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What is “a more balanced approach” to the park? New York City Council Member Christopher Marte’s district includes Washington Square Park. In his community newsletter last week, Marte posted the following: Working on Washington Square … Read more…
Updated – In June of 2021, the City of New York, desperate to present ‘normalcy’ after the first wave of Covid, so wanting to project the image that the City was “back,” reached out to … Read more…
To follow up on the story first reported here at Washington Square Park Blog from Wednesday: “An Artist Was Aggressively Tackled and Arrested at Washington Square Park. His Offense: Displaying Art on the Ground.” Hyperallergic … Read more…
Updated again 10/10 12:55 p.m. This happened on Sunday, October 6th at the park. An artist, Oriel, was displaying his art just west of the Washington Square fountain when he was approached by Park Enforcement … 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…
As reported here last month, Washington Square Park’s “living statue,” Johan Figueroa-González, was arrested on the Arch by the New York City Police Department on Friday April 13. The performance artist was the subject of … Read more…
Report back from last week’s Community Board 2 meeting on the Decibel Meter Experiment is on its way! And more… Stay tuned. Photo: Cathryn
It was never an issue in the “old” park, but, since the redesign of Washington Square Park, complaints about the volume of music ‐ music being something the space is known for ‐ have risen … Read more…
Award-winning podcast, Between the Liner Notes, this month delves into the 1961 Washington Square Folk Riots. Washington Square Park Blog was interviewed, along with an illustrious line-up, which included key figure Izzy Young who ran … Read more…
Will Washington Square Park Become Uber–Regimented like Madison Square Park with introduction of Park Enforcement Patrol “Step Up Sergeant?” For a few years now, voices around Washington Square Park, some louder than others, have complained … Read more…
Community Board 2 held a public hearing last week on volume levels of music at the park. This is an issue that C.B.2 has brought up before – although curiously, over the seven years I have … Read more…
Manhattan Borough Parks Commissioner Bill Castro came before the Parks Committee of Community Board 2 last night at downtown’s Grace Church Tuttle Hall to address the many conflicting things being reported about whether performers at … Read more…
This blog broke the story on May 10th — “City Reverses course of performance crackdown at Washington Square Park – no more fining of “entertainers and buskers”” — and all seemed right in the world. … Read more…
Updated Updated May 11th, 1:04 p.m. — In a victory for the community and park goers, the New York City Parks Department has quietly reversed their policy of ticketing and fining of musicians within 50 … Read more…
At its recent full board meeting, Community Board 2 passed a resolution opposing the city Parks Department’s rules that instigated the recent performance crackdown at WSP. The letter below – which the entire board signed … Read more…