#1: Tuesday, August 17, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 6:25am. West side.

Newspaper stands
are allowed to be placed directly in front of subway entrance/exit. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#2: Tuesday, August 17, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 7:20am. West side. Newspapers that
were on the ground are placed in a stand. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#3: Tuesday, August 17, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 7:20am. West side. Two guys handing
out newspapers directly in front of subway entrance/exit. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#4: Tuesday, August 17, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 9:15am. West side. Newspaper stand
allowed to be placed directly in front of subway entrance/exit 24 hours a day. Photo taken by Miriam
West.
#5: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 10:50am. South plaza. These
barricades have been lying in the middle of the sidewalk for at least 11 days, creating a public safety
hazard. Please see evidence file 13 for photos taken on August 7, 2010 of these same barricades lying in
the middle of the sidewalk. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#6: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 10:50am. South plaza. These
barricades have been lying in the middle of the sidewalk for at least 11 days, creating a public safety
hazard. Please see evidence file 13 for photos taken on August 7, 2010 of these same barricades lying in
the middle of the sidewalk. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#7: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 10:50am. South plaza. Homeless
people sleeping in the alcove up on the South Plaza, ruining the aesthetics of the park. Photo taken by
Miriam West.
#8: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 10:50am. Homeless man allowed to
wheel around a shopping cart, piled high with his belongings, ruining the aesthetic of the park. Photo
taken by Miriam West.
#9: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 10:50am. West side. Green
Mountain Energy display is allowed to set up next to the Greenmarket.. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#10: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 11:20am. South plaza. Metro
newspaper allowed to leave a newspaper stand directly in front of the subway entrance/exit. Photo taken
by Miriam West.
#11: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 11:20am. South plaza. Metro
newspaper allowed to leave a newspaper stand directly in front of the subway entrance/exit. Photo taken
by Miriam West.
#12: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 11:25am. South plaza, west side.
Greenmarket trucks allowed to park on top of ventilation grates, leaving little room for pedestrians to
walk. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#13: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 11:25am. West side. Huge
Greenmarket truck is allowed to park behind and on the side of the fountain, blocking access to the
fountain. The truck is so big, it blocks the view into the park and ruins the aesthetic of the park. Photo
taken by Miriam West.
#14: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 11:25am. West side. Farmers
market vendors are allowed to block access to the benches and use them for their own use, be it resting
or to store their inventory. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#15: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 11:25am. West side. Farmers
market vendors are allowed to block access to the benches and use them for their own use, be it resting
or to store their inventory. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#16: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 11:25am. West side. The
designated spots on the Greenmarket days are in such a horrible area where there is hardly any foot
traffic, art vendors have stopped coming to the park on Greenmarket days. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#17: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 11:30am. South plaza. Gambling
chess players are allowed to set up their gaming area directly in front of the Spanish Steps, blocking
access and at times drawing large crowds. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#18: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 11:30am. South plaza. Gambling
chess players are allowed to not only block access to the Spanish steps, but also to put their chairs on the
steps and set up directly next to the subway entrance/exit. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#19: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 11:50am. West side, behind the
fountain. Drunk or drugged up man sleeps on the bench, preventing people from using the bench and
ruining the aesthetic of the park. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#20: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 12:05pm. Gambling chess players
allowed to set up their table and chairs in front of the Spanish Steps, blocking the stairs. Please note
empty crate with separate orange crate on top if it, placed there to save a spot. Photo taken by Miriam
West.
#21: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 12:10pm. South plaza. Gambling
chess players allowed to set up directly next to the subway entrance/exit and on the stairs, blocking
access. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#22: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 12:20pm. South plaza. Gambling
chess players allowed to set up their tables directly in front of the Spanish Steps, blocking access. Photo
taken by Miriam West.
#23: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 12:20pm. South plaza. Gambling
chess players allowed to set up their tables and chairs directly in front of the Spanish Steps, blocking
access. This particular chess player puts his chair on the steps. Please note the large crowd. Photo taken
by Miriam West.
#24: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 12:25pm. West side. The
designated spots on the Greenmarket days are in such a horrible area where there is hardly any foot
traffic, art vendors have stopped coming to the park on Greenmarket days. The Greenmarket trucks and
tents block the views of people passing by so there is less foot traffic. They also create a barricade and
discourage people from walking around them, where the art vendors are. Photo by Miriam West.
#25: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 12:25pm. West side. I was not
standing in a designated spot when I took this photograph. The designated spots start further down to my
right. This photograph illustrates the fact that even if the art vendors were allowed to set up further north
on Union Square West, they would still be blocked by the tents, trucks and foliage. Photo taken by Miriam
West.
#26: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 12:25pm. West side. The
Greenmarket trucks and vans block the sidewalk, forcing pedestrians to walk in the street which is
dangerous. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#27: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 11:25am. West side. Greenmarket
trucks and vans create a barricade, discouraging people from walking around the trucks and down Union
Square West, where the designated spots are. This is the main reason art vendors have stopped going to
Union Square on the Greenmarket days. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#28: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 12:25pm. West side. Harp player
setting up directly in front of the Gandhi statue. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#29: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 12:35pm. South plaza. Gambling
chess player joking around with a PEP officer. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#30: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 12:35pm. South plaza. Gambling
chess player allowed to set up directly next to the tree. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#31: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 12:45am. West side. The harp
player was asked to move from the other spot and she sets up in front of the fountain. Photo taken by
Miriam West.
#32: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 12:45pm. West side. The same
drunk or drugged up man is still sleeping, an hour later, on the bench, blocking access to those who want
to sit and enjoy the park. Photo taken by Miriam West.
#33: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 12:50pm. South plaza. The
gambling chess players are allowed to leave their unattended chairs in front of the Spanish Steps. Photo
taken by Miriam West.
#34: Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Union Square Park. Approximately 12:50pm. South plaza, west side.
People are allowed to chain their bicycles to the tree guards. Photo taken by Miriam West.