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The Bones Beneath Washington Square

The Bones Beneath Washington Square

Keith Riegert, Managing Editor

On one of the last warm days of the season, just before Halloween, I walked from work down Fifth Avenue, beneath the arch and through Washington Square Park to school. The park, still barely lit by the sun, was humming—students chatted on benches, folk, jazz and bluegrass musicians played all at once, just out of earshot of one another and dozens of families enjoyed a last warm afternoon together. As far as New York City goes, Washington Square Park is among the best refuges from the crush of city life. But staring up at the arch in the fading fall light, I could only think of one nagging fact: Beneath the oversized bubbles, chalk-written pavement and rolling lawns, there are a lot of bodies.…

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