The Arch With Blooms * Spring Washington Square Park
The Arch as fabulous as ever amidst the spring blooms in Washington Square Park. Early April. Photos: Cathryn Spread the love
The Arch as fabulous as ever amidst the spring blooms in Washington Square Park. Early April. Photos: Cathryn Spread the love
Winter is always amazing at Washington Square Park. Spring and summer are more active; the fountain is on and there’s a lot going on but I really like the ‘off seasons.’ It’s warmer year round … Read more…
The original tagline of Washington Square Park Blog, this site published its first post 16 years ago this week (2.26.08) setting out to cover the controversial redesign of Washington Square Park by the Bloomberg Administration, … Read more…
Artists in 1917 Sought a Greenwich Village “Free From Mainstream Convention” – Has This Spirited Notion Come and Gone? A little over 107 years ago, on January 23, 1917, six artists, including John Sloan, Marcel … Read more…
The 99th Year of the Washington Square Park Christmas tree lighting will take place Wednesday, December 6th at 6 p.m. under the Arch. Can you believe next year will be 100 years? The Washington Square … Read more…
Henry James (1843-1916) used Washington Square as the name of arguably his most well-known novel. The book, published in 1881, was also one of his least favorite. James grew up at 2 Washington Place and … Read more…
Washington Square Park Blog Broke the Story of the 1799 Tombstone Discovery in 2009 During Phase II redesign construction of Washington Square Park, a tombstone from 1799 was unearthed in the park’s southwest quadrant on … Read more…
From the No Spray Coalition: For the 24th year, New York City’s pesticide spray “program” dousing New Yorkers and the entire ecosystem with toxic pesticides continues with no end in sight. Unlike its dramatic beginnings … Read more…
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…
The Washington Square Park Folk Festival first took place at the park in 2011. Now an annual event, it was the brainchild of former WSP Administrator Rebecca Ferguson (three Park Administrators back!). As an NYC … Read more…
Scenes from the park At times, people act as if there were no flowers pre-redesign – which took place late 2007-2014+ – but the park had many nice flowers and plantings. There was a lovely … 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…
Scenes from the prime of summer at Washington Square Park. Photos: #1, 2, 7, 8, 9: Cathryn #3, 4, 5, 6: Susan Celia Swan Spread the love
In the summer, the Washington Square Park fountain is the place to be! [Video] Spread the love