…the third floor. Interested in learning more about the St. Mark’s Historic District? Read 1969 NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission designation report for the St. Mark’s Historic District here or read…
Read MoreOn January 14, 1969, the St. Mark’s Historic District was designated. The district was one of the first historic district designations by the newly created Landmarks Preservation Commission. The district…
Read More…the St. Mark’s Historic District Extension. The St. Mark’s Historic District Extension was designated 15 years after the St. Mark’s Historic District on June 19, 1984, and only consists of two…
Read MoreSt. Mark’s Historic District Extension identified here with red lines The St. Mark’s Historic District Extension was designated 15 years after the St. Mark’s Historic District and only consists of…
Read More…of two buildings included in the St. Mark’s Historic District Extension Twenty-eight years ago, on June 19 1984, the St. Mark’s Historic District Extension was designated. This tiny extension to…
Read More…of the St. Mark’s Historic District Extension. Today we are going to look at the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension, designated in 2006. This was the first-ever expansion of the…
Read More…the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension and the St. Mark’s Historic District Extension. Today we are going to look at the NoHo Historic District Extension, designated May 13, 2008. Following…
Read More…Weehawken Street Historic District, in 2010 by the South Village expansion of the Greenwich Village Historic District, in 2012 by the East 10th Street Historic District, and again in 2012…
Read More…Village Historic District Video and photos 1/28/19 Learn and experience more online here. And, join us in our celebration of the Greenwich Village Historic District – and all historic districts. …
Read More…new historic districts. In addition to Sullivan-Thompson, the Greenwich Village Historic Extension II was designated in 2010, and the South Village Historic District was designated in 2013. Between the three…
Read More…phase of Village Preservation’s proposed South Village Historic District. In 2010, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the first third of our proposed South Village Historic District known as the Greenwich…
Read More…voted unanimously today to landmark the third and final phase of GVSHP’s proposed South Village Historic District, called the Sullivan Thompson Historic District! Landmark designation takes immediate effect, covering nearly…
Read More…can be found in this district. On April 13-14, 2019, we held a weekend-long celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of the district’s designation, but throughout 2019, we marked this…
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 More…historic district and landmark protections. Zoning changes could reinforce the residential character of the neighborhood and limit the height, size, and scale of new development. Expanded landmark and historic district…
Read More…history that permeates its streets.” Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Report You can find a list of all the historic districts and individual landmarks in our neighborhoods with links to…
Read More…celebrations. The Greenwich Village Historic District is one of New York’s oldest historic districts. As we approach the 50th anniversary of its designation, we’re taking time to celebrate the district’s…
Read MoreOn September 9, 2003, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District. GVSHP led the fight to protect the important historically significant buildings in this neighborhood, and…
Read More…nation. New York City has more than 23,000 landmarks including individual, interior and scenic landmarks and historic districts. Individually-designated landmarks get some special treatment under the NYC Zoning Code in…
Read More…of a number of individual landmarks and historic districts. To learn more about landmarks in the Village, please click here. For more resources and information about landmarks please visit GVSHP’s Resources page. …
Read More…the Gansevoort Market Historic District. The first new district to be enacted in the Village since the first Greenwich Village Historic District in 1969, Gansevoort Market was designated as a…
Read More…St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery The most significant structure in the district is the historic St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery. The church was designated an individual landmark earlier, in 1966. At the time, the…
Read More…Lady of Pompeii Church in the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II The Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II is located along the southwest boundary of the Greenwich Village Historic…
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…Houston Street, which had already been designated a historic district 26 years prior, in 1973. Some Highlights of the NoHo Historic District NoHo Historic District Buildings, photo courtesy of New…
Read More…then-existing Greenwich Village Historic District, including all of the Meatpacking District. GVSHP had for years been calling attention to the plight of this historic area, and the rest of the…
Read More…Market Historic District. Administered by the National Park Service, the National Register of Historic Places was created in 1966 as part of the National Historic Preservation Act. The National Register is the…
Read More…Gansevoort Market, the Bronx Terminal Market, and the First Avenue Retail Market. The First Avenue Market was opened by LaGuardia himself in 1938 on First Avenue between East 9th and…
Read More…and historic districts covering their history, architecture, and significance. They tell the public why a particular site or district was designated, and what is (or is not) historically significant and…
Read More…Washington Place was just east of the Greenwich Village Historic District). To find out more about the Greenwich Village Historic District’s 50th anniversary, its history, and celebrations, go to www.gvshp.org/GVHD50….
Read MoreLast week we shared an online Historic Bowery Walking Tour. This week we are sharing a walking tour of the Gansevoort Market Historic District, landmarked in 2003 thanks to efforts by GVSHP. Back…
Read More…of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Council districts. These districts encompass the Village, East Village, and NoHo, among many other downtown and West Side neighborhoods, and each of these districts…
Read More…East Side Historic District is located on our Resources page, along with those for every other historic district and individual landmark in our neighborhoods. Older reports are not as detailed…
Read MoreWeehawken Street Historic District map This is the first part of a three part series on the Weehawken Street Historic District. This small historic district is comprised of only fourteen…
Read MoreThe Greenwich Village Historic District, one of New York City’s oldest and largest historic districts, was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) on April 29, 1969,…
Read MoreThis year marks the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District on April 29, 1969. One of the city’s oldest and still largest historic districts, it’s…
Read MoreThis year marks the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District on April 29, 1969. One of the city’s oldest and still largest historic districts, it’s…
Read More…to protect its historic character from destruction and compromise. In 1969, the newly established New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated the Greenwich Village Historic District which encompasses approximately…
Read MoreAvenue of the Americas in the GVHD Extension II This past Wednesday marks six years since the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II (click HERE for the…
Read More…designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District in April of 1969 followed years of community advocacy work, disputes from real estate interests and several different plans for the district —…
Read More…intact and homogenous row houses that transport one back to an earlier time. Two early historic district designations in our neighborhoods are particularly monumental: The St. Marks Historic District, designated…
Read MoreWe recently learned that the proposed East Village/Lower East Side Historic District has been scheduled for a vote by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on October 9. Since the district was…
Read More…celebrations. On April 29th, 2019, we launched our new interactive map, Greenwich Village Historic District, 1969-2019: Photos and Tours, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Greenwich Village Historic District….
Read More…Save” fortified our efforts to protect these historic and endangered areas. 2002: GANSEVOORT MARKET The Gansevoort Market Historic District. The Gansevoort Market Historic District is an architecturally and culturally rich…
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…of Historic Places in 2007, each as the Gansevoort Market Historic District. Click here to see the designation reports for those districts. New York City began planning a market on…
Read More…Cupcakes, Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream We walked the streets of the Historic Districts pictured in blue on the map and looked at every location. The St. Marks Historic District…
Read More…such designs approved in the Greenwich Village Historic District. The Greenwich Village Historic District was designated on April 29, 1969 — the city’s largest and one of its first landmarked districts….
Read MoreThis is one in a series of posts marking the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Click here to check out our year-long activities and…
Read More…the newly created Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated the Greenwich Village Historic District. It also produced a historic district report, describing the 2,000 or so buildings and the broader neighborhood…
Read MoreHistoric Homes of the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District On August 16th, 1966, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District. This small but distinct neighborhood is part of the…
Read More…the Save Gansevoort Market campaign. The Gansevoort Market Historic District, proposed by GVSHP in 2001 was approved in 2003 as the first new historic district in Greenwich Village in 34…
Read More…Designation as a New York City landmark or historic district is a type of local regulation for historic structures. The Landmarks law came into being in 1965 and subjects locally…
Read MoreNoHo East Historic District map. Source: Landmarks Preservation Commission. Today, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will be holding a public hearing on the proposed South Village Historic District. Yesterday, the NoHo…
Read More…in 1965, more than half of our city’s landmarks would not have been designated. In our area, this includes the entire Greenwich Village Historic District,MacDougal Sullivan Gardens, the St. Mark’s…
Read More…Council, Meatpacking District Business Improvement District, NoHo Business Improvement District, NoHo Neighborhood Association, SoHo Alliance, the Greenwich Village Chelsea Chamber of Commerce, and the Village Alliance. Before and After The…
Read More1904 Sanborn Map Source: NYPL This is the second part of a three part series on the Weehawken Street Historic District. This small historic district is comprised of only fourteen…
Read More…historic districts to be designated in our area, prior to even the Greenwich Village Historic District in 1969 (only the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District was designated earlier, in 1966). The twelve homes along…
Read More…East Village/LES Historic District. Encompassing 325 buildings and 15 blocks, centering along Second Avenue and stretching between East 2nd Street and St. Mark’s Place, it is by far the largest…
Read More…also produced a historic district report, describing the 2,000 or so buildings and the broader neighborhood included in the landmarked district. For four decades it was the city’s largest historic…
Read More…the newly created Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated the Greenwich Village Historic District. It also produced a historic district report, describing the 2,000 or so buildings and the broader neighborhood…
Read More…it designated as the Cast Iron Historic District. Those are really great highlights to look back on fifty years ago.” The Greenwich Village Historic District, designated in 1969 Levine earned…
Read MoreThe Weehawken Street Historic District (designated May 2, 2006) consists of a small area on three blocks around West, Christopher, and 10th Streets. Although primarily known for its relation to…
Read More…As you can see in the above historic district map, the extension connects the NoHo Historic District and the NoHo East Historic District. For the most part, the 56 buildings…
Read More…After a hard-fought, ten-year campaign led by GVSHP, three new historic districts were created including the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II in 2010, the South Village Historic District in 2013, and the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District…
Read More…share a little history about the district. Designated August 16, 1966, the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District is unique in its concentration of early Federal-style homes and is well known as the…
Read More4 Weehawken Street, 1929. Source: NYLP This is the third part of a three part series on the Weehawken Street Historic District. This small historic district is comprised of only…
Read MoreThis is one in a series of posts marking the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Check out our year-long activities and celebrations at gvshp.org/GVHD50. With neighborhoods like the…
Read More…district in the East Village. Today the original Greenwich Village Historic District has been expanded twice, the St. Mark’s Historic District expanded once, and new historic districts added in the…
Read More…10th Street Historic District. The district includes 26 row houses mostly built in the 1840’s and 1850’s, extending from Avenue A to Avenue B. Very few modifications to the buildings…
Read More…an overall timeline and map of the buildings making for a comprehensive study of a historic district which is nearly as old as the New York City Landmarks Law itself,…
Read More…and abuts the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, which was designated on August 14, 1973. But the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, our historic neighbor to the south and east, is nevertheless a…
Read MoreThis is one in a series of posts marking the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Click here to check out our year-long activities and…
Read More…the Charlton King Vandam Historic District, Greenwich Village, and New York’s earliest landmarks. Go here and click on “Charlton King VanDam Historic District” to learn or see more about the district’s history….
Read More…Here is an exhaustive survey of every church in the Greenwich Village Historic District. St. Lukes-in-the-Fields ST. LUKE’S-IN-THE-FIELDS, 479-485 Hudson Street Starting with the oldest and the farthest west, this…
Read More…Village/Lower East Side Historic District. This historic district was proposed last year by the Landmarks Preservation Commission and its boundaries were extended after GVSHP and other community groups advocated to…
Read More…within the Greenwich Village Historic District, visit our Greenwich Village Historic District Map + Tours here, and be sure to click on the dropdown menu for the alphabetical listing of…
Read More…East Village through East Village Building Blocks. Today we’re venturing west into the Greenwich Village Historic District for another musical tour. Map of the Greenwich Village Historic District Village Vanguard…
Read MoreThis was one in a series of posts marking the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District in 2019. Credited with building some of the most…
Read More…original proposed South Village Historic District. This was followed by the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District designation in 2012 (strongly supported by GVSHP), and then the South Village Historic…
Read MoreEast 10 Street Historic District. Photo courtesy of the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Last week, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to landmark East 10th Street, from Avenue A…
Read MoreYesterday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a designation hearing for the proposed East Village/Lower East Side Historic District. The hearing room was packed and overflowing with supporters of the district…
Read MoreThis is one in a series of posts marking the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Click here to check out our year-long activities and…
Read MoreLast night, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) revealed maps of their two proposed historic districts in the East Village. The larger of the two proposed districts is composed of sections…
Read More…were within what would decades later become the Greenwich Village Historic District. Three remain standing while one was demolished. The images below are featured on our Greenwich Village Historic District:…
Read More…Greenwich Village Historic District, or more interesting facts about and sites within the Greenwich Village Historic District? Check out our Greenwich Village Historic District 1969-2019 Map and Tours at www.gvshp.org/GVHD50tour….
Read More…celebrations. On April 29th, 2019, we launched our new interactive map, Greenwich Village Historic District, 1969-2019: Photos and Tours, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Greenwich Village Historic District….
Read More…we launched our new interactive map, Greenwich Village Historic District, 1969-2019: Photos and Tours, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Greenwich Village Historic District. In the months since we…
Read More…Leroy Street and St. Luke’s Place are in the historic district. The three blocks of Leroy Street west of Hudson Street are not part of the historic district. Interesting Fact:…
Read More…Market Historic District in 2005 Images of the front and back of the Gansevoort Market Historic District Marker As background, ten years ago at the end of 2006, GVSHP…
Read More…the designation of the Gansevoort Market Historic District in 2003; the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s designation report is available on our Resources page. Historic District Map (Source: Landmarks Preservation Commission) All…
Read More…a New York City Landmark as part of the Greenwich Village Historic District; the report described it as “a remarkable essay in High Victorian design for this country.” In 1977,…
Read MoreSt. Mark’s Bookshop owners Bob Contant, left, and Terry McCoy pictured in the new store this week. Now in its fourth home, the St. Mark’s Bookshop has become a kind…
Read MoreYesterday the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) held its only public hearing on “phase II” of GVSHP’s proposed South Village Historic District. There was a great turnout in support of landmarking…
Read More…other single day), and when we celebrate the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District in April of 1969, finally extending landmark protections to a neighborhood which the Landmarks Preservation…
Read More…Village Historic District in 1969 (in 2007, GVSHP successfully secured listing on the State and National Register of Historic Places for our entire proposed Gansevoort Market Historic District). 403 West…
Read More…our neighbors celebrate an important anniversary. It was on August 14, 1973, that the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the SoHo Cast Iron Historic District. According to that designation report: The…
Read More…groups supporting designation included the New York Landmarks Conservancy, the Historic Districts Council, the Society for the Architecture of the City and the Victorian Society of New York. The hearing…
Read More…to come to the hearing and tell the LPC that you support this historic district. What: East 10th Street Historic District Designation Hearing When: Tuesday, January 17 at 1:30 p.m….
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