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What's happening with Phase II-B / Chess Plaza & Southwestern End...
Checking in on Washington Square Park Redesign: Phase II – September is around the corner and while Phase II-A – the entire Eastern end – finally opened a few months ago in early June; the remainder,...
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Washington Square Park Redesign — Phase II's Final Piece, The Popular Chess...
Updated 12:26 p.m. — What is going on with Phase II-B, the Chess Plaza and Southwestern section, at Washington Square Park? Work has been stopped for about 3 weeks now. The chess players long ago...
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Part I: Community Board 2 and NY City Council Disavow Oversight of Washington...
Amended sign- Completion Date: "Or whenever... zzz" On September 29th, I wrote about how construction on the SouthWest Quadrant/Chess Plaza at Washington Square Park had been stopped for about 3 weeks....
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Among Other Things, Phase II Contractor Confirms WSP Fountain is Not Aligned...
Oh Dear... Updated 3:45 p.m. — I’ve written here about the problems and certainly the delays on Washington Square Park’s redesign over the last few years. Now it has been confirmed that the stalled...
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Washington Square Park Redesign Phase II-B/Chess Plaza Finally Sees Some...
Updated – Work began again on Phase II-B / Chess Plaza last week! We’ll see if it keeps going and will get to completion by month’s end (previous completion dates for this section have been: Fall...
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Chess Plaza – SW Quadrant – So Close & Yet Will It Be Completed This Year?
Off Limits for Oh So Long So Close... And Yet? Part of Phase III Now Fenced Off Even I get a bit tired writing about the status of Washington Square Park Redesign: Phase II… When I wrote my last post...
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After 29 Months, Will the Final 'Piece' of Washington Square Park Redesign:...
WSP SW entrance -- will these fences really be coming down at last? Completion date on sign: "Summer 2011" (Formerly Fall 2010) The Lonely Chess Plaza Washington Square Park Redesign: Phase IIB — the...
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Almost All Fences Come Down and Yet … Chess Plaza/SW Quadrant Not Open
Fence Remains at Entrance SW Corner Looking South .. Fence Free Work on Fixing Blacktop Halted? Chess Plaza Ready for Action ... Friday (March 2nd), as I anticipated, many of the fences came down on...
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Chess Plaza Opened Today!
Remaining Fences Down! Among the first Chess Players at newly open Chess Plaza Path looking South Well, it took 29 months, but, at last, the Chess Plaza and SW Quadrant – Phase II-B of construction at...
View ArticleWashington Square News, NYU's Daily Newspaper, on Chess Plaza Opening
For readers of this blog who are looking for more “positivity” here, here you go. Washington Square News, NYU’s daily newspaper, reports on the opening of the SouthWest Quadrant,”Fences Come Down at...
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