When it comes to street performers it's pretty hard to beat New York's Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village -- "The Village".

The history of the Park proper goes back more than a Century and Greenwich Village itself long before that.

Washington Square Park has seen so many different demonstrations, political rallies world-class and no-class entertainers, beatniks, hippies, derelicts, dog walkers, wackos, weirdos and anything else that walks or crawls!

Here are some street performers from Washington Square Park and San Francisco's Fishermen's Wharf.