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Village Preservation is a leader in preserving the architectural heritage and cultural history of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo.
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Advocacy Campaign
Affordability and Preservation
Village Preservation has been a leader in refuting REBNY's arguments against landmarking and limits on development.
Advocacy Campaign
Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
The city claims the beloved Tony Dapolito Recreation Center — a city, state, and national landmark built in stages from the 1900s through the 1930s that’s served generations of New Yorkers — is beyond repair and shouldn’t be fixed. They’ve kept it closed for five years and done little to restore it. They are instead […]
Advocacy Campaign
“Gansevoort Square”
The City is planning to develop the site of the Gansevoort Meat Market north of the Whitney Museum on public land in the Meatpacking District, within a state and nationally recognized historic district. In addition to allowing an expansion of the Whitney Museum and maintenance and operations space for the High Line, it will include […]
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Civil Rights History and Diversity
Village Preservation has long made a priority of elevating, preserving, and celebrating the histories and contributions of underrepresented groups in our neighborhoods including African Americans, LGBTQ people, women, immigrants, the Latinx community, and Asian Americans.
Advocacy Campaign
Most Holy Redeemer Church
Village Preservation is working with fellow local preservation organizations and parishioners to preserve the endangered, historic Most Holy Redeemer Church at 173 East 3rd Street, between Avenues A and B in the East Village. The church was once one of the city’s tallest structures, founded in 1844 by German-speaking Redemptorist missionaries amid the growing German […]
Advocacy Campaign
Gansevoort Market
Gansevoort Market Historic District Village Preservation proposed and successfully fought for landmark designation of much of the Meatpacking District in 2003. In 2007, Village Preservation successfully nominated the entire Meatpacking District, including Chelsea Market, to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Village Preservation continues to work to protect the special architectural character of […]
