Some of those boxes may have become early podiums for local speechmakers, reinforcing Chicago’s “soapbox” traditions. Literally. Today Washington Square Park is listed in the National ...

Spring has returned to Washington Square Park, and students and passers-by alike have flocked to the park as the weather ...

Lorde's mysterious Washington Square Park event was shut down right before it was set to start on Tuesday evening.

As fans flocked to Washington Square Park, the small quadrant that serves as the center of New York University's campus life, the pop star's unreleased single "What Was That" blared from speakers.

Update: Eager Lorde fans apparently stuck around Tuesday in Washington Square Park, and while the singer did not attend the event herself, producer and musician Dev Hynes arrived near sundown with ...