…Bois was a natural to teach the first African-American history class at a university, and The New School (then known as The New School for Social Research) was the natural…
Read More…review. The New School‘s University Center under construction at 5th Avenue and 14th Street (image courtesy of Curbed.com) The comparison is quite telling… First, The New School’s (TNS) University Center…
Read More…and Presentation of the Village Awards Co-sponsored by The New School Monday, June 16 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. Free; reservations required The Auditorium at The New School 66 West 12th…
Read More…adjoining lot. The New School for Social Research Auditorium. Image via LPC designation report, Carl Forster The New School desired a building whose architecture would reflect the institution’s progressive philosophies….
Read More…Studies and Women’s Studies The New School today via Wiki Commons Founded 100 years ago, The New School broke new ground from the very beginning. “Frustrated by the intellectual timidity of traditional…
Read More…the early 20th centuries, Greenwich Village had, along with nearby Little Italy and East Harlem, the largest Italian immigrant community in New York. 3. The New School for Social Research’s…
Read More…School for Social Research’s “University in Exile,” 66 West 12th Street Via Wiki Commons The New School was founded in 1919 by progressive intellectuals “looking for a new, more relevant model of education,…
Read More…the very first class on African American history at the New School on West 12th Street. Called “The Negro in American History” the course description simply said it would “follow…
Read More…center of publishing but of left-wing political activity. Today, the building is owned by the New School. 10 East 14th Street – The Women’s Suffrage League Headquarters (and much more)…
Read More…effort to restore the cemetery and what their plans are for its future. Don’t miss the Village Awards next Monday, June 16th at the New School auditorium – RSVP today!…
Read More…the New School in the Village, and began writing for the black newspaper Freedom. In 1953, she married Robert Nemiroff, and they moved to Greenwich Village. It was during this…
Read More…Village Awards are presented as part of GVSHP’s Annual Meeting on Monday, June 16th at the New School’s Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street. All are invited to attend, but please…
Read More…New York after serving in World War II to pursue his writing career. He studied under author and editor Hiram Haydn at the New School for Social Research. Haydn would…
Read More…II to pursue his writing career. He studied under author and editor Hiram Haydn at the New School for Social Research. Haydn would guide him in writing his first novel, Lie…
Read More…you, learn about the pigments, flourishes, details, and more! Join us! On Tuesday, October 9th GVSHP welcomed Philip, Jeremy, and Ezra to a book talk program at the New School….
Read MoreTennessee Williams’ A Street Car Named Desire, one of the most critically acclaimed plays of the 20th century, opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre….
Read More…wars, he from the Pacific where he was in combat and I from Italy where I had been in combat. We both became students at The New School for Social…
Read More…African-American colleges and African American studies (DuBois himself would teach the very first course in African American history just feet from here at The New School in 1948). DuBois reported…
Read More…the New School’s Loeb Hall dorm at 135 East 12th Street and NYU’s Founders Hall dorm at 120 East 12th Street (in response to these very out-of-context towers, GVSHP helped…
Read More…the New School for Social Research (1967-1970) and Barnard College (1970-1983). Following her service on the Landmarks Commission, Spatt stayed in Brooklyn and steped out of the public limelight. Spatt…
Read More…in American history. Click here to read more about Asian American history in Greenwich Village. “University in Exile” One of The New School’s most critical chapters occurred in 1933. When…
Read More…School Archives and Special Collections. The New School Archives and Special Collections are home to historical materials related to all divisions of The New School (founded 1919), including Parsons School…
Read More…Exhibit (1971). Photograph taken May 24th, 1971, by Carol Goodden and sourced from the MoMA PS1 Archives. The New School for Social Research at 65 Fifth Avenue (now demolished, photographed…
Read More…in 1946. By 1951, the tenant was Lane’s Department Store, a retail store that focused on women’s fashion. 63 Fifth Avenue after its conversion for use by The New School,…
Read More…the artists of the New York School created art, attended lectures, and socialized in and around 10th Street (at the Cedar Tavern, the Artists’ Club, The New School, etc.), but…
Read More…to volunteerism and giving back to her community was notable. In addition to teaching at Parsons the New School, she taught at-risk teens, inmates, seniors, and thousands of NYC public…
Read More…1968 Lewis had graduated from the New School and was based in Manhattan; Anne, after finishing her undergraduate degree at Bennington College in Vermont, joined him in the East Village….
Read More…& The New School Center for New York City Affairs. Panelists include Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; City Councilmember Rosie Mendez, former Chair of the Public Housing Committee of the…
Read More…African American history just feet from here at The New School in 1948). DuBois reported heavily upon both the successes and challenges of Black colleges and universities and dedicated two…
Read More…College of Education, and the New School for Social Research. Before blocks 432 and 433 were combined to be just known as Block 432, lot numbers 18-24, 26-30,32,34,37 and 39,…
Read More…recently, the Village boasted the first classes in African American History at The New School, taught by W.E.B. DuBois, the first home of the NAACP, the homes and work of Jean…
Read MoreJoin us on Wednesday, June 17th for the 35th GVSHP Annual Meeting and 25th Village Awards Co-hosted by The New School The Village Awards recognize the people, places, and organizations…
Read More…of John Gassner at The New School for Social Research, which landed Williams in the heart of Greenwich Village. Gassner was a theatrical scholar who was head of Playwriting and…
Read More…New York and in 1934, she began teaching photography at The New School for Social Research. She documented the changing face of New York City in a rich time capsule…
Read More…Lawrence College after a guard caught her kissing another woman, but later received her bachelor’s degree from the New School for Social Research, and a master’s degree and PhD in…
Read More…stories of 1930s mafia payoffs, 1970s-80s trailblazing queer spaces, and the 1990s blossoming of “lesbian chic.” Davis’ presentation began with a brief video produced by the New School, featuring photographs,…
Read More…as “the only authentic Italian Supper Club in New York City.” Today, the building is owned by The New School, which maintains offices there. Paining by artist Yun Gee. This…
Read More…Library of Congress Digital Collections. The New School for Social Research, 66 West 12th Street Decades after working at 70 Fifth Avenue, on September 27, 1948 W.E.B. Du Bois began…
Read MoreJoin us on Tuesday, June 6th at 6:30 pm for the 37th GVSHP Annual Meeting and 27th Village Awards — RSVP required; click here. Co-hosted by The New School The…
Read More…part of our Annual Meeting on Monday, June 16th at the New School’s Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street. All are invited to attend, but please make a reservation here. …
Read More…GVSHP’s Annual Village Awards Ceremony is on Wednesday, June 6th at the New School Auditorium, 66 West 12 Street from 6:30 until 8 pm. The Regina Kellerman Award is presented…
Read More…the its opening in 1970. Westbeth has served as a home for a myriad of artistic and cultural institutions, including Merce Cunningham and Martha Graham’s dance companies, the New School…
Read More…very few in New York City, and one of the only ones in Greenwich Village. Joseph Urban designed auditorium at The New School The New School’s Dance Studio which is located in…
Read More…The New School at 66 West 12th Street. Du Bois’s idea was to look at American history and stories through the lens of the Black experience. Since American history was…
Read MoreLooking northeast from 13th Street toward 14th Street — (l.) View from 1914 via Museum of the City of New York; (r.) View from today. The New School’s new building…
Read More…bought a house on 38 Thompson Street and began his theater company, the African Company. W.E.B. DuBois The New School, W.E.B. DuBois, and the first African-American History Course In 1948…
Read More…“action posing” for Benton’s murals at the New School a few blocks away. Raphael Soyer working on his painting “Man Drinking Beer”. His model, a homeless man named Walter Broe started…
Read More…three-story building at 55 Bank Street was transformed to house the theater program of the Actors Studio at the New School. Keith Haring posters for his first solo exhibition, which took…
Read More…study at The New School, from which she graduated with a B.A. in History and a minor in Visual Studies. At the New School, Irine focused on media history and…
Read More…the ever-shifting urban landscape. In 1934, she began teaching photography at The New School for Social Research. By 1939, with her partner Elizabeth McCausland, she would publish her most well-known…
Read More…the original American music critics, hired Aaron Copland to lecture on modern music at The New School. At that time, Copland was a promising young composer without a steady income….
Read More…Teachers College. Please join GVSHP as we present David Rothenber with a Village Award at The New School, 66 West 12th Street, on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 from 6:30 –…
Read More…Graham’s studio on 5th Avenue near 13th Street is now part of The New School. Merchant’s House Museum on East 4th Street We also enjoyed the great outdoors with some…
Read More…he moved to New York City to attend Columbia University and the New School for Social Research. Through the 1950s, he resided in Greenwich Village, where he encountered the Beat…
Read MoreLooking for a great read about Greenwich Village or the East Village? Check out this list of always essential classics, and scroll to the bottom for a list of websites…
Read More…The New School, with whom we have partnered to present a special installation celebrating the centennial of the birth of renowned writer and activist James Baldwin Pi Gardiner, longtime Executive…
Read More…accomplishments of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation and eight Village businesses, people, and organizations at GVSHP’s Annual Meeting at The New School’s Tishman Auditorium. Author Calvin Trillin salutes…
Read More…with The New School, The Meatpacking District Management Association, Doyle Partners, and MADE Design/Build. A Monument to Choice will be on display in Gansevoort Plaza. It is a physical and…
Read MoreGVSHP’s Annual Village Awards Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, June 6th at the New School Auditorium, 66 West 12 Street from 6:30 PM until 8 PM. The Regina Kellerman…
Read More…the New School. She arrived knowing more about the city’s history than its present, but with the Village as her introduction to life in New York, she found what she…
Read More…Greenwich Village within its bounds — from Washington Square to Abingdon Square, from the New School to the New York Studio School. Historic houses of worship and historic houses, key…
Read More…of the rest of the photo’s streetscape is still with us, including those beautiful second and third story bay windows in the immediate foreground, the New School buildings (one with…
Read More…1950 and used the proceeds to finish his seminal 1956 work The Story of Jazz, a popular introduction to jazz. He taught jazz at New York University and the New School, and in 1952 he founded…
Read More…Due to the onset of World War II, Hayter moved the studio to the New School for Social Research at 66 West 12th Street in 1940, and subsequently opened an…
Read More…at 55 Bethune Street in Westbeth. In 2015 we unveiled one of our historic plaques in honor of her, with The New School, at 66 Fifth Avenue where her company rehearsed and forged…
Read More…well as at the New School. During the Depression, he worked with the Works Progress Administration’s Public Works of Art Project. Through these programs, Gross taught art, and created sculptures…
Read More…in New York City. She moved to Harlem in 1951, attended the New School in the Village, and began writing for the black newspaper ‘Freedom’. In 1953, she married Robert…
Read More…graduate course in creative writing at the New School, and her writing workshop for mothers at the Lower East Side Girls Club resulted in the publication of the collection, I…
Read More…stay in as good condition as the Appleton & Co building. According to Daytonian in Manhattan, “Today the building is home to the New School University’s Milano Graduate School of…
Read More…the area’s history as a center of both publishing and left-wing political activity. Today, the building is a home for The New School. 43-47 East 10th Street, the L. Sachs…
Read More…anti-lynching anthem “Strange Fruit” The birthplace of Howard Bennett, the man who spearheaded the successful drive for a national Martin Luther King Jr. holiday The New School, where W.E.B. DuBois…
Read More…in 1944. Listen to Vincent Livelli’s Oral History here. Edwin Fancher and Gloria McDarrah, 80 University Place Edwin Fancher, 2019. Photo courtesy of The New School. Edwin Fancher (born 1923)…
Read MoreLast evening, as part of Village Preservation’s Annual Meeting, we celebrated the best of Greenwich Village, the East Village and NoHo by presenting our annual Village Awards. Each June for…
Read More…Professional Staff Congress of CUNY. He has spoken and presented at Columbia University’s Teacher’s College, The New School, CUNY Grad Center, Lehman College, Pratt Institute, and at his alma mater…
Read More…decades. GVSHP will be honoring it with a Village Award at our upcoming ceremony at The New School on June 16th. Founded by Jim Drougas in 1992, the shop was…
Read MoreThe ground floor studio of sculptor Chaim Gross. Image courtesy of the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation Off the Grid is highlighting the winners of GVSHP’s 2015 Village Awards, in…
Read More…its bounds — from Washington Square to Abingdon Square, from the New School to the New York Studio School. Historic houses of worship and historic houses, key sites of immigrant…
Read More…Abingdon Square, from the New School to the New York Studio School. Historic houses of worship and historic houses, key sites of immigrant, LGBTQ, African-American history and so much more…
Read More…the unveiling ceremony here and video here.) Lorraine Hansberry Lorraine Hansberry was a playwright and activist most commonly associated with Chicago, but studied at the New School after moving to…
Read More…an Arts Afterschool Coordinator where she gained an interest in community engagement. She recently graduated from the New School where she majored in Interdisciplinary Arts with a concentration in Visual…
Read More…this performance was offered a seven year contract with Universal Pictures. He also studied acting at the New School. Dion — While Dion DiMucci of Dion and the Belmonts fame…
Read More…and the New School. Now we’re in a neighborhood and while it’s nice to be in a neighborhood we don’t have the kind of business that we had then, although…
Read More…Mandel, and the New School’s all-student Ornette Coleman Ensemble. Greenfield and Gilliam see LESHM as a way to create a more cohesive community among the area’s countless cultural groups, as…
Read More…St. Joseph, ministering to the students, faculty, and staff of the New School and New York University. The Interior of the Church of St. Veronica-in-the-Village St. Veronica’s, located on Christopher…
Read MoreGVSHP’s Annual Meeting and Awards are quickly approaching (this coming Monday night from 6:30 to 8pm at the New School’s Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street — RSVP here). This year…
Read More…as the fight against evictions, while attending The New School in Greenwich Village. Around this time she also joined the staff of the black newspaper Freedom, edited by Louis E….
Read More…fight against evictions, while attending The New School in Greenwich Village. Around this time she also joined the staff of the black newspaper Freedom, edited by Louis E. Burnham and…
Read More…poetry in 1963.” Weiner’s poetic education in New York began with a class she took with Kenneth Koch at the New School. In this context, she began situating herself in…
Read More…an eviction notice from The New School and after observing how bookbuying had changed while he was in charge of the store, saying people “don’t have the space anymore to…
Read MoreToday we welcome aboard at Village Preservation Maya Wilson (pronouns: she/her) as our new Programs Associate. Maya has been an intern with Village Preservation since June of 2022, and has…
Read More…provides insight into the dramatic transformation of the city’s relationship to food and restaurants over the past half century. In a conversation we co-hosted for the New School’s Gotham on…
Read More…caught her kissing another woman, but later received her bachelor’s degree from the New School for Social Research, and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the City…
Read More…Unoppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Books Village Community Boathouse & Kathy Donaldson (Regina Kellerman Award) 2013 Annual Meeting and Village Awards at The Auditorium at The New School A few months ago…
Read More…Historic Historic District. The effort paid off in 2021, when the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the structure a landmark. The following year, Village Preservation, The New School, and an array…
Read More…in a ceremony presented by village author Calvin Trillin. All are welcome to join the ceremony at the New School’s Tishman Auditorium, a beautiful interior landmark. Reservations must be made…
Read More…for two prominent educational institutions: Pratt Institute and The New School. 144 West 14th Street Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. 144 West 14th Street (aka 138-146 W. 14th St.) is…
Read More…in the East Village. He took classes at the Educational Alliance Art School on the Lower East Side, later becoming a teacher there and at the New School. During the…
Read More…5th Avenue is home to the New School’s Milano School for Urban Policy. The architectural integrity of the structure still exists, though, paying homage to its days as a warehouse….
Read More…present a program with our co-sponsors at The New School about the history of this Village institution. Julia Foulkes, Associate Professor of History, has entitled her lecture/slideshow, “What is New…
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