Recent stories of interest: * If you were looking for a primer on NYU’s proposed expansion, check out this NYU Local piece: How NYU Plans to Expand in the Village: The Struggle for the SuperBlocks * Corruption behind the scenes of the High Line — From The New York World: High Line builder showered city [...]
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Nearby In the Media …
Posted by cathryn on January 26, 2012
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2012/01/26/nearby-in-the-media/
Central Park’s Harlem Meer Has a Floating Christmas Tree!
Feeling like NYC has gotten a bit boring and the City government abhors anything too out of the ordinary? Well, check out the Central Park Harlem Meer Floating Christmas Tree via New York Lives: Great history of that area of the park. When I read the description of the clip sent by New York Lives, [...]
Posted by cathryn on December 24, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/12/24/central-parks-harlem-meer-has-a-floating-christmas-tree/
My Visit to Zuccotti — aka “Liberty” — Park and Occupy Wall Street
I was quite moved by the scene at Zuccotti “Liberty” Park. For everyone who has been coerced or lulled into believing that our city — as envisioned by NYC billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg — must be increasingly privatized, homogenized and sanitized, thereby crushing much of the essential character that is so intrinsic to New York; [...]
Posted by cathryn on October 7, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/10/07/my-visit-to-zuccotti-aka-liberty-park-and-occupy-wall-street/
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 [...]
Posted by cathryn on September 28, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/09/28/downtown-public-park-acts-as-home-base-for-those-taking-a-stand/
Photo: Central Park is Closed
Daily News has some great photos and updates here related to Hurricane Irene and the city. Also see New York Times Hurricane Tracking Map. Stay safe! Photo: Anjali Mullany
Posted by cathryn on August 27, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/08/27/photo-central-park-is-closed/
A Sad Day for Inwood Hill Park: Geese Seized by USDA for Slaughter With Complicity of the Mayor (And Why This is Wrong)
Updated 5:35 p.m. How long will Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the NYC Parks Department, the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and the Port Authority (which controls NYC air space) be able to put up a pretense that killing Canada Geese that reside in New [...]
Posted by cathryn on June 29, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/06/29/a-sad-day-for-inwood-hill-park-geese-seized-by-usda-for-slaughter-with-complicity-of-the-mayor-and-why-this-is-wrong/
Central Park Bethesda Fountain Off Limits Now to Performance; Designated “Quiet Zone” Where Musicians are Issued Summonses and Risk Arrest
The New York Post reported May 29th on the decision to designate Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain a “Quiet Zone,” putting an end to music performances there and issuing summons to those who defy this. The organization pulling the strings behind this decision is the Central Park Conservancy, the private entity entrusted with the care of [...]
Posted by cathryn on May 31, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/05/31/central-park-bethesda-fountain-off-limits-to-performance-now-quiet-zone-where-musicians-issued-summonses-and-risk-arrest/
High Line Phase 2 to Open Late Spring; Restaurant in 2013; NYC Privatized Park Keeps Getting Grander – And More Expensive to Maintain
-Updated 4/20- The High Line, a grand span which currently runs from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, just keeps getting grander. Next up: after food carts and a beer and wine “porch” appear in soon-to-open Phase 2, a restaurant/cafe is scheduled for 2013. This, according to executive director Robert Hammond, [...]
Posted by cathryn on April 19, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/04/19/high-line-phase-2-to-debut-soon-restaurant-in-2013-nyc-park-privatized-expensive/
In the News: NYC’s Plans for Private Restaurant in Union Square and Public-Private Partnership Conflict Continues at Prospect Park
* From Washington Square News: City looks to build restaurant in Union Square – Previously on WSP Blog: The Union Square Pavilion & Privatization of Public Space * Should someone be a City Parks Dept official and head of a private conservancy? That’s how it goes at Prospect Park (via The Brooklyn Paper). – Previously [...]
Posted by cathryn on December 13, 2010
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2010/12/13/in-the-news-nycs-plans-for-private-restaurant-in-union-square-and-public-private-partnership-conflict-continues-at-prospect-park/
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