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Updated Washington Square Park Blog exclusively publishes License Agreement between the City of New York and Private Washington Square Park Conservancy Washington Square Park Blog obtained the previously private License Agreement between NYC and this … Read more…
Updated 9/5 This relates to Washington Square Park: There’s a larger story around privatization of public parks: how our public spaces are being used to fatten bank accounts and raise social capital. The New York … Read more…
Wednesday’s Community Board committee meeting on “management” of Washington Square Park was worse than I might have anticipated. In advance of my coming report on this, I will leave this here (pay attention to point … Read more…
Community Board 2’s Parks Committee will meet to discuss “management” of Washington Square Park on Wednesday, June 4th at 6:30 p.m. Washington Square Park Administrator Will Morrison, who works for the NYC Parks Department in … Read more…
Artist Crackdown at Washington Square Park Resumes NYC Parks Department Insists “there has been no crackdown in enforcement or change in our policy” Late last month, artists who display their art at Washington Square Park’s … Read more…
10 Years Ago This Month, Washington Square Park Private Conservancy “Approved” By C.B. Updated 6/28, 10:08 a.m. — Community Board 2’s Parks Committee held a meeting June 7th on Washington Square Park: a “status update.” … Read more…
If you’ve been wondering about the latest at Washington Square Park, tune in this Wednesday, June 7th at 6:30 p.m. for the latest Community Board 2 Zoom meeting. I love the way this is worded: … Read more…
In June 2013, Washington Square Park Conservancy was “approved” by Community Board 2 in a contentious split-vote. One of the points of the Board’s resolution stated that it “encourages the WSPC, once it establishes itself, … Read more…
Updated 5/5, 10:27 a.m. Washington Square Park Conservancy stated at its onset in 2013 that programming was not part of the private organization’s “safe, clean and beautiful” mission for the park. The four affluent private … Read more…
Community Board 2 At Last Responds to Recent Concerns on Washington Sq Park Conservancy Please attend virtually the next Community Board 2 Parks Committee Meeting Wednesday, May 4th addressing Washington Square Park Conservancy: Community Board … Read more…
In June of 2013, the four founding members of what would then become Washington Square Park Conservancy came before Community Board 2’s Parks Committee for a “public hearing” in order to get “approval” for their … Read more…
The follow-up to my piece from earlier this month, Highlights from Gothamist Article — Mission Creep: Emails Show how Wealthy Donors Exerted Influence Over Washington Square Park, is coming Friday. This is regarding the private … Read more…
from left to right: Justine Leguizamo, Veronica Bulgari, Gwen Evans, Betsey Ely Last week, Gothamist ran an explosive piece, Mission Creep: Emails Show how Wealthy Donors Exerted Influence Over Washington Square Park outlining exactly that. … Read more…
Brad Hoylman, former three-term chair of local Community Board 2 who went on to become New York State Senator, a position he currently holds, has announced plans for a 2021 run for Manhattan Borough President. … Read more…
Vellonakis Set to Officially Retire in the Fall George Vellonakis, the landscape designer placed in charge of the Bloomberg Administration’s controversial redesign of Washington Square Park, later hired in 2017 to be the park’s publicly … Read more…