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Washington Square Park is a 9.75-acre (3.95 ha) public park in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is an icon as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity. [1] The park is operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks).
The Washington Square Arch, officially the Washington Arch, [1] is a marble memorial arch in Washington Square Park, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by architect Stanford White in 1891, [ 2 ] it commemorates the centennial of George Washington's 1789 inauguration as President of the United ...
Hangman's Elm, or simply "The Hanging Tree", is an English Elm located at the northwest corner in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City. It stood at 135 feet (41 m) tall when measured c. 2000, [1] and has a diameter of 67 inches (1.7 m). [2] [3]
Constructing a new Royals ballpark across from Crown Center in Washington Square Park is a hot topic of discussion in City Hall these days, Star sports columnist Sam McDowell reported this week ...
Washington Park in Albany, New York is the city's premier park and the site of many festivals and gatherings. As public property it dates back to the city charter in 1686, and has seen many uses including that of gunpowder storage, square/parade grounds, and cemetery.
In 1970, in order to construct a new promenade through the park, the statue was moved fifteen feet to the east. During its movement, a glass vessel from the 1880s was discovered beneath the statue containing newspaper articles of Garibaldi's death, a history of the Committee for the Monument of Garibaldi, and poster and news clippings ...
New Yorkers mockingly celebrated the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Washington Square Park with a truly tasteless shooter look-a-like contest — as the frantic manhunt ...
Volunteers donate blood September 11, 2001, at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois at a blood donation station set up to help victims of the World Trade Center attack in New York City.