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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…
Opportunity for Public Comment If you have something you’d like to address within the community – related to Washington Square Park, or not – you can attend virtually and also sign up for public comment … Read more…
Hi, I started a Substack for some other writing. I’m still working on getting a groove to it. I posted a piece today, The Commercialization of Earth Day: We’re so used to everything being commercialized … Read more…
Earth Day Rally to Protest Poison Parks in New York City Toxic Roundup (glyphosate) pesticide continues to be used in New York City parks. Union Square Park * Thursday, April 21st at 12 noon George … Read more…
Spring has sprung at Washington Square Park! Photo: Here is New York via Instagram Spread the love
The answer is to abolish private park corporations (and, yes, that’s what they are – private corporations) The New York Daily News this past week ran an Op-Ed by professor/author Kevin Loughran on private conservancies … 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…
“Public-Private” Background Today is NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue’s first day on the job. New York City has never appointed a public-private partnership head to be in charge of the city’s very public Parks Department. … Read more…
The first President of the United States, George Washington, was born on February 22nd, 1732. The Arch at Washington Square Park is a memorial to Washington who served as President from 1789 to 1797. The … Read more…
In many ways, more recent Washington Square Park remains informed by the famous bohemian, free spirited “Arch Conspirators”‘ takeover of the Arch in 1917. Some may not be aware of what transpired then. Yet there … Read more…
Today, January 15th, marks the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., born in 1929. It’s a federal holiday in the United States on Monday, January 17th. To commemorate, a look back when the Washington Square … Read more…
Washington Square Park’s Christmas Eve caroling will take place tonight, Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24th, 5-6 p.m., under the Arch. Santa will be on hand and caroling will be led, as is the long-time … Read more…
The Washington Square Park Christmas tree lighting will take place on Wednesday, December 8th at 6 p.m. The tree, unadorned, arrived yesterday. Photos: Laren Spirer Spread the love
Resumes in Person Despite ongoing Covid concerns, Washington Square Park’s Christmas tree lighting will take place, after one year’s absence in person, on Wednesday, December 8th at 6 p.m. Santa will be on hand and … Read more…