…residents (and urban visitors) a “place of quiet enjoyment.” “Moon over Hastings,” Henry Draper’s world-renowned photograph taken on glass from the Draper Observatory notecards. Henry Draper. 1863. C/o the Hastings…
Read More…W. Draper shadowbox designed by Penny Hardy, PS New York This audio is narrated by British-American songwriter and producer Mark Ronson. https://soundcloud.com/villagepreservation/john-draper-village-voices-audio?utm_source=clipboard&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fvillagepreservation%252Fjohn-draper-village-voices-audio Click here to read more about John W….
Read MoreAn Rong Xu for The New York Times John W. Draper May 5, 1811 – January 4, 1882 Pioneering Photographer and Scientist On March 16, 1840, Draper took the first…
Read More…of which survive. Copy of a photograph of Dorothy Catherine Draper by John Draper c. 1840 During this time he was also attempting to photograph the moon. For his first…
Read More…the recent announcement that the Landmarks Preservation Commission will move ahead with considering an additional part of our proposed South Village Historic District. Don Draper and Midge Daniels see her…
Read More…Cunningham John W. Draper Bob Dylan Martha Graham Lorraine Hansberry Billie Holiday Edward Hopper Jane Jacobs Larry Kramer Helen Levitt Edna St. Vincent Millay Joan Mitchell Joe Papp Charlie Parker…
Read More…Men’s Don Draper also lived somewhat modestly in Greenwich Village during a key period of his life and career, before making his triumphant move to a white brick high rise on…
Read More…Gaslight In the premiere episode of season 4, Don Draper’s address was revealed as 104 Waverly Place, Apartment 3R. As New York Magazine discovered, though, this address does not exist:…
Read More…deal. Limbs are akimbo; the floor is littered with dresses, skirts, gloves, hats, bows, ornaments, bows and drapery. Commentators marvel at the exuberance of the Klein’s ritual, with shoppers treating…
Read More…Draper, Martha Graham, Lorraine Hansberry, Edward Hopper, Helen Levitt, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Joan Mitchell, Joe Papp, Charlie “Bird” Parker, Jackson Pollock, Leontyne Price, Robert Rauschenberg, Maurice Sendak, Patti Smith,…
Read More…They hoped that by raising funds and restoring the furniture and reproducing the draperies and carpet, they could continue to keep the house open to the public. In 1968, after…
Read More…Shang Draper following an affair with his wife. The present-day Manhattan Savings Institution building by Robert Fisch; explore more of his photos in our Historic Image Archives here. The scene…
Read More…photo was taken in 1839 or 1840 from the rooftop studio of Samuel F.B. Morse and John Draper, who worked together at New York University. c/o Ephemeral New York During…
Read More…communities of color. Hew with the John W. Draper shadowbox from Village Voices in Washington Square. Hew is continuing their advocacy here in New York City, where their work has…
Read More…Elizabeth Blackwell, Margaret Wise Brown, E. E. Cummings, John W. Draper, Bob Dylan, Martha Graham, Lorraine Hansberry, Larry Kramer, Joan Mitchell, Charlie “Bird” Parker, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Oliver Sacks,…
Read More…Draper’s bachelor pad on Mad Men; Will Smith’s character’s townhouse in I am Legend; and the setting of the Disney Channel’s hit series, Wizards of Waverly Place, in which Selena…
Read More…mercury until the image appeared. Early experiments with the new process were conducted close by to the area south of Union Square at NYU by professors John William Draper and…
Read More…is anthropologist-in-residence for the Department of Sanitation, and director of the John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in Humanities and Social Thought at New York University, where she teaches anthropology…
Read More…perhaps the quintessential example of “Mad Men architecture” where Sterling Cooper Draper Price’s offices were supposed to be located and much of the show’s action took place. For PS 34,…
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