Here’s a delightful place to spend an afternoon. Reclaimed from drug dealers and abject ruin in the late 1980s, Union Square Park is now one of the city’s best assets and home of the New York’s most famous greenmarket. The seemingly endless subway work should no longer be disturbing the peace by the time you’re here. This patch of green remains, with or without the construction, the focal point...
Union Place, formed at the union of Bloomingdale Road (Broadway) and the Bowery, previously extended from 10th to 17th Streets. After it was landscaped and reduced to its present size, it was renamed Union Square in 1832. The equestrian statue of George Washington by Henry K. Brown and John Quincy Adams Ward was unveiled in Union Square in 1856. These days, the vibrant Greenmarket, also known...
This public plaza with a political history has experienced a dramatic renaissance.:
Overview
Home of the first Labor Day parade on Sept. 5, 1882, Union Square has been a gathering place for New Yorkers to express their outrage about labor practices, war policies and...