Christopher Park

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btwn Christopher St & Grove St (at 7th Ave) New York , NY 10014 United States

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Compass

Though just a round brick walkway and a few benches , Christopher Park is beloved because of of the its Gay Liberation Monument , which honors the LGBT rights movement and the spirit of free expression.

Jorge Ortiz

George Segal 's statue was too controversial for Christopher Park's neighbors in the 1980s. It found a home at Stanford University , where it still stands. A replica was finally installed here in 1992.

IWalked Audio Tours

Located on site of tobacco farm in 17th century. In late 18th/early 19th century farm lands were subdivided & what remained was .145 acres of undeveloped space-Christopher Park . Full history via<LINK> Read more

Andrew Furman

Check out the statue of Philip Sheridan. He was a civil war army general that lead the Union Cavalry. His scorched earth strategy is credited with forcing the surrender by Robert E. Lee at Appomattox.

ArtNerdNewYork

Across from the famed Stonewall Inn , in a gated park area in Christopher Square two cast white male statues stand in a frozen intimate chat, while two women statues sit with each other on a nearby Read more

Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl

Beautiful little park , across from The Stonewall Inn and Kettle of Fish (former Lion's Head)- two fantastic literary bars ! Read more

Ruby Anaya

Get a matcha latte across the street and chill here.

The Sonnet Project

Gay Liberation in Christopher Park was the featured location for Sonnet 20, performed by Eric Percival, directed by Guy Patton as part of the NY Shakespeare Exchange's Sonnet Project. Read more

Marcos Velez

Swing by Corrado's (one block East of the park ) and pick up some pastries to enjoy in the park .

Jessica

I've managed to run into the garbage-can-throwing man here on two separate occasions -almost exactly a year apart - and I'm still alive to talk about it. :)

Greg Bruno

Gay people we have a park !! Yes!

Tadas Valiukenas

Yep, it's early

The Standard

George Segal Gay Liberation Sculptures

justinstoned

miss the park being open late

Benny Lam

Grossed out by all the flies that were hovering everywhere.

Leo Skvirskiy

Хотя парк населен преимущественно бомжами, тут установлен памятник приверженцам однополой любви.

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