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The Washington Square Arch, officially the Washington Arch, is a marble memorial arch in Washington Square Park, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City.
El Arco de Washington Square es un arco del triunfo de mármol construido en 1892 en Washington Square Park en el barrio de Greenwich Village de Lower Manhattan en la Ciudad de Nueva York. Conmemora el centenario de la toma de posesión de George Washington como Presidente de los Estados Unidos en 1789 y forma el final sur de la Quinta Avenida .
Washington Square Park is a 9.75-acre (3.95 ha) public park in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. One of the best known of New York City's public parks , it is an icon as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity. [1]
Washington Square Park es un parque de la ciudad de Nueva York, situado en el sur de la isla de Manhattan. Cercano a la Universidad de Nueva York en el barrio de Greenwich Village, ha sido un sitio tradicional de encuentros, mítines políticos, protestas y también de actividades culturales.
Washington Arch, constructed of white Tuckahoe marble, was conceived by Stanford White, who imitated a Roman triumphal arch, namely the Arch of Titus, iconic monuments which Roman emperors built throughout the empire to celebrate a victory or event.
A temporary arch of wood and plaster was first placed in 1889 north of the park in honor of a citywide celebration of the centennial of Washington’s inauguration in New York City. The arch is also an expression of the City Beautiful movement, whose proponents sought to create civic structures and public spaces in America whose beauty and ...
Washington Square in Greenwich Village is one of New York’s most densely-used green spaces. Anchored by Stanford White’s iconic Washington Arch, it is a small park–barely 10 acres–with a long and colorful history.
