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This site started initially covering the contentious redesign of Washington Square Park just after construction began on the project in late 2007. Meetings – and community outrage – addressing the plans took place over many … Read more…
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It’s That Time of Year Again 20,000 Bodies are Buried Underneath this Park This time of year seems to rile up and unearth the dead bodies beneath Washington Square Park. It is believed up to … Read more…
Today, the annual Dachshund Day takes place at the park and it’s now an Octoberfest celebration! You can find multitudes of dachshund dogs all in one place on the fountain plaza today, October 2nd, from … Read more…
Free Britney New York City returns to Washington Square Park as the pop superstar’s court hearing resumes for her freedom in Los Angeles on Wednesday, September 29th. To coincide with this pivotal hearing, a rally … Read more…
Long-time Community Board 2 member and Washington Square Park regular Doris Diether died at home on September 16th. Diether was well known to Washington Square Park regulars as she was one herself, living caddy-corner to … Read more…
In a New York Daily News opinion piece this week, The Trust for Public Land’s Carter Strickland stresses the devastating impact of the gutting of the city’s Parks Department budget over the last sixty years, … Read more…
While walking one day from the Eastern end of Washington Square Park towards the Arch almost ten years ago, I noticed that there are Roman numerals at the top on the side of the monument. … Read more…
20 Years Ago Today Everything changed after 9/11, a very sad day in New York City, 20 Years Ago Today. When you could see the Twin Towers directly through the middle of the Washington Square … Read more…
One day in May. I don’t always post all the photos I’d like to but voilà this video came together encompassing images from this one day: May 14th of this year. One minute of Washington … Read more…
The NYPD greatly expanded the barricades that ‘protect’ them from the public around the Arch. Photos from last week. Hope to update on last week’s Community Board meeting about the park shortly. Photos: Cathryn Spread … Read more…
Reminder: COMMUNITY BOARD 2 JOINT MEETING Parks & Human Services Committees ** NOTE: PUBLIC HEARING ** Wednesday, July 21st * 6:30 P.M. “DISCUSSION ON THE LATEST PLANS FOR ENFORCING THE RULES AT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK” … Read more…
Girl with Sketchpad Fountain Steps Washington Square Park, 1956. Photo: Nat Norman Learn more about this time period at the park here: 1950s & 60s Washington Square Captured in New Exhibit, Folk City, at Museum … Read more…
Summer in NYC Summer 2021. It’s hot today in NYC… drink in the vibe and coolness of the Washington Square Park Fountain. Photo: Cathryn Spread the love
The Free Britney movement has been seemingly everywhere this year as fans who have become activists have sought pop superstar Britney Spears’s freedom from the constraints of a 13 year conservatorship under the control of … Read more…