Today we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo…
Read MoreToday we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo…
Read MoreToday we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo…
Read More…by Kinka today and welcome EunYoung and Tom to the neighborhood! If you would like us to welcome another independent business to the neighborhood, please let us know at info@villagepreservation.org….
Read MoreToday we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo…
Read More…by, welcome them to the neighborhood, and get started today. If you would like us to welcome another independent business to the neighborhood, please let us know at info@villagepreservation.org….
Read MoreToday we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo…
Read More…in on this happiness business. Swing by India & Purry today and welcome Jessica to the neighborhood. If you would like us to welcome another independent business to the neighborhood,…
Read MoreToday we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo…
Read MoreToday we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo…
Read MoreToday we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo…
Read MoreToday we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo…
Read MoreToday we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo…
Read MoreToday we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo…
Read MoreToday we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo…
Read More…the city. Following a period of neglect, this park was reclaimed by a series of neighborhood organizations working with City officials to once again provide a welcome respite from the…
Read More…and memories of our vibrant neighborhoods. These efforts highlight not only the personal stories of individuals, but also the larger cultural and historical trends that have shaped these iconic neighborhoods….
Read More…is not the way to do so. It will exacerbate problems of affordability and inequality in these neighborhoods, and in adjacent neighborhoods which will also be impacted. And it will…
Read More…to Save Our Neighborhood.” The card was signed by the hundreds of Village residents and neighborhood preservationists who had attended a town hall a week and a half earlier. GVSHP’s Andrew…
Read More…neighborhood south of Union Square were recreated for The Gilded Age in Troy, NY. The neighborhood south of Union Square was at the front lines of this demographic shift. From…
Read More…world. In neighborhoods like Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, this week takes on a special significance. Our neighborhoods are renowned for their eclectic mix of shops, cafes, and…
Read More…Neighborhood Preservation Center 232 East 11th Street In honor of Lower East Side History Month, join GVSHP staffers as we fan out into the neighborhood and literally write the history…
Read MoreNew York is renowned for its vibrant immigrant history, and the many diverse neighborhoods born out of years of heavy immigration in the 19th and early 20th-centuries. But for all…
Read More…you can imagine, much (but not all) of our neighborhoods did not fare well on this scale at this time. The neighborhoods were graded on a scale of A, B,…
Read MoreThe Neighborhood Preservation Center celebrates its 15th birthday this fall. This Wednesday, we here at Off the Grid are looking forward to celebrating the 15th birthday of the Neighborhood Preservation…
Read More…and notable exceptions). This is especially true of our neighborhoods, which have attracted immigrants of all stripes for centuries. Immigration and the diversity of our neighborhoods are among the primary…
Read More…our neighborhoods are among the primary factors that make our city and neighborhoods so fascinating. Our city and our neighborhoods are made richer by the traditions, culture, and expertise that…
Read More…1830. At the same time, an ocean away, Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo were rapidly developing. During this period, architects and builders in the neighborhood turned to Ancient…
Read MoreAmidst the bustling streets and historic architecture, our neighborhoods’ numerous independent pharmacies stand as critical community pillars of health. These establishments aren’t just places to pick up prescriptions; they are…
Read MoreOur neighborhoods are renowned for their rich cultural history and storied past. While often associated with artistic bohemia and progressive movements, our streets hold a lesser-known narrative that significantly shaped…
Read More…Unlike many of today’s youth, I was allowed — or forced — to go out and play unsupervised in the neighborhood’s parks and streets. Of course, the neighborhood has changed…
Read MoreWe held a panel entitled Neighborhood Bookstores in the Age of Amazon in celebration of Independent Bookstore Day, featuring the Unoppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Bookstore (34 Carmine Street), Printed Matter (38…
Read MoreOur neighborhoods have a long and profound history of advocating for civil rights and social justice. In 2017, to honor the many struggles that have been fought here, Village Preservation launched a new Civil Rights and…
Read MoreThe area now known as the East Village was historically part of the Lower East Side, which was one of the most densely populated and ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the…
Read More…and putting his Pan-African activist theories into action. Other Connections to Our Neighborhoods W.E.B. Du Bois accomplished tremendous feats while in our neighborhoods, but his legacy reverberates in even more…
Read More…life are clear — especially when our neighborhoods offer some of the most exciting small businesses around and ample opportunity to encounter sites replete with history and noteworthy architecture. To…
Read MoreGreenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, with their charming streets, historic landmarks, and vibrant culture, are neighborhoods that beg to be explored on foot. Whether you’re a seasoned New…
Read More…announcements was the grand opening of the New York State WorldPride Welcome Center. Where? Greenwich Village, of course. Located at 112 Christopher Street, the new Center is steps from the…
Read More…in these neighborhoods, where current rules allow new structures 300 feet tall or greater. Various groups, in some cases backed by developers with vested interests and potential development sites in SoHo…
Read More…you’re done with yours, you’ll want to eat your neighbors’. Unregular Pizza (135 4th Avenue) Our neighborhoods have always welcomed dreamers and out-of-the-box thinkers. Among them, we now have an…
Read More…celebrate the people and organizations that make our neighborhoods special. By nominating someone, you can help to strengthen the sense of community and pride in our neighborhoods. Promoting awareness. By…
Read More…businesses, places, and organizations in our neighborhoods. Fondly referred to as the “Oscars of the Village,” these awards showcase the remarkable people and places that have made a significant contribution…
Read MoreThere’s no doubt that summertime in our New York City neighborhoods is sizzling hot! And as thermometers continue to tick upward and Independence Day celebrations approach, we recommend that you…
Read More…most sought-after addresses. Although by the middle of the 19th century the neighborhood had begun to transform into an increasingly gritty commercial hub, several of these original residential structures remain,…
Read More…activism, and certainly not new to our neighborhoods. The neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo were cradles of this ‘intersectional’ approach to activism (we have a number…
Read More…Place and Broadway corridors which lie outside of the protections of the Greenwich Village Historic District. In the years since, the threats to this part of our neighborhood have intensified,…
Read More…three crucial stages of our zoning, by looking at some classic examples in our neighborhoods. The 1916 Zoning Resolution Hugh Ferriss’ renderings from the early 1920s show the outlines of…
Read More…broad efforts in our neighborhoods to combat chain store proliferation and the support residents show for local, independent, home-grown businesses is part of the reason our neighborhoods have contributed to…
Read More…of the past year, and honor invaluable local leaders, institutions, businesses, places, and organizations in our neighborhoods. Fondly referred to as the “Oscars of the Village,” these awards showcase the…
Read MoreVillage Preservation has long made a priority of elevating, preserving, and celebrating the histories and contributions of underrepresented and marginalized communities in our neighborhoods. We also advocate for policies for…
Read More…out on a stroll around the neighborhood? Noticed that they were full of fabulous books, magazines, and information? These birdhouse-shaped depositories are part of Little Free Libraries, a grassroots initiative…
Read MoreThere was a time when the warm glow of neon signs scattered our neighborhood with abundance. Beckoning to passersby, these cheerful emblems promoted all sorts of businesses, from music venues…
Read MoreVillage Preservation Historic Plaques Not that long ago, someone strolling down one of our neighborhood streets could have been forgiven for not looking up from their iPhone, except perhaps to…
Read More…Tech Hub upzoning — 817, 826, 830, 832, 836, 840, and 841 Broadway — this is far from adequate to protect this neighborhood. Join us at a Demonstration Saturday, Sept….
Read More…radical 20th-century innovators. The most dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker will have trouble telling you if it’s in Greenwich Village, SoHo, or Hudson Square. The tiny Charlton-King-VanDam neighborhood is, as its name…
Read More…schedule, he likes to return to the familiarity of this neighborhood, even as it changes around him. After attending college at Fordham University, returning to his hometown of Cleveland, and…
Read More…neighborhoods, visit GVSHP’s Civil Rights and Social Justice map. The neighborhoods are teeming with places to go to commemorate the people and the movements that have moved our society forward….
Read MoreNew York City’s trees shade us in the summer, beautify our neighborhoods, help reduce noise, clean our air, counteract heat islands, absorb rainwater, and support important urban wildlife, among an…
Read MoreCurious about the life and legacy of Surrealist & Dadaist artists in our neighborhoods? Check out this incredible research resource created by Paul McRandle and featured on his blog Surrealist NYC. …
Read More…NYC Neighborhood Be? Their 3-D map shows what construction could do to every neighborhood’s skyline and streetscape. To help you see how you could be affected, click here for their…
Read MoreToday we welcome to the GVSHP staff Matthew Morowitz, GVSHP’s new Administrative Assistant, replacing Meaghan Collins. We’re very excited to have Matthew on board, who will be involved in everything…
Read MoreToday we welcome Lauren Snetiker, the newest member of our staff, who joins the GVSHP team as our Development and Communications Manager. Lauren is looking forward to managing the individual…
Read MoreToday we are very excited to welcome aboard Ariel Kates as our new Manager of Programming and Communications. Ariel is thrilled to be a part of our public programming and outreach…
Read MoreToday we welcome Jena Hinton (pronouns: she/her) as our new Program and Administrative Associate. Jena has been an intern with Village Preservation since September of 2021, and has collaborated on…
Read MoreToday we welcome aboard at Village Preservation Maya Wilson (pronouns: she/her) as our new Programs Associate. Maya has been an intern with Village Preservation since June of 2022, and has…
Read MoreToday, we welcome Hannah Berry (pronouns: she/they) to the Village Preservation team as our new Arthur A. Levin Program Associate. Hannah previously worked as an intern for Village Preservation, assisting…
Read More…the neighborhood. This week, we welcome the upstart Ars Nova to the scene! Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 produced by Ars Nova Last year, Greenwich House, the…
Read More…that allows us to reflect on the impact that Hispanic and Latino residents and revolutionaries have had on our neighborhoods for over 400 years. A dramatization of Juan Rodriguez meeting…
Read More…the 12 FAR cap opens a potential Pandora’s Box of overdevelopment in New York City neighborhoods, and should not be approved. Earlier this month, Governor Hochul proposed eliminating the longstanding,…
Read More…Bjarke Ingels. This in-person event will provide community members a free opportunity to gather at a historical building to discuss our neighborhoods rich architectural history. With opportunities to network with…
Read More…figures or struggles for LGBT civil rights. Village Preservation argued that this was all the more troubling for Greenwich Village and its surrounding neighborhoods, which house, and have been transformed…
Read More…of New York’s “bohemia,” and was teeming with multicultural communities. Other waves of immigration had created ethnic enclaves downtown, including the German community of Kleindeutschland and the Irish neighborhood of Five Points. In…
Read MoreToday we’re looking at the historic plaques that Village Preservation has placed throughout our neighborhoods commemorating some of the amazing women who have lived, worked, and changed history here. Historic…
Read More…American history. His revolutionary approach to school design used a unique H-shaped plan that created central courtyards, providing pupils with light, air, and places to play in neighborhoods severely lacking…
Read More…the health and well-being of our country and our very own neighborhoods. In Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, we have a bounty of terrific farmer’s markets, and a…
Read MoreOur neighborhoods are world-renowned for serving as home to countless transformative artists and artistic movements over the years. But you don’t have to be invited to an artist’s loft to…
Read More…neighborhood. Comments will be monitored and selected for featuring throughout the week. Small businesses on Second Avenue Small businesses are critical components of healthy neighborhoods and have – not surprisingly…
Read MoreHistoric plaques can be a wonderful way to educate the public about the remarkable history of our neighborhoods, and the incredible people, events, and movements connected to sites all around…
Read MoreOur neighborhoods have been the home of many of history’s most important civil rights and social justice leaders, as documented in Village Preservation’s Civil Rights and Social Justice Map. Three…
Read More…staked out his own, first at 175 Grand Street, at the edge of today’s Chinatown and SoHo neighborhoods, then in Greenwich Village at 33-35 South 5th Avenue (now LaGuardia Place…
Read More…York City Landmarks and/or listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Much as our neighborhoods contain some of the city’s oldest and most historically significant sites above…
Read More…when the church was converted to a synagogue, reflecting the neighborhood’s transition to the world’s largest Jewish community. Significantly, the building has not only directly served Germans and Jews, but…
Read MoreYou never know what you may find when doing historic research in our neighborhoods, and it often raises more questions than it answers. I was recently looking into the history…
Read More…the place names within Greenwich Village and the East Village, including Bleecker Street, Taras Shevchenko Place, and Father Demo Square. So a series of posts on how some Manhattan neighborhoods…
Read MoreIndependent small businesses are one of the cornerstones of our neighborhoods. They don’t just provide services and goods, they respond to the particular tastes and needs of their community. Fashioned…
Read More…at its Annual Meeting and Village Awards. This fun and free public event highlights and celebrates those that make our neighborhoods some of the most interesting and exceptional in the…
Read More…films that have used our neighborhoods as a focus for ghouls, goblins, and more to run rampant! I Am Legend Left: 11 Washington Square North as it appears today. |…
Read MoreThe 1811 Commissioner’s Street Plan Welcome to Off the Grid, GVSHP’s blog. Off the Grid will be a great way for GVSHP to share news, commentary, trivia and historic information…
Read MoreAndito Lloyd Today we are thrilled to welcome Andito Lloyd – our new East Village & Special Projects Director – to the small but mighty GVSHP team! Andito will soon…
Read MoreAmanda Davis, Village Preservation’s newest staff member. Today we are thrilled to welcome Amanda Davis – our new Director of Preservation and Research – to the Village Preservation team! Among…
Read More…the neighborhood experienced waves of immigration in the late 1800’s. The area attracted a large number of German immigrants, whose influence on the built environment of the neighborhood can still…
Read MoreKaren Loew joins us today as GVSHP’s new Director of East Village and Special Projects. I hope you’ll join us in welcoming Karen to the GVSHP family. Welcome aboard Karen!…
Read MoreToday we’re thrilled to welcome aboard Sarah Bean Apmann, GVSHP’s new Director of Research and Preservation. Sarah fills the position most recently held by Amanda Davis. In her new position,…
Read MoreWelcome aboard, Harry. Harry Bubbins joins us today as GVSHP’s new East Village and Special Projects Director. I hope you’ll join us in welcoming Harry to the GVSHP team. Harry…
Read MoreToday we welcome Chelsea Dowell to the GVSHP team as Director of Communications and Programming. We’re excited to have Chelsea on board and managing our public outreach and programming, and…
Read MoreToday we welcome aboard Laura Fleischmann, who will be taking over our Program and Administrative Associate position. She’s excited to continue her work with the GVSHP team, assisting with member…
Read More…Irish identity – its interweaving into American/New York culture as well as its continued uniqueness. Ryder states, “the Irish didn’t wait for New York, for the United States, to welcome…
Read MoreToday we welcome aboard Dawson Knick, who will be taking over our Program and Administrative Associate position, replacing Laura Fleischmann. We are sad to see Laura go, but we wish…
Read More…awareness, advocacy, and research campaigns. Her personal interests include good food and collecting art books and art supplies. Welcome Cindy! To learn more about our staff of interns, click here….
Read MoreToday we welcome aboard Louisa Winchell as our Research and Preservation Associate. Louisa has been working with Village Preservation as a Research and Preservation Intern since August 2018, and in…
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