…to the world, commitment to dialogue and collaboration, and global curiosity. Rauschenberg and his rich body of work are a touchstone for our time. Costume design by Robert Rauschenberg for…
Read More…Lafayette to this day. Narrating the audio is actor and comedian Alec Baldwin. https://soundcloud.com/villagepreservation/robert-rauschenberg-village-voices-audio-1?utm_source=clipboard&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fvillagepreservation%252Frobert*]}*-rauschenberg-village-voices-audio-1 Click here to read more about Robert Rauschenberg. Click here to access all 31 VILLAGE VOICES.…
Read MoreAn Rong Xu for The New York Times Robert Rauschenberg October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008 Painter, Sculptor, Photographer, and Performer Rauschenberg was an eclectic and genre-defying artist who…
Read More…their son, Robert de Niro, Jr. Virginia Admiral and Robert De Niro Sr., c. 1940. Photo courtesy of the Estate of Robert De Niro, Sr. Façade of 30 East 14th…
Read More…before it became a world-famous park and tourist attraction, and changes to our surrounding architecture over the years. The Robert Fisch collection is our most recent addition to our image…
Read MoreOn First Avenue near East 11th Street. Like many fans, we at Off the Grid were heartbroken when it really happened, after months and years of rumors: De Robertis Pastry…
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…attacks and the World Trade Center’s destruction were taken from Greenwich Village, where Robert has long resided, and show the attacks’ impact unfolding from that perspective. Robert grew up in…
Posted September 5, 2023
Read More…posts can be found here, and the entire oral history collection here. Robert Zerilli is the grandson of Veniero’s founder. Robert was born in New Jersey and moved to New York…
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This is the first part of a collection of photos donated by longtime Greenwich Village resident Robert Fisch, primarily of the Greenwich Village of his youth in the 1980s, landmarks…
Posted January 18, 2022
Read MoreOn June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, as he left the ballroom after giving his victory speech following his win in…
Read MoreRobert Motherwell (1915-1991), one of the most noteworthy figures of the Abstract Expressionist movement and ‘New York School’ of artists, had a studio during some of his most productive years…
Read More…a legacy still quite apparent today, but whose name is little known, is Dr. Robert Hogan. Hogan (b. August 23, 1800, according to the only source we found with this…
Read MoreBattle for the Village and Beyond – The Legacy of Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses Jane Jacobs called it a ballet, a soaring, stimulating, and safe place where neighborhoods had…
Read More…other was the first African American woman principal in the New York City school system. 175 MacDougal Street, 2019. Dr. Robert Hogan Dr. Robert Hogan (b. August 23, 1800, according to…
Read More…of his work with another well-known writer, Robert Lowell. The photograph features a 1977 Poetry Project event, in which Lowell and Ginsberg shared the stage for the first time, at…
Read MoreGreenwich Village in the 1960s: The Photography of Robert Otter He made his living as a commercial photographer, but his soul yearned for something more… Robert (Bob) Otter captured Greenwich…
Read More…now the home of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. 4. Robert Mapplethorpe home and studio, 24 Bond Street 24 Bond Street, via Wiki Commons Unlike Rauschenberg, Mapplethorpe, who came of age…
Read MorePurchase the Book! Robert De Niro’s name is known throughout the world, but this Village-born star’s heritage, filmography, and life share deep connections to our neighborhoods in so many ways….
Read MoreRobert Sanfiz (b. March 20, 1969) has been the Executive Director of La Nacional since 2008. La Nacional is the 150-year-old Spanish Benevolent Society located on West 14th Street, which…
Read MoreThe Imagery of Robert Otter: A Study of Greenwich Village in the 1960s gallery exhibit Robert Otter was a commercial and freelance photographer whose pictures of Greenwich Village in the…
Read MoreAndy Warhol’s Greenwich Village A Lecture by Thomas Kiedrowski & Robert Heide Andy Warhol’s remarkable fame evolved throughout his life in NYC. His unique persona and career were shaped in…
Read MoreThe Great Urban Paradigm Shift: Robert Moses, Jane Jacobs, and West Village Houses The development of the West Village Houses has typified many of the diverse challenges facing preservationists in…
Read MoreThe New Yorkers: A book by photographer Robert Herman “The New Yorkers” is Robert Herman’s astounding collection of photographs of New York City, shot between 1978-2005 on Kodachrome. The book…
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Robert Fisch documented 9/11 and the World Trade Center from various locations. Click here to see the original Robert Fisch Collection….
Posted August 5, 2023
Read MoreMarcel Duchamp in the Village – 50 Years Later Artist Serkan Ozkaya in conversation with poet Robert Fitterman For twenty years, Marcel Duchamp secretly worked on his final art piece,…
Read MoreLittle Spain: The Spanish Community on West 14th Street A history and slideshow with Robert Sanfiz Compared to other European groups, the Village’s immigrant community from Spain is rather small…
Read MoreVeniero’s Pasticceria at 125: Stories and Snacks with owner Robert Zerilli Co-sponsored by Veniero’s, and Urban Archive. Veniero’s has been located between 1st and 2nd Avenues at 342 East 11th…
Read MoreDeveloping an Opera about Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses Composer Judd Greenstein and director Joshua Frankel discuss the process of creating their new opera with urbanist and author Karrie Jacobs…
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Robert Ripps’ description: “On the morning of September 11th, I was leaving my building when I saw the first plane fly nearly overhead. As it flashed by, I thought to…
Posted September 8, 2021
Read MoreIt was reported today that Madison Realty Capital is contemplating a scheme for a 367 ft. tall tower designed by Robert A.M. Stern for 14 Fifth Avenue (8th/9th Streets) in the Greenwich Village…
Read More…explore some of the most outrageous examples of the extreme makeovers that have altered works of art, both well-known and obscure. About the Speaker: Robert B. Simon is an art historian…
Read More…Village and the East Village South of Union Square has uncovered a new fascinating find: Abstract Expressionist trailblazer Robert Motherwell had his studio in the neighborhood at 61 Fourth Avenue during a…
Read MoreRobert Zerelli (b. November 30, 1962) was raised in New Jersey, and at the age of 18, he moved to New York City to work at the bakery founded by…
Read More…permanent date for Primary election Page 5-6: Robert Moses slum clearance, Herbert Lehman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Thomas K Finletter join fight against DeSapio and Bossism, Page 7: New VID President…
Read More…Jackson Pollock Leontyne Price Robert Rauschenberg Oliver Sacks Maurice Sendak John Sloan Patti Smith Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney The Northern Dispensary 70 Fifth Avenue Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire A Monument to…
Read More…prominent artists who were also gay. Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg lived and worked at 381 Lafayette Street, where his namesake foundation is now located. Just around the corner, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe lived…
Read More…Anaïs Nin, Robert Duncan, writer Henry Miller, and playwright Tennessee Williams, among others. Virginia Admiral and Robert De Niro Sr., c. 1940. Photo courtesy of the Estate of Robert De…
Read More…be unearthed. His son, Ned Otter, who archived the collection, will present a slide lecture that explores both newly discovered and iconic images of Otter’s 1960s Greenwich Village. Robert Otter…
Read More…as the home and workplace for several of the late 20th century’s most prominent artists who were also gay. Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg lived and worked at 381 Lafayette Street,…
Read More…oppressive, there’s nothing quite like escaping into the cool haven of De Robertis Pasticceria and Caffe for an orzata with lemon ice. Since you’re there, you’ll probably go ahead and…
Read More…From the “Robert Fisch World Trade Center and 9/11 Collection” in Village Preservation’s Historic Image Archive. Robert Fisch grew up in South Queens and became interested in photography when the…
Read More…general population. Caffe Reggio, c. 1965. Robert Otter, photographer © 2012 Ned Otter. This second image, “Caffe Reggio, 1965” is also a favorite from the Robert Otter archive. Caffe Reggio…
Read More…Expressionists, American Realists, Pop Artists, and Collagists. One such artist was George Morrison (1919-2000, Chippewa) who exhibited there from 1952 to 1962 with Joan Mitchell, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ad Reinhardt….
Read More…share and exchange ideas and opinions, including Willem deKooning, Franz Kline, Ad Reinhardt, James Brooks, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, Robert Rauschenberg, Jack Tworkov, Alfred Leslie, Milton Resnick, Lee Krasner, Philip…
Read More…such as Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine, Robert Rauschenberg, and Yoko Ono, among others. Judson Dance Theater began in 1962 and became a pioneering force in postmodern dance. Artist Carolee Schneemann (1939-2019) was a founding member…
Read More…had hung together. They were mostly unknown at the time; Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Robert Rauschenberg, Hans Hoffman, Robert Motherwell, Krasner, Frankenthaler, Hartigan, Mitchell, Resnick…
Read More…Cage, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, W.H. Auden, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, James Baldwin, Allen Ginsberg, Terrence McNally, Frank O’Hara, Montgomery Clift, Edward Albee, and Merce Cunningham. CLICK HERE to learn more about our historic plaques program RSVP…
Read More…Kelly, Louise Nevelson, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella to a larger audience from MoMA’s stage. In addition to being a beacon for these artists, she was friends with many of…
Read More…and Robert Rauschenberg, among a great many others. Read or listen to Kahn’s Oral History here. “Inspiration comes… from the changes in seasons, the hours in the day, and one’s…
Read MoreRobert F. Kennedy Getty Images As we reflect upon the life and legacy of Robert F. Kennedy, his central role in the progress of civil rights in America comes immediately…
Read More…27, 1993. Image by Robert Fisch, from the Village Preservation Historic Image Archive. In 2021, longtime Greenwich Village resident Robert Fisch donated his collection of photographs from the 1980s through today,…
Read More…at Studio 35 laid the groundwork for the bold artistic explorations to follow. The idea of the Sessions originated in 1948, when the artists William Baziotes, David Hare, Robert Motherwell,…
Read More‘Tribute in Light’ from a rooftop at 6th Ave & 12th Street. Photograph by Robert Fisch, 2010. Since September 11, 2003, twin pillars of light have pierced the Lower Manhattan…
Read More…our South of Union Square Map + Tours were first released, they illuminated the amazing artistic and publishing history of 61 Fourth Avenue. Robert Indiana — a preeminent figure in…
Read More…business’ rich history, thanks to an oral history that Veniero’s current co-owner Robert Zerilli, grand nephew of Veniero’s original founder, conducted with us in 2014. Veniero’s is not just a…
Read More…The Robert Samuel Gallery opened at 795 Broadway in November 1978, specializing in photography by gay male artists including Robert Mapplethorpe. The Robert Samuel Gallery was committed to featuring both…
Read More…Draper, Martha Graham, Lorraine Hansberry, Edward Hopper, Helen Levitt, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Joan Mitchell, Joe Papp, Charlie “Bird” Parker, Jackson Pollock, Leontyne Price, Robert Rauschenberg, Maurice Sendak, Patti Smith,…
Read More…Robert Moses ordered the large-scale demolition of older sections of cities, to be replaced or bisected by new motorways and identical complexes of “towers-in-a-park.” But one unlikely Greenwich Village resident…
Read More…essay about the Mineshaft, an Interview with Wally Wallace, and an essay about his partnership with Robert Mapplethorpe. Footnotes: From information found in Jack Fritscher, “ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE – Fetishes, Faces,…
Read More…Teasdale, undated (near the end of World War I) Robert Frost, 107 Waverly Place L: Robert Frost in 1958, photo by Yousuf Karsh. R: 107-111 Waverly Place in 2019 and…
Read More…— February 20, 2021), producer/actor Robert Hooks (b. April 18, 1937) and theater manager Gerald Krone (February 25, 1933 — February 20, 2021) developed the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC). This New…
Read More…1976 Speaking of the Academy Award-winning actor, producer, and director Robert De Niro, Jr., his ties to the area go even deeper. His parents, artists Robert De Niro Sr. and…
Read MoreRobert Hooks and Douglas Turner Ward outside of St. Mark’s Playhouse (133 Second Avenue) The 1960s saw immense change as calls for civil rights and racial justice transformed our cultural…
Read MoreWe are proud to share the latest addition to our Historic Image Archive, the Robert Fisch World Trade Center and 9/11 Collection, which contains an incredible array of photos of…
Read MoreBeginning in 1948, the artists William Baziotes, David Hare, Robert Motherwell, and Mark Rothko held a public lecture series entitled Subjects of the Artist. Regularly attracting a crowd of around…
Read More…since. Current proprietor Robert Zerilli grew up in New Jersey, but began working in the store at the age of 18 and lived over the shop for a while. In…
Read More…culture, participating in events of both regional and national significance. The Bowne House as it appears in 2020. Robert Bowne (b. 1744), the great-grandson of John Bowne, was both an…
Read More…Leading Role, Robert de Niro (1980) for Raging Bull – Webster Hall, 119-125 East 11th Street Robert De Niro at the 53rd Academy Awards The main stage of Webster Hall, recently…
Read More…and other social justice movements, and their support for efforts to preserve the neighborhood, especially from Robert Moses’ urban renewal and highway construction plans. Significant figures whose activities and correspondences…
Read More…a landscape of early 20th-century American culture. Streetview of 107 Waverly Place; Map data © 2019 Google 10. Robert Frost, 107 Waverly Place American poet Robert Frost made his home…
Read More“You can help save Washington Square Park. Robert Moses can be stopped. A handful of women did it in Central Park. The bird watchers did it in Central Park. The…
Read More…Verses and included his poems in its house publication The New Order. Robert B. Roosevelt and Pearson’s Magazine, 57 Fifth Avenue No. 57 Fifth Avenue was built by James Lenox,…
Read More…against Robert Moses’ proposed Lower Manhattan Expressway, which would have destroyed the neighborhoods of SoHo, Little Italy, and the South Village. Presently she lives on Charlton Street. According to Douglas:…
Read More…Katy Bordonaro, Tenant Advocate and Affordable Housing Activist; Andrew Berman, Executive Director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (speaking); Robert Martin, Chelsea Coalition on Housing. REBNY, a long-time…
Read More…Free?” was written by Langston Hughes, whose “Revolutionary Verses” chapbook and other poems were also published by the Order. Robert Earl Jones in Langston Hughes’ “Don’t You Want to be…
Read More…Jane and her husband Robert raised their family and she wrote the epic tome “The Death and Life of Great American Cities.” In 2009, Village Preservation got the block co-named…
Read MoreWith author Roberta Brandes Gratz and Anthony C. Wood Purchase the Book! This is the story of Joan K. Davidson and the J.M. Kaplan Fund, New York’s hidden benefactors. “Scratch…
Read More…new husband and fellow artist Robert De Niro, Sr. (and perhaps, for a short time, with their infant, the movie actor Robert De Niro, Jr., who was born their final…
Read MoreThe battle between Village preservation icon Jane Jacobs and Robert “put a highway through every park” Moses is quite storied and well-documented. But for us, understanding it and preserving its…
Read More…her ongoing (at the time) role at Community Board 2. Doris got her start in civic life in 1959 when Robert Moses had designed a plan to phase out the…
Read More…includes everything from press clippings to campaign literature, reports on civil rights, strategy sessions on fighting Robert Moses, and more. You’ll see figures from Eleanor Roosevelt to Robert Kennedy to…
Read More…more than 100 shows a year – every year – all around the planet. 6. Dylan’s given name was Robert Allen Zimmerman. He changed it officially, but he has always…
Read More…designated in 2008. 62 Cooper Square – From the Robert Fisch Collection Carl Fischer Building and painted sign, 62 Cooper Square, as seen from Astor Place. Photograph by Robert Fisch,…
Read More…since. Current proprietor Robert Zerilli grew up in New Jersey, but began working in the store at the age of 18 and lived over the shop for a while. In an…
Read More…Revolutionary War hero and ship captain Robert Richard Randall, who died in 1801. In his will, he designated his property — then in what was mostly farmland north of New…
Read More…of early 20th-century American culture. Streetview of 107 Waverly Place; Map data © 2019 Google 10. Robert Frost, 107 Waverly Place American poet Robert Frost made his home at 107 Waverly…
Read MoreThis is one of a series of blog posts which highlights the information found in our Village Independent Democrats collection, added to our Preservation History Archive in early 2024. In 1953, Robert Moses announced plans…
Read More…by Robert Fisch. The Robert Fisch collection of our historic image archive includes images primarily of the Greenwich Village of his youth in the 1980s, landmarks and familiar sights of…
Read More…of as a traditional “slum”, it was an area dense with working class families, a characteristic Robert Moses saw as undesirable. In 1956, Robert Moses acquired three city blocks bound…
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