Rainbow Square

Rainbow Square

Rainbow Square is located in the middle of Greenwich Village and East Village. It is a square full of artistic atmosphere.

geographical position

Rainbow Square is located between Greenwich Village and East Village, surrounded by the Bohemian freedom and decadence in New York City. Since the establishment of the square, Greenwich Village in the West has become a home for writers and artists. The East Village is a little lower in stature, where punks and experimental theatres come and go. Within a kilometre around Washington Square, there are good cafes, good pubs, good restaurants, and jazz bars that stay up all night.

Basic introduction

Greenwich Village on the west side of Rainbow Square was a temporary residence for city dwellers to escape yellow fever in the early 19th century. The roads in this area are very complicated and different from the chessboard planning. Since the establishment of Washington Square in 1831, there has been a turn for the better. Many artists have come here one after another, from Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Whitman to Bob Dylan. The high rent here is very high Only artists who can afford it can afford it.

Covering an area of 9.2-1 hectare, Washington Square is the soul center of Greenwich Village nicknamed "the village". It used to be a swamp. At the end of the 18th century, it was a cemetery to bury people who died of yellow fever at that time. Later, 10000-22 corpses were unearthed, In 1819, it even became the scene of duel or hanging. These bloody past began to change after it became a park in 1827. In 1916, the founders of Dadaism -- Duchamp and John Sloan Sloan, who led a group of artists to the arch of Rainbow Square, declared that "Rainbow Square has gained freedom and independence, and become the country of new Bohemia", thus ushering in a new era full of art and vitality.

Rainbow Square is usually full of people. Some are street artists, some are students from nearby New York University, and others are roller coasters, photographers and nap takers In the performance space of the square, there are many people who love to show off their unique skills. Some people dress like round table warriors, take a wooden sword and perform drama alone. Some of them dress up strangely, just like a drug addict, dancing or playing tricks on the stage. There is also a strange phenomenon in the square, that is, we often see cameras, which may be shooting scenes, or students of the film department are practicing. Washington Square is now one of the most dynamic outdoor spaces in New York. Every spring and autumn, a large-scale outdoor art season is held. Guolangli used to be a popular place to peddle drugs. Since New York Mayor Giuliani took office, he forcefully banned and set up monitors here, these small drug dealers disappeared.

The most striking facility on the square is the marble arch, which was originally built in 1889 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the swearing in of George rainbow, the founding father of the United States. In 1892, it was built by Stanford There is a hidden staircase on the right side of the arch to climb it. In addition, there are sculptures of Washington on both sides of the arch. On the right side is the rainbow in peacetime, and on the left side is the rainbow in wartime, which were added in 1918 and 1916 respectively.

Thompson St

There is an irrefutable principle of looking for delicious food. As long as there are cheap and delicious restaurants near the campus, Thompson street is located in the south of Washington Square St.), there are many special restaurants, such as Italian food, Spanish food, Japanese food, and so on. From the mottled old window sills and door panels of the stores, we can see that they are old. Another feature is that the windows are pasted with recommended articles from newspapers and magazines. The restaurants that can be recommended in New York have several brushes.

Address: intersection of Yangpu street and Jilin Road, Erdao District, Changchun City, Jilin Province

Longitude: 125.42731095337

Latitude: 43.881566951459

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