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The Forgotten Fifth Avenue South of Washington Square Park

…Broadway. Source: NY Metro Victorian Society of America. https://www.vicsocny.org/castironnyc/popup.php?id=27 422 West Broadway or 130 South Fifth Avenue. Source: https://www.mountainsoftravelphotos.com/USA%20-%20New%20York%20City/27%20SoHo/slides/27%20422%20W%20Broadway%20Has%20Its%20Original%20Street%20Address%20On%20The%20Cast-iron%20Columns%20-%20It%20Used%20To%20Be%20130%20South%20Fifth%20Avenue%20In%20SoHo%20New%20York%20City.jpg In 1896 South Fifth Avenue became part of West Broadway again,…

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#SouthofUnionSquare — Dance Tour

…a pioneering dance and arts school got its start. “Virtual Village” Dance Tour, 2020. 80 Fifth Avenue 80 Fifth Avenue, 2020. The International Workers Order (IWO) was located at 80

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Bret Harte and 14-16 Fifth Avenue

On May 11th, 2021, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, in a highly unusual split decision, voted to approve the demolition of the historic, landmarked 170+-year-old building at 14-16 Fifth Avenue and replace…

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72 Fifth Avenue, Then & Now

…occupied three floors of the space, totaling 15,000 square feet. 72 Fifth Avenue today. Source: Google Maps. Philip Morris relocated to 5th Avenue and 19th Street in 1938, where they…

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Women’s History #SouthofUnionSquare

…and back on University Place the first woman doctor in America established her home and office. 80 Fifth Avenue 80 Fifth Avenue, 2020. The International Workers Order (IWO) was located…

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2014 Year In Review: GVSHP Programs

…they began their project in 2001, over half of their subjects have closed, and many more have been threatened with closure in recent months. James and Karla Murray have been…

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Tragedy on Second Avenue

…2009. 110 Second Avenue 1940s tax photo via NYC Municipal Archives 112-114 Second Avenue 112-114 Second Avenue This Gothic Revival-style church was built in 1891-92 and designed by architect Samuel…

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The Strange Case of Seventh Avenue South

…story in 1933. As further described in the designation report, “Seventh Avenue was extended southward in 1919 from Greenwich Avenue by cutting through the blocks to the south of it….

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‘Seven to Save’: Did It Work? 

The western blockfront of Fifth Avenue between 13th and 14th Street in the neighborhood South of Union Square. Village Preservation’s proposed South of Union Square Historic District was recently named…

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Groundbreaking Gadgets on 4th Avenue

133 Fourth Avenue as it appears today The following post was originally written five years ago to showcase one of our neighborhood buildings with an interesting history, 133 Fourth Avenue….

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149 Second Avenue

…oldest building on its blockfront, Second Avenue between East 9th & East 10th Street, and one of the only early houses on the avenue to retain its original stoop and…

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The Second Avenue El

…Street, 1942 First Avenue looking north from East 9th Street, 1942 First Avenue looking south from East 9th Street, 1942 First Avenue looking north from East 12th Street, 1942 For…

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17 LGBT landmarks of Greenwich Village

…bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional. Windsor and Spyer also lived at 2 Fifth Avenue and 43 Fifth Avenue. 206 Thompson Street was landmarked as part of the South Village…

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Then & Now: 117 7th Avenue South

…7th Avenue South, corner of West 11th Street. It will replace a one-story structure. This is the second of two new buildings that the LPC has approved on 7th Avenue…

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First Avenue Retail Market: Then & Now

…Market Complex, the Gansevoort Market, the Bronx Terminal Market, and the First Avenue Retail Market. a 1938 photo of the interior of the First Avenue Retail Market (courtesy of the…

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Honorary Street Names: 1st Avenue

Our latest examination of honorific street names takes us further into the East Village to 1st Avenue.  From 14th Street all the way to Houston, 3 honorifics exist along this avenue:…

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