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The intersection of
beat and "ethnic" circles can be seen at its warm-weather wildest in the hundreds of people
who on Sunday afternoons gather round the children's wading pool in Washington
Square Park.The inner circle
consists of people who arrive by 1:00 P.M. and thus get seats on the rim of the
pool and on the steps leading down into it; this circle is a mixture of
early-rising square Villagers, many of whom have brought their children to
wade, and beats who get there early because they've been up all night. (The
beats used to get high and roll around in the pool with the kiddies, fully
clothed, until the Park Department enforced the rule restricting the pool's use
to those under 12 years of age.) Surrounding this is a second, standing circle
of clusters of folk and hillbilly performers and their listeners: uptown
tourists and new-style rich Villagers, "ethnic" teenagers, Italians,
a few beats. Around this is a third circle, also quite mixed but consisting
mostly of beats asking each other what's happening, tourists with cameras
trying to elbow their way into the second circle for a good shot, and
tight-trousered Village homosexuals walking their dogs and cruising each other.
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