Updated 10/30 — So, “Taste of the Village,” happened in mid-September at the Park, hosted by the Village Alliance, the 8th Street BID. This post about the event got delayed due to dying trees, stalled construction and the occupying of Washington Square Park. Since I try to mix it up a bit here, even a [...]
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Taste of the Village at the Park – Recap
Posted by cathryn on October 27, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/10/27/taste-of-the-village-at-the-park-recap/
Daily Metro Reports Parks Department Says “No Way” to Anonymous Wealthy Donors’ Plans to “better” Washington Sq Park with their private security Force
Daily paper Metro NY checked in with the NYC Parks Department about yesterday’s report in the New York Post that wealthy but anonymous donors, in addition to New York University, acting as part of a self-appointed entity called “The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park,” were scheduled to hire private “off duty NYPD” cops [...]
Posted by cathryn on June 23, 2009
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2009/06/23/daily-metro-reports-parks-department-says-no-way-to-anonymous-wealthy-donors-plans-to-better-washington-sq-park-with-their-private-security/
“Bidding adieu to BIDS” — on the Business Improvement Districts in New York City
The Brooklyn Paper takes a look this week in an editorial, “Bidding Adieu to BIDS,” at the formation in the ’70′s of the Business Improvement District, an entity which has become increasingly popular in Mayor Bloomberg’s New York. According to the weekly, there are 60 “quasi public” BIDS, as they are called, throughout the five [...]
Posted by cathryn on June 9, 2009
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2009/06/09/bidding-adieu-to-bids-on-the-business-improvement-districts-in-our-city/
Union Square Partnership’s Harvest Gala v. Citizen Chefs – Union Square Park 9/18
Thursday night. Union Square. The setting of Union Square Partnership’s Harvest in the Square, an annual gala held by the ubiquitous BID (Business Improvement District). Although their promotional materials stated the gala would inhabit the “west plaza” of Union Square Park, in reality, they took over half of the south plaza as well, including the [...]
Posted by cathryn on September 22, 2008
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2008/09/22/union-square-partnerships-harvest-gala-v-citizen-chefs/
Tonite Thursday, September 18th, 6 p.m. At Union Square Park: “Citizen Chefs Cookin’ Up Change” and Harvest Gala : 2 divergent messages
CITIZEN CHEFS COOKING UP CHANGE! to Keep Parks for People NOT for Profit Thurs Sept 18, 6 pm * Union Square Park, NYC Meet near George Washington Statue On Plaza, South end of the park (14th Street) Union Square Not for Sale will provide chefs hats – Bring your own pots & pans and something [...]
Posted by cathryn on September 18, 2008
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2008/09/18/tonite-6-pm-union-square-park-citizen-chefs-cookin-up-change-and-harvest-gala-2-divergent-messages/
Danny Meyer chairing gala event in Union Square Park Thursday 9/18 – and Citizen Chefs Cooking Up Change will be there too.
Updated 9/16! Union Square Not for Sale moves into the fall season with a bang! (literally) when Citizen Chefs Cooking Up Change meets up Thursday night, September 18th, as restauranteur Danny Meyer co-chairs Harvest in the Square in Union Square Park. Billed as “a festive celebration of community and cuisine,” Harvest in the Square is [...]
Posted by cathryn on September 15, 2008
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2008/09/15/danny-meyer-chairing-gala-event-in-union-square-thursday-918-and-union-square-not-for-sale-will-be-there-too/
Union Square Park “Push Back Picnic” Takes on Danny Meyer and Union Square Cafe
The “Push Back Picnic” presented by Union Square Not For Sale/Community Improvement District(CID) occurred at Union Square Park yesterday and contained a bit of a surprise for restauranteur and Union Square Partnership co-chair Danny Meyer. Union Square Partnership is the local BID(business improvement district) and has tremendous influence over what goes on at Union Square [...]
Posted by cathryn on July 3, 2008
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2008/07/03/union-square-park-push-back-picnic-takes-on-danny-meyer-and-union-square-cafe/
What is up with Community Board 2? Approves NYU’s demolition plans for 133-139 MacDougal Street / Provincetown Playhouse despite widespread community disapproval
Manhattan Community Board 2 voted 37-1 (with 2 abstentions) to approve NYU’s proposal to demolish 133-139 MacDougal Street, the Provincetown Playhouse and Apartments. Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation(GVSHP) noted, at last week’s general meeting(June 19), speaker after speaker spoke out against NYU’s demolition plans and ONLY NYU and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer‘s office [...]
Posted by cathryn on June 24, 2008
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2008/06/24/what-is-up-with-community-board-2-approves-nyus-demolition-plans-for-133-139-macdougal-street-provincetown-playhouse/
Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) to counteract the far-reaching Business Improvement Districts(BIDS)!
It seems every district in New York City has a Business Improvement District, breezily referred to as BIDS. On the face of it, businesses wanting to improve their districts … it sounds so benign, right? But as artist and activist Robert Lederman outlined in a previous entry “Parks for Sale: Business Improvement Districts and the [...]
Posted by cathryn on June 12, 2008
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2008/06/12/community-improvement-districts-cids-to-counteract-the-far-reaching-business-improvement-districtsbids/
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