‌The hotel at 103 Waverly Place — which started as a private home, became the Earle and is now the Washington Square Hotel — has a unique place in the annals of downtown bohemia.

The original plan, initiated by the Washington Square Park Advisory Council, ... hotels and small apartments. And many of those people liked to get on soapboxes and speak their minds.

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