Buckminster Fuller said: “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Following in that spirit is the WikiCity movement, which I just learned of, happening in cities across the world. At the end of this post, I address how this relates [...]
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WikiCity – How Citizens Can Improve Their Cities & On Washington Square
Posted by cathryn on June 8, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/06/08/wikicity-how-citizens-can-improve-their-cities-on-washington-square/
Blog Update
Hi. Sorry for the lack of posting. Trying to stay focused on life and my book! But I do want to continue posting here now & again so look for a new post on Monday, March 22nd! For more frequent updates, I post other NYC-related news and thoughts on Twitter so you can check me [...]
Posted by cathryn on March 17, 2010
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2010/03/17/blog-update-3/
2nd Anniversary of this Blog!
This is an abbreviated, edited version of the post I ran last year on the blog’s 1 year anniversary – with an update at the end: I recounted here how I started this blog after going to an exhibit in January 2008 at the Municipal Art Society on Jane Jacobs. Jane Jacobs had been critically [...]
Posted by cathryn on February 26, 2010
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2010/02/26/2nd-anniversary-of-this-blog/
A little Self Promotion!
Updated 2/20 Yes, this is self promotion but, hey!, I’ve been writing this blog for close to two years, I think I can throw some in at this point! Two more days ’til fundraising to complete my book on Kickstarter ends — for each level of backing, you also get Rewards (a completed book, a [...]
Posted by cathryn on February 18, 2010
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2010/02/18/a-little-self-promotion/
Blog Update
February 8th — I’ll be blogging less for the month of February working on raising funds and writing my book! Any WSP or Parks-related meetings coming up will be posted under Events & Actions. You can also follow me on Twitter. I will get some photos up of the recent construction soon! Thanks for stopping [...]
Posted by cathryn on February 8, 2010
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2010/02/08/blog-update-2/
Blog Musings…
There are many things I would have liked to have covered over the summer here on the Washington Square Park Blog, but, alas, could not … such as: *the unnecessary and cruel killing of the resident Canadian geese (and Mayor Bloomberg‘s role in it) rounded up from many parks across New York City; *the Mayor’s [...]
Posted by cathryn on September 2, 2009
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2009/09/02/blog-musings/
Musings: On Washington Square, The Villager and the Village Alliance BID
This week’s Villager features an article on the Washington Square Park ribbon cutting last week (May 28th). The writer is Albert Amateau who I met at the park’s opening the week prior. I’m a little stunned at this piece which glosses over anything that might have been problematic over the Park’s redesign. It’s not as [...]
Posted by cathryn on June 5, 2009
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2009/06/05/musings-on-washington-square-the-villager-and-the-village-alliance-bid/
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