Talk:Washington Square Park
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[edit] Fictional Accounts
The article mentioned something about its infamous drug dealings,and how that is used in fictional accounts. Anyone know of any books or movies that use that as a plot line?
Actually, for the past couple years, illicit drugs and crime have been at an ultra low rate, due to a cop station being deployed right on the park.
The Movie Barefoot in the Park starring Jane Fonda and Robert Redford was filmed here.
- Washington Square Park still has a reputation as a drug dealing hot spot, which is why I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned in the pop culture section. One movie where this is prominently featured is Igby Goes Down. --djrobgordon 16:35, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
It's not Washington Square Park of course, it's Washington Square, as everyone knows. Washington Square, New York would be the sensible title for this article. Someone has made a separate article for Washington Square North. A sense of context is lacking. --Wetman 07:56, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
- I thought that "Washington Square" referred to the entire block (i.e, including the streets), whereas "Washington Square Park" only refers to the grounds of the park. Perhaps the difference is small, but it is a distinction. --Tothebarricades 00:00, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Mass grave
I think there should be some reference to the fact that Washington Square Park was once a mass grave during the Cholera Prestilence.
[edit] History Edits
I just did some edits - mainly correcting facts and dates in historical sections. They were primarily based on research Dr. Joan Geismar did during the 2 recent archeological assessments of the park, but also on 19th century writings about the park at that time.
Sorry to anyone who was in love with the Hangman's Tree! That elm stands on the other side of the valley the Minetta ran through. It was on private farmland, not on city land.
I also added info on the Stonecutter's Riot, and a bit of info on who used to sit and sun themselves in the park in the mid-20th century.
And I de-NYU'd the description of NYU's use of the park. Yes, they consider it part of their campus, and they use the arch on their promotional stuff. But it is in fact a city-owned and city-maintained park, free to anyone, and NYU has no special claim to it. They have to rent it from the city for graduation ceremonies. I think I achieved neutrality in that part of the entry.
EdgarCarpenter 22:21, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Robert Moses/Jane Jacobs Factual Inaccuracy
Factual Inaccuracy- The Lower Manhattan Expressway was not planned for Washington Square. (see LOMEX) Nor was it planned in 1952, which is which predates the Interstate highway system. 1962 was the correct date, and it was planned further downtown in the area by Canal Street.
That was not a reference to LOMEX, it was about the 5th avenue extension through the park and through the neighborhood below. I changed the sentence to be explicit. EdgarCarpenter 22:29, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
