Those left behind in
Greenwich Village during the past weekend's long Memorial Day holiday did well to retreat to the shade. Muggy and warm days sent people to the leafy canopies of Washington Square Park and to the shady streets of the West Village. In addition to sitting, reflecting, and reading on benches, park visitors could pick among several entertainments. Children splashed in the fountain, those funny acrobat guys did multiple performances of their gymnastic routines, the piano guy played many tunes, and so did the jazz cats. A flurry of excitement hit the park late Monday, just around the time the sun was setting, when Boo and Scout, the park's adolescent red-tailed hawks, took off from their ledge on NYU's Bobst Library for their first flight.
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| American flag, Cherry Lane Theatre, Commerce Street |
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| Ivy-covered house on Bedford St. at Grove Street. |
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| Barrow and Commerce Street |
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| Looking through the fence at the garden of The Church of St. Luke in the Fields, Hudson Street |
Today, the start of the abbreviated work week, Washington Square Park is slowly filling up with its normal summertime contingent of neighbors and tourists. While less muggy, it's even hotter today. The pace stays slow. Greenwich Village is not bad under the shade.
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| Washington Square Park, morning |
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| On the window ledge of NYU's Silver Building - one of the fledgling hawks and a hawk parent, from this morning. |
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| Noon, Washington Square Park, May 29, 2012. |
Here's a general map of the park and streets mentioned in the post -
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Images by Walking Off the Big Apple from May 28 and 29, 2012.
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