In our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate their…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read More…synagogue in Greenwich Village or the East Village, leapfrogging over these neighborhoods in their 19th-century uptown migration. So what’s the connection to the Village? One could argue that they owe…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read More…landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate their special histories, and reveal their (sometimes hidden) connections to our neighborhoods. Explore our Beyond the Village…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read More…few. So what do these metropolis-defining locations and others like them have in common? They all can be found beyond the borders of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of the Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate their…
Read MoreVillage Preservation recently unveiled our interactive Beyond the Village and Back Maps, the latest in our series of maps that tell the story of our neighborhood. With so many entries,…
Read More…sponsor, highlights noteworthy historic buildings in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, as well as some of our city’s great landmarks that have some surprising connections to, and origin…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate their special histories, and…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of the Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read More…and other historic churches with strong connections to Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo on our Beyond the Village and Back map for Upper Manhattan and the other boroughs…
Read More…Village, the East Village, and NoHo. Current GVSHP members will vote on a slate of new and renewing trustees. The Village Awards were established 23 years ago to honor the…
Read More…Village (for rent on Amazon) Beloveds in the Village with the M20 southbound bus behind them In this complex, dynamic romance by Village filmmaker Ira Sachs, John Lithgow and Alfred…
Read More…to tackling the area’s healthcare needs. These efforts were recognized in 2001 when Village Apothecary was presented the Legends of the Village Award by Village Care. To date, Village Apothecary…
Read More…view it at www.gvshp.org/civilrightsmap. East Village Building Blocks: LGBTQ Sites Tour Want to explore more East Village LGBTQ history? Village Preservation offers an online guided tour of LGBTQ Sites on our East Village…
Read More…The Village Independent Democrats are a reform democratic club founded in 1956. The club recently donated their archives to Village Preservation, and we have released the first batch of the…
Read More…of Village Preservation Fred McDarrah and the Village Voice assiduously chronicled the activities of Jane Jacobs, who in the 1950s and 60s was leading a movement in Lower Manhattan to retake…
Read More…Preservation Commission. And in the past decade or so alone, Village Preservation has helped to achieved protections for significant portions of the East Village and South Village, with the East…
Read More…shining pinnacle of the style, Art Deco architecture took many forms across New York—from the monumental to the modest, from Midtown to the Village. Village Preservation’s interactive Art Deco map—explore…
Read More…Greenwich Village and one of the oldest continuously operated art cinemas in the city. And this year it is one of our Village Awardees! Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street…
Read More…American history to be found in Greenwich Village and the East Village. While both neighborhoods became better known for different kinds of communities in later years – Italians, Ukrainians, gay men…
Read More…American history to be found in Greenwich Village and the East Village. While both neighborhoods became better known for different kinds of communities in later years – Italians, Ukrainians, gay men…
Read More…known to sleep on the streets of Greenwich Village and the East Village, to sell copies of the SCUM Manifesto on the streets of Greenwich Village, and by some accounts…
Read More…Toby Cox, owner of Three Lives & Company, one of the West Village’s most beloved bookstores. Toby sat on the editorial committee of Greenwich Village Stories, and he and Three…
Read More…Greenwich Village south of Washington Square Park, which was actually the second phase of Village Preservation’s proposed South Village Historic District. Village Preservation had fought hard to get several NYU…
Read More…South Village Historic District which Village Preservation proposed. 2. Church of the Village/Founding of PFLAG, 201 West 13th Street Google Street View of the Church of the Village The first meeting…
Read More…West Coast. And while nearby neighborhoods like Chinatown or the Lower East Side may have been much more prominent hubs for Asian-Americans, Greenwich Village and the East Village nevertheless can…
Read More…world. In neighborhoods like Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, this week takes on a special significance. Our neighborhoods are renowned for their eclectic mix of shops, cafes, and…
Read MoreLooking for a great read about Greenwich Village or the East Village? Check out this list of always essential classics, and scroll to the bottom for a list of websites…
Read MoreEarlier this month, GVSHP launched its East Village Preservation effort, releasing its new website “East Village Building Blocks,” which contains historic information and images for every one of the neighborhood’s 2,200 buildings. Of course,…
Read MoreThe East Village Eye was only in publication for eight years, but the magazine left a huge mark on the neighborhood it chronicled. The East Village Eye, nicknamed the Eye,…
Read More…the East Village offer a perfect backdrop for urban picnicking! And you’ll find the best food fare anywhere for your feast! Great Picnic Spots in Greenwich Village The Village has…
Read More…locations are in the East Village and Greenwich Village. Learn all about East Village Jewish historic sites on Village Preservation’s East Village Building Blocks Yiddish Rialto and Synagogues of the…
Read More…his contributions to the Jefferson Market Library and the Greenwich Village community, Frank Collerius was awarded a Village Preservation Annual Village Award in 2017. Village Preservation is very grateful to…
Read MoreWe’ve designated December as South Village Month, and we’ve got good reason to do so! In December 2006, Village Preservation submitted our landmark proposal for the South Village. Two years…
Read More…course of this month we’re focusing on four areas of our neighborhood — the West Village, East Village, South Village, and NoHo — to highlight important locations, either long gone…
Read More…‘The Future is Unwritten.’” With over sixty contributors, Greenwich Village Stories has many more memorable Village locations to share. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for a West Village walking…
Read More…the West Village, East Village, South Village, and NoHo. All of these sites can also be found on our Village Preservation Civil Rights and Social Justice Map, and we encourage…
Read MoreWhile the neighboring West Village may have the more well-known sites, the East Village contains a rich assortment of places connected to LGBTQ history, including the homes of noted artists,…
Read More…business in the South Village and lived in the South Village for years. He and his family have now decamped to a home in the Greenwich Village Historic District, but…
Read More…Village. 5. “Squares” that aren’t squares Abingdon Square via Wiki Commons Speaking of triangles, one of the defining elements of the Greenwich Village Historic District’s charm are the many tiny verdant…
Read More…the Greenwich Village Historic District. Click here to check out our year-long activities and celebrations. Few places on earth have attracted as many creative, mold-shattering, transformative women as Greenwich Village,…
Read More…vintage resellers within the Greenwich Village, East Village, and NoHo: The East Village: The East Village has more vintage, secondhand, and thrift stores than anywhere in New York City (maybe…
Read More…a major figure in the cultural life of Greenwich Village, when the Village served as an incubator of every important American literary, artistic, and political movement of the period. As…
Read More…click here. At 201 Bleecker Street, in the recently-designated South Village Historic District, stands one of the most well-known coffee, tea and spice stores of Greenwich Village. Porto Rico Importing…
Read More…Village Award at our Annual Meeting on Monday, June 13th. In the twenty years since GVSHP began presenting Village Awards, many nods have gone out to small specialty food markets….
Read More…the Village and East Village. Perhaps the most famously and recognizably “Flatiron-like” building in our neighborhoods is the former Herring Lock and Safe Company Building at 669-681 Hudson Street at…
Read More…Village restaurant Annisa is one of our 2011 Village Awardees! Power-chef Anita Lo rides her bike each morning to her highly popular Barrow Street restaurant which serves up dishes that…
Read More…sidewalks swell with Village natives, NYU students, and tourists. With Greenwich Village Stories as your unofficial guidebook, you can tour the neighborhood as some of its most well-known residents have,…
Read More…Village, East Village, and NoHo’s cultural heritage and built environment. And last week, as part of our free public programs, we started a series about theaters of Greenwich Village and the…
Read More…Village/Financial District” is actually the combined Community Boards 1 and 2 in Manhattan, which includes the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, NoHo, SoHo, Little Italy, Tribeca, the Financial District, the South…
Read More…preservation. Looking up at an altered 1847 Greek Revival house from a previous tour. The Greenwich Village Historic District The original Greenwich Village Historic District covers only a portion of…
Read More…of this library system can be found in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and Noho. The main antecedents of the NYPL which formed the foundation of today’s system— the Astor Library,…
Read More…post-World War I era, Millay emerged as a major figure in the cultural life of Greenwich Village, when the Village served as an incubator of every important American literary, artistic,…
Read More…some lists of and links to our 2020 programs by category: Top attended Tour Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo Books to read 2020-specific Women’s and Women’s Suffrage centennial-focused…
Read More…in the genre’s history, Greenwich Village and the East Village can boast of being the neighborhoods where all four hip hop elements were presented together for the first time and becoming…
Read More…gathered to share music, politics, and ideals, all shaped a music revolution. Explore more about the Village’s folk scene on our Tour of the South Village, and join us in…
Read More…South Village Historic District (map), a two hundred forty-building, thirteen-block section of Greenwich Village south of Washington Square Park, and the second phase of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic…
Read More…Photo courtesy of Village Preservation. For more information on the rich, complex history of the Children’s Aid Society and the Civil Rights and Social Justice history of the East Village,…
Read More…brilliant tactics, they succeeded. Committee to Save the West Village Newsletter Issue 1 Masthead, dated March 10, 1962, from Village Preservation’s Preservation History Archive Saving the West Village The concerns…
Read MoreThere’s no shortage of sites in the Village and East Village where great makers of popular music lived or performed. Less well known, however, are the multitude of sites that…
Read More…streets that comprise the South Village are a sort of microcosm of the broader Greenwich Village it sits within. The South Village holds some of the area’s oldest extant buildings,…
Read MoreEach year, Village Preservation celebrates the individuals, organizations, and businesses that have made a significant positive impact on Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo with our Village Awards. Since…
Read More…are so important to the history and development of Greenwich Village and all of New York City — Village Community Boathouse does all New Yorkers a great service. And that…
Read More…conduct research to support our mission. The Architecture of the Greenwich Village Waterfront, edited by Regina M. Kellerman, 1989. The waterfront, like all parts of the Village, has a long…
Read MoreVillage Preservation is excited to share our oral history collection with the public, and hope they will shed more light on what makes Greenwich Village and the East Village such…
Read More…A crucial part of the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, which was landmarked in 2012, the Anthology Film Archies became a Village Preservation Village awardee in 2018. In 2017…
Read MoreThe Greenwich Village Historic District, which was designated (landmarked) on April 29, 1969, holds some of the loveliest bits of Greenwich Village within its bounds — from Washington Square to…
Read More…Greenwich Village, the East Village, and Noho, check out our Civil Rights and Social Justice Map, as well as our Greenwich Village Historic District Map and East Village Building Blocks. …
Read MoreVeniero’s Owner Robert Zerilli Village Preservation is excited to share our oral history collection with the public, and hope they will shed more light on what makes Greenwich Village and…
Read More…The Village and East Village, which were once country north of New York City, have more than their fair share of former burial grounds. Many New Yorkers are aware that…
Read More…With your input, we’re going to select our Top 25 list. Below are seventy of the most impactful women of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, who made their…
Read More…world. With your input, we’re going to select the twenty-five most impactful. Below are seventy extraordinary women of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, who made their marks in…
Read More…“The John T. Krawchuk Collection: The West Village Waterfront in the Early 1990s,” Village Preservation Historic Image Archive. Village Preservation has also led efforts to get several individual landmarks in…
Read More…to the special quality of life in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. Submit your nominations for the 2025 Village Awards today! Through March 10th, you can nominate one…
Read MoreOff the Grid is highlighting the 2016 Village Awards winners in the lead up to the June 14th Annual Meeting & Award Ceremony. Click here for more information about the event and to RSVP….
Read More…and innovative arts programming to artists of all kinds and the community at large. More info about the building can be found in our East Village Building Blocks page. …
Read More…for the whole family. The Village Halloween Parade The early years of the Village Halloween parade at Westbeth. Photo courtesy of Shelley Seccombe. The Village Halloween Parade will take place…
Read More…shaped LBGT culture in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo over the last century and a quarter — some clandestine and illicit, others shiny and open. The Saint, 105…
Read More…hotspots, with sites like Macy’s and Rockefeller Center, Greenwich Village offers New Yorkers its own winter wonderland as well. Join us—and Dasher, Dancer, and Prancer—and explore Greenwich Village during the…
Read MoreOn May 2, 2006, two new historic districts were designated in the Far West Village, the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension and the Weehawken Street Historic District, as part of…
Read More…Lorraine Hansberry. Village Preservation’s celebratory map of the Greenwich Village Historic District, created especially for our celebration by the artist Barbara Macfarlane, represented by the Rebecca Hossack Gallery 121 Charles…
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