…the offices of The New York Times About Ada Louise Huxtable Huxtable was born Ada Louise Landman on the Upper West Side, at a time when architectural criticisms was not…
Read MoreAda Louise Huxtable on Park Avenue in the 1970s. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd. Ada Louise Huxtable (March 14, 1921 – January 7, 2013) was arguably the most formidable critical voice…
Read MoreAda Louise Huxtable, photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt for Life Magazine, 1974. (image courtesy of Dwell) Yesterday, legendary architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable died at the age of 91 at Memorial…
Read MoreRick Kelly of Carmine Street Guitars gives new meaning to the term adaptive reuse The term adaptive reuse is used by architects and preservationists to describe the process of adapting…
Read More…studio in which to write and paint. Portrait of Louise Bryant by John Henry Trullinger By 1915, Louise was a star in Portland, but was dissatisfied living a bourgeois life…
Read MoreSimply put, adaptive reuse is defined as the process of adapting old structure for new uses. From a preservation perspective, adaptive reuse is often a wonderful way to preserve historic…
Read More…and relive some of our favorite moments of 2021 with us! Top Attended Ada Louise Huxtable Ada Louise Huxtable’s New York with Lucie Levine: Over 600 people joined us last…
Read More…the film we have produced, “Adaptive Enchantment,” will premiere October 18th, running through October 24th. We cannot wait to share the surprises that lay in store for our audience! But…
Read More…once a labyrinth, a home, an arts community, and a pioneer in adaptive reuse of industrial space. It was rare and precious, but in 1968 it was nothing less than…
Read More…Christopher Marte and several other local elected officials. Mayor Adams now has the opportunity to veto this legislation. Call on Mayor Adams to VETO the Punitive + Draconian Intro 2443A…
Read More…life through creative processes of thinking and building for adaptive re-use. It made me think how lucky we are that there are some prime examples of this right here in…
Read More…added to our Historic Image Archive; the full original 1979 proposal for adaptive reuse, with text, map, and pictures, has been added to our Preservation History Archive. View Images from the High…
Read More…were forced to temporarily close or drastically adapt their operations. For an unfortunate number of businesses, the changes, combined with an adverse retail climate, led to their permanent closure. Some…
Read MoreWe here at Village Preservation are in the business (so to speak) of trying to help ensure historic buildings are preserved and, when necessary, adapted and reused rather than destroyed….
Read More…the city’s more notable white elephants, fated to go the way of Penn Station and the Brokaw mansion”, in the words of well-known critic Ada Louise Huxtable in a fascinating…
Read More…lived for a period in 1973 with his Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen on East 10th Street. L: Ada Louise Huxtable circa 1960s. Photo credit Garth Huxtable; R: a…
Read More…Art opened in September 1966, New York Times architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable noted that the inverted ziggurat-like Brutalist structure had quickly become “the most disliked building in New York.”…
Read More…well-known critic Ada Louise Huxtable in a fascinating 1966 New York Times article. Entitled “A Landmark Saved: Historic Building Scheduled for Razing Is Rescued With Aid of City’s New Law,” the article describes…
Read More…Times architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable noted that the inverted ziggurat-like structure had quickly become “the most disliked building in New York.” However, Huxtable also wrote that the building was…
Read More…while saving the Astor Library. Indeed, the building stands today as a testament to the early years of the landmarks law. In the words of well-known critic Ada Louise Huxtable…
Read More…the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to give it that status on October 26, 1965. In the words of well-known critic Ada Louise Huxtable in a fascinating 1966 New York Times…
Read More…alter 65 E. 3rd Street from a tenement to a synagogue Beth Haknesseth und Chevra Chochmath Adam M’Plinsk (Synagogue and Association of Chochmath Adam of Plinsk, Poland) was a congregation…
Read More…Adams ran Eve Adams Tea Room on MacDougal Street in the South Village. Adams’ work caught the attention of the young U.S. Bureau of Investigation, leading to her surveillance, arrest,…
Read More…from Greenwich Village. Another image from Robert Frish, this one from 1993. On April 5. 1973, the day following the WTC’s Grand Opening, NY Times architectural critic Ada Louise Huxtable…
Read More…“After the Revolution,” wrote Ada Louise Huxtable in Classic New York, “in the time of the new republic, Georgian [style architecture] becomes Federal.” Within that Georgian framework, “there are decorative…
Read More…public space” in the words of architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable. Today, with that portion of Astor Place pedestrianized, the island is part of a public plaza that affords even…
Read More…In the words of well-known critic Ada Louise Huxtable in a fascinating 1966 New York Times article entitled “A Landmark Saved: Historic Building Scheduled for Razing Is Rescued With Aid…
Read More…Jean Dubuffet. Architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable praised the design in the New York Times: “These are ambitious structures of character and quality, surrounded by the most expensive urban luxury…
Read More…Penn Station, New York Times architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable notably wrote “Any city gets what it admires, will pay for, and, ultimately deserves. Even when we had Penn Station,…
Read More…New York, Ada Louise Huxtable described the Federal style as refined and decorous, “the architecture of good breeding and good manners.” To help understand and appreciate the Federal style and…
Read More…years of the landmarks law. In the words of well-known critic Ada Louise Huxtable in a fascinating 1966 New York Times article entitled “A Landmark Saved: Historic Building Scheduled for…
Read More…The forgotten mama of Dada, the eccentric poet, performance artist, and sculptor Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven was certainly one of the most important feminists and avant-garde artists of the early…
Read More…Eve Adamson Though she continued to direct plays at Cocteau, Adamson stepped down as artistic director in 1989. Her replacement was Robert Hupp, who held the position until 1999, when…
Read More…Provincetown Studio, 1945. Louise Bourgeois with her sculpture The Visitors Arrive at the Door, on the roof of her apartment at 142 East 10th Street, ca. 1944. Louise Nevelson, Girl,…
Read More…also home to the Scovill & Adams Company and its publication, The Photographic Times. Scovill and The Photographic Times are credited with being “largely responsible for the birth and progress of photographic commerce…
Read MoreA poster advertisement for the 1971 film adaptation of Fortune and Men’s Eyes. Image Courtesy of IMDb. Telling the stories of incarcerated young men in the 1960s, Fortune and Men’s…
Read More…his mansion before he died in 1919. His wife, Louise Carnegie, remained in the mansion until she died in 1946. Louise left the mansion to the Carnegie Corporation, which leased…
Read More…perplexing paradox emerges — one which would seem to imply that historic preservation and, more specifically, adaptive re-use, may both repel, and attract, registered Republicans. Looking at the WNYC map,…
Read More…They planned and undertook a series of raids from American soil against British Canada and Ireland itself to end British rule through armed rebellion. John O’Mahony circa 1865 John O’Mahony…
Read More…coming to the United States in September of 1965, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896–1977), the Indian spiritual leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in New York. He worked…
Read More…the center of the park was the site of the birth of the Hare Krishna movement in the United States in 1966. Srila Prabhupada (1896-1977). As the New York Times…
Read More…was offered the opportunity to direct an adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The film was a smashing success, winning the Oscar for best picture…
Read More…Change) and lobbied her father for the passage of a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote. Louise Bryant Louise Bryant and Patchin Place Louise Bryant was a fearless…
Read More…which were eventually donated to Cornell by New York State: https://digital.library.cornell.edu/collections/iwo-jpfo Cartoon depicting Hitler cringing before a company of tanks labeled “American Jews,” “Soviet Jews,” “Canada Jews” “English Jews,” and…
Read More…shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” 6. Louise Bryant, 1 Patchin Place Via Wikimedia Bryant was known as a daring and pathbreaking…
Read More…Novelist Henry Miller even described him once as “The stratospheric Colossus of Sound.” During his time in our neighborhoods, he resided with his wife Louise at 188 Sullivan Street. Isamu…
Read More…up conventional ideas of art and aesthetics. Together they would bring the Dada movement to new intellectual heights. Many think of Man Ray as a photographer. In fact, from his…
Read More…sorts of cookies. One of the most interesting things La Newyorkina serves is a Chamoyada. Chamoyada are made with different fruit “ices”, pickled plum sauce called chamoy, salted chile and…
Read More…2nd Avenue, west side between 2nd & 3rd Streets, looking south in 1969. In the late 1960s, spiritual leader Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada arrived in New York to spread his…
Read More…and immigrants from every corner of the world, is what makes this unique cuisine so tasty, and full of exotic flavors and ingredients. @casabrazilianrestaurant Brazilian feast. #caldinhodefeijao #moqueca #feijoada #frangoapassarinho…
Read More…Richmond Hill became the Vice-Presidential mansion and home of John Adams. After the capitol was moved, Aaron Burr (who would eventually succeed Adams as the country’s third Vice-President) bought the mansion and…
Read More…loft housing for artists. They dramatically altered the city’s relationship to and accommodation of its artist population, and put in place a strong mechanism for adaptive reuse of historic buildings,…
Read More…de Blasio administration released details of their planned upzoning of SoHo and NoHo — and it’s even worse than we imagined. Tell City Officials You Adamantly Oppose This Plan — CLICK…
Read More(l to r): Mayor Eric Adams; Councilmember Christopher Marte; SoHo We are thrilled to report that late Friday Mayor Adams vetoed a draconian, punitive measure we opposed introduced by (now…
Read More…newfound fame, Macmillan’s President Brett quickly started to explore adapting the novel’s plot into a screenplay. Back in the 1930s, books were not commonly adapted into motion pictures, and Brett…
Read More…In this gorgeous adaptation of the James Baldwin story of the same name, director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) brings Baldwin’s characters to life. Tish and Fonny’s life in the Village is…
Read More…Pistols, Adam and the Ants, and Bow Wow Wow. The Rock Steady Crew. Image via The Hip Hop Museum. Holman is a New York-based artist, writer, filmmaker, and musician. He was an early…
Read More…The 2nd Birthplace Hip hop music and culture is a powerful mash-up of social consciousness and creative expression. Now globally accepted, hip hop adapts to the environment it encounters. Almost…
Read More…others. Jack Kerouac narrated the script, which was adapted from part of his 1957 play, Beat Generation. 108 Fourth Avenue, the set of Pull My Daisy. L. to R. Alice…
Read More…stated that the Hastings Historical Society had a societal archive “equal or superior to the finest village or county archive in this country or Canada.” The landmarked Observatory Cottage in…
Read More…women. This included Ada Clare, who was known as “Queen of Bohemia,” and Adah Isaacs Menken, both of whom belonged to his inner clique at Pfaff’s. Both were fond of…
Read More…in Los Angeles, California, Meier had some of his earliest commissions right here in our neighborhood, involving adapting historic, industrial spaces for use by artists. One we got landmarked in…
Read More…colors. All pieces are traditional or modern adaptations the Dö Kham folks have designed. And in a time when awareness of cultural appropriation is especially heightened, Kunsang says of their…
Read More…quite a few remain and offer a unique case study into adaptive reuse—the repurposing of buildings or infrastructure for a new, updated use—in our neighborhoods. As a facet of historic…
Read More…adaptive reuse rather than demolition, and the building was restored and converted between 1965 and 1967. The former police court on the first floor became the Children’s Room; the civil…
Read More…The diversity of empanada options is fortunately on full display in our neighborhoods. While this is a far from comprehensive list, Columbian restaurant Nadas at 48 Greenwich Street is one…
Read More…insurance companies. IWO vice president and Harlem resident Louise Thompson Patterson was one of many notable activists to fight for racial equality as part of the IWO. Louise Thompson Patterson,…
Read More…time to address racism and the challenges facing African Americans. Louise Thompson Paterson, 1960. Eight blocks away, from 1930 until 1954, the progressive mutual-benefit fraternal organization the International Workers Order…
Read More…avant-garde art. Before it moved uptown to Madison Avenue, the gallery exhibited one of Louise Bourgois’s first exhibitions. Marc Blitzstein at the piano in his apartment at 4 East 12th…
Read More…a kind of Muncken paper. And to help get your winter on, he has Marcopoulos’ Transitions and Exits: Photography / Snowboarding / Youth Culture with an Interview by Louise Neri….
Read More…But a key part of its history is the immigrants who were the original occupants of these quaint cottages. Long before poet ee cummings, journalists John Reed and Louise Bryant,…
Read More…it reached only a modest number 36 on the U.S. Billboard charts, it was phenomenally popular on American urban/black/dance music charts, and would top the mainstream charts in Canada, the…
Read More…first independent architectural commissions. Miraculously, the intricate iron detailing on the second floor is entirely intact. Agnes Adams, DeYoungs’ Cabinet Card. Agnes Adams, DeYoungs’ Cabinet Card, reverse. A colorized portrait…
Read More…early student as well) and took advanced playwriting classes at New York University. He eventually became a freelance writer for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), where he wrote several adaptations…
Read More…the business of our nation’s government was run out of Federal Hall, Richmond Hill became the Vice-Presidential mansion and home of John Adams. After the capitol was moved, Aaron Burr (who would…
Read More…retail customers. Today, Atef and her husband, former chef Adam Berkowitz, preside over a cornucopia of seasonings, spices, and condiments. Their modestly sized storefront contains over a thousand different products….
Read More…Currier & Ives, c. 1876 On March 17, 1776, the British evacuated Boston for Canada, where they would plan for the expected invasion of New York. Washington left Boston for…
Read More…cheddar on multi-grain. Here are the results: Murray’s Bagel (500 6th Avenue @13th Street) In operation since 1996, this Greenwich village institution is the brainchild of Adam Pomerantz, a former…
Read MorePhoto: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office Mayor Adams’ recently released draft proposed budget includes a steep cut to the funding and staffing of the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). The LPC is…
Read More…after the dismissal of Singer’s groundless lawsuit, we, along with elected officials and community residents and leaders, rallied in front of the old CHARAS building, calling on Mayor Adams to…
Read MoreU.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, pictured, has charged Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a Republican, with extorting money through Glenwood Management to benefit his son Adam. Glenwood is already one of…
Read More…use of vibrant polychrome materials, but as one of the country’s earliest adaptive re-use projects—a transformative event in the preservation movement. The High Victorian Gothic structure opened as the Third…
Read More…early as the 1970s with Jay Green’s murder mystery novel, Cruising, which was later adapted into a major motion picture with Al Pacino. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, artists like…
Read More…about 229 East 11th Street on our East Village Building Blocks website. This blog was partially adapted from the research done for our 2nd Birthplace Tour (Hip-Hop at 50). We would…
Read More…business. 632 Hudson Street’s next adaptation was as a sausage factory, as seen in the above 1982 photograph. The Esteve family, proprietors of Esteve Packing Corporation, bought the building during…
Read More…This blog was partially adapted from the research done for our 2nd Birthplace Tour (Hip-Hop at 50). We would like to thank the following people and organizations for their invaluable input…
Read More…of the song to a sparse, mud-soaked audience at Woodstock on the morning of August 18, 1969. Just one of many performers who adapted the song in their own style,…
Read More…serve as a library until 1911. In the decades between its original use as a library and its adaptive reuse as a theater, the building was home to the Hebrew…
Read More…it with a 213-ft-tall tower. While we were deeply disappointed by and adamantly opposed the Commission’s decision, we were glad that our advocacy and that of thousands of others who participated…
Read More…that Hellman write a stage adaptation of “The Great Drumsheugh Case,” an episode from William Roughead’s true-crime anthology Bad Companions. Based on an actual incident in Scotland, the narrative arc…
Read More…Green Guerillas. The Center was born from an idea quite central to the preservation field: adaptive reuse. Before the building opened as the Neighborhood Preservation Center in 1999, it served…
Read More…(The Ritz, Love!, Valour!, Compassion, and Frankie and Johnnie) while he also helped adapt several popular movies to the stage as musicals, including Kiss of the Spider Woman and The…
Read More…Historic District. 3. Eve Adams’ Tea Room, 129 MacDougal Street Circa 1940 tax photo of 129 MacDougal Street, courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives In 1925, Eve Kotchever (better known by…
Read More…a long-lost sister she never knew she had. Her submissions process brought her to Mabou Mines, an artist-driven, experimental East Village theater collective generating original works and re-imagined adaptations of…
Read More…themselves. Filling structures that had diverse and varied histories, each building and institution serves as a model of adaptive reuse and community-based arts and cultural development. One building was erected…
Read More…Heights. A plaque on 157 Willow Street says that it hid an underground storage space that was used to hide runaway slaves as they escaped northward to Canada. Miller left…
Read More…DVDs and cassettes to CDs. Today they’ve adapted to the online market, printing stickers and business cards, creating custom hardwood stamps, scanning, binding, laminating, and selling everything from batteries to…
Read More…designation adamantly opposed the NYU 40-story tower plan, saying it violated the entire notion of landmarking the complex, and urged the LPC to protect the open space as part of its…
Read More…by offering her a key part in their film Adam’s Rib, in which she nearly stole the movie from Hepburn and Tracy. She garnered so much praise and attention that…
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