Who is tompkins square park named after

Note the Hare Krishnas were there in It was free. This only drew about or I have photos of it, with Pigpen on organ in fact. You are correct!!! I was going to also respond to this. I lived on St Marks Place Cox must have been taken while the statue was still in Stuyvesant Park.

Compared to the next photo advertising English lessons, the main entrance, the building left of the library with its front flush with the library and with a storefront in it, and the building right of the library with a setback and no storefront, are all on the wrong side. I was a runnaway kid fm Brooklyn. I was at many concerts during 67, 68, I didnt go see the bands cuz I knew who they were.

The Dead, the Fish, all the bands I heard were mindblowing. Best years of my life. East Village of the sixties. Further additions to the park followed, including the Temperance Memorial Fountain , the Samuel S.

During the s, Parks Commissioner Robert Moses — made improvements what? A bandshell was completed in in time for frequent concerts and rallies, which characterized that period in history. The latest large-scale renovation took place in the s, and included the removal of the bandshell, construction of a dog run and new playgrounds, the conservation of several monuments, and the replacement of turf and sidewalks. Today it is a bucolic respite for the surrounding East Village neighborhood.

Your email address will not be published. The performances hosted by the park are as unique as its visitors: the annual lineup includes the outdoor drag festival Wigstock, the Howl Festival commemorating Allen Ginsberg, and the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. Along with its excellent people-watching, the park is equipped with two playgrounds, a handball court, chess tables, and a basketball court. Discover the history of Tompkins Square Park. Was this information helpful? Text by David Aaron Brake.

Photography by Adam Zhu and Camilla Szabo. Almost 30 years after the Tompkins Square Riot, a new protest headed by skaters preserves the sanctity of a downtown safe haven.

Over the past couple of decades, Tompkins has fostered a community of skateboarders that religiously frequent the concrete lot on the South Eastern side of the park.

This DIY skatepark has been home to skateboarding competitions and after-school sessions alike. With all the new infrastructure and gentrification in New York, easy accessibility to skateboarding has been increasingly rare—Tompkins is a staple to New York skateboarding largely out of necessity for the physical space.