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Happy Landmark Anniversary to Webster Hall!

…real estate development pressure grew exponentially in the East Village during the 2000s, and historic sites like St. Ann’s church just one block north were lost to out-of-scale developments, GVSHP…

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Lost Saints of the Village

…Anne’s Church, 110-124 E. 12th St. St. Ann’s Church and rectory, pre-demolition. On 12th Street, between 4th and 3rd Aves., sits the site of the former St. Ann’s Church.  In…

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East 12th Street Dorm

East 12th Street Dorm / St. Ann’s Church NYU In late 2005, NYU announced plans to build a 26-story mega-dorm on the site of the demolished St. Ann’s Church, on…

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NYU vs. the East Village

…majestic elk, shot and stuffed.” Facade of St. Ann’s in front of Founders Hall First constructed in 1847 as the 12th Street Baptist Church, the church was rebuilt under the…

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History Lost to NYU

…61 Washington Square Park South. Part of Genius Row. Not far away, the historic St. Ann’s Church was demolished in 2005 to make way for NYU’s ‘Founder’s Hall’ dorm at…

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Germania Theatre Then & Now

…photo actually began life as the Church of St. Ann’s, which makes sense given the ecclesiastical design of the building. It was built at some point in the mid-19th century…

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The 2010 Census — Highs and Lows

…on the site of the (largely) demolished St. Ann’s Church (GVSHP, and many others, fought very hard against the construction of this ‘mega-dorm’). NYU’s ‘Founder’s Hall’ dorm under construction These…

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113-117 East 11th Street

This four-story building was designed in 1870 as a school for St. Ann’s Church by the well-known architect Napoleon LeBrun, who later became the official architect of the New York…

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