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101 Avenue A: From German Bars to DayGlo Stars
101 Avenue A. Photo by Barry Munger. On June 19, 2008, 101 Avenue A, home to the Pyramid Club, was found eligible for listing on the State and National Registers…
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Honoring and Preserving 101 Avenue A, Home of the Pyramid Club
On October 30, 2007, GVSHP submitted a request to the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission that they consider 101 Avenue A (6th/7th Streets) in the East Village as an individual New…
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101 Avenue A: Melting Pot to Hot Spot
101 Avenue A: Melting Pot to Hot Spot A Panel Discussion Moderated by Village Preservation Executive Director Andrew Berman Few buildings embody the full zeitgeist of everything East Village as…
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Welcome to the Neighborhood: Baker Falls, 101 Avenue A
…gathering space at one of the most storied performance locations in the neighborhood. Today, we welcome to the neighborhood (and to 101 Avenue A) Baker Falls, where you can find…
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101 Avenue A
101 Avenue A Read Blog Posts about 101 Avenue A Built in 1876 and designed by architect William Jose, this distinctive Neo-Grec design has an ornate cornice, fire escapes, and…
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Pushing the Envelope on Avenue A
101 Avenue A, photo by Barry Munger While Greenwich Village will always be equated with the Gay Rights Movement, particularly for its role in the series of protests at the…
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Accomplishments
…Film Archives) and 101 Avenue A; the district also included notable sites such as the Congregation Mezritch Synagogue and the Community Synagogue (both of which GVSHP had fought to landmark)…
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15 things you didn’t know about the East Village
…of entertainment, humor, mysticism, or illusion. But starting in 1979 with the opening of the Pyramid Club at 101 Avenue A, drag took on a new in-your-face defiance, as traditional gender-bending…
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In the East Village, Aiming to Leave No Deserving Place Behind
…New York City Marble Cemetery give you a thrill? Perhaps passing exuberant 101 Avenue A, the Pyramid Club, puts a bounce in your step? Well, there’s good news: these unique…
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In the East Village, Aiming to Leave No Deserving Place Behind
…to advocate that areas including Anthology, the NYC Marble Cemetery, and 101 Avenue A be included. (GVSHP had been advocating since 2007 to landmark 101 Avenue A.) After considerable lobbying…
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The Pyramid Club: New York City’s First Drag Landmark
…at 101 Avenue A. Image courtesy of Sally Davies. On October 30, 2007, Village Preservation submitted a request to the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission that they consider 101 Avenue A…
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East Village Nightlife: A Home for Drag and DIY Performance
…Jonas collection in our historic image archive, we can see the rarely told histories of this iconic space and its contemporary, The Pyramid Club (101 Avenue A). Candis Cayne and…
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Neighborhood History
…known as PFLAG, Parents, Friends, and Families of Lesbians and Gays, now a national organization with 350 Chapters and 200,000 members. 101 Avenue A (site of the Pyramid Club) In…
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Landmarking 101: Determining Historic District Borders
…as a landmark district. So as we celebrate this long deserved piece of landmark protection, we thought we would revisit our Landmarking 101 series to talk a little more about…
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Landmarking 101: The Case of 121 Charles Street
…the home’s landmark status. So we thought we’d take this opportunity to review 121 Charles Street as part of our Landmarking 101 series. First, a little history on this home….
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23 LGBT landmarks of the East Village and Noho
…also here, which was published in 1964. His writings often reflected and referenced his East Village surroundings. 20. Pyramid Club, 101 Avenue A 101 Avenue A, via Village Preservation Located…
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Historic Preservation 101: What is a Landmark?
Architect Phillip Johnson and others protesting the demolition of Pennsylvania Station We speak often of historic districts, individual landmarks and national and state register sites but, what do those terms…
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Landmarking 101: Common Misconceptions
Historic reenactors at Colonial Williamsburg Last week we explained what a landmark is and how designation affects property owners. Today, we’ll try to dispel some of the inaccuracies and…
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Seen and Heard Around the Village 10.12.11: West Edition
The Love Bench is ready for Fall After 13 years Babbo is still popular, and neighbors don’t like it (Gothamist) Curbed reports that construction is underway at 2 scandalous Village…
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Seen and Heard Around the Village 10.12.11: East Edition
John’s of 12th Street was thrilled to be featured on Sunday’s episode of Boardwalk Empire! Facing eviction, Village Scandal holding sale to pay for legal fees (EV Grieve) Looking at…
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Seen and Heard Around the Village 10.12.11: For Food Lovers
Dessert Club Chikalicious welcomes in fall with new sweets (Serious Eats) Grade A restaurants are back in the East Village (KikaEats) Take a tour through West Village French restaurant Lyon…
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Seen and Heard Around the Village 10.19.11: West Edition
Jim Carrey may be the latest celeb to buy in 176 Perry (Curbed) In 1951 Washington Square Park had doggie problems (Ephemeral New York) Grey Dog will be closing its…
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Seen and Heard Around the Village 10.19.11: East Edition
Enjoy Karl Fischer’s 263 Bowery penthouse for just $15K per month (EV Grieve) Brazen Katz’s Deli purse-snatcher on the loose! (Gothamist) Starbucks hired Liqueteria’s manager to help launch their new…
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Landmarking 101: Just what is calendaring and why should I care?
Webster Hall became an individual New York City landmark on March 18, 2008, almost a year after it was calendared. Six years ago today, on August 8, 2007, the Landmarks…
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Landmarking 101: What Can They Do Here?
Perhaps one of the most frequent questions we here at GVSHP get from the public regarding landmarked sites or sites within designated historic districts is “what can they do here?”…
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Historic Preservation 101: What is a Landmark?
This is a re-posting of a piece originally written in 2011. Architect Phillip Johnson and others protesting the demolition of Pennsylvania Station We speak often of historic districts, individual landmarks…
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101-103 Perry Street
APPROVED on 08/05/2014 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Hudson and Bleecker Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A building comprised of five 19th-century houses combined and…
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101 MacDougal Street
APPROVED on 05/13/2014 CB2 hearing: 04/21/2014 LPC hearing: 05/13/2014 South Village Historic District Between Bleecker and West 3rd Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A tenement…
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101-103 Perry Street
8/5/2014 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….
Posted June 2, 2020
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101 MacDougal Street
5/13/2014 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….
Posted June 2, 2020
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Four Unknown Workers Take Photo at night at Ground Zero, one wearing a hat from local Laborers Union 1010
This image is part of the Louis “Sonny” DeLuccy collection, which is dedicated in memory of Sonny and to honor him and others as heroes for their sacrifice. This image…
Posted September 8, 2021
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Community Land Trusts 101 – A Workshop with the New Economy Project
New Economy Project visits with Village Preservation to share important and fascinating information about community land trusts — nonprofit corporations that hold land on behalf of a place-based community, while…
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Workshop: Ukrainian Pysanky 101
Zoom Webinar: Advanced Tickets required. Limited Tickets available. Honor the ancient magic of the pysanka, or Ukrainian Easter egg, by making your own this spring. You will learn the batik-like,…
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101-111 West 10th Street
Greenwich Village Historic District West 10th Street between Patchin Place and Sixth Avenue LPC designation report: Available in PDF. Application is to modify a storefront and signage master plan approved under Certificate…
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Latest Landmarks Applications: 101-111 West 10th Street, 16 Jones Street, 34 Perry Street, 675 Hudson Street, 302 West 13th Street
Village Preservation provides an ongoing record of all applications for changes to landmarked properties in our neighborhoods (Greenwich Village, NoHo, Gansevoort Market, the South Village, and the East Village) that…
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Labor Demonstrations Nothing New for Village
…to Rosie the Riveter. In 2006 GVSHP discovered a plan to demolish the building and replace it with condos; GVSHP provided the Landmarks Preservation Commission 101 Avenue A (credit: Barry…
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From Singing to Sofas: The History of the Burger-Klein Building
…as German community meeting and clubhouses including the landmark German-American Shooting Society Clubhouse at 12 St. Mark’s Place and the Pyramid Club at 101 Avenue A, a site GVSHP successfully…
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Most Popular Posts of 2019
…https://gvshp.org/blog/2019/08/12/mazel-tov-yiddish-theater-is-born/ 3. The Pyramid Club: New York City’s First Drag Landmark 101 Avenue A is home to the Pyramid Club which became a launching point for pioneering drag superstars like Lady Bunny…
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Iron in the Sky
…East 4th Street were lovingly restored by FAB. The fire escapes at 101 Avenue A, also home to the Pyramid Club. Also in the East Village, if the decked-out partygoers…
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July 2024 Programs: Book Talks, Tours, LEGOs, and More
…at 101 Avenue A, the Pyramid offered a mixture of cultures: from groundbreaking, irreverent theater and experimental music to “anti-drag” that challenged the norms of gender binaries and stereotypes. It…
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Victory! After Four-Year Campaign, 50 West 13th Street Wins Landmark Designation!
…101 Avenue A (home of the Pyramid Club). No. 50 West 13th Street is one of more than 1,250 buildings in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo for which…
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The East Village’s Own, Allen Ginsberg
…the former Frank Stella studios at 128 East 13th Street, the Anthology Film Archives, and the Pyramid Club at 101 Avenue A in the proposed East Village/Lower East Side Historic…
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Landmarks Preservation Commission Celebrates Gay Pride, Doesn’t Designate Gay Landmarks
…GVSHP asked the LPC to consider landmark designation of 101 Avenue A, an incredibly architecturally distinctive 1876 tenement with a ground floor used for generations as a German immigrant social…
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Smells Like The Pyramid Club
…on April 26th, 1990, the band played a highly important gig at The Pyramid Club at 101 Avenue A in the East Village. Nirvana at The Pyramid Club, April 26,…
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This Day in History: The Rosenbergs are Convicted
…having two sons, the family moved to 103 Avenue A, between East 6th & 7th Streets and right next door to 101 Avenue A. According to the book Ethel Rosenberg:…
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This Day in History: The Rosenberg Trial Begins
…to 103 Avenue A, between East 6th & 7th Streets and right next door to 101 Avenue A. According to the book Ethel Rosenberg: Beyond the Myths, their apartment, one…
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