Merce Cunningham Merce Cunningham, considered by many one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th century, was a multi-dimensional artist. He was a dance-maker, a fierce collaborator, an innovator,…
Read MoreVillager, dancer, and choreographer Merce Cunningham is an artist whose work continues to live vibrantly in 2019, which marks Cunningham’s centennial. The Merce Cunningham Centennial is celebrating a century of…
Read More…HERE for the full interview). Merce Cunningham with Carolyn Brown at Westbeth, 1972. Photo by Wendy Perron. Source unknown. Merce was interviewed along with Jean Craig and David Vaughn, archivist…
Read MoreMerce Cunningham April 16, 1919 – July 26, 2009 Modern Dancemaker and Choreographer Cunningham’s choreography united the mind and body to transform modern dance with meticulous intellect and stunning physicality….
Read MoreMerce Cunningham (1919-2009) was an American dancer, choreographer and leader of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, located since 1971 at Westbeth in the West Village. Full Transcript…
Read More…One of the 20th century’s most prominent choreographers, Merce Cunningham, found a creative home at Westbeth. Cunningham in his Westbeth Studio Cunningham was an avant garde, interdisciplinary artist whose work…
Read More…Morris. https://soundcloud.com/villagepreservation/merce-cunningham?utm_source=clipboard&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fvillagepreservation%252Fmerce*]}*-cunningham Click here to read more about Merce Cunningham. John W. Draper Born in England, Draper helped found NYU’s Medical School where he would later serve as president. On…
Read More…especially now during this crisis, we are thrilled that Mercer Street Books & Records has been chosen for a Village Award this year. Most importantly, go visit Wayne and Mercer Street…
Read More…over. It cycles every 20 blocks. You’re losing the engine of innovation. You lose all the texture and quality of life.” Buying and selling at Mercer Books & Records Mercer…
Read More…it: Mercer Street Books and Records, our Business of the Month for September. “It’s like a little oasis for your brain. Or like a temple,” says Wayne Conti, who has…
Read More…he has worked with both modern dance and ballet companies. It was at the School that he first met Merce Cunningham, who briefly taught there. He began studying with Cunningham…
Read More…that would offer multiple performance spaces for different kinds of acts. Fronting an entrance at 240 Mercer Street, the Mercer Arts Center opened on December 20, 1971, featuring the Mercer…
Read More…place that should be prominent on anyone’s list for great places to get good food at any time of the day is NoHo Juice Bar at 208 Mercer Street, just…
Read More…pergola on the 7th floor terrace of 240 Mercer Street. The terrace faces the building’s courtyard, which is visible from Mercer Street. The pergola would be constructed of a painted…
Read More…before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. Greenwich Village Historic District Commerce Street between Barrow Street and Bedford Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the…
Read More…on West 14th Street and reflect the heavy presence of industry and commerce on this major crosstown artery by the late 19th and into the 20th centuries. Three monumental bank…
Read More…LPC today. The Commissioners asked that there only be two signs on Mercer Street and one on Broadway. Application now closed. 9/15/12: New CB2 hearing date set for 9/24/12. 7/30/12:…
Read More…19th. The application is to install a flag pole on the Mercer Street side of the building. Photos of the proposal: Status as of April 4th, 2011: This application is…
Read More…the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. NoHo Historic District West Houston between Broadway and Mercer Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is…
Read More…before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. Greenwich Village Historic District Commerce Street between Bedford Street and 7th Avenue South —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From…
Read More…before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. Greenwich Village Historic District Commerce Street between Hudson and Bedford Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC…
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2/7/2017 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….
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1/10/2017 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….
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5/2/2017 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….
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Read MoreAPPROVED 01/10/2017 CB2 hearing: 12/15/2016 LPC hearing: 01/10/2017 NoHo Historic District Between West 3rd Street and West 4th Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 06/17/2014 CB2 hearing: 05/12/2014 LPC hearing: 06/17/2014 NoHo Historic District Between Washington Place and West 4th Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: Three 19th…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 08/05/2014 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Bedford Street and Seventh Avenue South —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: An altered late Federal style rowhouse built…
Read MoreDENIED 10/25/2016 Click HERE for GVSHP testimony CB2 hearing: 09/15/2016 – laid over CB2 hearing: 10/13/2016 LPC hearing: 10/25/2016 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Bedford Street and Seventh Avenue South…
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications 02/07/2017 CB2 hearing: 01/12/2016 LPC hearing: 02/07/2017 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Seventh Avenue South and Bedford Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda:…
Read MoreAPPROVED 05/02/2017 CB2 hearing: 04/13/2017 LPC hearing: 05/02/2017 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Bedford Street and Hudson Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application to replace…
Read MoreAPPROVED 04/30/2019 CB2 hearing: 04/11/2019 LPC hearing: 04/30/2019 NoHo Historic District Between East Houston Street and Bleecker Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is to…
Read MoreAPPROVED 10/20/2015 CB2 hearing: 09/16/2015 LPC hearing: 10/20/2015 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Seventh Avenue and Bedford Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is to…
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10/25/2016 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….
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Read MoreWITHDRAWN 08/09/2019 Permit will be reviewed at staff level CB2 hearing: 08/15/2019 – laid over CB2 hearing: TBD LPC hearing: TBD Greenwich Village Historic District Between Bedford Street and Seventh…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 10/20/2009 NoHo Historic District Between Bleecker & Houston Streets Application: A vernacular style stable building, designed by John G. Prague, built in 1870-1871, and three Italianate style store and…
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Read More…Street Restaurants Corner Bistro Keith Crandell Merce Cunningham Dinosaur Hill Doris Diether Kathy Donaldson Fedora Dorato Dr. Rick’s Village Flute and Sax Shop State Senator Tom Duane East Village Meat…
Read More…Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s “Antic Meet” (1958). Production still of Merce Cunningham, 1958 381 Lafayette Street, The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation In 1965, Rauschenberg purchased the building at 381 Lafayette Street….
Read More…Pratt Institute; Third Street Music School Settlement; Washington Square Hotel. 2001: Merce Cunningham; Friends of the High Line; Front Stoop Award: 24 West 10th Street; Gus’s Place; Marquet Patisserie; Minetta…
Read More…NoHo who help make them the wonderful neighborhoods that they are. Some other highlights have included The Public Theater, Merce Cunningham, Carmine Street Guitars, Friends of the Highline, and so…
Read More…of Robert Ellis Dunn, musical accompanist for choreographer Merce Cunningham. Dunn, encouraged by Cunningham’s life and artistic partner John Cage, began to teach a class on composition and improvisation. This…
Read More…Margaret Wise Brown: Lannyl Stephens E.E. Cummings: Edward Norton Merce Cunningham: Mark Morris John W. Draper: Mark Ronson Bob Dylan: Andrew Berman Martha Graham: Leslie Mason Lorraine Hansberry: Dr. Imani…
Read More…popularly as a “loft conversion.” Merce Cunningham with Carolyn Brown at Westbeth, 1972. Photo by Wendy Perron. Notable residents of Westbeth included journalist Bettye Lane, photographer Diane Arbus, the Martha Graham…
Read More…their apartment are delightful and worth finding in his oral history (around 25:00), as are his stories about living next door to Merce Cunningham and John Cage, and bothering them for…
Read More…Westbeth in the West Village, where Cage’s partner Merce Cunningham’s Dance Studio was located). During this period Paik also became involved with the Fluxus movement, a Neo-Dadaist art movement founded…
Read More…space. 300 Mercer Street 300 Mercer St. Photo courtesy of Kayden et al. Another mixed-use development and built in 1976, 300 Mercer St. is next to 60 E. 8th St….
Read More…by Dr. Burdell, revealed a bloody towel and shirt as well as a bloody knife. The lead suspect in the case would be none-other than his lover, Emma Cunningham. This…
Read More…showcases New York Times fashion photographer Bill Cunningham’s eight-year photo project, which began in 1968. Cunningham amassed a collection of vintage clothing from the late 18th century to the 1950s…
Read More…cooperative of artists’ housing where a number of successful writers and artists lived: poet Galway Kinnell, actor Robert DeNiro, dancer Merce Cunningham, photographer Diane Arbus, journalist Bettye Lane, actor Vin Diesel, and…
Read More…Commerce Street, a charming two block-long street in the heart of Greenwich Village, was the brainchild of poet, playwright, actress, and Villager Edna St. Vincent Millay. While most famous as…
Read More…Village Historic District (GVHD), we have developed a guide to how these locations got their names. Click here to read other posts about the origins of GVHD Street names. Commerce…
Read More…to watch past award ceremonies, see pictures, and see more information on past years’ Village Awards. Celebrating Our 2021 Village Awardees: Casa Magazines, 22 Eighth Avenue Mercer Street Books and…
Read More…organizations, including the Merce Cunningham and Martha Graham Dance Studios, a theater for the New School, an art gallery, and even space for Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, the world’s largest…
Read More…the its opening in 1970. Westbeth has served as a home for a myriad of artistic and cultural institutions, including Merce Cunningham and Martha Graham’s dance companies, the New School…
Read More…Merce Cunningham, Moses Gunn, Hans Haacke, and Gil Evans, among countless other artists, lived or worked at Westbeth. Westbeth remains an affordable housing complex for more than 350 working artists,…
Read More…history in our neighborhoods, including Jane Jacobs, Penny Arcade, Wolf Kahn, Jonas Mekas, Marlis Momber, Edwin Fancher, Margot Gayle, David Amram, Matt Umanov, Merce Cunningham, Joan Davidson, Richard Meier, Ralph…
Read More…such units are alike, while the hallways feature Meier’s unique wave-like ceilings. The repurposed complex opened in 1970. Since then it has housed both Merce Cunningham and Martha Graham’s studios,…
Read More…His Paintings, His Life. Explore all of our oral histories here, including Jane Jacobs, Penny Arcade, Wolf Kahn, Jonas Mekas, Marlis Momber, Edwin Fancher, Margot Gayle, David Amram, Matt Umanov, Merce Cunningham, Joan Davidson, Richard Meier, Ralph Lee, Mimi Sheraton, John Guare, Calvin Trillin, and Chino Garcia. …
Read More…Kenzo Tange, and master stone carver Masatoshi Izumi, as well as with some of the most prominent artists based in our neighborhoods. These included choreographers Erick Hawkins and Merce Cunningham,…
Read More…Wolf Kahn, Jonas Mekas, Marlis Momber, Edwin Fancher, Margot Gayle, David Amram, Matt Umanov, Merce Cunningham, Joan Davidson, Richard Meier, Ralph Lee, Mimi Sheraton, John Guare, Calvin Trillin, and Chino…
Read More…Diane Arbus, Merce Cunningham, and Ralph Lee, who launched and for many years ran from his studio one of the neighborhoods more exuberant public celebrations, the Halloween Parade. (Check out…
Read More…dance by shaping the work of numerous important choreographers who danced for Graham early in their career. These include Erick Hawkins, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Anna Sokolow, and Lila York,…
Read More…Otis Kidwell Burger from her Village Preservation Oral History, completed in 2016. You can explore sixty other Village Preservation oral histories, with luminaries from Jane Jacobs to Merce Cunningham, here….
Read More…to our collection of over 60, with preservationists like Jane Jacobs and Margot Gayle; merchants like the Strand’s Fred Bass and Romana Raffetto of Raffetto’s; choreographers like Merce Cunningham; activists…
Read More…Merce Cunningham, among others; a South Village collection including oral histories with musician David Amram, Matt Umanov of Umanov Guitars, Maria Kenney of Kenny’s Castaways, and Peter Longo of Porto…
Read More…Fred Bass and Romana Raffetto of Raffetto’s; choreographers like Merce Cunningham; activists like CHARAS’s Chino Garcia and Fran Goldin; playwrights like John Guare and Virlana Tkacz; photographers like Marlis Momber;…
Read More…Strand’s Fred Bass and Romana Raffetto of Raffetto’s; choreographers like Merce Cunningham; activists like CHARAS’s Chino Garcia and Fran Goldin; playwrights like John Guare and Virlana Tkacz; photographers like Marlis…
Read More…Graham and Merce Cunningham as two luminaries with great impact on our neighborhoods. Just a few blocks away, an interactive installation entitled “A Momument to Choice” resides at Gansevoort Plaza,…
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