Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. This huge park to gather today saxophone, blues singers, tourists and college chess
Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. This huge park to gather today saxophone, blues singers, tourists and college chess players all the time, was once a swampy area in which people are challenged to duels, executions were practiced and had even served as a mass grave. One of the biggest attractions of the park, is Stanford White Arch, a marble arch 22 meters high, which was initially built in wood, and served for the artist Marcel Duchamp in 1916, climbed to the top it, declaring the park "free and independent republic of Washington Square, New Bohemia".
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