131 Charles Street (l.) and the proposal to dig under and extensively alter it and its historic rear house. Proposal Would Also Alter and Potentially Endanger 19th Century Backhouse, Longtime…
Read MoreNext Tuesday, the NYC Landmarks Preservation will hold a public hearing on an application to alter the iconic, individually landmarked 1834 house and rear house at 131 and 131½ Charles…
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…also successfully fought off approvals for an application to drastically alter the house and rear carriage house, the former residence of photographer Diane Arbus. 131 Charles Street via Google Streetview….
Posted April 12, 2023
Read MoreCharles Street between Washington and Greenwich Streets Individual Landmark and within the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension I LPC designation reports: Individual Landmark PDF and Historic District PDF. Application is…
Read MoreA new application to significantly alter and dig below the iconic landmarked house (1834) and backhouse at 131 and 131½ Charles Street will come before the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)…
Read More…changes to the individually landmarked 131 and 131 1/2 Charles Street, the Commission refused to approve the plan. Village Preservation led off testimony from the public, slamming the plan and…
Read MoreWe are pleased to report that the revised proposal for inappropriate and potentially damaging alterations to, and excavation under, the landmarked 131 Charles Street (1834) and its 19th-century rear carriage…
Read More159 Charles Street Today Designated on November 14, 2007, 159 Charles Street is significant as a relatively rare surviving residential building of the early period of development of the Far…
Read More…four houses at 125, 127, 129, and 131 MacDougal Street were speculatively built in 1828-29 by downtown hat merchant Alonzo Alwyn Alvord (June 9, 1839 — May 24, 1875) as…
Read More…potential sale of 121 Charles Street in the Greenwich Village Historic District. This summer, members of the Glass family (owners of the house for nearly a century when it was…
Read More…Charles Street, 2015 (note the brick pillars) It would be a vast understatement to say that the house currently located at 121 Charles Street is a unique building with a…
Read More…Charles Cheriff Galleries, 84 University Place (between 11th and 12th Streets) can. Charles Cheriff Wachman founded his gallery in 1924. He had immigrated from a town along the Russian-German border…
Read More121 Charles is up for sale and press about the house as a potential development site has generated a lot of landmark misconceptions. The freestanding house at 121 Charles Street…
Read MoreMany of us awoke to the sad news today of the passing of Charles Lockwood. Charles was an architectural historian whose book, “Bricks and Brownstones, The New York Rowhouse 1783-1929”…
Read More121 Charles Street in 1967. Source: Landmarks Preservation Commission. By now, many of you have heard about the controversy over the little house at 121 Charles Street, at the corner…
Read More…at 121 Charles Street. 121 Charles Street 121 Charles Street dates from the late 18th/early 19th century, with some sources dating its construction to 1810. Saw marks found on the…
Read More…fan of Charles and so on this, his ??? birthday, I caught up with him amidst his busy schedule to ask him for his thoughts on his favorite neighborhood. Charles…
Read More…preserve it, here. 131 Charles Street 131 Charles Street, 1996. From the “Susan De Vries – Architecture Collection” in Village Preservation’s Historic Image Archive. Constructed in 1834, No. 131 Charles…
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Village Preservation got the 1829 rowhouse at 131 MacDougal Street individually landmarked in 2004, and the 1889 French Flats at 39 1/2 Washington Sq. So. and their surroundings (incl. 131…
Posted April 12, 2023
Read More121 Charles Street The Margaret Wise Brown House at 121 Charles Street (at the corner of Greenwich Street) is one of the most historically significant buildings in our neighborhood. Press…
Read MoreBricks and Brownstone and Beyond: A Panel Discussion on the Life and Legacy of Charles Lockwood Written by the late architectural historian Charles Lockwood, Bricks and Brownstone: The New York…
Read MoreCharles August Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902, in Detroit, Michigan to a Swedish immigrant and U.S. Congressman of the same name and chemistry teacher Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh….
Read MoreCharles Mingus (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) has earned a well-deserved fame and notoriety over a lifetime of performance, composition, and controversy. The ‘bad boy’ of jazz was…
Read More…icon Charles Mingus on the building in which he lived and planned to launch a school. This legendary composer, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist, and social activist was a towering figure in American…
Read More…just such a performance, to the delight all those gathered. Watch the video of the Charles Mingus plaque unveiling program HERE See the photos of the Charles Mingus plaque unveiling…
Read More…Charles Street as a development site. GVSHP was quick to let people know that the property’s location in the Greenwich Village Historic District meant that any proposed work would require…
Read MoreThe History of 121 Charles Street With Amanda Davis, Village Preservation’s Director of Preservation and Research Known as ‘Cobble Court’ or ‘The Goodnight Moon House’, the quirky wooden home at…
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East Villager Charles Kramer regularly bicycled to Hoboken. These photos donated by Charles Kramer were taken on 9/23/2001 close to midnight in Hoboken following 9/11. Many people who worked in…
Posted August 19, 2021
Read More…his best work is located right here in our own community. In 1891, New York City’s Board of Education named Charles B.J. Snyder the superintendent of buildings. At first in…
Read More…few bucks short of a million? That’s the problem that our December Business of the Month, Deco Jewels at 131 Thompson Street (btw. Houston & Prince) has helped us solve…
Read More…Venezuela, “caleta” is a place for keeping secrets. In the East Village, it’s the name of a small business that recently opened at 131 Avenue A (as reported by our…
Read More…at 131 Thompson Street, a small, unassuming storefront in the South Village that for decades has served as a unique gateway to Japanese culture, offering a vast array of traditional…
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Constructed in 1828-29, 127, 129 and 131 MacDougal Street are some of the 13 federal style houses in Lower Manhattan which Village Preservation and the NY Landmarks Conservancy proposed for…
Posted August 28, 2024
Read MoreAPPROVED on 01/06/2015 LPC hearing: 01/06/2015 CB2 hearing: 12/29/2014 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Charles and West 10th Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A two-story…
Read More…5) LPC designation report: Read this property’s architectural/historical description (under 4, 10, 16-22 Charles Street). 6) Receive updates by email: Please click here if you would like Village Preservation to…
Read MoreCB2 hearing: 10/18/2021 LPC hearing: 10/26/2021 Greenwich Village Historic District Charles Street between West 4th Street and 7th Avenue South —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is…
Read More…the hearing, send it to testimony@lpc.nyc.gov by 12:00 noon on the Monday before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. Greenwich Village Historic District Charles Street between Bleecker Street…
Read MoreC.B.J. Snyder, Superintendent of New York City Schools 1891-1922 For those unfamiliar, Charles B.J. Synder was the New York City Department of Education’s Superintendent of Buildings from 1891 – 1922,…
Read More…before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. Greenwich Village Historic District Charles Street between Bleecker Street and West 4th Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From…
Read MoreCharles Street Between West 4th Street and Bleecker Street Greenwich Village Historic District LPC Designation Report: Available as PDF. Application is to to modify window openings and ironwork, alter the…
Read MoreJoin us in person this Wednesday evening at 6pm for our latest historic plaque unveiling, this time honoring jazz genius Charles Mingus at his former home on Great Jones Street,…
Read MoreJoin us Wednesday, May 31 at 6 PM as we’ll be unveiling our latest historic plaque, marking the home of jazz pioneer Charles Mingus. We’ll be joined by some amazing…
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For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this image, click here….
Posted June 2, 2020
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications 06/25/2019 CB2 hearing: 06/13/2019 LPC hearing: 06/25/2019 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 10th Street and Christopher Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda:…
Read MoreAPPROVED – 07/24/2018 CB2 hearing: 06/14/2018 – laid over CB2 hearing: 07/16/2018 LPC hearing: 07/24/2018 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Washington Street and Greenwich Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1)…
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For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this image, click here….
Posted June 2, 2020
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For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this image, click here….
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For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this image, click here….
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For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this image, click here….
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10/23/18 LPC hearing date. For more information regarding this application, click here….
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7/24/18 LPC hearing date. For more information regarding this application, click here….
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7/24/18 LPC hearing date. For more information regarding this application, click here….
Posted June 2, 2020
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Built in 1828-29, this is one of 13 federal style houses in Lower Manhattan which Village Preservation and the NY Landmarks Conservancy proposed for landmark designation in 2002. The house…
Posted August 28, 2024
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Built in 1828-29, this is one of 13 federal style houses in Lower Manhattan which Village Preservation and the NY Landmarks Conservancy proposed for landmark designation in 2002. The house…
Posted August 28, 2024
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Built in 1828-29, this is one of 13 federal style houses in Lower Manhattan which Village Preservation and the NY Landmarks Conservancy proposed for landmark designation in 2002. The house…
Posted August 28, 2024
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Built in 1828-29, this is one of 13 federal style houses in Lower Manhattan which Village Preservation and the NY Landmarks Conservancy proposed for landmark designation in 2002. The house…
Posted August 28, 2024
Read More…belonging to the Federal house at 131 Charles, you can’t see her one-time residence from the street. However, the red marker in the top-left corner photo of 130 Charles points…
Read More…Charles Street 131 Charles Street NYC LPC Designation Report 131 Charles Street State and National Register Report 159 Charles Street 159 Charles Street NYC LPC Designation Report 354…
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications 07/24/2018 CB2 hearing: 07/12/2018 LPC hearing: 07/24/2018 Individual Landmark Between Washington Street and West Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is to…
Read MoreAPPLICATION APPROVED on 04/09/2013 Application Closed Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 4th Street and Waverly Place Image courtesy of Google Street View —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the…
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications on 09/10/2013 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Bleecker and West 4th Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: An Italianate style rowhouse built in…
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications 03/08/2016 CB2 hearing: 01/19/2016 LPC hearing: 02/02/2016 LPC meeting: 03/08/2016 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 4th Street and Seventh Avenue South —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1)…
Read MoreAPPROVED 10/25/2016 CB2 hearing: 07/14/2016 LPC hearing: 09/20/2016 – laid over LPC hearing: 10/25/2016 Greenwich Village Historic District Extension Between Washington Street and Greenwich Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1)…
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications 02/07/2017 CB2 hearing: 12/15/2016 LPC hearing: 01/10/2017 – laid over LPC hearing: 02/07/2017 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 4th Street and Bleecker Street Image courtesy of…
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Village Preservation proposed and successfully fought for landmark designation of this ca. 1819 row house as part of the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension in 2006….
Posted August 28, 2024
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Village Preservation proposed and successfully fought for landmark designation of this ca. 1853 row house as part of the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension in 2006….
Posted August 28, 2024
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Village Preservation proposed and successfully fought for landmark designation of this ca. 1853 row house as part of the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension in 2006….
Posted August 28, 2024
Read MoreAPPLICATION APPROVED Application Closed Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 4th Street and Seventh Avenue South http://lpc.gvshp.org/?p=10129 —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A rowhouse built in…
Read MoreAPPLICATION APPROVED with modifications Application Closed Greenwich Village Historic District Extension Between Washington and Greenwich Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A vernacular style stable and…
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