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The Legacy of the Stonewall Riots
Stonewall, 1969 (image via LPC) The infamous raid on the Stonewall Inn occurred at 3am on June 28th, 1969, and was followed by five nights of ongoing protests. These events came…
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New Oral History with Michael Levine Explores Roots of Greenwich Village Historic District, SoHo, Stonewall Riots, and More
We’ve just added our first new oral history of 2021. Michael E. Levine is an urban planner who worked as the NYC Department of City Planning’s Community Board #2 liaison beginning in…
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The long road to landmark: How NYC’s Stonewall Inn became a symbol of civil rights
Via NPCA on Flickr Millions converge in New York City each year in late June to celebrate events which took place in and outside of a Greenwich Village bar in 1969. The Stonewall Riots are not…
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Landmarks vs. National Monuments: How Safe is the Stonewall Inn?
…have the Stonewall Inn was designated a NYC landmark. In addition to gaining the protections mentioned above, the Stonewall also became recognized as the first ever NYC Landmark designated based upon LGBT…
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The Mob and the Roots of the Stonewall Uprising
On June 24, 1969, the Stonewall Inn was raided by New York City Police, four nights before the infamous raids that sparked the Stonewall Riots. This was not the first…
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The Mattachine Society, and the Post-Stonewall Shift
…LGBTQ rights movement, which burst into prominence in our neighborhood on June 28, 1969 with the Stonewall Riots, leading to a new, much more aggressive phase in what was then…
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Why “Double Designate” Stonewall?
…pages dedicated solely to the Stonewall uprising/rebellion/riot. Another two pages discuss “Gay Power and Gay Pride: The Legacy of the Stonewall Rebellion”. Without the critical information regarding Stonewall’s history as…
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The Stonewall National Monument
…Christopher Street, Christopher Park, and other streets and sidewalks where the Stonewall Riots took place in 1969. President Obama announced the designation of the Stonewall National Monument on June 24th,…
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GVHD50 and Stonewall50 – LGBTQ Sites of the Greenwich Village Historic District
…Stonewall Riots, which took place in 1969, the same year that the historic district was designated. At a bar which is – very proudly – quite centrally located in the…
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Letter to the LPC about Designating The Stonewall Inn
…Uprising, the need for this city designation was then more urgent and timely. “The Stonewall Inn, the site of the Stonewall riots which are internationally recognized as the catalyst of…
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17 LGBT landmarks of Greenwich Village
Last year’s Pride Parade outside the Stonewall Inn, via Wiki Commons In late June, New York is in the throes of celebrating the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, three nights of…
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This Day in Greenwich Village: The Stonewall Riot
Today marks the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, a series of riotous protests at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village that many scholars consider the launching pad for the modern…
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Stonewall Inn: State and National Register Pioneer
…Stonewall Inn, was designated by the City (which Village Preservation also originally proposed and campaigned for), and within days of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Stonewall Inn at…
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African American, Feminist, & LGBTQ Solidarity at the Women’s House of Detention
…Stonewall Inn, 1969, taken by Diana Davies. Photo courtesy of the NYPL Digital Collections. Almost exactly two years before the prison closed, the Stonewall Riots erupted just down the street…
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The 1863 Draft Riots and Abigail Hopper Gibbons
…the infamous riots. 339 West 29th Street, a stop on the underground railroad and target of the 1863 draft riots, is still under scaffolding as the city investigates an illegal…
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Michael E. Levine Oral History: How the Greenwich Village Historic District, SoHo, and Stonewall Happened
…active member of that congregation ever since. And I trace all of this back to Stonewall. And I say all of this has been possible to happen because of Stonewall.” …
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Dave Van Ronk: Ally at the Stonewall Uprising
…from the Stonewall Inn. His apartment was a gathering place for both established as well as up-and-coming folk singers. On June 28th, 1969, the night the Stonewall Inn was raided…
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On This Day: New York City Draft Riots
…Draft Riots. These civil disturbances rocked New York City and revealed a deep racial and class divide that existed in New York City in 1863, one that was particularly visible…
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June is Gay Pride; But July is Gay Liberation
…far-reaching social impact. The Stonewall Riots were not a one-night occurrence, but a five-day series of protests between June 28 and July 3rd. These riots marked a pivotal transition from…
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Landmarks Preservation Commission Celebrates Gay Pride, Doesn’t Designate Gay Landmarks
…again in 2000, the federal government recognized the Stonewall Riots’ significance by naming Stonewall and the surrounding area to the State and National Registers of Historic Places, and then a…
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Beyond the Village and Back: “Becoming Visible” and The Legacy of Stonewall at the NYPL
…parts of the exhibition was a section dedicated to Stonewall, which included a blue neon “Stonewall” sign and banks of public telephones, at which visitors could hear oral recollections of…
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The Civil War Draft Riots and the Mayor’s House
…target of the mobs on the first day of the riots was the home of Mayor George Opdyke at Fifth Avenue near 14th Street. “As a Republican,” wrote Barnet Schechter…
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The Tompkins Square Park Riots of 1988
…the form of protest and riots in Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. These protests reflected somewhat the shifting nature of the park and the neighborhood at the time….
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2014 Year In Review: GVSHP Programs
…transgender community and its struggle for equality. Stonewall 45 is made up of panels that combine text and imagery to tell the story of the Stonewall Riots and their significance:…
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Village Pride & LGBT Establishments
…on the Stonewall Inn. The riots that followed over the course of three days are widely considered to be the single most important event leading to the modern gay, lesbian,…
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The Fight to Recognize LGBT Civil Rights History in Our Neighborhoods
…at 159 West 10th Streets be recognized for their connection to LGBT history. The Stonewall Inn, the site of the Stonewall riots which are internationally recognized as the catalyst for…
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The Attica Prison Riots and the Village
The Attica Prison Riots, which took place September 9th through 13th, 1971, rocked the entire country. The bloodiest prison disturbance in recent American history, the riot was unplanned but ignited…
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Irish Parade Riots
…conflict resolution: holiday parade riots. Specifically, Irish immigrants clashed with opposing political forces at parades. While parades may seem a strange venue for physical confrontations, Irish parades have long been…
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Black History Month in the Village: African-American & LGBT Historic Sites
…to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Stonewall Inn and Stonewall Riots, 53 Christopher Street Stonewall Inn This site and the disturbances which surrounded it are considered the…
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Marsha P. Johnson: Trans-activist, Stonewall Revolutionary, Village Resident
In the wake of the Stonewall anniversary last month, it’s a good time to look back at some of the inspiring figures that were involved with the uprising that helped…
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Before Stonewall: The “Sip In” at Julius’
…to serve homosexuals, took place three years before the historic Stonewall Rebellion. While there are many resources for those looking into the LGBT history of the West Village, there is…
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LGBTQ+ Pride Programs Roundup
…Cather, and many more! Individually and together, these writers helped shape Greenwich Village into one of the most iconic neighborhoods in the world. Watch here! Featuring Stonewall and Post-Stonewall Celebrations…
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Officials Stonewall on Information Regarding Condition of Nine Landmarked Meatpacking District Houses, OK Demolition
The nine landmarked 1840s houses as they appeared before work began (top), and as they were projected to look with approved work and new construction (below). City agencies have continued…
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13 places in Greenwich Village where the course of history was changed
…later copied throughout the world. 2. Stonewall Riots/Birth of the modern LGBT rights movement At the time, it was derisively referred to as the “hairpin drop heard around the world”…
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Intersectionality and the Past, Present, and Future of Activism in Our Neighborhoods
…particular geographic area. Stonewall Riots As we celebrate Pride in New York City, we are reminded of its beginnings at the Stonewall Inn. Some of the key the leaders of…
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The Most Picturesque Sites in The Village
…Stonewall happens to be one of the few places where tourists come to take a picture due to the history of the establishment. Many know the story behind Stonewall riots….
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Out of the Broom Closet: Gay Activist & Village Wiccan Leo Martello
…riots of 1969, Martello, who identified as gay, attended an organizing meeting of the Mattachine Society. While the group had gained increasing popularity among mostly gay men after Stonewall, Martello soon realized his differences with…
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A Peek Back at the Village’s LGBT History
…special, even unique, place in the long struggle for lesbian and gay rights, with the June 1969 riots against police at the Stonewall Inn, a bar in the West Village,…
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An Intersectional Black History Month Roundup
…were involved in the Stonewall Riots and movements in the Village to care for LGBTQ folks who were living on the margins. Sylvia Rivera recalled the Stonewall Riots, saying that…
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Sylvia Rivera: A Controversial But Powerful and Enduring Activist for LGBTQ+ Rights
…In 1969, the Stonewall Riots catalyzed Rivera’s participation in the Gay Liberation Movement. She is famously quoted from that night as saying that “while I did not throw the first…
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Historic Senate Vote Had Roots in Village House
…Thompson and Sullivan Streets from 1824 to 2012. Following the 1969 Stonewall Riots, the house became a “gay commune” of sorts in which some of the most important activist figures…
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Diana Davies Collection of Historic LGBT Images
…Liberation Day” in 1970. Held on June 28th to mark the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall riots, participants marched from Christopher Street in the Village up to Central Park. Preparations…
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Fingers Crossed for Another: Individual Landmark Designations We’ve Won
…tower on the site along Bleecker Street. Stonewall Inn, 51-53 Christopher Street: The Stonewall Inn was the site of the Stonewall Riots, and is considered the most important LGBT historic…
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Pride Month in NYC: More Historic LGBT sites to visit in our neighborhoods
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT Pride Month) is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village. The…
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Remembering photojournalist and Westbeth resident Bettye Lane
…82. She has been called the official photographer of the women’s movement and was one of the few photographers who captured the 1969 Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village. She has…
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Press Conference to Save 186 Spring Street: Press Release and pictures
…and gay history, the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village (co-nominated by GVSHP in 1999), the site of the Stonewall Riots, considered the birthplace of the modern gay-rights movement. While recognized…
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Walk Through LGBTQ+ History with Our Civil Rights and Social Justice Map
Every June, New Yorkers and people from around the world gather in our city to celebrate Pride Month and honor the memory of the Stonewall Riots, three nights in 1969…
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The Former Gay Activists Alliance Headquarters at 99 Wooster Street Has At Last Become a Landmark
…which like the designation reports for all of the thousands of landmarked buildings in our neighborhoods are available on our website. The legacy of Stonewall Riots was the inspiration for…
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LGBT Historic Sites in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…Inn (51-53 Christopher Street) (Left) Stonewall in 1969. (Right) The Stonewall of today. In the early morning of Saturday, June 28, 1969, dozens of gay men, lesbians, and transgendered people,…
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14 historic sites of the abolitionist movement in Greenwich Village
…Places in 1986 and was designated as a New York City landmark in 2009. An illustration of the New York Draft Riots in 1863 via Wikimedia 10. Draft Riots Refuge, 92 Grove Street…
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Coming Out, and Going Out, in the Village
…still active and can be found on the GVSHP Civil Rights and Social Justice Map. The Stonewall Inn (51-53 Christopher Street) Left: Stonewall in 1969 (photo courtesy of Larry Morris…
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LGBT History in All Corners of the Village: The West Village
…community and others that may be gone but their memory still remains strong with the community: The Stonewall Inn (51-53 Christopher Street) Left: Stonewall in 1969 (photo courtesy of Larry…
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Top Five Greenwich Village Moments in Fourteenth Amendment History
…in the Village going back to before the Stonewall Riots when LGBTQ folks came to the Village for the community, arts, and more. Two years before the Obergefell case, United…
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The Gay Activist Alliance is Founded
Gay Activist Alliance Firehouse. On December 21, 1969, the Gay Activist Alliance (GAA) was founded. Almost exactly six months after the Stonewall Riots, the group was founded by Marty Robinson, Jim…
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Pride Week 2013 wrap-up
…that ends its route where the gay-rights movement began, Greenwich Village. By now everyone knows the story of the 1969 Stonewall Riots that happened on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village,…
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Julius’ Bar, an LGBT Landmark
…them after learning they were homosexual. The event marked a critical moment in LGBT history, pre-dating the Stonewall riots at the nearby Stonewall Inn in 1969. Dick Leitsch, then chairman…
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Historic Court Decision Had Roots in Village House
…and Sullivan Streets from 1824 to 2012. Following the 1969 Stonewall Riots, the house became a “gay commune” of sorts in which some of the most important activist figures of…
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Our Epic Greenwich Village and East Village Watch-List
…Mind” Johnson, and her life in the hours before she ignited the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City. The New Yorker calls it “A lush and speculative portrait of…
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Christopher Park Alliance, 2019 Village Awardee
…1969, Christopher Street erupted in riots when police raided the popular gay establishment the Stonewall Inn across the street. Over the next few days, angry protesters filled the streets in…
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May 30th – the original Memorial Day
…violent uprisings commonly referred to as the Draft Riots. Understanding the social and economic causes of these riots, as well as the effects of the riots on subsequent New York…
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Underground Railroad Church Once Located in Greenwich Village Led Abolitionist Cause
…consistently found new ways to fight the system of slavery and support the city’s black communities. During the Draft Riots of 1863, the church’s fourth minister, the avid abolitionist, educator,…
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Making Christopher Park a National Park
Ever since the Stonewall designation back in June, the push for designating LGBT sites around New York City and Greenwich Village has been met with more energy and enthusiasm. One…
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New York State WorldPride Welcome Center Opens in Greenwich Village
…Stonewall National Monument. WorldPride, the largest international LGBTQ Pride celebration, is coming to New York this month to coincide with the Stonewall50 commemorations, marking the first time it has been…
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Village Preservation Resources for African American History Month
…Civil War Draft Riots. Two days before the start of the riots, on July 11, 1863, the Conscription Act went into effect; it required all male citizens between the ages…
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Civil Rights History at 92 Grove Street
…in American history, spreading throughout Manhattan. Hundreds of people were killed in these Draft Riots and many more were seriously injured; African Americans were the frequent target of the rioters’…
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Kitty Genovese and the Village
…They soon fell in love and moved in together, finding the ill-fated apartment in Kew Gardens in 1963. All this was six years before the Stonewall Riots which for many…
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Dr. Bruce Voeller: Gay Rights and Public Health Pioneer
…Christopher Street to commemorate the Stonewall riots. Gay Liberation Monument at Christopher Park Dr. Voeller and the Mariposa Foundation also conducted the first study in the early 1980s establishing the…
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History Remembered with Preservation and Plaques
…the dismantling of discriminatory rules regarding LGBTQ+ people and gathering spaces three years before the nearby Stonewall Riots. After a 10-year-long effort by Village Preservation, Julius’ Bar was landmarked in…
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LGBT History in All Corners: the South Village
…They officially disbanded in 1981. 186 Spring Street Residence !86 Spring Street. In the era immediately following the Stonewall riots, 186 Spring Street was home to a number of important…
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LGBT History: Not Just West Village Bars
…Spring Street Residence In the era immediately following the Stonewall riots, 186 Spring Street (which was recently demolished) was home to a number of important figures of the Gay Rights…
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Revealing LGBTQ+ History on Spring Street
…months after the Stonewall Riots (and, coincidentally, soon after Hormel moved in to the house around the corner) the Gay Activists Alliance was an offshoot of the Gay Liberation Front….
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LGBTQ History: MacDougal Street
…Stonewall riots, that Greenwich Village’s LGBTQ history happened entirely on Christopher Street. Of course, there’s a lot more to LGBTQ history in the Village than Stonewall, just as there’s a…
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Pride Month in All Corners of the Village
…men, lesbians, and transgendered people, many of them people of color, resisted a routine police raid on the Stonewall Inn. The riots that followed over the course of three days…
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Stormé DeLarverie: Village Guardian
…armed with a concealed weapon permit and looking for what she called “ugliness.” After the Stonewall Uprising, she helped start the Stonewall Veterans Association as its Chief of Security, later…
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June is Gay Pride Month
This year’s Gay Pride Month certainly got off to an auspicious start with the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission finally agreeing to consider the Stonewall Inn for individual landmark…
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From Condemned Land to National Monument: Christopher Park
…rich history in this area. Unveiled in 1992, these statues reside at Christopher Park, across the street from the Stonewall Inn. Christopher Park today is a vibrant and well-maintained park. …
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Christopher Park: A Small Space with a Long History
…the Fire Zouaves. The park entered national history in 1969 as a key site for the Stonewall Rebellion. Prior to the uprising, this space across the street from the Stonewall…
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A Lot To Be Thankful For
…Inn Landmark Designation – Stonewall Inn After a year and a half campaign spearheaded by GVSHP, the Stonewall Inn was designated as an individual New York City landmark on June…
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GVSHPride: Roundup of LGBTQ Resources and Information
…Before Stonewall: The “Sip In” at Julius’ This Day in Greenwich Village: The Stonewall Riot 2016 Village Award Winner: Julius’ Bar Why “Double Designate” Stonewall? June is Gay Pride Month…
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Revolutionaries on East Second Street: The STAR House
The East Village is home to a dynamic group of historic LGBT+ sites — overshadowed as they may be by the many such landmarks of the West Village, including Stonewall….
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The Birth of the NAACP, and Their Deep Roots in Greenwich Village
…100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, any time is a good time to highlight their history and their profound connections to our neighborhood. Aftermath of the 1908 race riots in…
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GVHD50 Partner Roundup: Restaurant Edition
…Stonewall Riots of 1969, Ty’s has been gay owned and operated since opening in 1972. Ty’s is well known for its no-attitude policy, friendly helpful staff, and great drinks at…
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Happy (Almost) Birthday Off the Grid!
…to Sid Vicious and Paul Newman. We also explored events that shaped the history of our neighborhoods like the General Slocum Disaster and the Stonewall Riots. Since advocacy is the…
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Happy (Landmark) Birthday, Salmagundi Club!
Let’s face it — 1969 was a big year. Our Executive Director Andrew Berman was born in January. The Greenwich Village Historic District was designated in April. The Stonewall Riots…
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Celebrating the Greenwich Village Historic District’s 50th Anniversary
…effects of artistic, political, cultural movements such as abolitionism, women’s suffrage, labor activism, and the LGBTQ movements that paved the way for the Stonewall Riots of 1969 – the same…
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Where Once There Was History, A Hole in the Ground
…1970’s and early 1980’s which made it so extraordinary. Shortly after the June 1969 Stonewall Riots, the house became a commune of sorts for gay activists, mostly those connected to…
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Remembering the Ramrod Massacre
…that catered to LGBT people in the West Village in the heyday of gay life in Greenwich Village between the Stonewall Riots and the onset of the AIDS crisis in…
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Jonathan Ned Katz Oral History: LGBTQ Historian, Painter and Pioneer
…1950s and a sense of isolation that followed him throughout his twenties. After the Stonewall riots, Katz became involved with activism within the gay community through the Gay Activists Alliance…
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Giving Tuesday — Give to Save!
…more than three years before the Stonewall Riots. 206 East 7th Street, the former home of Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, where they both lived early in their careers and…
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Eating Fire: A Brief History of the Lesbian Avengers in NYC
…anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Today, the Dyke March is still held on the eve of the Gay Pride parades across the world. The First International Dyke March on Fifth…
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How LGBT activism led to NYC’s most notorious bank robbery: The real story behind ‘Dog Day Afternoon’
…time, most notably the growing LGBT movement that had taken hold after the Stonewall Riots. The Gay Activists Alliance’s firehouse in 1971, via NYPL (left and right) A few months before…
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Save the Village!
…his camera and be off for the latest photo op. An unidentifed group of young poeple celebrate outside the boarded-up Stonewall Inn (53 Christopher Street) after riots over the weekend…
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The Importance of #GivingTuesday
…the Stonewall Riots. —206 East 7th Street, the former home of Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, where they both lived early in their careers and hosted (and famously photographed…
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The East Village’s Own, Allen Ginsberg
…Source: National Gallery of Art You can learn more about the Beats and the Village, the residence of jazz legend Charlie Parker and the Stonewall Riots on our resource page….
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A Preservation Agenda For Landmarking’s 50th Birthday
…to landmark, in spite of its age and outstanding contributions to the LGBT rights movement. 7. Saving Stonewall and Recognizing LGBT Landmarks. The Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street is recognized…
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Estate of Fred W. McDarrah, 2019 Village Awardee
…community of interesting people, fascinating places, and dynamic ideas.” One of Fred W. McDarrah’s Iconic Stonewall photographs. Image copyright Estate of Fred W. McDarrah. Fred and his wife Gloria spent…
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LGBTQ History: Around Christopher Street
…read more about it, see: “Before Stonewall: The ‘Sip-In’ at Julius’” or “A Peek Back at the Village’s LGBT History.”) Learn more about GVSHP’s efforts here. The Stonewall Uprising began…
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Hispanic Heritage in the East Village: A Walk through Loisaida
…it turned into a frequent site of high-profile dissent and conflagrations. These included the bread riots of 1857, the labor riots of 1874 (the largest demonstration the city had ever…
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Civil Rights, the NAACP, and W.E.B. DuBois: The African American history tied to 70 Fifth Avenue
…facto state-sanctioned domestic terrorism. Photo of the 1917 Silent March, from NYPL via Wikimedia Commons In 1917, following the brutal East St. Louis race riots in which between 40 and 250 African Americans…
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Pioneers Converge on MacDougal Street: Dr. Robert Hogan, Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, and Sarah Smith Garnet
…Liberia, and the West Indies. He also endorsed Black Nationalism in the United States. Draft Riots on First Avenue. Photo Courtesy of NYPL Digital Collections. From 1859 to 1863, and…
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