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Tyler Kingkade

New York Hosts Giant Pillow Fight!

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.09.2012

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An epic brawl took place at 3 p.m. this Saturday near the New York University campus in Manhattan: luckily no one got hurt. For three hours, New Yo...

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Washington Square Park Performers Banned From Performing Within 50 Feet Of Monuments

Posted 12.05.2011

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What would Washington Square Park be without its staple array of jazz musicians and dexterous acts like Tic and Tac? According to the city's parks dep...

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How Occupy Wall Street Is Like a Classroom

Max Bean | Posted 12.28.2011

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Max Bean

On October 15th, I watched a miracle of classroom management such as I would never have imagined possible. It didn't happen in a classroom and there was no teacher.

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Matt Sledge

Occupy Wall Street: Egyptian Activist Goes 'From Liberation Square To Washington Square' (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.08.2011

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Thousands of Occupy Wall Street supporters gathered in Washington Square Park on Saturday afternoon for a General Assembly intended to spread the move...

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City Park Bathroom Full Of Sex, Drugs

dnainfo.com | Posted 11.22.2011

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GREENWICH VILLAGE -- The Parks Department has cut short the hours of operation at the Washington Square Park bathrooms amid ongoing community complain...

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The First 'Get Your Wellness On' Fair Has Already Saved A Life

Esmeralda Williamson-Noble | Posted 05.25.2011

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Esmeralda Williamson-Noble

With the help and support of friends and readers, I organized the first Get Your Wellness On -- A Suicide Awareness & Prevention Fair to create opportunities where we can be of help to the over 33,000 people die of suicide every year in the U.S.

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Looking For Lady Gaga

Esmeralda Williamson-Noble | Posted 11.17.2011

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Esmeralda Williamson-Noble

Having a big name behind a cause is always a big help, isn't it? Particularly in the case of a cause like suicide that needs education and National di...

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Adoptapalooza For Pet Lovers In Washington Square Park

nydailynews.com | Sonja Sharp and Rachel Monahan | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was all about puppy love - and some kitty care, too. Hundreds of pet lovers milled around Washington Square Park Saturday looking to bring home a ...

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NYU Plans 40 Percent Expansion Of Campus

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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New York University is proposing the largest expansion in its history, with a new tower near Washington Square Park and the equivalent of more than tw...

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The Birth of Distrust

John Sexton | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Sexton

The unraveling of our civilization can be traced to that point. If the blessed and beloved Dodgers could leave Brooklyn, what theory, what tale, what conjecture was too outrageous to be believed?

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New Tunes On Monday: Little Walter, Prince, James Taylor, John Wesley Harding, Paul Carrack, and Matthew Barber

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

Blues harmonica player and singer Little Walter died over forty years ago, but his influences still can be heard in many blues-rock recordings that employ the instrument.

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