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Community Board 2 Will At last Address Longstanding Questions around...
Update 11/6: Well, I was perhaps overly hopeful. Community Board addressed WSP but only in relation to the benches in the seating alcoves. Attempts to get them to draw a bit more scrutiny onto Phase...
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For Earth Day, Banner Launched Via Balloons At Washington Square Arch to...
Environmental activists took to Washington Square Park on Friday, Earth Day, with a flamboyant action in which large, colorful, helium-filled balloons ascended to the top of the Arch with a banner...
View ArticleVideo from Friday's Earth Day Action at the Park
Superb video of Friday’s Earth Day Action — nicely edited, concise, fun to watch – and all set to music! http://vimeo.com/22769441 ************************************************************** The...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street at Washington Square Yesterday and Later Today
A contingent of the Occupy Wall Street March which marched to Times Square for a big gathering yesterday met first at Washington Square Park for a “student assembly” in the afternoon; headed to midtown...
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Reiki… Yoga… Ask a Doctor… Occupy Town Square Returns to Washington Square...
Updated 3/22 — A year after their kick-off event at Washington Square in 2012, Occupy Town Square returns to the park on Saturday, March 23rd, this time highlighting health care and debt and the...
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Free Health Care & Spirited Activism Transform NYC Public Spaces Saturday...
Occupy Town Square, Strike Debt, and other Occupy Wall Street groups, gathered together Saturday, March 23rd for “Medical Emergency: Life or Debt” with Washington Square Park as the hub. Shortly after...
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Saturday, May 25th Activism in City Parks — Petrosino Square Rally Against...
Saturday, May 25th: Public Art As it Once Was, Petrosino Square 12 noon: Petrosino Square (South side of Spring Street where Lafayette and Cleveland Place meet) Remove the Bike Docking Stations out of...
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March Against Monsanto, Washington Square
From this past weekend, Saturday, May 25th, March Against Monsanto, Washington Square (a bit delayed posting but wanted to get them up here anyway): Pigeon, Fountain Plaza NYPD at the Arch Close Up...
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Thursday, October 10th Official Release Event: Tales of Washington Square...
Why was the fountain moved 23 feet east to line up with the Arch at Fifth Avenue after 137 years in its previous location? Did cars really run through the Arch? What is the story behind the...
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Photos & Media Coverage: Rally To Keep Private Influence OUT, “Hot Dog Carts”...
REVERSE BLOOMBERG’S PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC SPACES Early Sunday morning, December 8th at Washington Square Park! Owner of “Hot Dog Carts” Soon to be Eliminated at Wash Square Speaks at Rally Before...
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Be There! People’s Climate March Uptown Sunday, September 21st
You may have seen people in brightly colored “People’s Climate March” shirts roaming through Washington Square Park and all around the city with a petition seeking signatures to support the People’s...
View ArticleDance Performance at Washington Square’s Garibaldi Plaza Friday, September...
Dancers from 25-85 as part of Dances for a Variable Population will present a free performance this Friday, September 19th at 6 p.m. on the Garibaldi stage just east of the Fountain! Information...
View ArticleFollow Up Community Board 2 Meeting on Washington Sq Park Conservancy...
If you have been wondering what would happen next, after the Community Board meeting earlier this year where the Washington Square Park Conservancy answered some questions – tho’ not fully (and...
View ArticleUpdated Information on Millions March Day of Anger Today Meet Up LOCATION, 2...
See info here. Quick overview: UPDATE 12/13: MEETING SPOT APPARENTLY NOT IN THE PARK, MEET ACROSS FROM THE ARCH ALONG FIFTH AVENUE AT Washington Square North/8th Street up til 12th Street. (Not sure...
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A Photo that Shows & Tells – Millions March NYC, Washington Square Park 12/13/14
I shot a lot of photos but this perhaps sums it up! (People marched through the Arch and then around the tree! – it was very orderly – and then up Fifth Avenue.) Via US Uncut Facebook page.
View ArticleCommunity Board 2 to Discuss Latest Regarding Washington Square Park on...
Delayed from its originally scheduled date of December 2014, Washington Square Park will make its appearance on Community Board 2 Parks Committee meeting agenda on Wednesday, February 4th. Bring your...
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Anti-Street Harassment Rally Washington Square Saturday, April 11th, 2 p.m.
Previous anti-street harassment rally WSP Anti-Street Harassment Rally Saturday, April 11th, Washington Sq Park 2-4 p.m. Garibaldi Plaza (east of Fountain). Details from the organizers: Want to stand...
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The Force Came to Washington Square, The Hulk Did Too – And Book Club Coming
2015 Lightsaber Battle (Still – CBS News piece) The Force Was With Over 100 Engaged in Light Saber Battle This Past Weekend at WSP The LightSaber Battle happened over the weekend at the park: Fans...
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NYU 2031: A Course in How to Make Everyone Dislike You | Rally in Washington...
Can NYU – ever – recover from this latest debacle of forcing its over-expansion plans onto Greenwich Village? New York University, already facing a public relations image problem among informed New...
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Washington Square Folk Festival Returns to Park for Year 5 on Sunday,...
The Washington Square Folk Festival first came to the park in 2011. It was created by previous WSP administrator Rebecca Ferguson. She had an idea for holding a folk music event in the park put on by...
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