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Continuing the Work of Jane Jacobs

Weehawken Street 11 Weehawken Street (aka 9-11 Weehawken Street).  This 1908 former stable with dwellings above was also landmarked in 2006 as part of the Weehawken Historic District.  As cited in Jane…

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17 LGBT landmarks of Greenwich Village

…surrounding buildings landmarked as part of the Weehawken Street Historic District. 12. James Baldwin Residence, 81 Horatio Street   Photo of James Baldwin via Wikimedia James Baldwin was born in Harlem in…

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2014 Year In Review: GVSHP Programs

…She will also read from her just released book, Street Angel. Affordable Housing / Historic Preservation: A Roundtable Discussion Presented by Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Historic Districts Council,…

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31 Literary Icons of Greenwich Village

…of the first places he lived was 25 East 11th Street in 1917. He later lived at 54 West 10th Street, 79 Charles Street, and 45 Grove Street. Crane’s most ambitious and well-known work, The…

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NoHo Historic District Becomes a Reality

…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…

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Throwback Thursday: 392 West Street

…years old this year. In 2006, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) included 392 West Street in the Weehawken Street Historic District, a designation GVSHP fought for and which came out…

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Touring Bleecker Street’s Diverse History

…of the Greenwich Village Historic District. In total, we traversed four New York City historic districts including the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II, the South Village Historic District, the NoHo…

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NoHo East Historic District Turned 10 Yesterday!

NoHo 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…

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A Block of West Street, Then & Now

…and Charles Streets. Of the buildings on this block,  only 396 and 398 West Street sit within the Weehawken Street Historic District, which the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated in 2006….

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The Art of the Artist’s Studio

…the Greenwich Village Historic District, the house was originally built in 1833 for Samuel Phillips, a lamplighter. 228 West 13th Street, via Wikipedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:228_West_13th_Street.jpg) 228 West 13th Street next…

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The Art of the Artist’s Studio

…West 9th Street via wikipedia commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:62_West_9th_Street.jpg) 62 West 9th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) was, according to the designation report for the Greenwich Village Historic District, built for…

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Historic Photo Mysteries Solved

…There are not many long streets in the Seaport area or financial district, where we knew this image was taken. Most of the streets, especially the more numerous east-west streets,…

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Sullivan-Thompson, a District of Immigrants

…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

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