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2014 Year In Review: GVSHP Programs
…Village, the East Village, and NoHo. Current GVSHP members will vote on a slate of new and renewing trustees. The Village Awards were established 23 years ago to honor the…
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Our Epic Greenwich Village and East Village Watch-List
…Village (for rent on Amazon) Beloveds in the Village with the M20 southbound bus behind them In this complex, dynamic romance by Village filmmaker Ira Sachs, John Lithgow and Alfred…
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2020 Village Awardee: Village Apothecary, 346 Bleecker Street
…to tackling the area’s healthcare needs. These efforts were recognized in 2001 when Village Apothecary was presented the Legends of the Village Award by Village Care. To date, Village Apothecary…
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LGBT Historic Sites in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…view it at www.gvshp.org/civilrightsmap. East Village Building Blocks: LGBTQ Sites Tour Want to explore more East Village LGBTQ history? Village Preservation offers an online guided tour of LGBTQ Sites on our East Village…
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Village Independent Democrats: Integration in 1960s Greenwich Village
…The Village Independent Democrats are a reform democratic club founded in 1956. The club recently donated their archives to Village Preservation, and we have released the first batch of the…
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Fred W. McDarrah’s Greenwich Village and the East Village of the 1950s and 60s
…of Village Preservation Fred McDarrah and the Village Voice assiduously chronicled the activities of Jane Jacobs, who in the 1950s and 60s was leading a movement in Lower Manhattan to retake…
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Celebrating the Impact of the Landmarks Law in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…Preservation Commission. And in the past decade or so alone, Village Preservation has helped to achieved protections for significant portions of the East Village and South Village, with the East…
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2020 Village Awardee: Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street
…Greenwich Village and one of the oldest continuously operated art cinemas in the city. And this year it is one of our Village Awardees! Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street…
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Politicians, Playwrights, and Parades: The Irish legacy of the East Village and Greenwich Village
…American history to be found in Greenwich Village and the East Village. While both neighborhoods became better known for different kinds of communities in later years – Italians, Ukrainians, gay men…
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Politicians, Playwrights, and Parades: The Irish legacy of the East Village and Greenwich Village
…American history to be found in Greenwich Village and the East Village. While both neighborhoods became better known for different kinds of communities in later years – Italians, Ukrainians, gay men…
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15 Trailblazing Women of Greenwich Village and the East Village
…known to sleep on the streets of Greenwich Village and the East Village, to sell copies of the SCUM Manifesto on the streets of Greenwich Village, and by some accounts…
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A Greenwich Village Book, A Greenwich Village Bookstore
…Toby Cox, owner of Three Lives & Company, one of the West Village’s most beloved bookstores. Toby sat on the editorial committee of Greenwich Village Stories, and he and Three…
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The South Village Historic District Makes the National Register of Historic Places
…Greenwich Village south of Washington Square Park, which was actually the second phase of Village Preservation’s proposed South Village Historic District. Village Preservation had fought hard to get several NYU…
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17 LGBT landmarks of Greenwich Village
…South Village Historic District which Village Preservation proposed. 2. Church of the Village/Founding of PFLAG, 201 West 13th Street Google Street View of the Church of the Village The first meeting…
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Asian-American History in Greenwich Village and the East Village
…West Coast. And while nearby neighborhoods like Chinatown or the Lower East Side may have been much more prominent hubs for Asian-Americans, Greenwich Village and the East Village nevertheless can…
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Celebrating National Independent Retailers Week in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…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…
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Twelve Essential Reads About Greenwich Village and the East Village
Looking for a great read about Greenwich Village or the East Village? Check out this list of always essential classics, and scroll to the bottom for a list of websites…
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15 things you didn’t know about the East Village
Earlier this month, GVSHP launched its East Village Preservation effort, releasing its new website “East Village Building Blocks,” which contains historic information and images for every one of the neighborhood’s 2,200 buildings. Of course,…
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The East Village Eye: Chronicling the Spirit of the East Village
The East Village Eye was only in publication for eight years, but the magazine left a huge mark on the neighborhood it chronicled. The East Village Eye, nicknamed the Eye,…
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Celebrating International Picnic Day in Greenwich Village and the East Village!
…the East Village offer a perfect backdrop for urban picnicking! And you’ll find the best food fare anywhere for your feast! Great Picnic Spots in Greenwich Village The Village has…
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How Greenwich Village and the East Village Launched the 19th Century Hebrew Free School Movement
…locations are in the East Village and Greenwich Village. Learn all about East Village Jewish historic sites on Village Preservation’s East Village Building Blocks Yiddish Rialto and Synagogues of the…
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Cemeteries of The East Village, Part IV
Continuing our Cemeteries of the Village series, today we look at the blocks surrounding 2nd Street and Second Avenue. Two landmarked cemeteries still exist here, and four other 19th-century cemeteries…
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Village Awards: Your Nominations Help Celebrate Our Neighborhoods
…his contributions to the Jefferson Market Library and the Greenwich Village community, Frank Collerius was awarded a Village Preservation Annual Village Award in 2017. Village Preservation is very grateful to…
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The South Village: A Treasure of Preservation
We’ve designated December as South Village Month, and we’ve got good reason to do so! In December 2006, Village Preservation submitted our landmark proposal for the South Village. Two years…
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LGBT History in All Corners of the Village: The West Village
…course of this month we’re focusing on four areas of our neighborhood — the West Village, East Village, South Village, and NoHo — to highlight important locations, either long gone…
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A ‘Greenwich Village Stories’ Walking Tour of the East Village
…‘The Future is Unwritten.’” With over sixty contributors, Greenwich Village Stories has many more memorable Village locations to share. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for a West Village walking…
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LGBT History in All Corners of the Village: East Village
…the West Village, East Village, South Village, and NoHo. All of these sites can also be found on our Village Preservation Civil Rights and Social Justice Map, and we encourage…
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East Village Building Blocks Tour: the LGBTQ East Village
While the neighboring West Village may have the more well-known sites, the East Village contains a rich assortment of places connected to LGBTQ history, including the homes of noted artists,…
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A Video Campaign to “Save the South Village”
…business in the South Village and lived in the South Village for years. He and his family have now decamped to a home in the Greenwich Village Historic District, but…
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10 (more) of the most charming spots in the Greenwich Village Historic District
…Village. 5. “Squares” that aren’t squares Abingdon Square via Wiki Commons Speaking of triangles, one of the defining elements of the Greenwich Village Historic District’s charm are the many tiny verdant…
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20 transformative women of Greenwich Village
…the Greenwich Village Historic District. Click here to check out our year-long activities and celebrations. Few places on earth have attracted as many creative, mold-shattering, transformative women as Greenwich Village,…
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Beyond the Village and Back: Cushman Row, 406-418 West 20th Street
In our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
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The Art of the Steal! Thrifting in Greenwich Village, the East Village, & NoHo
…vintage resellers within the Greenwich Village, East Village, and NoHo: The East Village: The East Village has more vintage, secondhand, and thrift stores than anywhere in New York City (maybe…
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31 Literary Icons of the Greenwich Village Historic District
…a major figure in the cultural life of Greenwich Village, when the Village served as an incubator of every important American literary, artistic, and political movement of the period. As…
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Historic Storefronts of the Village and East Village
…click here. At 201 Bleecker Street, in the recently-designated South Village Historic District, stands one of the most well-known coffee, tea and spice stores of Greenwich Village. Porto Rico Importing…
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A Specialty Food Shop in the Village: 2011 Village Awardee
…Village Award at our Annual Meeting on Monday, June 13th. In the twenty years since GVSHP began presenting Village Awards, many nods have gone out to small specialty food markets….
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The Forgotten Graveyards of Greenwich Village and the East Village
…The Village and East Village, which were once country north of New York City, have more than their fair share of former burial grounds. Many New Yorkers are aware that…
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The Flatirons of the Village and the East Village
…the Village and East Village. Perhaps the most famously and recognizably “Flatiron-like” building in our neighborhoods is the former Herring Lock and Safe Company Building at 669-681 Hudson Street at…
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Cemeteries of The East Village, Part III
Continuing our Cemeteries of the Village series, today we look at two historic cemeteries that predate the modern street grid: The St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery Vaults and the nearby but long…
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Village Power-House Female Chefs: 2011 Village Awardee
…Village restaurant Annisa is one of our 2011 Village Awardees! Power-chef Anita Lo rides her bike each morning to her highly popular Barrow Street restaurant which serves up dishes that…
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A Greenwich Village Stories Walking Tour of the West Village
…sidewalks swell with Village natives, NYU students, and tourists. With Greenwich Village Stories as your unofficial guidebook, you can tour the neighborhood as some of its most well-known residents have,…
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Theaters of Greenwich Village and the East Village
…Village, East Village, and NoHo’s cultural heritage and built environment. And last week, as part of our free public programs, we started a series about theaters of Greenwich Village and the…
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Village Remains Tops for Artists in NYC
…Village/Financial District” is actually the combined Community Boards 1 and 2 in Manhattan, which includes the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, NoHo, SoHo, Little Italy, Tribeca, the Financial District, the South…
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A Truly Historic House Tour! Village Preservation’s 21st Spring House Tour in the Greenwich Village Historic District
…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…
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How the New York Public Library got its start in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…found in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and Noho. The main antecedents of the NYPL which formed the foundation of today’s system— the Astor Library, the Lenox Library, and the…
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31 Literary Icons of Greenwich Village
…post-World War I era, Millay emerged as a major figure in the cultural life of Greenwich Village, when the Village served as an incubator of every important American literary, artistic,…
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2020 Village Preservation Public Programs Roundup
…some lists of and links to our 2020 programs by category: Top attended Tour Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo Books to read 2020-specific Women’s and Women’s Suffrage centennial-focused…
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Hip Hop’s 2nd Birthplace: Greenwich Village & the East Village
…in the genre’s history, Greenwich Village and the East Village can boast of being the neighborhoods where all four hip hop elements were presented together for the first time and becoming…
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Talkin’ Greenwich Village: Folk Music’s Legacy in the Village
…gathered to share music, politics, and ideals, all shaped a music revolution. Explore more about the Village’s folk scene on our Tour of the South Village, and join us in…
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Rallying To Save The South Village
…South Village Historic District (map), a two hundred forty-building, thirteen-block section of Greenwich Village south of Washington Square Park, and the second phase of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic…
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The Children’s Aid Society’s Deep Roots in Greenwich Village and the East Village
…Photo courtesy of Village Preservation. For more information on the rich, complex history of the Children’s Aid Society and the Civil Rights and Social Justice history of the East Village,…
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The Birth of The Committee to Save the West Village, Led By Jane Jacobs
…brilliant tactics, they succeeded. Committee to Save the West Village Newsletter Issue 1 Masthead, dated March 10, 1962, from Village Preservation’s Preservation History Archive Saving the West Village The concerns…
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Iconic album covers of Greenwich Village and the East Village: Then and now
There’s no shortage of sites in the Village and East Village where great makers of popular music lived or performed. Less well known, however, are the multitude of sites that…
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Celebrating the Origins of the South Village
…streets that comprise the South Village are a sort of microcosm of the broader Greenwich Village it sits within. The South Village holds some of the area’s oldest extant buildings,…
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Artists, Advocates, and Architects of Community: Honoring Women in Preservation at the Village Awards
Each year, Village Preservation celebrates the individuals, organizations, and businesses that have made a significant positive impact on Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo with our Village Awards. Since…
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2014 Village Award winner: Village Community Boathouse
…are so important to the history and development of Greenwich Village and all of New York City — Village Community Boathouse does all New Yorkers a great service. And that…
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“Our Village is Star in an Uptown Exhibit” — September 26, 1990
…conduct research to support our mission. The Architecture of the Greenwich Village Waterfront, edited by Regina M. Kellerman, 1989. The waterfront, like all parts of the Village, has a long…
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Village Preservation East Village Oral History: Marilyn Appleberg
Village Preservation is excited to share our oral history collection with the public, and hope they will shed more light on what makes Greenwich Village and the East Village such…
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Eight Abandoned East Village Buildings’ Second Acts As Beacons of Culture
…A crucial part of the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, which was landmarked in 2012, the Anthology Film Archies became a Village Preservation Village awardee in 2018. In 2017…
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Delving into the Past & Future of the Greenwich Village Historic District
The Greenwich Village Historic District, which was designated (landmarked) on April 29, 1969, holds some of the loveliest bits of Greenwich Village within its bounds — from Washington Square to…
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Historic Schools of Greenwich Village and the East Village Still Changing Minds
…Greenwich Village, the East Village, and Noho, check out our Civil Rights and Social Justice Map, as well as our Greenwich Village Historic District Map and East Village Building Blocks. …
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Village Preservation East Village Oral History: Robert Zerilli
Veniero’s Owner Robert Zerilli Village Preservation is excited to share our oral history collection with the public, and hope they will shed more light on what makes Greenwich Village and…
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Finding the Most Impactful Women of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…With your input, we’re going to select our Top 25 list. Below are seventy of the most impactful women of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, who made their…
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Who Were the Most Impactful Women of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo?
…world. With your input, we’re going to select the twenty-five most impactful. Below are seventy extraordinary women of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, who made their marks in…
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On Edge: The West Village Waterfront
…“The John T. Krawchuk Collection: The West Village Waterfront in the Early 1990s,” Village Preservation Historic Image Archive. Village Preservation has also led efforts to get several individual landmarks in…
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Past Village Awardees: Some of Our Neighborhood’s Best Specialty Shops
…to the special quality of life in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. Submit your nominations for the 2025 Village Awards today! Through March 10th, you can nominate one…
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2016 Village Award Winner: East Village Meat Market
Off the Grid is highlighting the 2016 Village Awards winners in the lead up to the June 14th Annual Meeting & Award Ceremony. Click here for more information about the event and to RSVP….
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Former Schools of Greenwich Village and the East Village
…and innovative arts programming to artists of all kinds and the community at large. More info about the building can be found in our East Village Building Blocks page. …
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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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Legendary LGBTQ Nightlife of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…shaped LBGT culture in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo over the last century and a quarter — some clandestine and illicit, others shiny and open. The Saint, 105…
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A Very Merry Greenwich Village and East Village Christmas
…hotspots, with sites like Macy’s and Rockefeller Center, Greenwich Village offers New Yorkers its own winter wonderland as well. Join us—and Dasher, Dancer, and Prancer—and explore Greenwich Village during the…
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Village Cemeteries Part V, NoHo Edition
Moving westward across the Village through our Cemeteries of the Village series, today we explore one former cemetery site in NoHo and one just north of the NoHo corridor, both…
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Happy Anniversary to Far West Village Landmark Victories!
On 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…
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Great Writers and the Greenwich Village Historic District
…Lorraine Hansberry. Village Preservation’s celebratory map of the Greenwich Village Historic District, created especially for our celebration by the artist Barbara Macfarlane, represented by the Rebecca Hossack Gallery 121 Charles…
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The Landmarked New School Auditorium — Home of Village Preservation’s 2019 Annual Meeting and Village Awards
The Village Awards recognize the people, places, and organizations which make a significant contribution to the quality of life in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. The 2019 Awards…
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The Greenwich Village Historic District’s Historic Birthday!
…and African-American history, and so much more can be found and are embodied in this district. Images from Village Preservation’s Greenwich Village Historic District 50th Celebration In 2019, Village Preservation…
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Taco Tuesday in Greenwich Village and the East Village
…for yourself! La Palapa La Palapa Cocina Mexicana at 77 St. Mark’s Place and La Palapa Taco Bar are owned by Barbara Sibley, a chef, artist, and consummate East Villager. Barbara…
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Thank You To Our Members — Making 40 Years of Village Preservation Possible
…of Greenwich Village in our three-session course: History and Historic Preservation. In 2008 we also secured the passage of long-overdue East Village rezoning, which for the first time ever imposed…
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The Annual Village Awards: Spotlight on the Regina Kellerman Award for Preservation
2023 Annual Meeting and Village Awards One of Village Preservation’s most beloved traditions is our Annual Meeting and Village Awards, in which we celebrate our achievements of the past year,…
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Words & Art in the East Village: 2011 Village Awardee
…We hope you can join us as we honor Bob Holman and the other awardees at our Village Awards and Annual Meeting tonight at 6:30 at the Village Community School….
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The Libraries of Greenwich Village and the East Village
…the case, however. For decades, it was libraries and their books that provided such knowledge. In Greenwich Village, several fantastic libraries provided neighborhood residents the chance to learn. The former…
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Black History Month in the Village: The South Village and Little Africa
…looking at their significance to African-American history and the Civil Rights Movement. Little Africa undated photo Probably the area most associated with Black History in the Village is the former…
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Let Me Introduce To You: Sgt. Pepper’s Greenwich Village Band
…Village residents, denizens, and those with deep connections to Greenwich Village. With the heady air of half-century nostalgia all around us, we thought we’d take a closer look at the…
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More is More: Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II
…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…
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Beyond the Village and Back: Congregation Shearith Israel
In our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
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Beyond the Village and Back: The Queensboro Bridge
In our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
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13 places in Greenwich Village where the course of history was changed
…Manhattan street grid Photo courtesy of Village Preservation Ironically, the very geometric and regular Manhattan Street Grid was born within the very irregular and eccentric streets of Greenwich Village. More…
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Watch the Video: Village Preservation 2021 Annual Meeting and Village Awards
…work has helped make Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo the wonderful places they are. If you missed the event, or want to watch it again (minus minor technical…
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The Best Birdwatching in Greenwich Village and the East Village
…visit eBird. If you’re interested in other ways to connect with the nature of the Village, check out one of the many community gardens the East Village has to offer!…
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Suffrage’s Legacy in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and Noho
…suffragists who tirelessly fought for this cause. Village Preservation’s Women’s Suffrage History Map highlights sites in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and Noho which played key roles in the suffrage…
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Decades of Limbo To Finally End for South Village “Almost-Landmarks”?
…accounts had become quite squalid and seedy, and a source of crime and frequent complaint in the Village. But it was during this period that Art D’Lugoff’s Village Gate was…
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Quinn and City Must Not Omit Three Key Sites From South Village Landmarking
Op-Ed from The Villager newspaper, April 25, 2012 http://thevillager.com/2013/04/25/quinn-and-city-cant-omit-3-key-south-village-sites/ Quinn and City Must Not Omit Three Key Sites From South Village Landmarking (if you want to help, write the City…
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From the WNYC Archives: Change and Continuity in Greenwich Village
…Voice” by 50 Years/50 Covers – Front pages to remember, The Village Voice. On October 4, 1959, Edwin Fancher, a co-founder of the Village Voice and Greenwich Village resident, spoke…
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Happy Birthday Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II!
…Greenwich Village since 1969. Map of the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II The Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II is located along the southwest…
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Look Up! Its the South Village!
…forty-building, thirteen-block section of Greenwich Village south of Washington Square Park, and the second phase of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation’s (GVSHP) proposed South Village Historic District. GVSHP…
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Rare photos of the High Line being demolished in the 1960s tell the story of a changing West Village
…changed the West Village. It’s apparent from the images just how much more industrial, and gritty the Far West Village was in those days. But it also shows how the…
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Oral Histories of the “Virtual Village” — South of Union Square
…century Greenwich Village. Fred W. McDarrah was the primary (and often only) photographer for the Village Voice newspaper for decades, since the newspaper’s inception in 1955. He covered the Village counterculture, Gay…
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Celebrating the Preservationists of the Greenwich Village Historic District
…1, 1967. Photo from the Fred W. McDarrah: Iconic Images of the Village & East Village, Part 2 Collection of Village Preservation’s Historic Image Archive. Observing what she called the…
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Aiding and Supporting Ukraine Via East Village Businesses and Institutions
…look than the East Village. Veselka Veselka, at 144 2nd Avenue, has been feeding New Yorkers and visitors alike since 1954. Veselka was a 2010 Village Award winner! Known for…
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Walking Together: Findings on the East Village Rock Tour
Village Preservation has been offering an East Village Rock Tour, which has met with great enthusiasm and large groups gathering to learn more about the history of Rock ‘n Roll…
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