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That Hudson River Waterfront
…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…
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Westbeth Photographer Shelley Seccombe Documents the Greenwich Village Waterfront Since 1970
…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…
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The John T. Krawchuk Collection: The West Village Waterfront in the Early 1990s
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
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West Village Waterfront and the Meatpacking District in the Early 1990s — New Additions to Our Historic Image and Preservation History Archives
…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…
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The Lost Waterfront: The Decline and Rebirth of Manhattan’s Western Shore: A Slide Lecture with Shelley Seccombe
The 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…
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The Lost Waterfront Book Launch Party
The 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…
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Photographer Shelley Seccombe and the Decline and Rebirth of the Hudson River Waterfront
…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…
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Remembering Important Anniversaries in Neighborhood History — ‘A Visit from St. Nicholas,’ Hudson Waterfront Transformation, LGBTQ+ History, and South Village Landmarking
…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…
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Steamboats on the Hudson: The Greenwich Village Waterfront A history with Liz McEnaney
Steamboats 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…
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Sanitation on the Hudson River Waterfront
…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…
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Reminder: Waterfront Town Hall Wed. Nov. 13 – 6:30 PM
…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…
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The Piers: Art & Sex Along the New York Waterfront
The 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…
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New Additions to Historic Image Archive: Hudson River Waterfront ca. 1980; Hudson Park JHS: June 1938
Village 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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Crushed and abandoned car along Greenwich Village waterfront between West 12th (l.) and Bethune Streets, with elevated Miller (West Side) Highway visible and Superior Inks Factory (demolished; now site of the Superior Inks luxury condos) behind it.
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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Crushed and abandoned car along Greenwich Village waterfront, north of pier head house, looking south with World Trade Center and elevated Miller (West Side) Highway (demolished) visible.
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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Crushed and abandoned car along Greenwich Village waterfront, south of pier head house, with elevated Miller (West Side) Highway (demolished) behind
Read more here about the West Side Highway after its collapse at Gansevoort Street and its closure in 1973….
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Jack Dowling Collection: Decay and Rebirth Along the Greenwich Village Waterfront in the 1970s
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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“Our Village is Star in an Uptown Exhibit” — September 26, 1990
…conduct research to support our mission. The Architecture of the Greenwich Village Waterfront, edited by Regina M. Kellerman, 1989. The waterfront, like all parts of the Village, has a long…
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Preservation History Archive
…Thesis: On Edge: The West Village Waterfront” John T. Krawchuk researched and documented the Meatpacking District, Far West Village, and Hudson River waterfront in the early 1990s as part of…
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The American Seamen’s Friend Society Sailors’ Home and Institute
…States and abroad were working to improve the social and moral welfare. Many of these religious reformers believed that the vices of sailors in waterfront port areas were threats to…
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Accomplishments
…Village Awards. 1988-1990 We present a comprehensive report on the architecture of the Greenwich Village waterfront area to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The Architecture of the Greenwich Village Waterfront, published…
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2014 Year In Review: GVSHP Programs
…one hundred blocks that have been downzoned. We’ll also look at areas like University Place and Broadway, the Greenwich Village waterfront, the southern end of the South Village, and much…
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Weehawken Street Historic District, Part II
…buildings but represents a wonderful cross section of the development of Greenwich Village’s Hudson River waterfront. The designation of this District was due in large part to the efforts of…
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Mourning the Loss of Superior Inks, and Taking Stock of Its Replacement
…They were also a vital link to the Greenwich Village waterfront’s maritime/industrial heritage, as in the mid-2000’s they were part of the last operating factory on the Greenwich Village waterfront….
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Politicians, Playwrights, and Parades: The Irish legacy of the East Village and Greenwich Village
…Christopher Street (Washington/Greenwich Streets) was built in 1890 to serve the growing Irish American population along the Greenwich Village waterfront. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Hudson…
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Politicians, Playwrights, and Parades: The Irish legacy of the East Village and Greenwich Village
…Christopher Street (Washington/Greenwich Streets) was built in 1890 to serve the growing Irish American population along the Greenwich Village waterfront. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Hudson…
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