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New Fight at Gritty Manhattan Park Is Over ‘Punk Rock’ Pull-Up Bars

25 October 2026 at 21:56
The Parks Department has a $10 million plan to renovate the northeast corner of Tompkins Square Park, but fans of its workout bars want things to stay just as they are.

© Nate Schweber for The New York Times

Danny Kavaldo on the bars at Tompkins Square Park. The Parks Department plans to replace them.

A rare family of barn owls moved into Manhattan's Upper West Side, captivating New Yorkers

This is the first documented instance of barn owls nesting in Manhattan in modern history, according to one expert, and the owls have attracted nightly crowds of people in the street eager to get a glimpse of the elusive birds.

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