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Thankful for Greenwich House

…our community. Left to Right: Greenwich House, 1930s NYPL / Young Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch, Greenwich House Collection At the time of Greenwich House’s founding, Greenwich Village was one of many…

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GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAILS LANDMARKING OF THREE EARLY 19th CENTURY HOUSES IT FOUGHT TO PROTECT; MacDougal Street Houses Were Part of List of 13 ‘Federal-Era’ Houses Proposed For Preservation By GVSHP and NY Landmarks Conservancy.

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Andrew Berman, Executive Director June 8, 2004 Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (212) 475-9585 x38 Manhattan – The Greenwich Village Society for Historic…

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11 landmarks of immigration in Greenwich Village

…and philosophers Hannah Arendt, Leo Strauss, and Reiner Schürmann. 4. Greenwich House, 27 Barrow Street Via Wiki Commons One of New York’s oldest and largest “Settlement Houses,” Greenwich House was established…

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Celebrating Immigration in Greenwich Village

…to Greenwich House (the Settlement House philosophy focused on bringing people of privilege and those in need together). Greenwich House accomplished many firsts for Settlement Houses, including establishing a nursery…

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31 Literary Icons of Greenwich Village

…small workingmen’s houses off of West 10th Street between Sixth and Greenwich Avenues, across from the Jefferson Market Courthouse (now the Jefferson Market Library). It was during his years on…

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Greenwich Village in the 1930s and Today

…Dispensary at Waverly Place and Christopher Street, constructed in 1831; Greenwich House, the settlement house on Barrow Street constructed in 1916; and “The Narrowest House in New York” at 75…

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2014 Year In Review: GVSHP Programs

house sandwiched between masonry houses and apartment buildings, channeling a bygone era. How and when did these houses arrive here? Why are there so few? And, perhaps most curiously, how…

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See You on Sunday at the House Tour!

…the former townhouse of a rock-and-roll legend, or prominent literary figure? This weekend, you can! A backyard treehouse is featured on this year’s house tour It’s not too late to…

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A Few Favorite Federal Houses

…a transitional Federal style house with Greek Revival elements. The Merchant’s House Museum, known formerly as the Seabury Tredwell House or the Old Merchant’s House, is the only 19th-century family…

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Wooden Houses of Greenwich Village

Wooden Houses of Greenwich Village A lecture by Elizabeth Finkelstein and Michael Devonshire Greenwich Village is celebrated for its beautiful rows of brick and brownstone townhouses. But those who meander…

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Greenwich Village at the White House

…Museum.  But it used to have a home in the White House. Here’s the story of how Christopher Street and Greenwich Village made it into the nation’s First Home. In 1933,…

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Evelyn G. Haynes Collection: Part 2

…Mansion in Upper Manhattan, and the architecture of Greenwich Village row houses. Table of Contents 94-96 Greenwich Street Research Haynes Recommends Ruth Wittenberg Be Appointed to LPC News Clippings Research…

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Landmark Designation Reports

Greenwich Street 486 Greenwich Street NYC LPC Designation Report   488 Greenwich Street 488 Greenwich Street NYC LPC Designation Report   Dennison and Lydia Wood House, 310 Spring Street Dennison…

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13 Layers to Love in Greenwich Village

…to enter the Artists’ Homes and Haunts tour 4. Wood Frame Houses Greenwich Village is full of mid-to-late 19th century row houses predominantly in the Federal and Greek Revival styles,…

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