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Gerson Ticked Off at Parks
In this week’s Villager (article not posted online till tomorrow), Lincoln Anderson reports that that City Council member Alan Gerson is threatening to withhold $6 million from the Parks Department...
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John Edwards Bashes 'Big Media Conglomerates' at N.Y.C. Strike Rally
Today, presidential candidate John Edwards spoke in Washington Square Park at a rally in support of striking television writers. A few weeks earlier, Mr. Edwards had popped in on the strike lines in...
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In Loo of Behind a Bush: City Reveals Washington Square’s Eco-Friendly Bathrooms
They’re a far cry from today’s graffiti-covered, bathroom-stall-deprived johns. Washington Square Park’s spiffy new bathrooms, pictured in the renderings to the right, will have solar thermal panels on...
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Gimme Shelter! A Taste of Mideast Mishegas Comes to Washington Square Park
Anything related to the Israel-Palestine conflict is sure to be controversial. That’s what makes it so much fun. And so it was with the graffiti-covered faux-bomb shelter/art installation erected in...
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Grave Errors In Queens: Contractor Disturbs Quaker Cemetary
Be Careful! (timmredpath, <a=href"http://www.flickr.com/photos/97797311@N00/65598022/sizes/m/in/photostream/">flickr)</a> It can be hard to know where all the bodies are buried in New York...
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Everything My Kid Needed to Know About Chess He Learned in Washington Square
My 9-year-old son Jamie is obsessed with chess. I taught him a few basic moves at 5, and then he went on to chess club, summer camp and now, tournaments. All that formal training made him a competent...
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The ‘Sketchy Corner’ of Washington Square Park Is Finally Unfenced
After nearly two years, the construction fences surrounding what NYU students refer to as “the sketchy corner” of Washington Square Park finally came down. The southwest corner of the park, which has...
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Snake of Conflicting Proportions Discovered in Washington Square Park
(Photo: Maya Salam/Twitter) Journalists allowed their imaginations to run away with them Sunday, after reports emerged that a snake had been spotted in Washington Square Park. The story snowballed...
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Lady Gaga Inspires NYU Students to Fight Back Against Israeli Apartheid Week
Inspired by Lady Gaga students at NYU are fighting back against Israel Apartheid Week
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To Do This Week: Auto Shows and Pillow Fights
Winter is over! As you emerge from hibernation, you can put your pillow to better use at the 10th Annual New York Pillow Fight Day.
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NYC College Students Stand #InSolidarityWithMizzou
On Friday, a #InSolidarityWithMizzou event was held at Washington Square Park by college students across the city.
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Afternoon Bulletin: Horse Carriage Deal Nixed, Life Without the L Train and More
The Teamsters union nixed a deal with the City Council and mayor to confine horse drawn carriages to Central Park.
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NYU’s New President Plans to Major in Cost Control
"Like Ted Cruz, I was born in another country. However, having just seen Hamilton, there’s a song about Alexander Hamilton not becoming president. Well, this Hamilton became president, but president of...
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Mexican Artist Bosco Sodi Built a Wall Faster Than Trump
Ahead of his November show at the Paul Kasmin Gallery, the Mexican artist produced an installation in the form of a wall to protest Trump.
View ArticleChloë Sevigny Revisits Washington Square Park in ‘Downtown Race Riot’
The New Group's 'Downtown Race Riot' returns actor-turned-it-girl Chloë Sevigny to the location that made her a star: Washington Square Park.
View ArticleTo Find City’s Heart, Lose Your Wallet-I Did Five Times
For a long time I’ve wondered what would happen if I lost my wallet in the city-would I get it back?-and I finally did it, five times, on Aug. 12. The Republicans gave me the excuse: What better time...
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A Catwalk Is Rejected As Locals Mark Turf
On Wednesday, July 27, Community Board 4 put the kibosh on fashion trade-show production company ENK’s plan to tent over the basketball and handball courts of DeWitt Clinton Park, at 53rd and 12th...
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Arch Enemies Reverse Washington Square Plan
Washington Square Park has been due to get its three-year, $16 million face-lift for several months now, with only a consensus among community groups and the Parks Department standing in the way of the...
View ArticleCasual Style, But Highest Caliber: Blue Hill On Par With City’s Best
Blue Hill Three Stars 75 Washington Place (Between Sixth Avenue and Washington Square Park) 212-539-1776 Dress: Casual Lighting: Soft Noise Level: Low Wine List: Unusual selections from small...
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Where I Ate in ’05: Dining Out Narrows Down City’s Best Bites
In the past year, I’ve visited nearly 100 restaurants, eaten at least a dozen tuna tartares, over 20 plates of “crudo,” a flock of organic chickens, God knows how many pounds of grass-fed beef, and...
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