…protect working-class people. International Workers Order logo, c. 1930-1939. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. The IWO supported fifteen language federations, including the Jewish People’s Fraternal Order, the Italian Garibaldi Society, and…
Read More…under their health insurance, becoming the first insurer to do so. 80 Fifth Avenue, 1937 In 1936, the International Workers Order (IWO) became the first insurer to offer birth control….
Read More…the building’s multi-layered history and the incredible work done here. The International Workers Order (IWO) and Jewish People’s Fraternal Order (JPFO) were once headquartered here, and some kindred passionate followers…
Read MoreFor nearly a quarter of a century, the International Workers Order fought relentlessly for racial equality, interracial solidarity, industrial unions, and social security programs that would protect all Americans. Located…
Read More…Rights, 1930-1954. We also highly encourage you to read the letter of support from Dr. Elissa Sampson, who digitized the International Workers Order (IWO) and Jewish People’s Fraternal Order (JPFO)…
Read More…factory workers to go on strike to demand better working conditions and higher wages. As a garment worker, she made a name for herself among her fellow workers, leading several…
Read More…in the 1970s and beyond — became an international success. While most associate the invention of the blue jeans with the California Gold Rush and the American West, Strauss himself…
Read MoreWest 4th Street and MacDougal Street, ca. 1950. From the Nat Kaufman collection, GVSHP. With the recent news that every Law & Order television episode will soon be available in…
Read More…International Workers Order, 80 Fifth Avenue 80 Fifth Avenue. The International Workers Order (IWO) was located at 80 Fifth Avenue for its entire lifetime, from 1930 until 1954. This progressive…
Read MoreFor its entire existence over twenty years, the International Worker’s Order’s (IWO) New York City headquarters was located at 80 Fifth Avenue. 80 Fifth Avenue, at 14th Street, is located…
Read More…political, ethnic, and racial backgrounds. The IWO supported fifteen language federations, and its largest was the Jewish People’s Fraternal Order. International Workers Order Emblem, 1930. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. Congressman…
Read More…poets, painters, dancers, and musicians. International Workers Order, 80 Fifth Avenue The International Workers Order (IWO) was located at 80 Fifth Avenue for its entire lifetime, from 1930 until 1954….
Read More…origin of the International Workers Orders at 80 Fifth Avenue, and the home of Igal Roodenko, a noted printer, socialist, and activist whose parents were Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. Roodenko…
Read More…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…
Read More…African American history tour. The journey starts at almost the northern end of the proposed district at 80 Fifth Avenue, one-time home of the International Workers Order, an organization that…
Read More…strike in the U.S. until that point began with furor. Nearly 70,000 members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) descended upon a seemingly non-descript building at 64 East…
Read More…the plight of workers, and women workers specifically. Between 20,000 and 30,000 workers went on strike, and were soon joined by strikers in other cities around the country. Although many…
Read More…the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union descended upon the building as a part of the Cloakworkers strike. Just one of many locations in New York City with ties to labor…
Read More…topic, something must be done in order to create interest in the strike and educate New Yorkers about the plight of the workers. She declared that the strike should be…
Read More…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…
Read More…worked with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and other labor organizations to promote workers’ rights. Happy birthday to this son of the East Village and advocate for workers everywhere….
Read MoreThe East Village and Greenwich Village have long been bastions of progressive thought and hotbeds of radical social movements. The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or “Wobblies” as they…
Read MoreImagine over a thousand workers arriving at Penn Station on a dedicated train, gathering at Union Square, and marching up Fifth Avenue toward Madison Square Garden (the Sanford White-designed one…
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…their Row Houses show how architecture ties communities and cities together (video) (event description) “The Road to Peace and Freedom”: The International Workers Order and its Civil Rights and Social…
Read More…80 Fifth Avenue As documented throughout our South of Union Square Map + Tours, for half a century the International Workers Order fought relentlessly for racial equality and solidarity, industrial…
Read More…with the International Worker’s Order (IWO). In a prior post about the IWO, my colleague wrote that even as they pushed for equality for workers in the spheres of politics,…
Read More…and homosexuals per se were considered “disorderly.” Bartenders would often evict known homosexuals or order them not to face other customers in order to avoid cruising. Despite this, gay men…
Read More…unifying vision for all workers appealed to Flynn, as it allowed her to reach laborers regardless of background, gender, or skill level. She believed that all workers should own the…
Read More…to place an order for NYU doctors. This subsequently became 8 weeks worth of meals. Diana filled similar orders for New York Presbyterian and Metropolitan Hospital in Harlem. The business,…
Read MoreUnion workers protest factory conditions. Photo via the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition. Tomorrow marks the 103rd anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the 1911 disaster that killed 146…
Read More…Fire. The 1911 fire took the lives of 146 workers, mostly immigrant women, inspiring the young labor movement and precipitating new worker safety regulations across the country. The shirtwaist is…
Read More…as workers rushed to escape. Locked stairwell doors sent many crowding to the elevator. It ran as long as it could, bringing workers to safety. Locking workers in was a…
Read More…neighborhoods, particularly in an area South of Union Square. This area housed several influential organizations, including the International Worker’s Order, a fraternal organization that fought for racial equality, fair treatment…
Read More…home to the International Workers Order, The Motion Picture Patents Company, Forbes Magazine, and the National Gay Task Force. Despite its obvious architectural and historic significance, this building remains unprotected…
Read More…movement tremendously, complementing the work of the NAACP, the International Workers Order, and many other civil rights groups embedded in the area south of Union Square. Access more resources on black history…
Read More…The WPP eventually became the American chapter of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, which has chapters in 37 countries, and is the oldest women’s peace organization in…
Read More…New Order’s reputation as a leader of the post-punk genre. New Order would go on to revolutionize popular music in the 1980s and 1990s, merging synthesizer-driven dance music with the…
Read More…are often asked why a historic district border looks so jagged. In the case of the new South Village Historic District, the southern border of the district along Houston Street…
Read MoreStriking Verizon workers at 2nd Avenue and 13th Street; the Village and East Village have a long and storied history with the labor movement. The sight of striking Verizon workers…
Read MoreNew York City workers held the first Labor Day parade in 1882. Photo via the US Department of Labor. Labor Day was created as a federal holiday in 1894, and…
Read More…mecca for socialists, communists, and union organizers. On Fifth Avenue, unions and and other organizations located in architecturally striking buildings used their voice to advocate for workers, marginalized communities, and…
Read More…the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU), which fought for better conditions for factory workers. Clara Lemlich became involved with the ILGWU. After being blacklisted for her labor union work,…
Read More…of Labor Hilda Solis, Senator Charles Schumer, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The ceremony was led by Bruce Raynor, president of Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union…
Read More…1873. Particular animosities developed between railroad workers and the industry leaders, as unemployment grew and the railroad companies continued to cut jobs and decrease wages while increasing work hours. In…
Read More…the New York Women’s Trade Union League (NYWTUL) for thirty-five years. She organized the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union from 1909 to 1914, and the 1909 Shirtwaist Strike. In 1911,…
Read More…the Cloakmakers Local 48 of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. In New York in the early 20th century, nearly all female garment workers were Jewish or Italian, and while…
Read More…part of the plan by the Pathfinder Press and the Socialist Workers Party, to show how movements for liberation, worker’s rights, women’s rights, and more were connected beyond the borders…
Read More…48 of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. In New York in the early 20th century, nearly all of the women garment workers were Jewish or Italian, and while they…
Read More…of 23, Lemlich (1886-1982), a young garment worker who was already involved in helping to organize and lead multiple strikes and workers’ actions, led a massive walkout of 20,000 of the…
Read More…a center of global commerce. In the 1820s and 1830s, some Irish immigrants held positions as skilled artisans, but most came to work as domestic servants, construction workers, and longshoremen,…
Read More…landmarked. Where do the piano industry and radical workers’ rights movements intersect? The gorgeous historic cast-iron building at 28 East 14th Street is one such place. Prior to the Civil…
Read More…the city’s shipping trade. St. Brigid’s mostly served a congregation connected to that industry, which like along the Hudson River waterfront consisted predominantly of Irish workers. Appropriately, Brigid was the…
Read More…the city’s shipping trade. St. Brigid’s mostly served a congregation connected to that industry, which like along the Hudson River waterfront consisted predominantly of Irish workers. Appropriately, Brigid was the…
Read More…Workers Order, a pioneering force in the U.S. labor movement that took some incredibly powerful positions for civil rights. From 1930 to 1954, the IWO fought relentlessly for racial equality,…
Read More…workers to receive compensation for injuries incurred on the job without having to prove that their employers were at fault. Eastman gained international acclaim for her book and her work…
Read More…Lenape. 80 Fifth Avenue Kalmia latifolia “Mountain Laurel”, Jacob Bigelow, (ca. 1817) Known as the headquarters for both the International Workers Order and the National LGBTQ Task Force, the Renaissance…
Read More…of the burning fires, through the sifting of the monumental rubble and clearing of twisted steel, DeLuccy and other recovery workers worked selflessly through grim conditions. Workers at Ground Zero…
Read More…employees and other essential workers. Since the pandemic, she has been delivering meals to healthcare workers as well as food-insecure New Yorkers. In one week, her team, along with World…
Read More…thousands of workers building waterborne vessels, as well as in supporting trades such as iron works and wood mills. Residences were built around the area as well, both to house…
Read More…generation of workers to advance the labor movement. Later, the school moved to another building within the area, 35 East 12th Street. The Revolutionary Workers League, a radical left group…
Read More…John Wayne,” he made the “international style” of glass, steel, and concrete the lingua franca of architecture. Which may make it more than a little surprising to learn that he…
Read More…Native American feminist theater group in the United States, and one of the leading performing arts groups to emerge out of the New York movement, gaining national and international attention….
Read More…The Bronx Brewery In order to ensure the efficient breakdown of the malt’s complex sugars into simple, fermentable sugars, one can, at this stage, lower the pH levels of the…
Read More…orders, too. The order I have is to feed the hungry, and that comes from a higher authority.” By 2001, the building was closed due to structural deficiencies, and Mass…
Read More…of the order of the Sisters of Charity (played by Chalfant), the piece theatrically explores the 161-year history of the hospital. This piece uses theater and public art as a…
Read More…community of monks belonging to the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. Otherwise known as the Trappists, this community was the most ascetic Roman Catholic monastic order. Merton was…
Read More…on the corner of Christopher and West Streets to cheer on the workers. This dedicated group showed up and supported these rescue and recovery workers every day until the last…
Read More…did the failure to prosecute Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, the factory owners who locked the factory doors to protect their profits rather than their workers. Even though fire safety…
Read More…massive effort and the recruitment of various photographers. The project employed 900 white-collar workers—most of whom were bookkeepers and auditors—and an estimated 32 photographers, who the WPA hired as “skilled, non-manual…
Read More…Fire trucks arrived, but their ladders only reached the 6th floor, while the fire burned on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors. Workers who tried to exit through the fire…
Read More…workers dealing with war-driven inflation, food shortages, and unemployment. In addition, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in January helped solidify the connection between the war and rights for African-Americans, furthering tensions between…
Read More…from an open car to a crowd of garment workers about birth control at Union Square, New York, on May 20, 1916. Goldman was born into a poor Jewish family…
Read More…as Samuel Gompers, Margaret Sanger, Emma Goldman, and Dorothy Day, and was the site of the formation of the Progressive Labor Party in 1887, and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of…
Read More…Square Park. One hundred and forty-six workers, mostly recent Jewish and Italian immigrants, many under the age of 20, died in the fire. While the building—currently owned by New York…
Read More…place for labor through the 20th century. The founding convention of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) took place here in December 1914. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union…
Read More…the workers and holding the ribbon-cutting ceremony on May Day, an international labor holiday. While the building was being constructed and until his death, Smith lived at 49-51 Fifth Avenue…
Read More…safety, fire, labor, and building codes, and to the rise of the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union as a powerful force in organized labor. This article was originally published in…
Read More…history. Although May Day is not an official holiday in the United States, it is recognized around the world as International Worker’s Day, and many groups have assembled on May…
Read More…include sections to showcase writings and works by young Chinese artists, reports on international art news, and translations of essays on Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, and Jeff Koons. The Black…
Read More…Germany, The Other Israel, African Diaspora International, Winter Film Awards International Film Festival, SR Socially Relevant Film Festival, Reel Recovery, Wildlife Conservatory, New York Short Film, Arab Cinema week, and…
Read More…Radoslovich hired internationally known architects Harrison & Abramovitz. Partner Wallace K. Harrison had just completed the United Nations building where he was Director of Planning and heavily influenced the design….
Read More…American Art, to celebrate our newest plaque commemorating this building’s place in history. Suiting the World from Fourth Avenue: The International Tailoring Company Building: In 1997, when Jeanne Krier moved…
Read MoreBoth the reach and the origins of those who have called the Greenwich Village Historic District home have always been international in scope; Khalil Gibran is a prime example of…
Read More…date, we are taking a look at some of the buildings and history on and around this intersection. International Tailoring Company Building, 101-111 Fourth Ave. International Tailoring Company Building, 101-111…
Read More…people, women, Hispanics, Asian-Americans, Jews, immigrants, and workers. Among the interesting tours afforded by the map, today we’ll take a look at the unique history of African-Americans that can be…
Read More…eye on the unknown parts of town. Immigrants, dockworkers, nightclub performers, boxers, the landscape and the life of workers were their subjects. They supported Henri’s credo— “art for life’s sake,”…
Read More…draft order in 1942, he began declaring his conscientious objection. By the following year, he was one of many conscientious objectors required to report to Civilian Public Service Camp #52…
Read More…in the United States). During his 17 year tenure, Clemenceau started his own newspaper La Justice, and would acquire others, like L’Aurore, in order to spearhead the voice of Parisian…
Read More…order. Part of the original mission of the Scalabrinians was to minister to Italians who had immigrated from Italy to North America, and thus, newly ordained Father Demo was sent…
Read More…leatherworkers Walter Humphries in New York and Menalkas Duncan in Provincetown MA. Menalkas was Raymond Duncan’s son. Raymond was the brother of dancer Isadora Duncan, himself a dancer and craftsperson…
Read MoreNo matter where you are in Greenwich Village, NoHo, or the East Village, you are within walking (or ordering) distance of a wide range of culinary options. There are dozens…
Read More…an open car to a crowd of garment workers about birth control at Union Square, New York, on May 20, 1916. The 1917 Espionage Act further complicated matters, setting penalties…
Read More…Labor Lecturing in Union Square, August 31, 1893 Again in Union Square, Goldman organized a march on August 21st, which 1,000 people attended. Emma preached that workers have a right…
Read More…the decade marked by strife and disorder, to an internationally-recognized symbol of a civil rights movement? Ahead, learn about Stonewall’s long road to becoming a civil rights landmark. Via New York Public…
Read More…export business, International Arbitrage of Unoppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Books, which counted among its clients, on an exclusive basis, the legendary mail order German bargain books and music seller Zweitausendeins. While…
Read More…two children. In the aftermath of World War II, Du Bois became involved in international peace movements, in working against racism as a supporter of the leftist Southern Negro Youth…
Read More…Watch the video of our event here, and learn more about the shops we featured below! https://youtu.be/7rQHNBckQLs In order of appearance at the event: Exit 9 Gift Emporium: Take Fun…
Read More…anything ‘To order’ as it were.” But write it she did. Lazarus’ sonnet The New Colossus includes the now-famous line: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”…
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