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VILLAGE VOICES: Merce Cunningham

Merce 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….

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Merce Cunningham

Merce 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…

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Exploring Virtual Village Voices, Part 3: cummings, Cunningham, and Draper

…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

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Happy Birthday, David Vaughan!

…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

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240 Mercer Street

…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…

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39 Commerce Street

…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…

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230 Mercer Street, aka 663-665 Broadway

…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:…

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240 Mercer Street

…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…

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24 Commerce Street

…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…

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38-42 Commerce Street

…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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200 Mercer Street

For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this image, click here….

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11 Commerce Street

2/7/2017 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….

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36 Commerce Street

5/2/2017 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….

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248-250 Mercer Street

APPROVED 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…

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15 Commerce Street

APPROVED 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…

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19-23 Commerce Street

DENIED 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…

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11 Commerce Street

APPROVED 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:…

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36 Commerce Street

APPROVED 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…

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200 Mercer Street

APPROVED 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…

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17 Commerce Street

APPROVED 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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LPC Application

17 Commerce Street

WITHDRAWN 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…

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200 Mercer Street

APPROVED 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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Past Village Award Winners, 1991-2021

…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…

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Annual Meeting and Village Awards

…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…

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The Village Awards Reaches a Milestone!

…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…

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VILLAGE VOICES

…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…

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POPS goes the Village!

…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….

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Hell Hath No Fury…on Bond Street

…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…

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Fashionable Architecture

…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…

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Westbeth Turns 50!

…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…

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Happy Birthday, Richard Meier

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,…

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Jonathan Ned Katz Oral History: LGBTQ Historian, Painter and Pioneer

…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. …

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Isamu Noguchi: Artist of the Century

…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,…

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Martha Graham: Dancer of the Century

…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,…

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Remembering Margot Gayle, In Her Own Words

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…

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New Oral History: Westbeth Artist Christina Maile

…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…

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