Union Square Park

October 1, 2001

HE’S GOT RHYTHM: GERSHWIN’S 103RD BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED IN SEWARD PARK

George Gershwin would have been 103 years old on September 26, 2001. On that day, a birthday...

September 27, 2001

Letter from Commissioner Stern

Dear Friends of Parks, If ever there was a moment when the value of urban parks was...

September 25, 2001

YANKEE STADIUM HOSTS "A PRAYER FOR AMERICA"

Yankee Stadium, a New York landmark that has symbolized victory for the last four years, and...

September 18, 2001

PUBLIC SPACES ARE TRANSFORMED INTO MEMORIALS

A 25 by 12-foot American flag flies above the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows...

September 17, 2001

NEW YORKERS FIND COMMUNITY IN PARKS

Open and fully operational, New York City’s parks are able to serve in their capacity as...

September 10, 2001

THOUSANDS ROLL INTO UNION SQUARE PARK, ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK

Five thousand New Yorkers visited Union Square Park for the season finale of Parks’...

June 14, 2001

THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION MADISON SQUARE PARK IS RESTORED

Madison Square Park is home to more than 200 trees, some of them even older than the park....

April 30, 2001

ANOTHER NEW YORK POLITICIAN RECEIVES SPECIAL TREATMENT: ROSCOE CONKLING STATUE IS CONSERVED

On April 18, as part of the renovation of Madison Square Park, work commenced on the...

April 11, 2001

PARKS RECLAIMS MANHATTAN WATERFRONT PROPERTY

One century ago, railroad tracks traced the western shoreline of Manhattan. Today it is a...

January 23, 2001

STATE OF THE AFTERMATH: ENTHUSIASM FOR 2001 AFTER STATE OF THE PARKS

State of the Parks succeeded again. A crowd of over 300 attended and enjoyed a substantive...