NYU has gained somewhat of a recent reputation as a neighborhood heavyweight, pushing its neighbors around in a bid to expand. Its presence around Washington Square through the 19th and 20th centuries, however, gave the school a unique opportunity to catalog the area's changing times and preserve its history. The public can catch a glimpse at those earlier times in NYU's Washington Square Park and Washington Square Area Image Collection that is available for browsing online. "Many of the photographs were created by the New York University's Photo Bureau to document the University's geography and cultural life, and they provide evidence of the history of the Park and the surrounding area from the early 1800s through the 1990s." [via BoweryBoogie]
· Washington Square Park and Washington Square Area Image Collection [NYU Archives]
· MOTHERLOAD OF GREENWICH VILLAGE ARCHIVAL PHOTOS UNEARTHED [BoweryBoogie]
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