“Washington Square Park was the informal folk scene in NYC for some 17 years. When the sun shone singers came from all 5 boroughs of NYC and traded songs. It was a great tradition largely unnoticed by NYC until a new park commissioner, Newbold Morris, decided to revoke the permit. A protest was staged by some 300 folksingers and some 3,000 onlookers. The riot squad was called.
