Washington Square
Americannoun
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After nearly 20 inches of snow and a viral callout from Sidetalk—a hilarious New York-focused account with 4.4 million followers on TikTok and 1.8M on Instagram—thousands showed up to Washington Square Park for the battle.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026
Video taken Monday afternoon in Washington Square Park shows a snowball fight following an epic snowstorm devolving into some parkgoers apparently targeting police with snowballs.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Josh Suggs, the 22-year-old founder and chief executive of 203 Media, had been crisscrossing Manhattan’s Washington Square Park trying to find participants willing to smell a men’s body wash and react on camera.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
On the protesters confronted by police at the Washington Square Park “Beatnik riot” of 1961: “A few sat in the fountain and sang ‘We Shall Not be Moved.’
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025
We reached the Washington Square Arch and stopped.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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