Washington Street Advocacy Group
Creative, guerrilla advocacy for historic preservation and historical memory in Lower Manhattan.
5 World Trade Center · Charging Bull at Bowling Green · Elizabeth Berger Plaza · Heritage Trails New York · Ottoman America · Percent for Art Reform · Preservation Field Survey of Lower West Side · Project Khalid and Ameen Rihani · Public Design Commission · Rector Street Mosque · SheBuiltNYC and Monument Locations · SoHo/NoHo Rezoning · South Street Seaport · St. Joseph’s Chapel · Suffrage Monument · The Downtown Community House and Little Syria · The September 11 Memorial and Museum · Thomas Jefferson Sculpture: Documents and Timeline · Walking Tours · Yuga Labs and Bored Ape Yacht Club
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all →WSAG Opens a Public Record on Damage to the City-Owned Jefferson Sculpture
After discovering a quill-repair item on the Public Design Commission’s consent agenda, WSAG is assembling the incident, treatment, and approval records for public review.
New Al Qalam Sign Text and Full Diff
A revised Al Qalam sign is now posted at Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza, and WSAG has published a side-by-side diff of the original and revised text.
Washington Street Advocacy Group and Todd Fine Condemn Ryder Ripps's Statement on Yuga Labs
Todd Fine offers a statement in response to Ryder Ripps's statement of April 10, 2026.
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