The First-Timer · Jack · New York
Washington Square Park
This is where you sit, not where you rush through. Buy a coffee, take the fountain rim, and watch the city perform itself for an hour. It's the most free entertainment in Manhattan.
The Village's living room. A marble arch, a fountain, chess hustlers, and a free piano on a good day.
— Jack, The First-Timer
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