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Edwin Fancher, Co-Founder of The Village Voice

Edwin Fancher (August 29, 1923 – September 29, 2023) was a co-founder and part-owner of The Village Voice, along with partners Dan Wolf and Norman Mailer, from the 1950s until…

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The Village Voice Past and Present

The Village Voice made its home in Cooper Square from 1991 to 2013. Photo by David Shankbone. Last week’s announcement in The Villager confirming The Village Voice’s move from its…

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In the Village Voice today – August 31, 1967

Though the Village Voice ceased production some time ago, old issues can provide a nice insight into what was going on in the neighborhood and the world in years passed….

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The Village Voice Building Didn’t Always Look This Good

…of the Village Voice) in the NoHo Historic District. Do any readers have information about this fire? Fire at 36 Cooper Square, courtesy Museum of the City of New York…

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New April and May Programs: Walking Tours, Histories of Fifth Avenue and The Village Voice, and More

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Fred W. McDarrah’s Greenwich Village and the East Village of the 1950s and 60s

…his start covering the downtown beat of the Village Voice in the 1950s and ’60s, as that publication was defining a newly-emerged breed of independent journalism. McDarrah penetrated the lofts…

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Village Awards: Your Nominations Help Celebrate Our Neighborhoods

…Preservation into the library for a number of programs, including the Village Voices gala event. Village Preservation Supporters celebrating the 2022 Village Voices Program at the newly renovated Jefferson Market…

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From the WNYC Archives: Change and Continuity in Greenwich Village

…Voice” by 50 Years/50 Covers – Front pages to remember, The Village Voice. On October 4, 1959, Edwin Fancher, a co-founder of the Village Voice and Greenwich Village resident, spoke…

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Let Me Introduce To You: Sgt. Pepper’s Greenwich Village Band

…the cover of the Village Voice at the end of the year. John Lennon was an avid reader of the Village Voice, and affording to Tim as told to him…

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Fall Auction: A First for Village Preservation

…NYC” by the Village Voice. Learn about the rich and often overlooked histories of our neighborhoods through the eyes of an expert who lives and breathes celebrating and preserving those…

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Announcing the 2017 Village Awardees!

…at the Green Oasis community garden, participating in reading encouragement programs at local schools, and providing gifts to children who complete a reading challenge. Image via The Village Voice Patisserie…

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Estate of Fred W. McDarrah, 2019 Village Awardee

…Julius’. Image copyright Estate of Fred W. McDarrah. Fred W. McDarrah was the primary (and often only) photographer for the Village Voice for decades, since the newspaper’s inception in 1955….

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Out of the Broom Closet: Gay Activist & Village Wiccan Leo Martello

…and reclaim it as a term of empowerment. In the article, entitled “THE SUMMER OF GAY POWER AND THE VILLAGE VOICE EXPOSED,” the activists write: “The Village Voice and its writers have once…

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Literary Rebels: Five Banned Book Authors Connected to the Village

…at 147 Avenue A and considered a pivotal comix magazine so countercultural it made “The Village Voice look like a church circular,” according to The New York Times. Since its…

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Remembering A Village Icon: Otis Kidwell Burger

…in the New York Times, the Village Voice, and the Villager. Other literary works by Otis included her science-fiction short stories and several books like The String That Went Up,…

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Howard Johnson’s in Greenwich Village

…at the corner of Greenwich Avenue. Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York unearthed an advertisement for the restaurant in a 1955 issue of the Village Voice, showcasing its special Thanksgiving dinner menu….and…

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South Village Reminiscing

I am not a native New Yorker, but as a long-time (now former) resident of the South Village, I had the distinct privilege of getting to know many people who…

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Otis Kidwell Burger, Who’s Seen the Village From Suffrage to Luxury

…book reviews and articles for the New York Times, the Village Voice, and the Villager, among others. She’s also published science fiction short stories on a variety of platforms including Galaxy magazine, and…

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Jean Shepherd: Village Raconteur

…his radio program, Shepherd promoted Greenwich Village, The Village Voice, and other aspects of the then-prominent culture identified with it, such as jazz and the Beats. In this 1960 short film Village…

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Happy Birthday to Villager Gloria McDarrah!

…who had been a WWII soldier stationed in Japan. He sold advertising at The Village Voice and worked as a photographer. The McDarrah’s raised two sons, Tim and Patrick. In…

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Silent Teacher: East Village Poet Hannah Weiner

…performances entitled STREET WORKS 1-7. Weiner collaborated with her romantic partner, the Village Voice art critic John Perrault, as well as fellow poet Marjorie Strider, to create these avant-garde “happenings.”…

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The Redstockings: “Rapping” for Reproductive Rights in Greenwich Village

…event picked up media attention from several outlets, including this article, “Everywoman’s Abortions: ‘The Oppressor is Man,’” from The Village Voice’s Susan Brownmiller: “Restocking Rap – Everywoman’s Abortions: ‘the Oppressor…

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A Video Legend in the East Village

Today marks the anniversary of the opening of the first Blockbuster store in the country in 1985, in Dallas, Texas. Filled with childhood nostalgia, we couldn’t help but recall the…

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The Village in Song

…lyric: To riding your bike midday past the three piece suits To fruits, to no absolutes To Absolut, to choice, to the Village Voice To any passing fad #86: “Bleecker…

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Save the Village!

…father’s photographs. Tim talked about the building on the corner of 7th Avenue South and Christopher Street, which is now the Duplex, but once was the Village Voice headquarters. In…

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2016 Village Award Winner: Julius’ Bar

…by Fred W. McDarrah of the Village Voice. The ensuing publicity brought attention to the cause. The “Sip-In,” as it was soon called, came to symbolize the growing campaign for…

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Philip Glass: A Life in Music, and in the East Village

…still driving a cab. His first appearance in the Village Voice was not in the review sections but in the classifieds, with an ad for his services as a mover….

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Dylan and the Village on Film

…play the clubs and become a recording artist. Photographer Fred W. McDarrah was the photographer behind the Village Voice at the time. McDarrah had a fifty-year association with the paper…

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Seen and Heard Around the Village 10.12.11: For Food Lovers

…East Village is about to get a little sweeter with Puddin’ (EV Grieve) Sam Sifton reviews West Village Spanish newbie Tertulia for the NY Times….the Village Voice reviews the Cardinal….and…

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Eating in the East Village

Luchow’s famous German restaurant on East 14th Street (replaced by the NYU Palladium dormitory). Image via NYPL.) The Village Voice recently released its annual 10 best picks for the best…

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Village Pleasures for a Long Winter’s Eve

…wrote for the Village Voice for 50 years, is the subject of this documentary that played at film festivals in 2013. This spring, it will make its premiere in local…

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Celebrating Shirley Hayes, Village Activist

…would collect 16,000 signatures in support of its cause and would earn the support of several newspapers, most notably the Village Voice, as well as, gradually, that of politicians. She…

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Seen and Heard Around the Village 9.2.11: For Food Lovers

…breaks news that the Big Gay Ice Cream store will open on Saturday! And the Village Voice has a menu! Highlands team to open Whitehall in former Sweetiepie space (Eater)…

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This Day in History: Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated

…California in early 1968. More mourners lining the train route. In either case, the Lion’s Head was next door to the offices of the Village Voice, and both Pete Hamill…

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New Historic McDarrah Photos Added to Historic Image Archive

…for the Village Voice for decades, since the newspaper’s inception in 1955. He captured the counterculture of Greenwich Village and the East Village, Gay Rights, Women’s Rights, the Vietnam War,…

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Small Business Roundtable: Support, Protect, and Shop!

…of the uniqueness of our inclusive big city. Owner Charles Branstool, looking good and hydrating at the same time! In 2010, The Village Voice named Exit 9 Gift Emporium in…

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Evelyn Haynes: Insights from the Archive of a Preservation Pioneer

…1968 Issue of the Village Voice details community efforts to landmark Greenwich Village prior to its 1969 designation. A native New Yorker, Haynes was an editor at Vogue, where she worked…

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Jonathan Ned Katz Oral History: LGBTQ Historian, Painter and Pioneer

…seen an ad for the play, with my name on it, in The Village Voice. And she said, [sounding distressed] “Is that you in The Village Voice?” And I said,…

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Where Hip Vintage in NYC Got its Start: Limbo on St. Marks Place

…day. According to Fred McDarrah’s (former photographer for The Village Voice) son Tim, Andy Warhol would call his father all the time to ask him to take his photo. On…

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Oral History with the Queen of Cuisine, Mimi Sheraton

…began to pursue food and food writing as a hobby. She went on to write restaurant reviews for numerous publications, including the Village Voice, New York Magazine, and the New…

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What an Electrifying Past: 19-25 St. Marks Place

…nightclub that drew more than 3,000 people to its opening night, according to contemporary coverage in The Village Voice. As evidence of its “boho chicness,” the interior pictured below, was…

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GVSHP Oral History: Gloria McDarrah

…years after moving to Village, Gloria married Fred McDarrah, who had been a WWII soldier stationed in Japan. He sold advertising at The Village Voice and worked as a photographer….

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When the “Most Dangerous Man in America” Tried to Start A Religion and Change the World from Hudson Street

…theatrical events; and Hudson Street where he handed out his own press release at the formal opening of the League for Spiritual Discovery.” Ad in THE VILLAGE VOICE,Dec. 18, 1969…

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How’s He Doing? Looking Back on Ed Koch Four Years After His Passing

…New York University, and the invasion of downtown by the Lower Manhattan Expressway.” In 1966 the Village Voice noted“Some of his friends believe he has an almost disastrous tendency —…

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Many Layers of History at St. Marks and 2nd Avenue!

…York City-style egg cream. In 1966, The Village Voice called it the “official oasis of the East Village.” 37 1/2 St. Marks Place; 132-134 Second Avenue This six-story brick tenement…

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Business of the Month: Left Bank Books, 41 Perry Street

…collectors, but also to creative professionals for whom these books might be an active resource. Erik studied literature and answered an ad in the back of the Village Voice to…

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Oral History: Gloria McDarrah and Last Chance to Purchase an Iconic Piece of History

White Horse Tavern, Hudson and 11th Streets. © Estate of Fred W. McDarrah. Three years ago today, Village Preservation conducted an oral history with Gloria McDarrah, a Village resident for…

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Taking a Closer Look at “Fortune and Men’s Eyes”

…1968. 1967 Ad for Fortune and Men’s Eyes in the Village Voice. The play received mixed reviews initially, but it struck a chord with audience members, especially those that had…

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June is Gay Pride; But July is Gay Liberation

…from the Washington Square Arch to the Stonewall Inn to commemorate the 1 month anniversary of the uprising. Reporter Jonathan Black for the Village Voice captured the spirit of this…

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Jazz This Monday Night at Zinc Bar!

Check out this great article “notebook for night owls” from the Village Voice, dated January 31, 1963. Says cornetist Jack Fine, “Some people call our jazz traditional, some think it’s…

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#SouthofUnionSquare: More Photographic History In Our Midst — 60-62 East 11th Street

…Street, home of film producers and directors David Berger and Holly Maxson; 80 University Place, home to The Village Voice, which employed renowned photographer Fred W. McDarrah; the Hotel Albert,…

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Remembering Jimi Hendrix

…of Jimi, taken by Fred W. McDarrah who worked for the Village Voice, is one of 12 photos of Village icons of their time, prints of which are available for…

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National Cheese Lover’s Day

…founded in 1962 by Murray Greenberg. Murray’s has been named “New York’s Best Cheese Shop” by The Village Voice, Time Out New York, and New York Press. Forbes.com declares Murray’s…

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Susan Brownmiller

…she wrote her first piece for the Village Voice, where she worked as a reporter. In 1966, Brownmiller moved to Jane Street in Greenwich Village. What Brownmiller has called her…

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Other Celebrities Who Have “Haunted” The White Horse Tavern

…socialists. The Catholic Workers hung out at the tavern, and the idea for the Village Voice was born around one of their tables. In fact, the Voice’s original offices were…

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Thank You and Goodnight, Mrs. Maisel!

…written by one of Abe’s former colleagues at The Village Voice, Abe and Rose Weissman enjoy a meal with friends and writers at Minetta Tavern at 113 MacDougal Street. Minetta…

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Business of the Month: Casa Adela, 66 Avenue C

…award from the Village Voice. They noted that in the bowl you will find a big hunk of chicken, with vegetables like carrots, potatoes, and orange squash, with oregano and…

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Nico Captured by Fred McDarrah

…McDarrah. McDarrah was the photographer behind the Village Voice at the time and he had a fifty-year association with the paper that chronicled the post-War counterculture and captured images of…

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Business of the Month: Gizmo Notion Corp., 160 First Avenue

…Parsons, the Lower East Side Girls Club, LaGuardia High School, and NYU. In 2015, the Village Voice named Gizmo Best Sewing Machine Repair Shop in its Best Of edition. The…

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On This Spot: Highlighting Women Artists

…York City a cultural, creative epicenter. Make sure to check out the rest of On This Spot’s incredible collection of documentaries! Their other subjects, including Lee Krasner, the Village Voice,…

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My Favorite Things: Alamo (the Cube)

…Foundation Building, the Village Voice building, and Colonnade Row, the cube and the space around it became a place to meet, interact, and sit and view the city. I’d contend…

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A Tale of Four Schools — Program Thursday

…aiming to serve as community anchors; and the old PS 64, an East 9th Street building with an uncertain future. Here is a good background piece in the Village Voice…

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Things We’re Looking Forward To Doing Again

…Fred W. McDarrah, used by permission. This image made the cover of the Village Voice, and reportedly inspired the Beatles to chose their bandleader attire for the album Sgt. Pepper’s…

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Things We’re Looking Forward To Doing Again

…jacket at Thrift Shop, St. Marks Place, December 9, 1966. Photo by Fred W. McDarrah, used by permission. This image made the cover of the Village Voice, and reportedly inspired the…

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LGBTQ History: Cooper Square and Bowery

32 Cooper Square, once Paresis Hall, is to the left of the building where the Village Voice was once housed. In the 1890s, the Bowery, like Bleecker Street, was a…

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