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NYC Parks Reinters Human Remains Found in Washington Square Park
The following is a press release issued by NYC Parks on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. NYC Parks today reinterred the fragmentary more…
Keeping the Community Arts Grants Alive
In Washington Square Park, the warmer weather is a harbinger of the busy season when in-Park programs start up again, filling the more…
6th Annual Community Arts Grants – OPEN NOW!
The Washington Square Park Conservancy is proud to launch its sixth annual Community Arts Grants program, which supports more…
History Being Made
It’s Black History Month, and each week we’ll be exploring a different facet of black history in and around Washington Square more…
Black History Around the Neighborhood
It’s Black History Month, and each week we’ll be exploring a different facet of black history in and around Washington Square more…
Rose Butler
It’s Black History Month, and each week we’ll be exploring a different facet of black history in Washington Square Park. This more…
The Half-freed Slaves of WSP
It’s Black History Month, and each week we’ll be exploring a different facet of black history in Washington Square more…
Greenwich Village – A Free and Independent Republic
It seems like no matter the year, and no matter the crisis, when things are going down…Washington Square Park is the place more…
From Potter’s Field to Parade Ground
January 16, 1826 is a significant date in Washington Square Park’s history. Not because anything particularly grand or exciting more…
The Bright Side of 2020
As 2020 dawned, shiny and full of promise, Washington Square Park was prepared to greet the new decade with a season of fun. more…