…“The John T. Krawchuk Collection: The West Village Waterfront in the Early 1990s,” Village Preservation Historic Image Archive. Finally, Krawchuk assessed possible future outcomes for the waterfront, including the potential…
Read More…additional images and collections highlighting the waterfront through the decades, such as from the 1970s and 80s in the James Cuebas Collection. Greenwich Village waterfront as part of today’s Hudson…
Read More…River waterfront was largely a decaying landscape. Following the defeat of the Westway project in 1985, efforts to reshape the waterfront were made by people like Tom Fox, with initiatives like…
Read More…through customs, bringing more shipping to the waterfront. Other structures that shaped the future of the waterfront were the Manhattan Refrigerating Company (which led to the demise of the open-air…
Read More…portrait of Village history, waterfront history, Westbeth history, and so much more. Skateboarders in the courtyard at Westbeth, c. 1977. Seccombe’s focus on photography was in many ways inspired by…
Read MoreThe photographs of the West Village waterfront in our Historic Image Archive remind us just how dramatic a transformation that area has undergone over the past several decades. Photographer James…
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These images were donated by John T. Krawchuk, who photodocumented the Meatpacking District, Far West Village, and Hudson River waterfront in the early 1990s as part of his Columbia University…
Posted May 8, 2024
Read More…Krawchuk’s images of the West Village waterfront and Meatpacking District in the early 1990s — CLICK HERE Explore John Krawchuk’s “On Edge: the West Village Waterfront,” a 134-page study and…
Read More…Waterfront”, along with the earlier work of Regina Kellerman, helped document and highlight the architecture and history of the waterfront blocks initially left out of the 1969 Greenwich Village Historic…
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This collection includes images of the Hudson River Waterfront dating from the 1970s, 80s and 90s taken by Tom Fox, who played an influential role in the research, planning, and…
Posted January 31, 2025
Read MoreThe Lost Waterfront: The Decline and Rebirth of Manhattan’s Western Shore: A Slide Lecture with Shelley Seccombe Shelley Seccombe’s photographs show it like it was—a dilapidated waterfront where once-handsome structures…
Read MoreThe Lost Waterfront Book Launch Party Celebrating the release of: Lost Waterfront: The Decline and Rebirth of Manhattan’s Western Shore A book of photographs by Shelley Seccombe Join Friends of…
Read More…this stunning collection of images from John T. Krawchuk, who photodocumented the Meatpacking District, Far West Village, and Hudson River waterfront in the early 1990s as part of his Columbia…
Read More…Far West Village in 2004, we recognized the many building typologies that are prevalent in this historically industrial waterfront area. In particular, our report indicated that the neighborhood “contains an…
Read More…jostled with dock workers, freighters, ferries, railroads, and giant ocean liners. Join us for a walking tour along the waterfront to explore how this dynamic waterfront worked in the age…
Read MoreWe’re proud to share the latest addition to our historic image archive: The Tom Fox Collection, the Hudson River Waterfront Before the Park. The new collection looks at the West…
Read More…international passengers jostled with dock workers, freighters, ferries, railroads, and giant ocean liners. Join us for a walking tour along the waterfront to explore how this dynamic waterfront worked in…
Read More…us for a walking tour along the waterfront to explore how this dynamic waterfront worked in the age of Titanic, Lusitania, and fellow floating palaces that once docked there. About…
Read More…bill allowing the sale of air rights from Hudson River Park piers for development along the waterfront in our neighborhood. Decisions will soon be be made about if, how, and…
Read More…source: Museum of the City of New York This Thursday evening, Robin will present her third program for GVSHP about the long history of the Greenwich Village Hudson River waterfront…
Read MoreSteamboats on the Hudson: The Greenwich Village Waterfront A history with Liz McEnaney In the years between 1807 and 1971, the Hudson River was alive with boat traffic. The great…
Read More…a photographer and longtime resident of Westbeth Artists Housing. In 2007, her book Lost Waterfront: The Decline and Rebirth of Manhattan’s Western Shore was published by Fordham University Press and Friends of…
Read More…River waterfront, and led to the transformation of that waterfront into the public park and recreational space it is today. Read more HERE. Press conference announcing the founding of the…
Read More…crossroads and hotbeds of cultural and intellectual innovation. The East River and Hudson River waterfronts have linked these neighborhoods to global networks of trade and immigration. This lively and vibrant…
Read MoreThe Piers: Art & Sex Along the New York Waterfront A Lecture by Jonathan Weinberg Jonathan Weinberg, artist and art historian will discuss how the Hudson piers below 14th street…
Read MoreVillage Preservation has received donations of two small but wonderful collections of historic images of our neighborhoods. One, by photographer James Cuebas, shows the Hudson River waterfront in the late…
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Artist and writer Jack Dowling lived in the West Village from 1951 until his passing in 2021 from COVID-19. He attended Cooper Union from 1953-57, and moved into Wesbeth in…
Posted June 2, 2020
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Read more here about the West Side Highway after its collapse at Gansevoort Street and its closure in 1973….
Posted June 2, 2020
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Looking back toward the 11th Street pier headhouse, around Bethune Street. Read more here about the West Side Highway after its collapse at Gansevoort Street and its closure in 1973….
Posted June 2, 2020
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For more information on Superior Inks, click here and here. Read more here about the West Side Highway after its collapse at Gansevoort Street and its closure in 1973….
Posted June 2, 2020
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