This Week in NYC History: Folk Singers and the Right to Sing at Washington Square Park (1961)

Janos.nyc reader Jon Reznick has joked that this site is a daily history of riots in New York City, and it’s true that Gotham’s manic energy has lent itself to nearly every type of riot imaginable. So why not a folk singer riot? In 1961, beatniks were ascendant. Ginsberg and Kerouac were mainstream hits, and…

Today in NYC History: George Washington’s Kicks Off the Revolution In New York (1776)

Revolution was coming. The American Continental Congress, sensing the inevitability of a break from the British Empire and the ensuing war, had called George Washington, the head of the Continental Army, to come down to New York from Boston. Even though New York’s population of 20,000 was only the seventh largest in the colonies, Washington considered…

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This Week in NYC History: Folk Singers and the Right to Sing at Washington Square Park (1961)

Today in NYC History: George Washington’s Kicks Off the Revolution In New York (1776)