Downtown Public Park Acts as Home Base for Those Taking a Stand

So, on the same day that hundreds showed up at Washington Square Park to battle each other with Light Sabers, activists who have set up camp downtown to protest and highlight the inequalities in the U.S. today, particularly in relation to the financial “system,” battled in real life with the NYPD. Mark Crispin Miller has [...]

L.A. “Ready to Roll” for Earthquake. Is NYC? Seismometer To Be Placed Under Washington Square Park to Measure “Potential Damage”

Los Angeles has designated April Earthquake Preparedness Month and the city recently unveiled new banners that certainly, uh, get your attention. Planted in Beverly Hills, they read: “When it rocks, are you ready to roll?” The New York Times has the story. Is New York City prepared for an earthquake? Concern seems warranted as it [...]

Lulietta From Downtown Manhattan Needs a Home Now – at NYC Animal Care & Control Shelter

Lulietta is a sweet grey and white female kitty who had been part of someone’s home in downtown Manhattan for seven years. Her guardians dropped her off at NYC’s Animal Care & Control apparently because someone in the home had developed allergies, perhaps not realizing that her chances would be slim there for survival. 13,000 [...]

Some Predictions for NYC in 2009 from Geoffrey Croft/NYC Park Advocates via Gotham Gazette

Photo: Image © Richard Wanderman Geoffrey Croft, source of much imperative information about – and protector of – our city’s parks and public spaces via his organization, NYC Park Advocates, was asked by Gotham Gazette to list his predictions for 2009. Here they are: * Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Speaker Christine Quinn will hold a [...]

Interview with Ada Louise Huxtable — “Dean of Architecture Critics” — on NYC under Mayor Bloomberg: “Here we practice the art of the deal, not the art of the city”

Ada Louise Huxtable, who is referred to as the “Dean of Architecture Critics,” is interviewed by Phillip Lopate in a large City section story in Sunday’s (November 9) New York Times. She talks about Mayor Bloomberg, development in our city and the lack of any city planning. An excerpt: Huxtable: Everything in this city is [...]

New York for Sale: Are Developers Overbuilding? – Event Oct. 20th Museum of the City of New York

On October 20th the Museum of the City of New York will be holding a panel “New York for Sale: Are Developers Overbuilding?“ Hmmm.  Ya think? The larger question — Is Mayor Bloomberg giving away our city to developers and his corporate friends via tax breaks and other perks thereby changing the character of the [...]

Bloggers on Wall Street and its implications for New York City – some positive. Could we ‘take back’ New York?

Vanishing New York compiles an overview of what bloggers, who cover New York City neighborhoods and their changes, are saying about Wall Street’s downward turn. Might it be a good moment for the city if Wall Street’s influence is not so prominent? The city might return to artistic and cultural diversity … rents might not [...]

Event: Walking Tour! Washington Square Park: Past, Present, and Future: A Guide to NYC’s Redesign of a Perfect Public Space Saty June 28th

Come to the Walking Tour! Saturday, June 28th, 12 noon WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE:  A Guide to New York City’s Redesign of a Perfect Public Space (Raindate Saturday, July 12th, 12 noon) Meet Up at Washington Square Arch, Washington Square North @ Fifth Avenue ; $5 Time Out NY this week wrote:  [...]

The Pieces of the Washington Square Park Fountain – Dismantled

This is a photo of parts of Washington Square Park‘s famous fountain dismantled and behind gates taken at the Park May 7th, ’08. There’s so much history there and yet the city just chops it up and prepares to install a new and “improved” version. At a workshop last week, “Livable Neighborhoods,” presented by the [...]

New York Times: “Judge Blocks Overhaul of Union Square Park”

Today’s New York Times‘ article by Timothy Williams, “Judge Blocks Overhaul of Union Square Park, covers the latest at Union Square Park. As noted in the article, “The dispute over Union Square, one of the city’s most popular public spaces, is the latest in a series of disagreements between the parks department and neighborhood groups [...]

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