New York City

Union Square Park was first opened in 1839 and then redesigned by Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted to accommodate congregations organized by New Yorkers. The Union Square park is located at the intersection of New York’s two major roads, Broadway, formerly known as Bloomingdale Road and Fourth Avenue, formerly Bowery Road. In 1831, the State Legislature authorized the site as a public place. In 1833, New York city acquired the Union Square. The Park has served as a base for many festivals and events like First Labor Day parade, first Earth Day, historic workers rallies to the present Greenmarket. Though the place was formerly a burial ground, it has been transformed from an ordinary town square to an attractive City park, accommodating statues of distinguished personalities like Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette and Mohandas Gandhi. The Union Square has served as a gathering place for more than 170 years, for the purpose of entertainment, labor, commerce, political and recreational events.

Broadway – 4th Ave., East 14th St. to East 17th St., Manhattan. (3.59 Acres)

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