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Edward Hopper’s Village Muses
…the Village intimately connected to Edward Hopper and his paintings, some of which also still stand today. Map showing Hopper-related sites throughout Greenwich Village Edward Hopper was born in Nyack,…
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Edward Hopper’s Village: Early Sunday Morning on Bleecker Street
…Hopper and generations of other artists. Nighthawks, 1942 Map showing Hopper-related sites throughout Greenwich Village Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882–May 15, 1967) was born in Nyack, New York to a…
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Edward Hopper’s Greenwich Village: The real-life inspirations behind his paintings
…relationship than Edward Hopper, particularly with Greenwich Village. Hopper lived and worked in Greenwich Village during nearly his entire adult life, and drew much inspiration from his surroundings. He rarely painted…
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Tour of the Whitney Museum’s
Edward Hopper Exhibit:
Exclusively for members at Sustainer Level ($250) and above
…which celebrates New York, which Edward Hopper described as “the American city that I know best and like most.” For Edward Hopper, New York was a city that existed in the…
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Edward Hopper’s Village
…these claims. Edward Hopper‘s Studio at One Washington Square North Edward and Jo Hopper’s charming studio on Washington Square North, which is now owned by NYU and houses much of…
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Edward Hopper’s Greenwich Village Historic District
…Edward Hopper and his paintings. Hopper died in 1967 in this studio home two years before the Greenwich Village Historic District was designated. Four sites Hopper featured in his paintings…
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Exploring Virtual Village Voices, Part 5: Billie Holiday, Edward Hopper, and Jane Jacobs
…by actress Necar Zadigan. https://soundcloud.com/villagepreservation/billie-holiday-village-voices-audio?utm_source=clipboard&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fvillagepreservation%252Fbillie-holiday-village-voices-audio Edward Hopper Edward Hopper lived and worked for 53 years at 3 Washington Square North. This is but one of many sites in the Village…
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Edward Hopper’s Drug Store
We’ll be the first to admit it: We have Edward Hopper fever. Those who were present at our recent lecture on the artist’s work know the extent of the research…
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Edward Hopper and the Village
The Whitney’s life-size window installation of Edward Hopper’s ‘Nighthawks’ at the Flatiron Building. Image via ccho/Flickr. Last week the Whitney Museum revealed its 3D cut-out recreation of the noted Edward…
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Edward Hopper’s Greenwich Village
…members through the Whitney’s recent Edward Hopper’s New York exhibit. Now, Village Preservation is excited to bring Jason back to discuss his research on Hopper and his findings as an art historian…
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Painting the Neighborhood: Edward Hopper and Greenwich Village A Panel Discussion
Painting the Neighborhood: Edward Hopper and Greenwich Village A Panel Discussion One of America’s most compelling artists, Edward Hopper (1882-1967) lived and worked in Greenwich Village from 1913 until his…
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VILLAGE VOICES: Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967 American Painter and Printmaker Hopper painted scenes of cool isolation to respond to an increasingly urban but more socially disconnected New…
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The 1863 Draft Riots and Abigail Hopper Gibbons
…of their escape by Hopper Gibbon’s daughter Lucy Gibbons Morse here. Hopper Gibbons herself was not in New York City during the riots. The dedicated activist was working in the…
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#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Edward Laning
…Sloan, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Reginald Marsh, who cemented his love for realism and social satire. Edward Laning, “Breezy Day on the Avenue,” 1930 Edward Laning, “The Good Companions,” 1960 Through his…
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Landmarks50: Ralph and Ann E. Van Wyck Mead House (Isaac T. Hopper Home)
…of New York by Quaker abolitionists Isaac Tatem Hopper (1771-1852) and his daughter Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893). The organization’s mission was the “amelioration of the condition of female prisoners.” The…
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Artists Homes of the Greenwich Village Historic District
…were admirers and purchased works for the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Edward Hopper 3 Washington Square North photograph courtesy of Timothy McDarrah When Edward Hopper was…
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Cornell Edwards of The Flower Stall, 1932-2011
We were extremely saddened to read on EV Grieve this morning that Cornell Edwards, owner of the Flower Stall at 143 E. 13th St, has passed away. Cornell opened The…
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Edward Albee: Icon of American Theatre
Edward Albee “I’d read about the Village, how Bohemian it was, and after getting thrown out of college, couldn’t wait to get here.” So were the words of groundbreaking playwright…
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Edward LaGrassa’s Cast Iron Architecture of SoHo, Tribeca, and Beyond
Edward LaGrassa was an architecture student in 1969 when he took these photos of cast iron buildings and structures, largely in SoHo and Tribeca, as well as in Harlem and…
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Edward LaGrassa’s Photos of Cast Iron Architecture of SoHo, Tribeca, and Beyond from 1960s Added to Historic Image Archive
Edward LaGrassa was an architecture student in 1969 when he took these photos of cast iron buildings and structures, largely in SoHo and Tribeca, as well as in Harlem and…
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Beyond the Village and Back: NY Foundling Hospital
…Square Park, the setting was ideal for both his work and that of his wife, the painter Jo Hopper, who worked alongside him. Photograph of Edward Hopper in his Washington…
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Greenwich Village Historic District 50th Anniversary Celebration and Open House Weekend!
…Full details online here. 12pm- 3pm Special Tour: The Edward Hopper House The Edward Hopper Studio was the home and studio of Edward Hopper from 1913 until his death in…
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…Art has taken up residence downtown once again in the Meatpacking District. 1 Washington Square North is the former home and studio of the great American painter, Edward Hopper. Hopper…
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Many Layers of History at 7th Avenue and 11th Street
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper (1942). This post is part of a series about Village intersections that correspond to the date. In July, we took a look at 7th Avenue and…
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VILLAGE VOICES
…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…
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The Making of the Whitney Museum
…has written about Glackens, Edward Hopper, James McNeil Whistler, and others. Former location on Madison Avenue source: whitney.org So now that the Whitney has opened downtown, revisit its original incarnation…
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Welcome to the New Whitney
…people, brought together and focused by this new building and the experience of art.” Edward Hopper’s Early Sunday Morning (1930) Willem de Kooning, “Woman and Bicycle” (1952-53) (Courtesy: The Whitney)…
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“Artists in Revolt, Form New Society:” The 1913 Armory Show
…Symbolists, Postimpressionists, Fauves, and Cubists. Many artists on display hailed from Greenwich Village. Villager Edward Hopper, whose studio was located at 3 Washington Square North, exhibited his famous painting “Sailing.”…
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An East Village Survivor
…criminal justice system. The house is named for Isaac T. Hopper, the Quaker Abolitionist and reformer who founded the WPA. Hopper’s daughter, Abigail Hopper Gibbons, was the first president of…
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Tragedy on Second Avenue
…Home of the Women’s Prison Association, a reform organization founded in 1845 by Issac Tatem Hopper (1771-1852) and his daughter Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893), who sought to better the lives…
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Beyond the Village and Back: Sailors’ Snug Harbor
…Square North is also well known for some famous residents. The Realist painter and printmaker Edward Hopper, along with his wife Josephine Hopper, lived in a studio on the top…
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My Favorite Things: Washington Square North
…also well known for some famous historical residents. The Realist painter and printmaker Edward Hopper, along with his wife Josephine Hopper, lived in a studio on the top floor of…
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The Flatirons of the Village and the East Village
…and even assumed that this building was the inspiration for the iconic Edward Hopper painting “Nighthawks at the Diner.” Nighthawks However, GVSHP’s research on the subject would suggest this was…
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The Loew-Down
…but eventually transformed in the late 1970s to the handling center and garden we see today. And for all you Edward Hopper aficionados out there who may have enjoyed our…
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VILLAGE VOICES II Launches September 18th
…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,…
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14 historic sites of the abolitionist movement in Greenwich Village
…Avenue; Map data © 2019 Google 9. Isaac T. Hopper and Abigail Hopper Gibbons House, 110 Second Avenue Isaac T. Hopper was a Quaker abolitionist first active in the Philadelphia anti-slavery…
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SoHo’s Cast Iron Landmarks: 1969 and Today
Edward LaGrassa was an architecture student in 1969 when he photographed hundreds of cast iron buildings and structures, largely in SoHo and Tribeca, but also in Harlem and Upper Manhattan….
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Landmark Designation Reports
…Hopper House NYC LPC Designation Report Isaac T. Hopper House State and National Register Report Isaac T. Hopper House State and National Register Photos Louis N. Jaffe Art Theater…
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Mapping Civil Rights and Social Justice — A Year Later
…Isaac T. Hopper, the Quaker Abolitionist and reformer who founded the WPA. His daughter, Abigail Hopper Gibbons served as the Association’s first president. In its first year alone more than…
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233-37 Bleecker Street (r. to l.)
…2000s was showing signs of significant deterioration. The early 19th-century wooden and masonry buildings may have served as the inspiration for Edward Hopper’s iconic painting “Early Sunday Morning” — more…
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Advocacy Reports
…of NYU’s Proposed Expansion The Truth About Open Space Westbeth The Italians of the South Village The History of 101 Avenue A Webster Hall A Connection Between Edward Hopper’s Early…
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The Life and Art of William Glackens: A lecture and slideshow with art historian Avis Berman
…Rebels on Eighth Street: Juliana Force and the Whitney Museum of American Art; James McNeill Whistler; and Edward Hopper’s New York. At present, she has organized and overseen the first…
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Distilling the American Flavor: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Juliana Force and the Making of the Whitney Museum
…else to turn. Among those indebted to Juliana Force and Gertrude Whitney were Village artists John Sloan, Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, Thomas Hart Benton, and Isamu Noguchi. In particular, Ms….
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Village Voices Interactive Exhibit Now Permanently Available Online
…who called our neighborhoods home, from Berenice Abbott to Jean-Michel Basquiat; Jane Jacobs to James Baldwin; Bob Dylan to Billie Holiday; Edward Hopper to Edna St. Vincent Millay; and many…
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Paul Cadmus’ Greenwich Village
…Women Most Charming Spots Social Change Champions Artists’ Homes Churches Homes and Haunts of Great Writers Theaters Houses with Dormers Buildings Designed by George Frederick Pelham Street Name Origins Edward…
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The Artists of the Greenwich Village Historic District
…Homes and Haunts. The tour’s 146 stops focuses on a wide range of individuals, including photographer Berenice Abbott (who lived at 50 Commerce Street), pai`nter Edward Hopper (3 Washington Square…
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Sixth Avenue Extension – Before & After
…Edward Hopper panel, speaker Linda Yowell’s dramatic slides of the destruction caused by the 1917 extension of Seventh Avenue elicited great interest from the crowd. We thought it would be…
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New Historic Image Collection Documents Change and Continuity in the West Village
…Street (the likely inspiration for Edward Hopper’s Early Sunday Morning), 75 1/2 Bedford Street (the narrowest house in the Village), Gay Street, and more. Some photos date to the early…
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233-237 Bleecker Street
…architecturally significant enough to warrant landmark designation; however, there is also evidence to indicate that they may have served as the inspiration for the renowned Edward Hopper painting Early Sunday Morning (1930)….
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233-37 Bleecker Street (r. to l.)
…2000s was showing signs of significant deterioration. The early 19th-century wooden and masonry buildings may have served as the inspiration for Edward Hopper’s iconic painting “Early Sunday Morning” — more…
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The 10 most charming spots in the Greenwich Village Historic District
…most are owned and occupied by NYU. Edward Hopper’s home and studio was located in 3 Washington Square North from 1913 until his death in 1967, in one of those…
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Daytonian in Greenwich Village
…Champions Artists’ Homes Churches Homes and Haunts of Great Writers Theaters Houses with Dormers Buildings Designed by George Frederick Pelham Street Name Origins Edward Hopper’s Greenwich Village Mid-Century Modern Music…
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#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Yasuo Kuniyoshi
…1916 he studied at the Art Students League under Kenneth Hayes Miller alongside Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, and Alexander Calder. Kuniyoshi’s first solo exhibition was in 1922 at the Daniel Gallery…
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233-37, 239, 241, 243, 245, 247, 249, 251, 253, 255 Bleecker Street (r. to l.)
…2000s was showing signs of significant deterioration. The early 19th-century wooden and masonry buildings may have served as the inspiration for Edward Hopper’s iconic painting “Early Sunday Morning” — more…
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233-37, 239 Bleecker Street (r. to l.)
…2000s was showing signs of significant deterioration. The early 19th-century wooden and masonry buildings may have served as the inspiration for Edward Hopper’s iconic painting “Early Sunday Morning” — more…
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Explore Local Small Businesses and Discover Big Local History
…history from it. Find out which storefront served as inspiration for an Edward Hopper painting, which one was the site of the founding of the country’s largest bank, and which…
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Explore Local Small Businesses and Discover Big Local History
…history from it. Find out which storefront served as inspiration for an Edward Hopper painting, which one was the site of the founding of the country’s largest bank, and which…
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Even More Daytonian in Greenwich Village
…Great Writers Theaters Houses with Dormers Buildings Designed by George Frederick Pelham Street Name Origins Edward Hopper’s Greenwich Village Mid-Century Modern Music Venues African-American History LGBTQ Sites Pineapples, Pinecones, and…
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WWI and the Village
…conflict of World War I. Post-War Village Edward Hopper, Chop Suey. Image courtesy of Ephemeral New York. WWI had a liberating effect on social norms both inside and outside…
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A Rebuilt Corner, a Carpenter House, and an Art Deco Beauty: New Additions to Our Greenwich Village Historic District Map
…Women Most Charming Spots Social Change Champions Artists’ Homes Churches Homes and Haunts of Great Writers Theaters Houses with Dormers Buildings Designed by George Frederick Pelham Street Name Origins Edward…
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The Village Seen: Painter Patricia Melvin
…that evokes scenes by past painters of the Village such as William Glackens and Edward Hopper. A resident of the same Second Avenue apartment for four decades, her sensibilities are perfectly…
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MTA to Reveal Latest Designs for Mulry Square
…2010 Tiles for America Now, as many readers are aware, Mulry Square is no ordinary vacant lot. Not only has it been for years falsely speculated that Edward Hopper based…
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Howard Johnson’s in Greenwich Village
…diner in the Village which may have served as the inspiration for Edward Hopper’s painting “Nighthawks” HERE. Please share with us any recollections or stories you may have of either…
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A South Village Anniversary
…still manage retain their early New York character. There is also evidence that they may have served as the inspiration for the renowned Edward Hopper painting Early Sunday Morning (1930)….
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Happy Birthday Greenwich Village Historic District!
…notes was home to the likes of Tomas Paine, Edgar Allen Poe, Henry James, Ida Tarbell, Mark Twain, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edward Hopper. Although novel and notable in…
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Even More Charm Added to Greenwich Village Historic District Tour
…Street Name Origins Edward Hopper’s Greenwich Village Mid-Century Modern Music Venues African-American History LGBTQ Sites Pineapples, Pinecones and Acorns of the Village Musicians’ Homes Movie and TV Show Locations Wood…
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What’s in Store for 237 Bleecker Street
…the Grid for an update at that time! In the meantime, it is thought this building and its two neighbors to the south are the inspiration for Edward Hopper’s Early…
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100 years ago…
…the Village. Sloan, along with Edward Hopper, was among the many artists who lived and worked in the Village during the war and for many years after it. Backyards, Greenwich…
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99 Years Ago: The Washington Square Arch Conspiracy, January 23, 1917
…for New York’s elite. Novelists Henry James and Edith Wharton; and artists Edward Hopper, William Glackens, and Thomas Eakins all lived here at one time or another. But the Village…
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Happy Birthday Greenwich Village Historic District
…Mark Twain, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edward Hopper. Although novel and notable in its scope, the district and its designation report reflect the different civic and social priorities of…
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Happy Birthday Greenwich Village Historic District!
…Mark Twain, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edward Hopper. Although novel and notable in its scope, the district and its designation report reflect the different civic and social priorities of…
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Many Layers of History Throughout 2018
…Beyond the Village and Back: Penn Station September Many Layers of History at 9th Street and 5th Avenue November Nighthawks by Edward Hopper (1942). Many Layers of History at 7th…
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What’s So Special About the South Village?
…running play in history, The Fantasticks. It’s where progressive education began, at Little Red Schoolhouse. It’s home to the likely inspiration for Edward Hopper’s iconic painting, “Early Sunday Morning.” (counterclockwise…
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Business of the Month: Three Lives Books, 154 West 10th Street
…and of course shop. It also doesn’t hurt when your storefront was immortalized in an Edward Hopper painting. The store is fully open today. Finally, the question to ask a…
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A Poet, A Bookseller, and the Father of Social of Social Security: New Additions to the Greenwich Village Historic District 1969-2019 Photos and Tours Map
…Artists’ Homes Churches Homes and Haunts of Great Writers Theaters Houses with Dormers Buildings Designed by George Frederick Pelham Street Name Origins Edward Hopper’s Greenwich Village Mid-Century Modern Music Venues…
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233 Bleecker Street
…2000s was showing signs of significant deterioration. The early 19th-century wooden and masonry buildings may have served as the inspiration for Edward Hopper’s iconic painting “Early Sunday Morning” — more…
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#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Mary Fife Laning
…Place in the Sun. Archive of sketches, studies and other materials created or collected by Edward Laning and Mary Fife. Mary Fife Laning (August 26, 1900 – December 1990) was…
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#SouthofUnionSquare — The Social Reform Club at 45 University Place
…membership furthermore included labor activist and educator Edward King, attorney and activist Edward Warren Ordway, journalist Jacob Riis, economist E.R.A. Seligman, journalist and editor Albert Shaw, and public parks and…
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My Favorite Things: Greenwich Village To Day
Greenwich Village To Day. Map drawn by Robert Edwards, 1925. Image via the Harry Ransom Center. Geography has never been my forte. I’ve been lost more times than I can…
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Landmarks50: Van Tassell & Kearney Auction Mart
…show horses and ponies dominated the sales. By this time Edward Kearney Senior had passed and his son, Edward W., had taken his father’s place. It was Edward W. who…
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Adaptive Reuse and Two Centuries of History on Glorious Display at 632 on Hudson
…changed. In 1859 Edward Eaton, John Kavana, and Louis M. Sturtevant—all carpenters—were living here and volunteering as well. Hugh King In 1881 Hugh King, an Irish immigrant, purchased both townhouses…
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Chic’s “Good Times” Reverberates Across the Village, and the World
…produced by the guitar and bass team of Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, who formed the core and creative heart of the New York City-based Chic. As we’ve previously written,…
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Village Awardee Round-Up!
…policy work. Founded in 1845 by abolitionist and activist Abby Hopper Evans and her father Isaac T. Hopper, the WPA has deep roots in our neighborhoods. Hopper Home, the WPA’s…
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Why Isn’t This Landmarked?: San Isidoro y San Leandro Western Orthodox Catholic Church of the Hispanic Mozarabic Rite
…City’s and the East Village’s immigrant history. 345 East 4th Street This structure was originally built in 1891-92 and designed by Edward Wenz for the Church of St. Elizabeth of…
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The Meat Markets of the South Village
…In the mid-1940s, Edward Faicco’s grandsons, Thomas and Edward J. Faicco, purchased 260 Bleecker Street and made it the new home of their family’s pork shop with their sister Ann….
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The SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District: A 1973 Designation That Helped Shape NYC’s Cultural Legacy
…have since become symbols of urban elegance, embodying a unique blend of industrial strength and artistic beauty. Among those who have masterfully captured this architectural splendor is photographer Edward LaGrassa….
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Woman Crush Wednesday: Edith Wharton’s Greenwich Village
…mores dictated at the time, she either needed to be wed or be relegated to the “old maid” dustbin of society. She was eventually married in 1887 to Edward Wharton,…
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(Street) Signs of the Times
…street namings was Cornell Edwards Way in 2012. Edwards, the always-visible owner of the beloved East Village shop, the Flower Stall, at 143 East 13th Street passed away in 2011….
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The Real Auntie Mame
…name was Edward Everett Tanner III (May 18, 1921 – November 6, 1976), a millionaire. The story was reincarnated over and over again, as a stage play, a movie (which…
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Remembering the Greek War for Independence and Our Greek Revival Legacy It Inspired
From left: Washington Square North, the Hopper Gibbons House, and Colonnade Row. On March 25, 1821, the Greek War for Independence began, leading to the establishment of the modern nation…
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#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Kenneth Hayes Miller
…the many reasons that Village Preservation is advocating for landmark designation for this endangered but historic neighborhood. Kenneth Hayes Miller, Shopper, 1928, oil on linen. Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of…
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