{"id":5928,"date":"2022-08-08T05:57:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T09:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevillagetrip.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=5928"},"modified":"2022-08-19T06:43:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T10:43:27","slug":"in-and-around-the-square-a-story-stroll-through-washington-square-with-author-john-sorensen","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.thevillagetrip.com\/event\/in-and-around-the-square-a-story-stroll-through-washington-square-with-author-john-sorensen\/","title":{"rendered":"In and Around the Square: A Story-Stroll through Washington Square with author John Sorensen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The heart and soul of Greenwich Village is Washington Square Park.\u00a0To truly know the Village, you must first get to know the Park.\u00a0 This approximately 60-minute walking tour is a kind of\u00a0\u201cWashington Square 101\u201d\u00a0introducing participants to some of the historical and cultural highlights of the near neighborhood.\u00a0It explores the rich and powerful history of the Square \u2013 from the days of the Lenape Native Americans (who were the first inhabitants of what is now the Village area) through to the more recent times of great modern Village artists such as writer Willa Cather, painter Edward Hopper and photographer Diane Arbus.<\/p>\n

The journey begins at the fountain in Washington Square, where we reflect on the pauper\u2019s graveyard and the still-running creek underneath the surface of the Park \u2013 and look up to the sky, hoping to catch sight of the red-tailed hawks who make the Park their home.\u00a0Then, while slowly strolling from the archway around the path encircling the Park, we make a voyage of stories through which we consider a few of the key Park landmarks along the way ... from the nearby site of the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire to the long-time home of Eleanor Roosevelt and the early 1960s hang-outs of Buddy Holly and Bob Dylan.<\/p>\n