Greenwich Village has always been New York’s cultural center, and Washington Square Park is the epicenter of this magical gem. The New York Times, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and even Alexander Hamilton once called the area around Washington Square Park home. Indeed the park has always be an incubator for social reform, creative inspiration, and a place to organize political protest. Although it’s history stems further back to New York’s colonial Dutch heritage. What is a vibrant public space today was bogs, marshes, and swampland with a few meager hills. Continue reading →