Although the Downtown Doodler draws a beautiful arch, Washington Square Park has a dark history. Who or what lies below?
Photographs from Chuck Lau, official photographer for the 2012 No Pants Subway Ride.
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Johnny Thunders spent one night in the French Quarter before he was found dead in Room 37 of the St. Peter House. One Johnny fangirl writes about her pilgrimage to New Orleans.
Lykke Li continues the tradition of theatrical productions at Webster Hall.
There's something bold about a store that only sells one item: $45 cups. But maybe it's appropriate that such a store occupies the first floor of Jane Jacobs' home on 555 Hudson Street where she wrote The Death and Life of Great American Cities. I attended the recent "Snapshots in Storefronts" event by the Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation (GVSHP) as a volunteer, which allowed me to traverse up and down the stairs of the old home and check out the basement.
PARK(ing) Day, is coming back September 17th! The concept is simple: turn parking space into public space. It's part political, part environmental, part cultural. And for urban planners and architects, creative too.
Eric Ferrara of the East Village History Project/East Village Visitors Center unveils layers of history on St. Mark's Place.