…Smith Garnet. Sarah Smith Garnet. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. On April 30, 1863, Sarah Smith Garnet became the first African American woman principal in the New York City school…
Read MoreIn the late 1880s, Brooklyn-born Sarah Smith Garnet helped found the Equal Suffrage League, a Brooklyn-based club for Black women, which worked with the Niagara Movement, a predecessor to the…
Read More…death in 1882. 175 MacDougal Street. Left photo (1969) courtesy of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, right photo (2019) courtesy of Village Preservation. Garnet’s wife, Sarah Smith Garnet, was also…
Read More…at St. Mark’s in the Bowery. Patti Smith with Sam Shepard One of Smith’s most influential and public relationships was with the photographer Robert Mapplethorp. Smith met Mapplethorpe within days…
Read More…a sermon that honored the successes of the Union Army and the effort to abolish slavery. Garnet’s wife, Sarah Smith Garnet, also championed abolitionism and women’s suffrage. Born on July…
Read MoreBessie Smith’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an icon. Her talent, accomplishments, and message lit a path for…
Read More…modern art. Art Smith holding “Spiral Necklace,” ca. 1958. From the Estate of Art Smith Art Smith was born in 1917 in Cuba to Jamaican parents. His family moved to…
Read More…Hewitt National Design Museum. The elder sister (and Sarah and Abram’s second-oldest child), Sarah “Sally” Hewitt (1859-1930), was an impassioned, innovative, and unique individual. She was described as quick-witted, and…
Read MoreHenry Highland Garnet. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. On December 23, 1815, African-American abolitionist, minister, educator, and orator Henry Highland Garnet was born into slavery. Garnet escaped his bondage and…
Read More…have all made clear the influence and impact this album had upon them. Smith and Mapplethorpe. Smith’s mixture of punk rock and beat poetry most definitely reflected the downtown influences…
Read MoreToday we welcome Sarah Eccles as our new Research and Preservation Associate. Sarah is a historic preservationist with a keen interest in the relationship between communities, people, and the built…
Read MorePatti Smith and Bob Dylan On Saturday, December 10, 2016, the extraordinary Patti Smith accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature on behalf of Bob Dylan in Stockholm, Sweden. In a…
Read More…female physician in New York State. Her sister, Sarah Smith Garnet, was the first African-American female principal in the New York City school system, and the founders of the first…
Read More…and zoning violations complaints which our office receives. Sarah can be reached at sapmann@gvshp.org or 212-475-9585 x36. Sarah at the GVSHP offices. Before coming to GVSHP, Sarah worked as an…
Read More…neighborhood. Joan Schenkar’s definitive biography of Patricia Highsmith. Joan Schenkar’s definitive biography of Patricia Highsmith. Highsmith is certainly an intriguing Village personality because of her talent, her fascination with crime…
Read MoreSmithsonian Folkways Recordings recently released an album by Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton of old-time music produced from archival recordings by two legendary musicians performing live in Greenwich Village. These…
Read More…neighborhoods. Each includes the experiences and insights of leaders or long-time participants in the arts, culture, preservation, business, or civic life. Colette Smith Douglas, born November 19, 1926, lived in…
Read More…by Manhattan Sideways. Not many shops survive to ring in their golden anniversary, much less past it. But The Silversmith on West 4th has been open over 50 years. Proprietor Ruth Kuzub…
Read More…Smith was born in 1885 and raised on the Lower East Side, alongside the construction of Brooklyn Bridge. His father died when Smith was only 13 years old, forcing him…
Read More…to some extraordinary Black leaders. Susan Smith McKinney Steward was the first African-American female physician in New York State. Her sister, Sarah Smith Garnet, was the first Black female principal…
Read More…Village resident) as doing “much to elevate the Negro in self-respect and self-support.” Sarah Smith Garnet, seated with her family Dr. Garnet’s future wife Sarah Smith Tompkins Garnet lived here…
Read More…is one of the most important, overlooked historic figures in American history. Sarah Smith Garnet Sarah Smith Garnet and 175 MacDougal Street as it appears today Garnet was the founder…
Read More…civil rights activist, and Greenwich Villager Sarah Smith Garnet accompanied her sister, Susan Smith McKinney Steward, to London, England for the first Universal Races Congress. The conference, where Steward presented…
Read More…considered an icon. Bessie Smith, 1936. Courtesy of WikiCommons. Not surprisingly then, as a place rich in musical, African American, women’s, and LGBTQ+ history, Bessie Smith has a strong relationship…
Read More…the paramilitary Tonton Macoute, Winifred returned to the United States permanently. She passed away in 1993. Art Smith Smith holding “Spiral Necklace,” ca. 1958. From the Estate of Art Smith….
Read More…and activist whose “The Feminine Mystique” profoundly shaped second wave feminism, she co-founded and was the first President of NOW. Sarah Smith Garnett — Leading educator and women’s suffragist who…
Read More…Friedan — Writer and activist whose “The Feminine Mystique” profoundly shaped second wave feminism, she co-founded and was the first President of NOW. Sarah Smith Garnett — Leading educator and…
Read More…city opened 14th Street in 1762. In 1788, John Smith died, and German immigrant Charles Spingler, his former farmhand, took over Smith’s land. Today, mystery shrowds Spingler’s land purchase, but…
Read More…Garnet held a large memorial for him at the Shiloh Church. On February 12, 1865, in the final weeks of the Civil War, the Rev. Dr. Henry Highland Garnet became…
Read More…1967, and the Pen + Brush Prize in 1969. Bessie Smith Bessie Smith, 1936, courtesy the Library of Congress Bessie Smith was an icon whose talent, accomplishments, and message lit…
Read More…Sarah Raffetto Influenced by her nonna Romana, who helped raised her as a little girl and became her roommate of ten years after she started college, Sarah is a passionate…
Read More…appreciation for preserving originality in this great city. Sarah McCully Sarah started with Village Preservation in December 2019. A recent transplant to New York City, Sarah is completing a Master’s…
Read More…51 West 10th Street Leon Polk Smith (1906-1996) (Cherokee) had a studio in the 51 West 10th Street Studio Building in Greenwich Village. Smith was a Co-Founder of the New…
Read More…architect who embraced the latest technologies in his designs, Smith employed many details that made this building cutting-edge at the time. Now, we celebrate Smith and Little’s creation as rare,…
Read More…first developed in the early 1830s. But it wasn’t until 1913 that a blacksmith shop was built by Nicholas Serracino for Mary P. Zurla Bresciani. In 1954, the blacksmith shop…
Read More…Garnet From 1859 to 1863, Henry Highland Garnet served as the church’s leader. Reverend Garnet placed Shiloh at the center of the city’s anti-slavery struggle, leading boycotts of sugar, cotton,…
Read More…Smith Garnet, as well as prominent African American businessman Jacob Day, who helped lead fights against slavery and for equal voting and civil rights for African Americans. The building has…
Read MoreMy colleague, Director of Research and Preservation Sarah Bean Apmann (she tells me that “Exalted Majesty Tour Guide” also works as a title), led the first GVSHP walking tour that I attended –…
Read More…their special histories, and reveal their (sometimes hidden) connections to the Village. The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum at 2 East 91st Street is a renowned museum and institution, the…
Read More…Assembly like his mentor Smith. Like Smith, Walker was a staunch advocate of creating a social safety net, repealing blue laws prohibiting baseball games on Sunday, and legalizing boxing, and was…
Read More…of burglary attempts. New York Times, October 27, 1897 In October of 1897, neighborhood police officer Frederick “Schmitty” Smith was killed in the church while trying to arrest a burglar…
Read More…of the 1930s and 40s. Koppersmith, right, helped a customer last week. (She refused a proper portrait.) “I like the old world, you know,” says Delanee Koppersmith, who rules the…
Read More…General. Jerome Smith, a young black civil rights worker who had been beaten and jailed in Mississippi, was one of Baldwin’s assembled group. As Kennedy made his agenda clear, Smith…
Read MoreIt’s rare to become a published poet by age 16, finding yourself praised by the some of the foremost Beatnik writers. It’s even rarer when no less than Patti Smith…
Read More…The college educated more than 350 female physicians. 15. Patti Smith, Godmother of Punk The “Horses” album cover, via John Keogh/Flickr Smith (b. 1946) transformed American music with her debut album…
Read More…Smith (1873-1944). Smith served four terms as New York’s governor, and then ran for president in 1928. Smith was the first Catholic major party candidate for President (to date, John…
Read More…Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1984.31.5. Elizabeth Olds, Dead End Beach, ca. 1940-1945, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American…
Read More…Assembly like his mentor Smith. Like Smith, Walker was a staunch advocate of creating a social safety net, repealing blue laws prohibiting baseball games on Sunday, and legalizing boxing, and was…
Read More…via Wikimedia, Photo of Patricia Highsmith via Wikimedia, and Photo of Margaret Mead via Smithsonian Institution Archives Wikimedia Greenwich Village, specifically the historic district at its core, has been described as many things, but…
Read More…Smithsonian American Art Museum. In 1943, the artist Jacob Getlar Smith had established both his residence and workspace in the building. Smith was known for his muscular and robust style,…
Read More…Avenue in 1926. Henry Highland Garet; image via Wikimedia 6. First African-American to Address Congress African American abolitionist, minister, educator, and orator Henry Highland Garnet, the first African-American to address the…
Read More…Patricia Highsmith: Villager, Novelist, Wild One — This conversation with award-winning Highsmith biographer Joan Schenkar honored the 100th birthday of novelist and Villager Patricia Highsmith. Greenwich Village, where Highsmith spent…
Read More…Town. “Mayor” Bill Smith appears in a New York Times article from August 3, 1932. Fittingly, the one-room shack that Bill Smith built in May 1932 became the town’s “City…
Read More…These might be your first clues that Greenwich Locksmith is not your average locksmith. Phil is an artist, a specialist in antique keys, and a self-taught safecracker of great skill….
Read More…building on site, with former Governor Alfred E. Smith at the helm as president (Smith was just off his unsuccessful run for President — the first Catholic major party candidate…
Read More…who was particularly skilled in silkscreen, woodcut, and lithography processes. Elizabeth Olds, Sidewalk Engineers, 1936, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1984.31.5….
Read More…was the Irish-American politician Alfred E. Smith, who had just lost the 1928 Presidential campaign to Herbert Hoover. Smith nevertheless holds his place in history as the first Catholic major…
Read More…new name Café Panino Mucho Giusto. Shortly thereafter, Arshad, together with his wife Sarah, set out to make a series of long contemplated changes. They streamlined business operations and trained…
Read More…recording today! Books to read Sarah Schulman & her book “Let the Record Show” Sarah Schulman’s Let the Record Show – A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993:…
Read More…Patricia Field outside of her store on 8th Street 1987. Source: Harpers Bazaar The store attracted celebrity clientele starting in the late 1970s, when poet-turned-rock musician Patti Smith stumbled into…
Read More…Patricia Field outside of her store on 8th Street 1987. Source: Harpers Bazaar The store attracted celebrity clientele starting in the late 1970s, when poet-turned-rock musician Patti Smith stumbled into…
Read More…American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Strong Woman with Child, 1925, oil on canvas, courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum. One of the most significant artists to keep a studio in…
Read More…Smith’s review of Cowboys and The Rock Garden by Sam Shepard, 1964 Smith’s review brought crowds of hungry theatre goers to Theatre Genesis at St. Mark’s in the Bowery. And…
Read More…first residents was Alfred E. Smith, who had just lost the 1928 Presidential campaign to Herbert Hoover. Smith nevertheless holds his place in history as the first Catholic major party candidate for…
Read More…Right: Will Smith and his German Shepherd companion in I Am Legend. Left: The former site of Tower Records at 20 East 4th Street. | Right: Will Smith selects a…
Read More…bust of Booker T. Washington, 1930s. Smithsonian Archive of American Art. After obtaining a degree as a registered nurse, Burke moved to New York City in the midst of the…
Read More…death in 1972. 35 West 9th Street Patti Smith Patti Smith was born in Chicago, raised in South Jersey, and moved to New York City in 1967. Her extensive achievements…
Read More…death in 1972. 35 West 9th Street Patti Smith Patti Smith was born in Chicago, raised in South Jersey, and moved to New York City in 1967. Her extensive achievements…
Read More…Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey as a Warhol Superstar, Larry Rivers, Jack Smith, Harry Smith, Taylor Mead, HM Koutoukas, Jackie Curtis, Charles Ludlam, Kusama, Wavy Gravy and The Hog Farm….
Read More…I have an identity: I’m a locksmith.” Not just any locksmith, either, but a safe-cracker of such skill that he’s done work for the Department of Homeland Security, the Coast…
Read More…success in their fields as educators, leaders, abolitionists, doctors, actors, ministers, and artisans. This includes James McCune Smith, the first African American to earn a university medical degree and work…
Read More…of Al Smith, the first Catholic major party (Democratic) candidate for President and the former Governor of New York. Smith and his wife moved here after his defeat in the…
Read More…even more amazing as it has not had months of shares to bring in new views. #4: Greenwich Village Folk Recording Released 58 Years Later by Smithsonian This June article…
Read More…to connect with audiences that might not otherwise be able to attend in person. Dael Orlandersmith, creator and performer of Until the Flood produced at Rattlestick In partnership with ALL…
Read More…opened. The last evening at CBGB’s featured a headline set by Patti Smith, an unforgettable evening outlined by one fan in a recent blog post. Patti Smith outside CB’s the…
Read MoreNew York Governor Al Smith was no fan of the Raines Law. On March 23, 1896, a law introduced by New York State Senator John Raines was passed by the…
Read More…the Stephen Miller Gallery and was Smith and Mapplethorpe’s only joint exhibition. Patti Smith, taken by Robert Mapplethorpe. It is believed that this photo is taken on Mapplethorpe’s 5th floor…
Read More…Dylan 1975-76 Rolling Thunder Review tour. Smith performing, 1978 In attendance that night was Patti Smith and T-Bone Burnett. 831 Broadway Paula Poons, 2017 According to Poons, pop star Cyndi…
Read More…Stander, wife of the actor. At the right, painting, is Sandra Dagin, a pupil and model. Photos by Cosmo Sileo in 1940 via the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Moses…
Read More…the 20th century. Mabel Dwight, Self-Portrait, 1932, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum This area, which Village Preservation has proposed be designated an historic district, has attracted painters, writers,…
Read More…American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Photo by Lewis Jacobs. Gross immigrated to the United States in 1921 as a Jewish refugee of World War I. He was an avid art student….
Read More…in group shows at the New-York Historical Society. Their photographs are included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, the New York Public Library,…
Read More…Greenwich Street included a tin/hardware dealer, a coppersmith, a grocer, and a smith/grocer/carman. By 1851, this home had also become a rooming house. For nearly a century, it had two…
Read More…The sixth and final post in the series, by Shannon Elliott, Maggie Lee and Jason Smith, focuses on East 3rd Street between Avenues C & D. East 3rd Street between…
Read More…held for them. As a result, many of its alumni went on to be educators, leaders, abolitionists, doctors, actors, ministers, and artisans. Famous alumni include Dr. James McCune Smith, the…
Read More…Fein; The Lucky Ones, created by The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher, directed by Anne Kauffman; “Outstanding Musical” Lortel Award-winner KPOP, created by Jason Kim, Max Vernon, Helen Park and Woodshed…
Read More…Lena Horne, Art Tatum, Big Joe Turner, and Sarah Vaughn, to name a few. According to the website of the Axis Theater Company, which today occupies the space, “[Barney Josephson]…
Read MoreIn her manuscript for the novel People in Trouble, lesbian author and activist Sarah Schulman tells of a fictionalized AIDS activist organization called JUSTICE. By the time People in Trouble…
Read More…an 11,600 sq. ft. single-family home. So far, work does not appear to have moved ahead for the conversion of 9 Minetta. 273 and 275 West 11th Street Celebrity couple Sarah…
Read More…Keelin came to New York to attend Sarah Lawrence College. She studies Visual Arts and Sociology and is Head Editor of the Sarah Lawrence Visual Art Review. Her coursework has been…
Read More…10, 1813. Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (b. August 23rd, 1785) was destined for a career in the Navy. He was the son of Sarah Wallace Alexander and United States Navy…
Read More…writers, you name it) who had mailboxes at Something Special, too. Other notables, like Patti Smith, who didn’t have a mailbox there would stop in for a coffee, or donut,…
Read More…at The Saint, from The Tim Smith Collection at the Fales Library NYU Formerly the Fillmore East, this large theater space was an amazing place to dance! In the fall…
Read More…John Sloan, Patti Smith, and the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Installations will be accompanied by digital content accessed through QR codes on each exhibit with narrations recorded…
Read More…Church (1843-1858), St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue (1859-1878), and the Smithsonian Institute on Washington D.C.’s Mall (1846). James Renwick, Jr.’s New York roots are in the area south of…
Read More…profile buildings as New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Smithsonian “Castle” in Washington D.C., and Grace Church, right here in our neighborhood on Broadway between East 11th and East…
Read More…also a mention of the Cooper Union, a designated landmark at East 7th Street and Cooper Square. What’s the connection? Besides the Cooper name, it would be sisters Sarah and…
Read More…is part of the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute. Via http://lhlt.org/gallery/lorraine-home After the success of A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry used her prominence in myriad ways:…
Read More… Image courtesy of Amazon. Sarah Schulman- The Cosmopolitans A modern retelling of Balzac’s classic Cousin Bette by one of America’s most prolific and significant writers. Earl, a black,…
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