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May 25, 2012
Come Rain or Shine, A Few Eating Options For Memorial Day Weekend
Hopefully this rainy week will turn into a stunningly sunny weekend. No one wants a washed out Memorial Day weekend, so we'll keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best as we make our plans. We're mostly half-glass-full types anyway. With that in mind, we'll offer up a few outdoor eats for the c ... More >>
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April 7, 2012
Pillow Fight Underway in Washington Square Park
Not enough celebration for you with Passover and Easter falling on the same weekend? Well, today is also International Pillow Fight Day , and a celebration is happening now in Washington Square Park.
Blogs
February 13, 2012
Occupy Valentine's Day: Tomorrow's Bed-In in Washington Square Park
Revolutionary GamesThe flyer for tomorrow's "Bed-In."Valentine's Day, it is now well-established by crushingly overwhelming consensus, is more or less the worst, a vastly successful conspiracy by the Things-That-Are-Pink-Or-Made-Of-Chocolate Industrial complex to boost sales. Whether you a ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2011
Washington Square Park Musicians Share Their Take on Occupy WSP
Rebecca NathansonSean Daly playing his guitarMuch has been written about the Financial District community's reaction to Occupy Wall Street's continuing occupation of Zuccotti Park, and now that a splinter group from the movement has spread to Washington Square Park, its presence is being felt ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
When Can We Expect 'Occupy Washington Square Park'?
Rosie Gray A "temperature check" during last night's Washington Square Park GA.Last night, representatives of Occupy Wall Street facilitated a General Assembly in Washington Square Park. It was a smaller crowd than usual, never more than 150 people or so, but the topic at hand could prove imp ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2011
Washington Square: Occupy Wall Street Protestors Forswear Baked Goods
Echoing and denying Marie Antoinette's admonition to "Let them eat cake," OWS took the protest to Washington Square Park Saturday afternoon, complete with call-and-response slogans and plenty of homemade signs, often humorous.
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October 15, 2011
Arrests Made at Occupy Wall Street Protest of Citibank [VIDEO]
About 20 people were arrested this afternoon after entering a Citibank near Washington Square Park. The New York Observer reports that about 20 demonstrators entered the bank on LaGuardia Pl., some with the intention of closing their accounts. Once inside, security is said to have asked them ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2011
A Duel Will Take Place in Washington Square Park Sunday
Not this kind.This Sunday, from from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Holley Plaza in Washington Square Park will be the site of an actual duel, hosted by the Martinez Academy of Arms. Along with a demonstration of the older methods of swordsmanship, observers will get facts, stories and anecdotes about th ... More >>
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October 10, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Eyeing Tompkins Square Park
Occupy Wall Street has been camping out in the Financial District for over three weeks now. They're starting to spread out, though; this past weekend they held a rally at Washington Square Park and they're reportedly eyeing Tompkins Square Park as a protesting location as well. A picnic is planned t ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
1,000 People Joined in the Light Saber Battle at Washington Square Park Saturday
Paul QuitorianoIf you found yourself walking through Washington Square Park this past Saturday night, you probably noticed the crowd of people dressed in Jedi robes and brandishing light sabers. The event, as we'd written earlier this month, was actually an organized activity, not just your a ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2011
There Will Be a Giant Lightsaber Battle in Washington Square Park This Month
On Saturday, September 24, there will be an epic event in Washington Square Park, a night to remember, Jedi vs. Sith, hands aglow with lightsabers, battling to the pain or to whatever one battles to with a lightsaber. The brains behind Lightsaber Battle 2011, Kevin Bracken and Lori Kufner of ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Indian Creperie Coming Soon to Bleecker Street
Lauren ShockeyComing soon!Perhaps capitalizing off the success of Thiru Kumar, a/k/a "the Dosa Man," who peddles his vegan, South Indian rice-and-lentil crepes on the south side of Washington Square Park, a new spot called Indian Creperie is set to open in the upcoming weeks at 190 Bleecker S ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Cast In Concrete #1: Meet The Jittery Improv Quartet Sistine Criminals
Cast In Concrete tracks Vijith Assar as he records the musical offerings of New York City's street musicians. Who: Sistine Criminals When: 6/4/11, about 5 p.m. Where: Washington Square Park Quite the debatably fortuitous beginning to this enterprise, getting run over by a mobile mariachi q ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
5 Places in NYC To Get Wet and Cool Off
It's hot. Like sauna-0hot. Like walk-outside-and-you-feel-like-you-can't-breathe hot. Like instantly-break-into-a-sweat hot. The impenetrable heat gave us the desire to return to our childhoods, get into a bathing suit (or just go topless, because we can) and frolic through the sprinklers on ... More >>
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June 3, 2011
Colin Huggins, Street Performer, to Push His Piano to Washington Square Park Tomorrow
Tomorrow at about 9:30 a.m. street musician Colin Huggins will move a Yahama baby grand piano from a Manhattan Mini Storage on Spring Street to Washington Square Park by himself. And if maneuvering a five-foot three-inch piano around city blocks sounds really difficult, Huggins said "it's muc ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
Sorry Kids, No Olive Oil Gelato This Year at the GelOTTO Cart
Lauren ShockeyFind the GelOTTO cart in Washington Square ParkIt's Memorial Day Weekend, which means frozen treats season is officially in business. Like every summer, the GelOTTO Cart will be parked in Washington Square Park, selling gelati from Mario Batali's nearby OTTO. But this year, do ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
'Hitler-Like' Mustache Gave Away Bank Robber
Djamil Azizi, also known as John Amir, was spotted on a security camera near Washington Square Park by police, who noticed his "Hitler-like mustache" two weeks after he tried to rob a Chelsea bank. He demanded money at the Chase Bank on Eighth Avenue and West 15th Street only to run away with ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
Our 10 Best Vegetarian Street Foods
Rebecca MarxMexicue's beet and goat cheese taco. While street food is, to many people, still synonymous with street meat, there are plenty of vegetal pearls to be found among the literal swine. You just have to search a little harder, and we have, across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. What ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
How Awesome Is This Weather? Pretty Awesome.
We ventured out of our bat-cave to Washington Square Park to see how New York's human people were enjoying this awesome weather (mostly so we could enjoy the weather a bit ourselves). The happiness quotient of NYC has increased a thousandfold. It's like it never snowed at all! It's above 60 degrees ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
Are Campuses Doing Double Duty as Drug Havens? Plus: Which NYC School Is the Druggiest?
The New York Post is billing an "exclusive" this week about how Columbia University has systematically failed to report its drug-using student populace to police or prosecutors. The not-so-earth-shattering expose comes on the heels of last week's big frat house drug bust, which led to the ar ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
Free Things in New York City: AIDS Tests, Washington Square Park, Tomorrow
Tomorrow is World AIDS Day, which is neither a celebration of AIDS nor the day everyone in the world gets AIDS, but a day dedicated to AIDS awareness, which there will never be enough of. Like AIDS tests. Which are going to be given away for free in Washington Square Park tomorrow.
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October 3, 2010
"You-Are-Loved" Glowlight Vigil Tonight in Washington Square Park
This Sunday, October 3rd, NYU LGBTQA student leaders and Delta Lambda Phi are hosting a glowstick vigil (no candles allowed!) beginning at 9:00 p.m. in lower Manhattan's Washington Square Park. The event is scheduled as a reaction to six recent suicides related to homophobic bullying, includi ... More >>
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August 10, 2010
Vietnam 1969: The Moratorium Movement!
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 9, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 52 Plans Set For Viet Moratorium Plans were revealed Friday for massive New York City participation in the nationwide Vietnam Moratorium on October 15 which will seek to "end business as usual" on that da ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
North Square Will Now Pack You a Picnic Lunch
Calling all Washington Square Park ants.Washington Square Park-goers will no longer need to brown-bag it. Not only is the park getting a new cupcake-and-milkshake food truck, but now North Square, still the only restaurant on the square, will pack you a picnic lunch box to enjoy in the sun.
Blogs
April 12, 2010
New Washington Square Park Bathrooms Eco- and Hookup-Friendly
BKSK Architects LLPIt's bathroom day in New York City. No, that's not what we mean. But it's some kinda coincidence that on the same day that amNewYork reveals the results of its six-month adventure into the bowels of hell spelunking for the best (and mostly worst) places to relieve yourself ... More >>
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April 8, 2010
Parks Department to Use Cupcakes to Fend Off Weenie Vendor Competition at the Met
clevercupcakes/FlickrNo end in sight.Mayor Bloomberg may pay all sorts of lip service to the importance of healthy eating, and his Board of Education may want to keep anything baked by human hands out of the schools, but the city's Parks Department is apparently more than happy to peddle cupc ... More >>
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March 29, 2010
Ricky Powell's Official Guide to Rappin' With The Rickster, His Legendary '90s Public Access TV Show
Sitting on a park bench in Washington Square Park on a Thursday afternoon, with a small silver transistor radio clutched in his left hand and his trusty Minolta AF2 Hi-Matic camera slung around his shoulder, 49-year-old Ricky Powell breaks off from conversation to yell at a gaggle of teenage girls ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2009
Washington Square Park to Get Private Security Force
Looks like the newly renovated Washington Square Park is getting a private security force. The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park is gathering funds to hire off-duty cops and maintenance workers to patrol the Park by next summer. Conflict is promoted in the press between activist Ron Kub ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2008
Week in Review: A Home-Made Midi File Ringtone of Cut Copy's "In Ghost Colours"
Looks like the newly renovated Washington Square Park is getting a private security force. The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park is gathering funds to hire off-duty cops and maintenance workers to patrol the Park by next summer. Conflict is promoted in the press between activist Ron Kub ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2008
Here's Some Video from the Fall Out Boy/Washington Square Park Fiasco
Looks like the newly renovated Washington Square Park is getting a private security force. The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park is gathering funds to hire off-duty cops and maintenance workers to patrol the Park by next summer. Conflict is promoted in the press between activist Ron Kub ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2008
Clip Job: Stopping Washington Square Roadways
Looks like the newly renovated Washington Square Park is getting a private security force. The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park is gathering funds to hire off-duty cops and maintenance workers to patrol the Park by next summer. Conflict is promoted in the press between activist Ron Kub ... More >>
NYC Life
December 4, 2007
New Year's Eve 2008 Pursuits
Looks like the newly renovated Washington Square Park is getting a private security force. The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park is gathering funds to hire off-duty cops and maintenance workers to patrol the Park by next summer. Conflict is promoted in the press between activist Ron Kub ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2007
Obama's Coming to the Apollo
Looks like the newly renovated Washington Square Park is getting a private security force. The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park is gathering funds to hire off-duty cops and maintenance workers to patrol the Park by next summer. Conflict is promoted in the press between activist Ron Kub ... More >>
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June 19, 2007
Dosa Man Kicks it with Rachael Ray
Looks like the newly renovated Washington Square Park is getting a private security force. The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park is gathering funds to hire off-duty cops and maintenance workers to patrol the Park by next summer. Conflict is promoted in the press between activist Ron Kub ... More >>
NYC Life
December 5, 2006
New Year's Eve Event Guide
Looks like the newly renovated Washington Square Park is getting a private security force. The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park is gathering funds to hire off-duty cops and maintenance workers to patrol the Park by next summer. Conflict is promoted in the press between activist Ron Kub ... More >>
NYC Life
August 1, 2006
Saturday 8/12
Looks like the newly renovated Washington Square Park is getting a private security force. The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park is gathering funds to hire off-duty cops and maintenance workers to patrol the Park by next summer. Conflict is promoted in the press between activist Ron Kub ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2006
Judge Blocks Wash. Sq. Park Plan
Looks like the newly renovated Washington Square Park is getting a private security force. The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park is gathering funds to hire off-duty cops and maintenance workers to patrol the Park by next summer. Conflict is promoted in the press between activist Ron Kub ... More >>
NYC Life
July 25, 2006
Bohemian Rhapsodies
Looks like the newly renovated Washington Square Park is getting a private security force. The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park is gathering funds to hire off-duty cops and maintenance workers to patrol the Park by next summer. Conflict is promoted in the press between activist Ron Kub ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2006
Suit Seeks Halt in Wash. Square Revamp
Looks like the newly renovated Washington Square Park is getting a private security force. The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park is gathering funds to hire off-duty cops and maintenance workers to patrol the Park by next summer. Conflict is promoted in the press between activist Ron Kub ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2006
Peaceful Gnome Clowns Take Manhattan
Looks like the newly renovated Washington Square Park is getting a private security force. The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park is gathering funds to hire off-duty cops and maintenance workers to patrol the Park by next summer. Conflict is promoted in the press between activist Ron Kub ... More >>
Specials
October 18, 2005
The 50th Anniversary Special: An Introduction
Looks like the newly renovated Washington Square Park is getting a private security force. The Coalition for a Better Washington Square Park is gathering funds to hire off-duty cops and maintenance workers to patrol the Park by next summer. Conflict is promoted in the press between activist Ron Kub ... More >>
News
May 31, 2005
Extreme Makeover
Washington Square Park renovation battle gets personal—and private
News
November 25, 2003
Merry Mayhem
Washington Square Park renovation battle gets personal—and private
NYC Life
May 13, 2003
Theater
Washington Square Park renovation battle gets personal—and private
NYC Life
March 25, 2003
On Message
Washington Square Park renovation battle gets personal—and private
NYC Life
May 28, 2002
Classical/Opera
Washington Square Park renovation battle gets personal—and private
News
March 27, 2001
Shutter Bugged
New York’s Hidden Cameras Are Watching. One Suspicious Tour Guide Wants to Show You How.
News
February 1, 2000
Edifice Wrecked
Villagers file lawsuits against NYU over new student center
News
May 4, 1999
Smoke and Jeers
Million Marijuana March Protests NYC's Record-High Pot Arrests
News
May 12, 1998
Hemp and Circumstance
Family Day Values Uproot the Weed in Washington Square
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