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The Office for Creative Research's We Were Strangers Once Too is a public sculpture that will be installed in Times Square, featuring data about the United States immigrant populations.

Public Sculpture Displaying Data on US Immigrants Planned for Times Square

The "controversial" artwork proposed by Aaron Bell.

Your Yoga Routine Is Not Safe! Noose Scultpure Can Go Forward, City Decides

By Guelda Voien
NEW YORK - MAY 02: Men sleep on park benches May 2, 2007 in New York City. New York City released its Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) today which concluded that unsheltered homelessness is down 15 percent from 2005. The report also showed that among the homeless, 19 percent fewer individuals are living on city streets or in parks since January 2006. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Is Homelessness in Tompkins Square Park Actually Increasing?

By Catherine Rafter
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation employees take down a statue of former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden at the Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, New York, on April 6, 2016. (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

A 100-Pound Statue of Edward Snowden is Installed—Briefly—in Fort Greene Park

By Ashley Chappo
Construction of temporary ramps for the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge will include the costly removal of 16 trees (MTA/flickr).

MTA Forced to Cough Up $500,000 Over Tree Removal

By Nicole Puglise
NYC Parks free workout

No Sweat: Poor Attendance Plagues NYC’s Free Valentine’s Workouts

By Anna Perfecto Canlas
Tree damage in Prospect Park. (Prospect Park Alliance)

Nature-Deprived Scofflaws Ignore Closures for a Walk In the Park

By Kim Velsey
At least some people seem to be having fun. (NYC Parks Department)

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Fights, Thefts And Litter At McCarren Pool

By Kim Velsey
Benepe: Looking for a new spot in the sun

Bye Bye Benepe: Parks Commissioner Bows Out

By Kim Velsey
The Romney campaign's fantasy Twitter version of Bill Clinton. (Photo: Twitter)

Pols and Patrons Plead: Don’t Cut The Parks Department

By Jess Schiewe
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