Last week, the New York City Council Parks Committee held a public hearing to discuss the Parks Department budget. The Parks Department is woefully underfunded and has been for at least twenty years, if not more. It has gotten worse under the Bloomberg Administration — the lack of funds is used as an incentive to [...]
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The City Council Member Vs. The Parks Commissioner
Posted by cathryn on March 28, 2012
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2012/03/28/the-city-council-member-vs-the-parks-commissioner/
New York Daily News: Musicians performing again at Washington Square
New York Daily News, January 1st: Street artists say they’re performing again without fear of big fines in Washington Square Park Artists who had been slapped with huge fines for performing in Washington Square Park say the rule is no longer being enforced — and many of their outstanding tickets were suddenly dismissed. “Maybe they [...]
Posted by cathryn on January 2, 2012
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2012/01/02/new-york-daily-news-musicians-performing-again-at-washington-square/
Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe on Performance Crackdown At WSP — What he said… What he meant…
In last week’s Clyde Haberman column in the New York Times “A Word to the ‘Wise and Honest’ on Washington Square Park” which addressed the performance crackdown, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe was quoted as follows and we’ve interpreted his comment for you here at WSP Blog – What he said: The commissioner of parks and [...]
Posted by cathryn on December 14, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/12/14/parks-commissioner-adrian-benepe-on-performance-crackdown-at-wsp-what-he-said-what-he-meant/
Performance Crackdown at the Park — Parks Commissioner says Bob Dylan Could Still Play at WSP; With New Rules, Is That even True?
Updated — Over the last three days, the matter of artists and performers being issued tickets at Washington Square Park has been covered by Associated Press, New York Times, New York Daily News, NY1, Fox5 News, Epoch Times, A Walk in the Park Blog, and more. The Associated Press credits the New York Times with [...]
Posted by cathryn on December 6, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/12/06/performance-crackdown-at-the-park-parks-commissioner-says-bob-dylan-could-still-play-at-wsp-with-new-rules-is-that-even-true/
Why Was Washington Square Park Rejected as Site for Veteran’s Day Rally Concert with Joan Baez?
Updated — Joan Baez has a history at Washington Square Park and it would be fantastic for her to return to perform at the park. Yet when that was attempted for today’s Veteran’s Day Rally, now being held further downtown at Foley Square, the city refused to allow – “balked” at – WSP as the [...]
Posted by cathryn on November 11, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/11/11/why-was-washington-square-park-off-limits-as-site-for-veterans-day-rally-concert-with-joan-baez/
City Parks Department’s “Regulations” Take Away From the Very Spirit of What People Come to Washington Square Park For – No Performances Allowed Near Fountain, Benches
At the Occupy Washington Square Park meeting last week, I caught the end of a comment from a woman stating that performers were getting ticketed more frequently at the park. I did not know the so-called “reason” behind this but it appears in this week’s Villager — “Musicians are told to keep their distance – [...]
Posted by cathryn on October 28, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/10/28/parks-departments-regulations-take-away-from-the-very-spirit-of-what-people-come-to-washington-square-park-for/
Washington Square Park Folk Festival This Weekend September 17th-18th
Eli Smith, host of the DownHome Radio Show, was hired by the city’s Parks Department to produce the first ever Washington Square Park Folk Festival this coming weekend Saturday, September 17th and Sunday, September 18th on the Garibaldi Stage (eastern end). Smith will be MC and also perform on Sunday with his band, the Dust [...]
Posted by cathryn on September 15, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/09/15/washington-square-park-folk-festival-this-weekend-september-17-18/
Chelsea Now Weekly Uncovers the Real Dirt on Artificial Turf; Turf Scheduled for the Mounds at WSP in Phase III
Chelsea Now has a great story about artificial turf in this week’s issue. Washington Square Park is scheduled to get artificial turf at the base of the Mounds (now scheduled for Phase III construction), despite the fact that pretty much everyone is against it. Excerpts from Chelsea Now article: Hot Footing It: The heat is [...]
Posted by cathryn on August 26, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/08/26/chelsea-now-weekly-uncovers-the-real-dirt-on-artificial-turf-turf-scheduled-for-the-mounds-at-wsp-in-phase-iii/
NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe To Talk Privatization of City Parks Tuesday, August 9th at Museum of the City of New York
New York City Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe will be a featured speaker next Tuesday, August 9th at 6:30 p.m. at a discussion “Whose Park is It? Financing and Administering New York’s New Parks” at the Museum of the City of New York. Instead of spending city money wisely on maintenance and staff at parks, Commissioner [...]
Posted by cathryn on August 3, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/08/03/nyc-parks-commissioner-adrian-benepe-to-talk-privatization-of-city-parks-tuesday-august-9th-at-museum-of-the-city-of-new-york/
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