…of Washington Square Park and slightly beyond. Specifically, this opens up Washington Square North, South, East, West and Waverly Place & West Fourth Street running from the park east to…
Read More…that famous Christmas tree. But did you know that the tree lighting in Washington Square Park was a tradition that dates back much earlier? The tree in Washington Square Park…
Read More…feeling a little nostalgic for snowfalls past. Images from the GVSHP archive of Washington Square Park covered in snow offer the perfect solution. The Washington Square Arch framed in snow…
Read More…iconic stores, incredible museums, and beautiful parks. Beginning here in Greenwich Village at the entrance of Washington Square Park, Fifth Avenue passes the Flatiron Building, Madison Square Park, the Empire…
Read More…from the Kintecoying intersection, you will come to what is now Washington Square Park. Land prior to the construction of Washington Square Park, 1807 Bridges Map of New York City…
Read MoreThe Washington Square Music Festival in 2012. Photo via The Villager. Last night, the 55th Washington Square Music Festival held its first of four free concerts in Washington Square Park….
Read More…Park scene could have been filmed yesterday, except for the telltale cars that drive by – a Corvair, even. And while Washington Square Park has undergone two major renovations since…
Read More…Born and raised in Harlem, Washington Square Park was one of the first places he began to ply his craft and perform. The park always has with it a sense…
Read More…a tour of Washington Square Park and the South Village…Do you know what event the Washington Square Arch commemorates or who’s buried at Washington Square Park? On the South Village…
Read More…Square – author Edith Wharton. Wharton herself was a resident of Washington Square North for a short time in 1882. Although she didn’t live there for long, Washington Square often takes…
Read More…Photo courtesy of Michael Appleton for The New York Times. From Parking Lot to Car Free Washington Square Park An 89-Year Tradition Continues in Washington Square Park Barefoot in Washington…
Read More…figure at the corner of Waverly Place, MacDougal Street, and Washington Square North, the Hotel Earle – renamed the Washington Square Hotel in 1986 – has plenty of its own…
Read More…at 18 Washington Square North. In fact, he depicts a nostalgic view of the area around the Square in his 1881 novel Washington Square. Today, the houses belong to NYU….
Read MoreWashington Square Arch in Washington Square Park The Washington Square Arch in Washington Square Park is in some ways the heart of the Village. The white marble structure was designed…
Read More…continuity in his recreation of Last Car Thru Washington Square Park Armed with a printed version of GVSHP’s photo, Last Car Thru Washington Square, 1958, Shawn captured the changes and…
Read More…there for long, Washington Square often takes a central role in her work, including in her defining work, The Age of Innocence. Washington Square North, Image courtesy of Bob Estremera…
Read More…Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New York, 1851, Otto Boetticher. The view depicts the northwest corner of the Washington Square parade ground with New York University in the left…
Read More…there! Since one of the homes on the tour is located a stone’s throw from Washington Square Park, we thought we’d feature former staffer Dana Schulz’s post on the park….
Read More…for our national parks, and which has proposed the Stonewall Inn, the park, and surrounding area be considered for some sort of national park service designation. Christopher Park, Spring 2015….
Read More…the date the Square was closed to cars. The sign on Tankel’s car reads: “Last Car Thru Washington Square“. GVSHP Archives, Claire Tankel Collection. The weather this weekend is supposed…
Read More…Potter’s Field located in what is now Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. Rose, a nineteen year old black female slave, was convicted of arson. She had set fire to…
Read More…in the northernmost Rail Yards section of the High Line. Today’s Washington Square Park, however, is not known to include any at all, opting for grander species like elm, dogwood,…
Read More…Washington Square Park, causing much of the park to essentially be an extension to Fifth Avenue. The battle to remove this traffic was hard fought by Greenwich Village residents over…
Read MoreThe original temporary triumphal arch on 5th Avenue north of Washington Square Park. With Presidents’ Day, celebrating George Washington’s birthday (among other things) just around the corner, we thought we…
Read More…Washington Square Park Committee has helped hold back the steamrollers in Washington Square Park for six years. BUT an all out effort must be made now to stop Mr. Moses…
Read More…the naming of Washington Street, Washington Square Park, and a large Washington statue in Union Square Park. (Washington Square Park, previously a potter’s field, was renamed the Washington Square Parade…
Read More…before eventually becoming today’s Washington Square Park. Washington Square Park and Arch (with Washington Place theoretically running through the center of it) On the hundredth anniversary of Washington’s swearing in…
Read More…to life every summer in Tompkins Square Park. The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival has been held annually since 1993, close to Parker’s August 29 birthday. This year’s free concert at…
Read More…lilies were transplanted from Washington Square Park Bert has personally recycled plants and rocks from other NYC parks that were destined for the dumpster, and brought them to Sir Winston…
Read More…Square Park, the Tompkins Square park evergreen is a live tree that lives in the park year-round. The spruce was planted in 1992, as part of a larger renovation of…
Read More…creativity of Greenwich Village. The park is today maintained by the Abingdon Square Alliance, a community group that works in cooperation with the Department of Parks & Recreation. The park…
Read MoreFashion in Washington Square Park (looking toward the park’s southeast corner) — during the 1940s and 1950s, the park still had a road running through the middle of it (Fifth…
Read More…as Bobby Fischer at a Washington Square Park Chess Table in the 1993 film “Searching for Bobby Fischer” Chess games in Union Square Park Because of construction in Washington Square…
Read More…the history of community migration in and around the Village and the factors that lead to the establishment of these different sites in the area. Washington Square Park Washington Square…
Read More…history. This milk booth was installed in Tompkins Square Park in 1909. Photo courtesy of the New York City Parks Photo Archive. According to Parks Department Annual Reports—many of which…
Read More…the southern end of the Square and has become the beacon to the park. Ornamental plantings were placed throughout the park, making the square a destination for West Villagers and…
Read MoreOver the years, Off the Grid has featured many posts about Tompkins Square Park, including The Young Lords Start in Tompkins Square Park, The Tompkins Square Park Riots of 1988,…
Read More…on this topic over the years. Let’s take a look: A 1933 march against Nazism. https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/protest-marches-in-washington-square-park/ Union Square – Designated an official public space in 1831, Union Square’s large footprint…
Read MoreA children’s garden opened in Tompkins Square Park in 1934. Photo courtesy of the New York City Parks Photo Archive. For the next two Sundays, GVSHP is teaming up with…
Read MoreThe Tompkins Square Park bandshell, constructed in 1966, was the center of cultural and political movements in the East Village during the tumultuous decades of the late 20th century. From…
Read More…and so on,” and was supported in his efforts to restrict access to the park by the Committee to Preserve the Dignity and Beauty of Washington Square Park and the…
Read More…living room. Washington Square Park, ca. late 1950s, New-York Historical Society The goal of the group was simple: to protect and preserve Washington Square Park, considered one of the most…
Read More…Ca. 1930s East River Park is the largest park in Manhattan south of Central Park, and must have been a profound and welcome change for the surrounding residents. I could…
Read MoreJackson Square Park. Photo courtesy of NYC Parks. This post is part of a series about Village blocks that correspond to calendar dates. Once again, another August date corresponds with…
Read More…and wading pool. Tompkins Square Park, provided courtesy of NYC Parks First Park (Located on the corner of East 1st Street and 1st Avenue) This park is named for its…
Read More…to as Washington At War and Washington At Peace, were not placed on the arch until 1916 and 1918. Above Washington At Peace, one finds a representation of an open…
Read More…after George Washington on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Read more about Washington Square Park’s history here. Washington Square Park Labor Day Parade, 1912….
Read More…a four lane expressway going through Washington Square Park, and new housing developments on the other side of the park, as part of an urban renewal plan. After the planning…
Read More…While neighboring areas like the Charlton-King-Vandam and Greenwich Village Historic Districts are relatively protected by their landmarked status, the unprotected South Village – the area south of Washington Square Park…
Read More…and visitors alike, the charming Washington Mews sits just one block north of Washington Square Park. There are a few street names in New York with the word “mews” attached;…
Read More…in not just the spiritual but the real world realm in a way that made history. In June of 1978, the the Washington Square United Methodist Church’s Reverend, Paul Abels,…
Read More…time reviewing three important sites. Last car through Washington Square Park, 1958. Tankel Collection, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation. 1935 Redesign of Washington Square Park: Robert Moses would face…
Read More…treat, too. And of course we have Washington Square Park, home of the arch, the fountain, the folk music riots, and so much more. Right now the park is so…
Read More…hippy. The New York Times, June 3, 1967 The scene at Tompkins Square Park on Memorial Day, 1967. Image via lorenbliss The scene at Tompkins Square Park on Memorial Day, 1967. Image…
Read MoreUnion Square is known today as a site of public gathering and for expressions of discontent. This is built upon Union Square’s rich, multi-layered history as a public space in…
Read More…finding that the complex known as Washington Square Village was eligible for inclusion in the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places. In this evaluation, SHPO noted that Washington…
Read More…extensions of the Washington Square houses.” Washington Square Park Washington Square Park is home of the eponymous arch, the fountain, street performers, and so much more. The park prides itself…
Read More…sapsucker Washington Square Park Washington Square Park is a central gathering place for New Yorkers of all stripes. Between the musicians playing, the students laughing, the bubbles floating through the…
Read More…Christopher Park. The park became a center of civic life in the community. In 1935, a statue of Civil War General Phillip H. Sheridan was placed in the park. A…
Read More…the form of protest and riots in Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. These protests reflected somewhat the shifting nature of the park and the neighborhood at the time….
Read More…through the park. Thanks to Lyons and JEC’s efforts, Washington Square Park remains automobile-free today. Read more about Edith Lyons, her preservationist strategies against Moses and the legacy of JEC…
Read More…Sunday, November 11th, 11:00am at Washington Square Park Join us at the Memorial Flagstaff in Washington Square Park to help commemorate the centennial of the World War I armistice. Wreath…
Read More…who lived at 18 Washington Square North. In fact, James depicts a nostalgic view of the area around the Square in his 1881 novel Washington Square. Today, the houses belong…
Read More…of Washington Square Park. Doris Diether, a Save the Village campaign leader, worked to rezone the aroubd Washington Square Park. This rezoning was necessary to protect the height and character…
Read More…more information on how you get involved in opposing NYU’s massive expansion plan for the Village that would greatly affect Washington Square Village. NYU’s proposals for Washington Square Village …
Read MoreNYU’s massive, out-of-scale plan to construct 2 million square feet of new buildings within the Washington Square Village and Silver Towers superblocks is touted by the University as being desperately…
Read More…can be traced back to historical figures as esteemed as George Washington, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jacob Astor, but it’s just as deeply connected to Italian immigrants and…
Read More…more fundraising from neighbors) for a permanent version was underway. The Washington Square Arch ca. 1905. The Washington sculptures flanking the archway were not completed until 1916 and 1918. By…
Read MoreThe Young Lords announced the founding of their New York Chapter in Tompkins Square Park on July 26, 1969. The Puerto Rican nationalist group started as a turf gang in…
Read More…too seedy or raffish to live in. Cars Out of Washington Square Last car through Washington Square Park, 1958. Tankel Collection, Village Preservation Today many are surprised to learn that cars…
Read More…of the Hare Krishnas, including the founder of the group, here. English Elm in Washington Square Park The English Elm located at the northwest corner of Washington Square Park was believed to…
Read More…January 1776, Washington dispatched General Charles Lee to survey the city and plan its defenses. George Washington accepting command of the Continental Army surrounded by members of the Continental Congress, lithograph by…
Read MoreChristopher Park sign. Photo courtesy of the Christopher Park Alliance. Christopher Park has come a long way; beginning its life as a condemned parcel of land on April 5, 1837,…
Read More…and the Works Progress Administration. In the 1950s and ’60s the park expanded again, absorbing Willett and Sheriff Streets into the park. After the park fell into disrepair following the…
Read More… Barefoot in the Park – Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village (Hulu) Robert Redford and Jane Fonda make our neighborhoods look really quite good On May 25, 1967, the film…
Read More…events for you. Christmas Tree in Washington Square Park. Photo courtesy of villagealliance.org. Washington Square Park This past Wednesday, the Washington Square Association held the 88th annual tree lighting ceremony…
Read More…park has been based. The Hudson River Park, with piers from which air rights can now be sold highlighted. No sale of air rights from the park was ever allowed…
Read More…dedicated to the memorial. Though the Parks Department owns the park, it is not responsible for its maintenance. Because the memorial and park (tentatively called “St. Vincent’s Hospital Park” by…
Read More…Vincent’s Triangle Park It’s a dog’s life at the park! The St. Vincent’s Triangle Park: St. Vincent’s Triangle Park has been transformed from a pretty bleak and forbidding corner of…
Read MoreThis series shines a light on the important things we’re achieving together in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. Each month, we’ll be exploring a new site or topic…
Read More…a skylight providing the rich natural light he adored and both a roof and window looking out onto Washington Square Park, the setting was ideal for both his work and…
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Read More…to Greenwich Village. One article is headlined “”Lost” Square to be Regained” and it is about how Christopher Park and the real Sheridan Square were mistaken for half a century….
Read More…two parks. L: the mosaic in the Christopher Street/Sheridan Square subway station; R: the statue of General Philip Henry Sheridan in Christopher Park Unfortunately, during most of the twentieth century,…
Read More…paving the way for it to become a neighborhood park. Christopher Park. Photo courtesy of http://iwalkedaudiotours.com. Christopher Park today is vibrant and one of the best maintained parks in the…
Read More…Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, Bryant Park, Jacob Riis Park, McCarren Park, Red Hook Park, Sunset Park, the Triborough Bridge, Henry Hudson Bridge, Orchard Beach, and the New York City Building at the 1939 New York World’s…
Read More…today one of the city’s oldest parks. So who was Christopher, the park’s namesake? The answer dates back to well before Christopher Park existed, when the environs of Greenwich Village…
Read More…Park was under the ownership of New York City until 1974, when it was transferred to the National Park Service amidst the city’s financial crisis. Jacob Riis Park was placed…
Read More“Doorway of 61 Washington Square Park” New York Bound Collection, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, 1945. 61 Washington Square South, before it was demolished in 1948, was known as…
Read More…Square Park, photograph by Ruth E. Cushman. Both images are from Village Preservation’s Historic Image Archive. One of Greenwich Village’s most recognizable views is that of the Washington Square Arch,…
Read More…of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, David Bennett Cohen, and plenty of others played their music in Washington Square Park. In 1961 the Washington Square Association, along with then-Parks Commissioner Newbold…
Read More…City Parks Department. “Union Square Park: Abraham Lincoln.” NYC Parks. The assassination of Lincoln on Good Friday, April 14, 1865 devastated the country and propelled Americans into a national state…
Read More…purchase farm-fresh produce at such markets at Union Square, Tompkins Square, and Abingdon Square. You can see a video of that program here. Abingdon Square Greenmarket The NYC Parks Department…
Read More…between Washington Square North and West 8th Street. The approximately twenty-story building contains multiple components, including a low, five-story wing that runs along Washington Square North, clad not in white,…
Read More…Hopper, lived in a studio on the top floor of 3 Washington Square North. The second home of the New York Foundling Hospital at 3 Washington Square North. Ca. 1899….
Read More…Hudson Square and the South Village HERE.) Speaker Quinn Will Decide if Rezoning Preserves or Undermines Character of Hudson Square and the South Village Tenement at 169 Sullivan Street in…
Read More…does the new Hudson Square rezoning do? The Hudson Square rezoning for the first time allows new residential development in Hudson Square, which will in all likelihood increase the amount…
Read More…was written by Sam Bodnar and Horst Rosenberg. “Around Washington Square: An Illustrated History of Greenwich Village”, Luther S. Harris George Washington’s Birthday, February 22, 1732, was once a grand…
Read More…for these safeguards and monitors to ensure landmarks and zoning regulations are faithfully enforced. Map of Hudson River Park, courtesy Hudson River Park Trust The riverfront itself has experienced a…
Read More…musician gathering in Washington Square Park “Greenwich Village had become world headquarters for a folk music scene that, to its own occasional shock and horror, was beginning to matter in…
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