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View from Washington Square Arch
Much if this area south of Washington Square was landmarked in 2013 and 2016 as part of the South Village and Sullivan Thompson Historic Districts proposed and fought for by Village Preservation, and the area was listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places as a result of VP’s efforts in 2013.
Towers Burning Seen Through the Arch Titled With Dignity and Nobility
Greenwich Village resident Marisa Palmisano watched the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center burn and collapse from her neighborhood. She captured these two images in Union Square in the days after 9/11.
New Yorkers Gather to Watch from Washington Square Park as Tower 1 Burning after Collapse of Tower 2
A Village resident documented 9/11 and the World Trade Center from the streets of Greenwich Village.
New Yorkers Stand Together Shocked Tower Looking Through the Arch Looking Down 5th Avenue 1 Burning after Collapse of Tower 2
A Village resident documented 9/11 and the World Trade Center from the streets of Greenwich Village.
Tower 1 Burning after Collapse of Tower 2 through the Arch
A Village resident documented 9/11 and the World Trade Center from the streets of Greenwich Village.
New Yorkers Walking to Washington Square Arch to See Tower 1 Smoking Following Collapse of Tower 2
A Village resident documented 9/11 and the World Trade Center from the streets of Greenwich Village.
9/11 The Twin Towers No Longer Visible Through the Arch
Donated by Marjorie Zien
Bluegrass musician Roger Sprung in Washington Square Park, with the Arch behind
Bluegrass musician Roger Sprung is known as “The Father of East Coast Bluegrass,” and played a major role in the 1950s folk music revival in New York City. Photo Credit: Pryor Dodge.
Young child playing in fountain at Washington Square Park
Photo Credit: Pryor Dodge
Child and woman playing in fountain at Washington Square Park
Photo Credit: Pryor Dodge
Musician in Washington Square Park, with 37 Washington Square West visible behind
Photo Credit: Pryor Dodge
Violinist performing in Washington Square Park, with fountain visible behind
According to Pryor Dodge: “He was invariably stationed next to the flagpole (originally positioned next to the fountain). In contrast to the surrounding hip music, his repertoire of choice was the dense and harmonically complex Bach solo violin partitas. He evidently picked up the violin late in life, for his sound was scratchy and he […]
Violinist performing in Washington Square Park, with 2 Fifth Avenue visible behind
According to Pryor Dodge: “He was invariably stationed next to the flagpole (originally positioned next to the fountain). In contrast to the surrounding hip music, his repertoire of choice was the dense and harmonically complex Bach solo violin partitas. He evidently picked up the violin late in life, for his sound was scratchy and he […]
Father and son playing in fountain at Washington Square Park in Summer
Photo Credit: Pryor Dodge
Flutist playing for children in fountain at Washington Square Park
Photo Credit: Pryor Dodge
David Rosario (AKA David Peel) with Lower East Side band and Billie Joe White in Washington Square Park. 44 West 4th Street and 1 Washington Square Village (first two buildings on the left) and the Catholic Center at 58 Washington Square South (first building on the right, now demolished) are visible in the background.
Folk musician David Rosario founded the band Lower East Side, which commonly performed in the streets of downtown New York City. He was known as “David Peel” in reference to a banana peel, which was thought to produce a marijuana-like high. In the early 1970s, David Peel collaborated with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Photo […]
David Rosario (AKA David Peel) with Lower East Side band and Billie Joe White in Washington Square Park
Folk musician David Rosario founded the band Lower East Side, which commonly performed in the streets of downtown New York City. He was known as “David Peel” in reference to a banana peel, which was thought to produce a marijuana-like high. In the early 1970s, David Peel collaborated with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Photo […]
David Rosario (AKA David Peel) in Washington Square Park
Folk musician David Rosario founded the band Lower East Side, which commonly performed in the streets of downtown New York City. He was known as “David Peel” in reference to a banana peel, which was thought to produce a marijuana-like high. In the early 1970s, David Peel collaborated with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Photo […]
Washington Square Park after 9/11
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
Washington Square Park after 9/11
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
Horse-drawn snow plow in Washington Square Park
1 Fifth Avenue (built 1931) is visible in the background.
Graffiti on Washington Square Park Arch with World Trade Center in background
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.