Roundup of posts on immigration and the Village

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Photo courtesy of avvo.com.
Immigration is a core theme in the history of New York City, and in the Village this is reflected in both the architecture and remaining and past cultural enclaves. People from all over the world come to our neighborhoods, adding to the vibrancy and life within them. We here at GVSHP are proud of and celebrate the Village’s history of immigration and the legacy it has left behind. Below is a roundup of some of our stories about immigration, historic cultural communities, and the changing faces of a neighborhood made richer by its openness to new peoples and ideas.

Here are some general posts about immigration and the Village neighborhoods:
Sullivan-Thompson, a District of Immigrants
Immigrant Stories – America’s Greatest Asset
When They Stemmed the Flow of Immigrants into New York City

The East Village was once home to the largest German community in the world outside of Germany. Read more about the community of Kleindeutschland, or “Little Germany,” here:
Ottendorfer Library Landmark Designation
Walking East 7th Street: Decatur Place to Kleindeutschland
Remembering the General Slocum Tragedy
Landmarks50: Germania Fire Insurance Company Bowery Building
The Synagogues of East 6th Street
Looking Up: The Stuyvesant Polyclinic
The Libraries of Greenwich Village and the East Village
Looking Up: East Village Target Practice
From Singing to Sofas: The History of the Burger-Klein Building
Brunswick Apotheke, Englehardt & Huber, Kiehl’s Since 1851
Landmark Designation of the Ottendorfer Library 1st Floor Interior

The East Village is also home to a large Ukrainian community; learn more about that history below:
Little Ukraine in the East Village
Spotlight On the Ukrainian Museum: Ukrainian Art and Culture in the East Village

The history of the South Village is particularly tied with Italian-Americans in New York City:
Vesuvio Playground: A Haven for the South Village
Tenements of the South Village
A Catholic leader for the South Village
In its long history the Village has seen many other cultural enclaves and communities settle within its borders. There are too many to name, and probably many more we still have yet to cover, but below are a few of our posts that highlight the cultural communities that had settled into, and some can still be found, within the neighborhoods:
Celebrating Hispanic Culture in the Heart of the Old Little Spain
Program Recap: The Origins of Little Spain and The Whitney Museum
Ninety-Eight Years Ago, Puerto Rican Migration to the Lower East Side Begins
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