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Sasaki Garden in Washington Square royal ascot Village A Walking Tour with Ellen Jouret-Epstein Thursday, August 1 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. Meeting location provided after registration is confirmed Free; reservations required This 1.5 acre garden at Washington Square Village was completed in 1959 as an integral part of that modernist apartment complex, now owned by New York University.  An early project of the young landscape architecture firm, Sasaki, Walker and Associates, royal ascot the Garden is one of the few examples in New York City of open space so well integrated with housing, and the only one from its period royal ascot to survive. Based on her study of the garden, Ms. Jouret-Epstein will discuss royal ascot the interesting history of the Washington Square Village complex, from its origins as part of Robert Moses’ development plans for the South Village to its purchase by NYU, and highlight the garden’s design royal ascot and planting strategies that have preserved space and light for the surrounding buildings for more than 50 years. Image and text from GVSHP. royal ascot
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