Police stood guard at the entrance of Washington Square Park, sending protesters spilling out into nearby streets.

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At Washington Square Park, some students attending New York University were decidedly unenthusiastic about the latest proposal.

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They liked its red Federal-style exterior and its location close to Washington Square Park and a subway that could take them up to the "Sopranos" set in Queens.

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So on we went into an eerie Washington Square Park, full of tourists and crackheads, through an uncomfortably desolate Greenwich Village and SoHo, to a quiet TriBeCa.

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Forty-three people in Washington Square Park did and moved it to its destination, some even pointing the robot back in the direction it came because it was heading toward the street.

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Ben Kingsley is the instinct-squelching teacher, who passes his own fear and loathing about winning and losing to his student, while Laurence Fishburne is the intuitive one, a Washington Square Park speed-chess freak who inspires exuberant invention.

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Fill up on organic blueberries and heirloom tomatoes at the Union Square Greenmarket, then wander past the students and chess-players in Washington Square Park to linger over cappuccino in an old-fashioned Italian pavement cafe on Bleecker Street, or cool off Middle-Eastern style with hummus, mint-studded lemonade and chilled salads at Hummus Place (88 MacDougall St).

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Close down the open drug market in Washington Square, and it does not automatically migrate to Tompkins Square Park.

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