, also May Day. Rallies were held May 1st at Union Square Park and WSP. Via … Read more…
Johan Figueroa-González, Park Performer for Two Years, Fixture at the Arch Now Prohibited from Monument Washington Square Park’s “living statue” and park regular, Ídem Caeli, was arrested on the Arch by the New York City … Read more…
It will mark 50 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated tomorrow, April 4th. Last night, the Washington Square Park Arch was transformed to feature striking images of King projected onto its two … Read more…
50 Years Since King’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” Speech in Memphis, Tennessee New York City will play an audio recording of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s final speech before his death at a ceremony … Read more…
Christopher ‘Tripp’ Zanetis, a New York City firefighter who went to NYU and died in a helicopter crash in Iraq while serving as an Air National Guardsman will have his funeral ceremony, as he requested … Read more…
International Women’s Day happens Thursday, March 8th this year with Washington Square Park again positioned for the cornerstone event with a rally called for 4 p.m. at the Greenwich Village public space. The day’s profile … Read more…
The four month long installation of Ai Weiwei’s Public Art Fund-sponsored “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors” comes to an end this rainy Sunday and will be “de-installed” from under the Washington Square Arch over two … Read more…
This weekend you can “treecycle” your Christmas tree into mulch at Washington Square Park near the Arch. When I watch the trees sadly make their way through the chipper, I tend to side with Phoebe … Read more…