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What’s in Webster Hall’s Past – and Future?
…extensively about the history of Webster Hall for this blog. In a great post from 2011, former staff member Drew Durniak writes: From the start, Webster Hall was a “hall…
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Webster Hall’s First Ball (of many)
…February 11, 1887, marking the beginning of the long and storied history of one of New York City’s most culturally significant assembly halls. Costumed Ball at Webster Hall Webster Hall…
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Celebrate Good Times … At Webster Hall
…the landmarked assembly hall turned concert venue right down the street from the Center. Webster Hall was built in 1887 (with an annex added in 1892) and has been used…
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Happy Landmark Anniversary to Webster Hall!
Landmark Since March 18, 2008 Built in 1886, Webster Hall was designated a New York City landmark on a March 18, 2008. According to the Landmarks Designation Report,Webster Hall is…
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Hip Hop’s 2nd Birthplace, Part 3: Webster Hall
…of downtown and the East Village. Webster Hall, Image via Wikipedia From the late 19th century through World War II, Webster Hall was the scene of labor rallies, drag balls,…
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Webster Hall In the summer of 2007 Village Preservation supplied the Landmarks Preservation Commission with the extensive research on the history of Webster Hall, and urged the LPC to landmark…
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Webster Hall, 119-125 East 11th Street. Webster Hall was designed by Charles Rentz, Jr. in the Queen Anne style in 1886 with an annex from 1892. As a gathering spot…
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Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street
APPROVED with modifications 11/14/2017 CB3 hearing: 10/17/2017 LPC hearing: 11/14/2017 Individual Landmark Between Third and Fourth Avenues —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB3 agenda: Application for three new…
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Where Music and Passion are Always in Fashion
The grand ballroom of Webster Hall (image via websterhall.com) Just last week the famed Copacabana nightclub reopened yet again. At its newest incarnation at Times Square, guests were treated to…
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Elvis is in the building: July 2, 1956
…Hall awning on the day of its landmarking From 1953 to 1968, RCA Records owned Webster Hall. While it’s nice to imagine Elvis recording on the familiar stage at Webster…
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The Mystery Behind Henington Hall
…According to this piece, Henington Hall was even noted as a ballroom just like Webster Hall. The gabled roof portion of Henington Hall is just visible from Avenue B. By…
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Village Storefronts Dress Up for Halloween!
…of Village storefronts dressed up for the October occasion! Webster Hall the new Village Party Store on East 8th Street is definitely a Halloween headquarters Cho Cho San Japanese Restaurant…
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The Cooper Union’s “Voices from the Great Hall”: Digital Archives Of One Of New York’s Most Historic Spaces
…The Cooper Union and held in The Great Hall. Village Preservation’s 2022 Annual Meeting and Village Awards Announcement The Great Hall is a wonderfully appropriate setting for this important annual…
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Beyond the Village and Back: Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street
…City Hall until 1812. That’s when the present-day City Hall at what was then the northern edge of town was opened, and Federal Hall was demolished, its parts sold for…
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Commemorating a Favorite Concert Hall, the Fillmore East
…43 years – the same span that’s passed since the Fillmore’s closing – we likely will look back fondly on today’s opportunities. Remember how Webster Hall was packed with bands…
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The Hallowed Music Halls of the Greenwich Village Historic District
…hallowed halls around the Village, we’re fortunate to still be able to step down into this place where so much music history occurred. Max Gordon passed away in 1989, and…
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Legendary LGBTQ Nightlife of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…Rocky Twins, brothers and successful drag performers at Webster Hall Webster Hall has hosted a wide range of parties and meetings over its 134 year history. In its early years it…
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Village Halloween: No Tricks, Just Treats
…for the whole family. The Village Halloween Parade The early years of the Village Halloween parade at Westbeth. Photo courtesy of Shelley Seccombe. The Village Halloween Parade will take place…
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Landmarking 101: Just what is calendaring and why should I care?
…Preservation Commission wrote to GVSHP responding to our request to consider Webster Hall, the East Village social and assembly hall built in 1887 , for landmark designation. In their letter,…
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Remembering a Big Day for East Village Landmarking
…Stuyvesant’s farm, Webster Hall and Annex Webster Hall, located on 11th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues, is notable not only for it’s handsome Queen Anne and Renaissance Revival architecture,…
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Halloween Happenings in the Village
…Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade. And this past weekend saw plenty of Halloween-related festivals. Dogs took over Tompkins Square Park on Saturday for the much-beloved Annual Halloween Dog Parade. Jefferson…
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Beyond The Village and Back: Gould Library and Begrisch Hall, Bronx Community College
…Hall is one of the boldest examples of that striking and sometimes not-so-loved architectural styles, designed by one of the 20th century’s great architects and landmarked in 2002. Gould Hall…
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Labor Demonstrations Nothing New for Village
…designation in 2007: Garment workers rallying outside Webster Hall. ” In 1912, activist Margaret Sanger marched 119 children of striking Lawrence, Massachusetts workers from the train station to Webster Hall,…
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Village People: Murray Hall
…Hall, a prominent Tammany Hall politician and city bail bondsman, lived here in the late nineteenth century. He died here in 1901 of untreated breast cancer. Afterwards, Senator Bernard F….
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Decades of Spooky Splendor: Celebrating the Village Halloween Parade
Since 1973, New York City has hosted one of the most extravagant and enchanting Halloween celebrations in the world: the Village Halloween Parade. Its beginnings in the early 1970s were…
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Halloween in Greenwich Village – A Salute to Ralph Lee
…yet keep a low profile themselves. By now everyone associates Halloween in Greenwich Village with the annual Village Halloween Parade, an event that draws 2 million people to the 6th…
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Death, Debauchery, and Destruction on the Bowery: McGurk’s Suicide Hall
Dive bars and dead prostitutes! While these could be plot points in any Hollywood movie, back in the late 19th century these unwholesome characteristics gave the infamous McGurk’s Suicide Hall…
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23 LGBT landmarks of the East Village and Noho
…Hall, 125 East 11th Street Webster Hall, via Wiki Commons This world-famous gathering hall, which in its early years was the scene of union rallies and political organizing, was also…
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The Modern Roller Skate, and Men Fighting for Women’s Suffrage — Introduced at the Same East Village Locale
…area (Webster Hall is a nearby surviving example). And that brings us to the women’s suffrage movement. As we’ve pointed out, a remarkable number of people and places in Greenwich…
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2014 Year In Review: GVSHP Programs
…will include, among others, Webster Hall, the First Street Community Garden, and the Sixth Street Community Synagogue. We’ll be walking outdoors for 2 hours, so please wear weather-appropriate clothing and…
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Puppets and the Village Halloween Parade
…1974-75 Village Halloween Parade. Courtesy of The New York Theatre Wire. But back in the beginning, the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade was launched by Ralph Lee working in collaboration with…
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Fingers Crossed for Another: Individual Landmark Designations We’ve Won
…designation report. Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street: In the summer of 2007, GVSHP submitted to the Landmarks Preservation Commission LPC substantial research on the history and significance of Webster…
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Oral History: Ralph Lee’s Halloween
…the “father” of Greenwich Village’s annual Halloween Parade. Ralph Lee in his Westbeth studio in the Far West Village, via 6sqft.com Born in 1935, Lee describes his journey in an…
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Halloween Has Gone to the Dogs!
The Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade has been a much-loved event in the East Village since the 1990s. This year’s parade was initially canceled, but then moved to the East…
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Halloween Round Up
We hope that everyone had a safe, fun, and sugar-filled Halloween! To close out the holiday we’ve rounded up some of our favorite events and decorations from around the Village…
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The Puppets of the Village Parade:a studio tour with Halloween Parade founder Ralph Lee
The Puppets of the Village Parade: a studio tour with Halloween Parade founder Ralph Lee In 1974, Ralph Lee, in conjunction with the Theater for the New City, organized the…
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Village Halloween Parade Origins
Crones gather at Westbeth for one of the first Halloween parades Earlier this week, we were thrilled to announce that Westbeth – the country’s first subsidized housing complex for artists…
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Carol Greitzer: Helping Defeat Tammany Hall & Saving Greenwich Village
…the club’s early years, one of their main objectives was to remove the grip of Tammany Hall on local politics, something Greitzer played a significant role in achieving. When the…
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The History of the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade: a lecture by Ralph Lee
The History of the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade: a lecture by Ralph Lee In 1974 mask maker and theater director Ralph Lee organized the first Village Halloween Parade, in conjunction…
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Movie Palace, Music Hall, Dance Club: the Many Lives of the Palladium
…For decades, the Academy of Music mainly operated as a movie theater, occasionally hosting other events such as boxing matches. By the 1960s the hall began to host concerts, including…
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Remembering the Ritz
…Sting, just to name a few. Webster Hall Webster Hall was built in 1886-87 (the eastern annex in 1892), and over its long history has served Greenwich Village and the…
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East 11th Street, a Slice of East Village History
…Street (Webster Hall, a New York City Landmark), 122 East 11th Street/64 Third Avenue and 93 Fourth Avenue (Cooper Station Post Office, listed on the State and National Registers of…
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The Village Backdrops of Oscar-Winning Films
…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…
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The Vanishing City: A Town Hall Discussion
The Vanishing City: A Town Hall Discussion Development is radically changing the face of New York City. Long-time residents, small businesses and artists are being pushed out at a rapid…
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Join Us for Press Conference December 15 at 2 PM on the Steps of City Hall To Protest the Growing Rash of Demolitions of Landmarked Buildings Across NYC
…on the steps of City Hall for a press conference decrying the ever-increasing number of landmark buildings being demolished on the city’s watch. We’ll be joined by elected officials, preservationists,…
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2022 Annual Meeting and Awards To Be Held In Person on June 14 at Cooper Union’s Great Hall
We’re thrilled to announce that this year’s Village Preservation Annual Meeting and Awards will take place in person at Cooper Union’s Great Hall on June 14! We’re honored that Cooper…
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2022 Annual Meeting and Village Awards: In-Person at The Cooper Union Great Hall
…Great Hall to look back on the past year of Village Preservation’s work to protect the architectural and cultural heritage of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, and honor…
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City Hall Rally February 14 to Save Old PS 64/Charas El Bohio
…on the steps of City Hall to save the former Charas/El Bohio Community Center (the old P.S. 64) at 605 East 9th Street, which is in grave danger of being turned into a fake…
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Village People, Halloween Edition: Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson and son Laurence in Greenwich Village. Courtesy of Laurence Jackson Hyman. Halloween is right around the corner, so for this installment of Village People, let’s take a look…
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Proposed SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Will Make Neighborhood Richer, Whiter, and Less Affordable: A Town Hall and Teach-In
…lower-income and Asian American residents of the neighborhood and have spillover effects on the rest of Chinatown and the Lower East Side. Attend this Town Hall/Teach-In on the study and…
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Support Small Businesses, Today at City Hall
…a hearing at City Hall by New York City Council Committee on Small Business jointly with the Subcommittee on Zoning & Franchises regarding promoting retail diversity and preserving neighborhood character….
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Macabre Greenwich Village Halloween Walking Tour
Macabre Greenwich Village Halloween Walking Tour Friday, October 28th, 2022 6:00pm – 8:00pm Note: This event is sold out. REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Waiting List and Registration Note: To be placed…
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“Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s”: A Carnegie Hall Benefit for Village Preservation November 19 by Richard Barone Music
Village Preservation is honored to be named, along with MusiCares, the beneficiary of the November 19 “Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s” concert at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall….
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Preservationists and Elected Officials Slam City Agencies and Administration for Allowing Demolition of Landmarks at City Hall Press Conference
Village Preservation was joined by preservation organizations and elected officials from across the city yesterday for a press conference at City Hall, condemning the administration for a growing rash of…
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Save the Date: June 29th @ City Hall
…Chambers, at City Hall. This is likely the ONLY public hearing the City Council will hold on the plan before a vote takes place in July. We hope that you…
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Village Awardees Announced — Join Us on Tuesday, June 13 at 6 PM at The Cooper Union’s Great Hall!
…will be followed by a reception with refreshments. We hope to see you on Tuesday, June 13 at 6 PM in the historic, landmarked Great Hall at The Cooper Union…
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Town Hall to Save Charas / PS 64 A rally to save the historic building and former community center
Town Hall to Save Charas / PS 64 A rally to save the historic building and former community center Join Council member Rosie Mendez and elected officials, neighbors, activists, and…
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A Greenwich Village Historic District Town Hall on its Past and Future
…hall addressing the state of the district. What issues does it face? What preservation issues need to be addressed? What should our agenda be for maintaining and making the Greenwich…
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New Oral History Celebrating Westbeth’s 50th Anniversary — Puppeteer Ralph Lee, “Father” of the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade
…are founding the Village Halloween Parade in 1974, which began as a small community event in the Westbeth courtyard, but which grew to one of the largest events in New…
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Virtual Town Hall and Teach-In on SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Plan and Study Exposing Its True Impacts: Monday, March 15 at 6pm
Join us next Monday, March 15 at 6pm for a virtual Town Hall and Teach-In on Mayor de Blasio’s massive SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Plan and our recent study showing its true…
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Building (808) Broadway: Halloween Edition
It’s that time of year again. Someone dressed as Minnie Mouse passes you on your way to the office (just this morning, in fact) and dogs in their Halloween finest…
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Final Chelsea Market Hearing at City Hall Tomorrow
…to be built atop the historic complex. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 9:30 am at the City Council Chambers in City Hall (map HERE); bring photo ID. When…
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Tell State Lawmakers Not to Give City Hall the Power to Allow Supersized Development in Residential Neighborhoods — WRITE NOW!
Not big enough? Proponents of lifting the residential cap say that supersized super-luxury buildings like the 1,550-ft.-tall Central Park Tower (l.; tallest residential building in the world), The Sky at…
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New Historic Images Show Ghost Signs, Long Gone Gathering Halls, and More
…buildings in the Meatpacking District, NoHo, and the West Village from the 1910s to the 1940s; an 1891 image of Clinton Hall (demolished) on Astor Place and Lafayette Street, the…
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Village Independent Democrats Collection: 1955-1969
…Hall Tawana Club from control of local democratic politics, their involvement in the civil rights and other social justice movements, and their support for efforts to preserve the neighborhood, especially…
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New Historic Images Show Ghost Signs, Long Gone Gathering Halls, and More
…buildings in the Meatpacking District, NoHo, and the West Village from the 1910s to the 1940s; an 1891 image of Clinton Hall (demolished) on Astor Place and Lafayette Street, the…
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Landmarks50: A Pre-Halloween Trip to Our Historic Cemeteries
The New York City Marble Cemetery, on 2nd Street between First and Second Avenues. It’s open to the public several days each year. Photo by Bobby Williams, courtesy evgrieve.com. This…
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Reminder: Waterfront Town Hall Wed. Nov. 13 – 6:30 PM
We hope you and your neighbors can join us tomorrow evening for an important community meeting about Hudson River Park air rights. The New York State Legislature recently passed a…
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Huge Turnout at City Hall Hearing for Small Business Jobs Survival Act
On Monday hundreds attended a rally and hearing in support of the Small Business Jobs Survival Act (SBJSA), a bill aimed at making it easier for small businesses to remain in their retail…
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What A Difference GVSHP Makes! Preserving Vanderbilt Hall and Washington Square
This series shines a light on the important things we’re achieving together in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. Each month, we’ll be exploring a new site or topic…
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