New Yorkers Embrace the First Warm Day of the Season

After a frigid, snowy, seemingly interminable winter, the first taste of mild air had people shedding layers and flocking to parks.

The New York Times

World's Fair. Figures at trylon and perisphere railing looking toward Washington Square 1939 or 1940.
Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc.
1 slide : color ; 2x2 in.

#World #WashingtonSquare #Gottscho-Schleisner #Trylon #Perisphere #Exhibitions #NewYork #NewYork(State) #UnitedStates #architecture #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2018750320/

World's Fair. General view toward Washington Square and Constitution Mall 1939 or 1940.
Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc.
1 slide : color ; 2x2 in.

#World #WashingtonSquare #Gottscho-Schleisner #Worlds #Exhibitions #NewYork #NewYork(State) #UnitedStates #architecture #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2018750318/

New York City's rapid growth required difficult decisions, including relocating cemeteries to create public spaces. Washington Square Park, Bryant Park, and other beloved locations were once burial grounds. Understanding this history adds depth to how we experience these spaces today—they're not just parks, but layers of the city's complex past.
#NYC #UrbanHistory #NewYork #CityPlanning #History #PublicSpaces #WashingtonSquare
https://www.untappedcities.com/surprise-what-nyc-former-cemeteries-are-now/?ref=daily-newsletter
Surprise! What NYC's Former Cemeteries Are Now - Untapped New York

Once graveyards in New York City, these locations are now well-known parks, parking lots, and apartments, from Bryant Park to Madison Square Park.

Untapped New York
Last stage of anti - #Trump #protest in #WashingtonSquare where are the elected officials seems like fighting #fascism isn't popular for some reason
Arriving at #WashingtonSquare with anti - #Trump protest where are the #NYU #students stop #hibernating in your #dorms
They're eating the dogs!

#newyork #washingtonsquare #cooking #dogs
Bruno's garret
"Greenwich Village N.Y.C. Bruno's garret (now Grace Godwin's Coffee House). Here lived the keeper of Potter's Field, now Washington Square."--printed on verso. New York (printed in Germany)
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f18b09c0-c55d-012f-a282-58d385a7bc34
#Bruno #GreenwichVillage #GraceGodwins #CoffeeHouse #WashingtonSquare #NewYork #Germany #London #BernardWall #Houses #NewYork(State)
Bruno's garret

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NYPL Digital Collections
Zmarła Maggie Smith – Fahrenheit

Wczoraj (27.09.2024 r.) w wieku 89 lat zmarła brytyjska aktorka filmowa i teatralna, dwukrotna laureatka Oscara, Margaret Natalie Smith.

Fahrenheit