The Enigmatic Chess Hustlers of Washington Square Park By Laurent Berstecher Barely a minute had gone by, and the two armies had already slaughtered each other. Leading the skirmish, a white horse jumped over the last line of defense, galloping at full speed toward its target. Having long given up any concern for their own 
By Paul Bisceglio “What would be your first action as president?” That’s one of several questions that Lori Korchek and Mike Bade asked people seated at the 540-pound replica of President Obama’s Oval Office desk that they brought into Washington Square Park on Sunday and Monday. The park was a stop on their tour 
By Paul Bisceglio And the eyases are off! Washington Square Park’s popular baby red-tailed hawk duo Boo and Scout fledged just after 8 p.m.on Monday to the delight of the area’s robust hawk-loving community. The 48- and 49-days-old siblings made their first flights within 10 minutes of each other from their nest outside the twelfth 
