…from 1987 to 1992. ACT UP was a direct-action group that radically changed how AIDS was perceived and treated in the United States. ACT UP’s strategies targeted the FDA, NIH,…
Read More…from 1987 to 1992. ACT UP was a direct-action group that radically changed how AIDS was perceived and treated in the United States. ACT UP’s strategies targeted the FDA, NIH,…
Read More…of ACT UP. You can also visit ACT UP’s Capsule History, which uses multimedia, news clippings, images, and a text-based timeline to explore the important history of the movement work…
Read MoreMarch is Women’s History Month. To mark the occasion, we’re taking a look at just some of the incredible women of our neighborhoods who had the deepest impact upon our…
Read MoreMarch is Women’s History Month, and we’re taking a good long look at just some of the incredible women of our neighborhoods who had the deepest impact upon our world….
Read MoreMarch is Women’s History Month. To mark the occasion, we’re taking a look at just some of the incredible women of our neighborhoods who had the deepest impact upon our…
Read MoreACT UP double-sided poster via NYPL. This coming March will mark the twenty-sixth anniversary of the founding of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) — the direct action and…
Read MorePurchase the Book! Founded in March 1987 at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (now the LGBT Center) on West 13th Street, ACT UP, New York, a broad and…
Read MoreGoldin at an Occupy Wall Street Rally several years ago (image via seniorplanet.org) “This is my home, and I love it here” Frances Goldin said about the Lower East Side,…
Read MoreThe Village Independent Democrats are a Greenwich Village-based reform Democratic club founded in 1956 which had a profound impact upon New York’s political history, and has shaped the political landscape…
Read More…Action in a Gay Environment), the Metropolitan Community Church (an LGBT congregation), the AIDS activist group ACT UP, and GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation). As mentioned above, the proposal…
Read More…many more resources available for firsthand accounts of the AIDS crisis which so devastated our neighborhoods. The ACT UP historical archive, ACT UP oral histories, and the ACT UP digital…
Read More…the audience. In the 1990s, the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP) held its Monday night general meetings at the Great Hall, once its meeting attendees could no longer…
Read More…(ACT UP) is a direct action and advocacy group organized to affect change in order to fight the AIDS Crisis. ACT UP was formed in New York City after a…
Read MorePhoto by Beyond My Ken / Wiki Commons The area south of Union Square, on the border between Greenwich Village and the East Village, is changing. The approval of the new 14th Street Tech…
Read MoreThe Village Independent Democrats are a Greenwich Village-based reform Democratic club founded in 1956 which had a profound impact upon New York’s political history, and has shaped the political landscape…
Read MoreThe Village Independent Democrats are a Greenwich Village-based reform Democratic club founded in 1956 which had a profound impact upon New York’s political history, and has shaped the political landscape…
Read MoreDid you know that Village Preservation members receive advance notice of many of our public programs? Our tours and other programs sometimes offer limited capacity, and often fill up quickly. By…
Read More…Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993.” In just six years, ACT UP, New York, a broad and unlikely coalition of activists from all races, genders,…
Read More…the Metropolitan Community Church (an LGBT congregation), the AIDS activist group ACT UP, and GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation). East Village Pyramid Club, 101 Avenue A Since opening…
Read More…the AIDS activist group ACT UP, and GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation). Read more about the building’s history here. National Gay Task Force Headquarters, 80 Fifth Avenue 80…
Read MoreThe LPC’s slide show — just a show? The Landmarks Preservation Commission has recently begun creating on-line slide shows to showcase various history months as represented by some of the…
Read MoreWashington Square Park via Wiki Commons; Jane Jacobs via Wiki Commons Jane Jacobs’ birthday on May 4 is marked throughout the world as an occasion to celebrate one’s own city — its…
Read MoreDid you know that Village Preservation members receive advance notice of many of our public programs? Our tours and other programs sometimes offer limited capacity, and often fill up quickly….
Read More…New York City in 1992. He was 37 years old. His partner, Tom Rauffenbart, traveled to Washington DC in 1996 with members of the AIDS activist organization ACT UP to…
Read More…recording today! Books to read Sarah Schulman & her book “Let the Record Show” Sarah Schulman’s Let the Record Show – A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993:…
Read More…ACT UP supported the plan, but a vocal neighborhood group opposed it. Their argument? They said they didn’t oppose the use of the building for the treatment of people with AIDS;…
Read MoreThe classic Beatles album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, considered by many the greatest and most influential rock album of all time, was released on May 26, 1967 in…
Read MoreThe neighborhood #SouthOfUnionSquare can be characterized as a true crossroads — where art, politics, industry, commerce, the New York elite, and the working class collided to create an eclectic built…
Read More…housing at some locations; and by eliminating the possibility of sky-high towers which shatter the scale of neighborhoods. And yet thus far the City has refused to act upon these proposals….
Read More…artist Seth Tobocman illustrates the L.E.S. of the late 80san era of homelessness and gentrification, ACT UP and the AIDS epidemic, tent cities and squatted apartment buildings, street brawls between…
Read More…our neighborhood. The very first Dyke March took place in Washington, D.C., in April 1993. The Lesbian Avengers, ACT UP groups from Los Angeles and Philadelphia, and Puss n’ Boots…
Read MoreOn April 5, 1959, Village Voice photographer Fred McDarrah snapped this iconic photo of Willem de Kooning on the stoop of 88 East 10th Street, his home and studio from…
Read Moreperspective on some of NYU’s massive proposed developments. Tonight will be a critical first public hearing in the public review and approval process for NYU’s massive proposed twenty-year expansion plan….
Read MorePlan Would Likely Only Create 1/5 of Projected Affordable Housing, Push Out Asian American and Lower Income Residents Would Likely Destroy More Affordable Housing Than It Creates A newly-released study by…
Read MoreEarlier this week the NYU Furman Center, which studies real estate development and urban policies, issued a report analyzing trends in gentrification in New York City from 1990-2014. a Our…
Read MoreFrom top left: Photo of Robert Frost via Wikimedia, Photo of Emily Post via Library of Congress, Photo of Henry Miller via Wikimedia; From bottom left: Photo of James Baldwin by Allan Warren…
Read MoreFrom top left: Photo of Robert Frost via Wikimedia, Photo of Emily Post via Library of Congress, Photo of Henry Miller via Wikimedia; From bottom left: Photo of James Baldwin by Allan Warren…
Read More…GMHC) and ACT UP, and wrote the autobiographical “The Normal Heart,” which was eventually made into a movie starring Mark Ruffalo . Orange = Artists The orange ribbons indicate artists….
Read More…people with AIDS at NYU’s Grey Gallery, where he was a curator, and William Olander, a curator at the New Museum, commissioned a window installation from ACT UP. Installation view…
Read More…creation of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), a grassroots activist group that through civil disobedience focused attention on the inaction of government agencies and corporations in fighting…
Read MoreThis is one in a series of posts marking the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Check out our year-long activities and celebrations at www.gvshp.org/GVHD50. …
Read More…Metropolitan Community Church (an LGBT congregation), the AIDS activist group ACT UP, and GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation). Former P.S. 95 (Now P.S. 721 – Manhattan Occupational Training…
Read MoreLouis Sullivan, 1895 On April 14, 1924, the architect Louis Sullivan, the “father of modernism,” key figure of the Chicago and the Prairie Schools of Architecture, progenitor of the skyscraper…
Read More…helped found the grassroots activist group AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP). The audio was narrated by actor, playwright, and director David Greenspan. https://soundcloud.com/villagepreservation/larry-kramer-village-voices-audio?utm_source=clipboard&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fvillagepreservation%252Flarry-kramer-village-voices-audio Click here to read more…
Read More…groups that meet here. Indeed, we were the birthplace of organizations such as the AIDS activist group ACT UP and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the principal…
Read More…their starts here) include SAGE (Senior Action in a Gay Environment), the Metropolitan Community Church (a LGBT congregation), the AIDS activist group ACT UP, and GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance…
Read More2016 Village Preservation Annual Meeting and Village Awards View Awardees On June 14, 2016 Village Preservation held its 36th Annual Meeting and 26th Annual Village Awards in the landmarked Auditorium…
Read MoreVia NPCA on Flickr Millions converge in New York City each year in late June to celebrate events which took place in and outside of a Greenwich Village bar in 1969. The Stonewall Riots are not…
Read MoreDr. Bruce Raymond Voeller, a pioneer of AIDS research and a significant early gay rights activist, was born on May 12, 1934 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He’s no household name, and…
Read More…four founders involved in ACT UP New York to take action against homophobia and increase LGBT visibility; its name was one of the first reappropriations of the term “queer.” Uncle…
Read MoreOn Wednesday the City Planning Commission voted to approve the proposed Hudson Square Rezoning with some minor modifications, sending it to the City Council. The Council now has fifty days…
Read MoreFrom the January 31, 2013 issue of The Villager. Noho and Soho’s firewall against N.Y.U. is at risk http://www.thevillager.com/?p=10030 By Andrew Berman, Executive Director, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation…
Read MoreToday we note the passing of Edward I. Koch, Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989 and former Greenwich Village Congressman, City Councilmember, and Democratic District leader. A…
Read MoreNeighborhoods like Greenwich Village contain many houses built for merchant families in the 19th century, converted to multi-family housing (usually for immigrants) decades later, and then converted back to single-family…
Read MoreOn 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…
Read MoreIn this part of New York, the Stuyvesant name is all around us: Stuyvesant Street, Stuyvesant Town, Stuyvesant Square, the old Stuyvesant Casino (a former East Village jazz club, now the…
Read More— Press Release — Manhattan — Leaders of local, citywide, and statewide affordable housing and tenant organizations, community groups representing SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown, arts organizations, and citywide and statewide…
Read MoreJuly is National Hot Dog Month (as designated by the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council) and we have a few savory slices of NYC hot dog history in our…
Read MoreAfter a hard-fought effort by preservation organizations, the city’s plan to construct hundreds of 32-ft.-tall 5G towers on city streets in neighborhoods in all five boroughs has been subjected to…
Read MoreThis is one of a series of blog posts which highlights the information found in our Village Independent Democrats collection, added to our Preservation History Archive in early 2024. Carol Greitzer is a politician,…
Read More…which the city has still refused to act upon. If you would like to help prevent the rest of the South Village befalling the same fate as the Tunnel Garage,…
Read More…of images, may of which feature our neighborhoods as backdrop. The collections include: ACT UP New York records, 1969, 1982-1997 (bulk 1987-1995) Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen gay history…
Read More101 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…
Read MoreSuperior Ink, prior to demolition For over 85 years, the 195 foot tall smokestacks of the Superior Inks building were a local landmark and beacon for the Far West Village….
Read MoreFebruary is Black History Month. We here at GVSHP are celebrating it by highlighting different sites and locations of significance to African-American history in the Village. A great source for…
Read MoreOn January 3, 2017, GVSHP launched our Civil Rights and Social Justice Map. Something in the air told us there might be a hunger and need for this kind of…
Read MoreCrane with wrecking ball mounted on the trestle. Photo by Peter H. Fritsch (1962). Photo courtesy of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation/Fritsch Family Collection. Few structures have had…
Read MoreDid you know that Village Preservation members receive advance notice of our public programs? Our tours and other programs sometimes offer limited seating or spaces. By becoming a member of…
Read MoreThis is one of a series of blog posts which highlights the fascinating contents in our Village Independent Democrats collection, added to our Preservation History Archive in early 2024. The Women’s House of Detention opened…
Read MoreGay Pride Day, July 1, 1985. Owen Franken/CORBIS On June 5, 1981, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its first national notice about cases of what would…
Read MoreWe’re pleased to share that Village Preservation has been granted ‘consulting party’ status for the Section 106 required historic preservation review of the plan to install massive 5G towers throughout our neighborhoods. CityBridge,…
Read MoreToday is the 200th anniversary of the official adoption of the Manhattan street grid, an event of enormous importance to New York as a whole, and in a slightly different…
Read More437 West 13th Street when it housed Atlas Meats It looks like the end is near for 437 West 13th Street, the historic Art Deco meatpacking building on the corner…
Read MoreThis Tuesday, Jeanne Manford died at the age of 92. Sometimes referred to as the “Mother of the Straight Ally Movement,” Jeanne’s may not be a household name in all…
Read MoreToday we were all hit with the surprise news that a $130 million contribution from the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, combined with $40 million in infrastructure funding from the City,…
Read MoreRecent press conference to save University Place. This has been no small year for preservation in New York City, and we at the GVSHP in the season of thanks wish…
Read More…The Imagery of ACT UP Pride on West 13th Street LGBTQ History: Around Christopher Street LGBTQ History: Cooper Square and Bowery LGBTQ History: Bleecker Street LGBTQ History: MacDougal Street Kitty…
Read MoreThe Donald has been getting a lot of attention lately, what with his running for President and all. So too has his family, which is being touted as an integral…
Read MoreA while ago I wrote about a wonderful resource on the GVSHP website, the GVSHP Landmarks Application webpage. This page contains all upcoming, pending and closed applications for alterations, demolitions,…
Read MoreThe vote on Mayor de Blasio’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning+Displacement plan, originally expected this Thursday, has now been pushed back to next week, with the first vote in the Council’s Zoning Subcommittee…
Read MoreThe vote on Mayor de Blasio’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning+Displacement plan, originally expected this Thursday, has now been pushed back to next week, with the first vote in the Council’s Zoning Subcommittee…
Read More814 Broadway, once known as Fenian Hall and home to the Fenian Brotherhood in August 2022 In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the neighborhood South of Union Square was…
Read MoreClick to view. We’ve been celebrating Women’s History Month all March, saluting the many incredible women of our neighborhoods who made such an impact upon the world. This included asking…
Read More“Wrecking Ball”: A Conversation with Adrian Untermyer About How Government Has Shaped New York’s Defining Preservation Battles, with V.P. Exec. Dir. Andrew Berman Preservation battles are fought in all sorts…
Read MoreWe’re sharing a special sneak preview of three of our September programs today (all co-sponsored by Village Trip Festival), as well as notice of those August programs that still have…
Read MoreWe hope you can join us for an incredibly important community board public hearing tonight that will affect the future of both the South Village and Hudson Square. It’s at…
Read MoreOn this day in 1950, the Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas arrived in New York City. Born in Swansea, Wales, Thomas left school at age 16 and became a…
Read MoreGVSHP is proud to be working with PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) and the Church of the Village at 13th Street and 7th Avenue to memorialize…
Read MoreTwentieth century pop art icon Andy Warhol was born on August 6th, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. But his life as an artist and visual pioneer was very much about New…
Read MorePRESERVATION ALERT: New City Proposal Would Slash Neighborhood Zoning Protections; Hard-Fought-For Height Limits Would Be Lifted, Now and In the Future Dear friend, The City has just released a…
Read More…as well as ACT UP and the Gay Men’s Chorus. Each one highlighted the importance of New York City in the fight against HIV/AIDS, particularly how the former St. Vincent’s Hospital…
Read MoreWhen a woman born into the privileged class bucks the system and comes into her own as an artist and philanthropist, a great story is born. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was…
Read MoreOn August 24, 2016, the New York City Planning Commission held a hearing to consider a zoning change and transfer of air rights for the development of the three-block long St….
Read MorePolitician, Civil War Major General, diplomat, Greenwich Village resident, and downright “rascal” Daniel E. Sickles (October 20, 1819 – May 3, 1914) has one of the most contentious, strange, and…
Read MoreThe trailblazing playwright and author Terrance McNally lived for decades with his husband Tom Kirdahy at 29 East 9th Street in the area of Greenwich Village South of Union Square…
Read More…160 years, from Lincoln’s momentous 1860 speech, to the founding of the NAACP, to women’s suffrage meetings, ACT UP rallies, and more. We will be following Cooper Union’s COVID protocols…
Read MoreEarlier this spring, Mayor Adams proposed budget cuts to the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) that would result in fewer landmark designations, weaker oversight of existing landmarks, and longer wait times…
Read More…uniquely important site, as well as to act upon other long-ignored African American and other civil rights-related historic sites in our neighborhoods and throughout New York City also still crying…
Read MoreGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was born on January 9, 1875. The life she chose for herself was nothing short of revolutionary, having a huge impact upon the art world, and the…
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