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    Village Preservation is dedicated to preserving the architectural heritage and cultural history of Greenwich Village, the East Village and NoHo.

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How an East Village building went from gangster hangout to Andy Warhol’s Electric Circus

Fifty years ago this week, the Velvet Underground released their second album, “White Light/White Heat.” Their darkest record, it was also arguably the Velvet’s most influential, inspiring a generation of … Continued

Posted February 1, 2018

By Andrew Berman

  • East Village
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She Shot Andy Warhol

The 1960’s was a turbulent decade marked by numerous notable murders, assassinations, and attempted assassinations (some of which, like the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, the Bobby Kennedy assassination, and … Continued

Posted June 2, 2014

By Andrew Berman

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Happy Birthday, Andy Warhol

Twentieth century pop art icon Andy Warhol was born on August 6th, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  But his life as an artist and visual pioneer was very much about New … Continued

Posted August 6, 2013

By Andrew Berman

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2022 Village Awardee: Astor Place Hair Stylists, 2 Astor Place

Each year, Village Preservation honors the invaluable people, businesses, and organizations that make a special contribution to our neighborhoods at our Annual Meeting and Village Awards. This year, on June 14th, … Continued

Posted May 10, 2022

By Sam Moskowitz

    Village Preservation Plaques Highlight LGBTQ+ History Throughout Our Neighborhoods

    On April 21, Village Preservation joined with the the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project to honor the city’s oldest gay bar and a pioneering event from the early days of … Continued

    Posted May 5, 2022

    By David Herman

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    Exploring Black History in the East Village and NoHo

    On January 3, 2017, we launched our Civil Rights and Social Justice Map, a unique online resource that marks more than 200 sites in our neighborhoods significant to the history … Continued

    Posted January 3, 2022

    By David Herman

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    Candy Darling: A Superstar in Her Own Right

    Candy Darling (She/Her, November 24, 1944 — March 21, 1974) was a transgender icon and muse for well-known artists and musicians like Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground. Darling was … Continued

    Posted November 24, 2021

    By Hew Evans

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    Candy Darling, by Fred McDarrah

    Truman Capote and Philip Seymour Hoffman: Greenwich Village Artists Entwined

    Truman Streckfus Persons was born on September 30, 1924, in New Orleans. Truman started writing when he was eight years old — as a calling, and also as an answer … Continued

    Posted September 30, 2021

    By Ariel Kates

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    St. Mark’s Place: How Cows Changed its Reputation

    St. Mark’s Place, named after the Church of St. Mark’s in the Bowery, is typically known for its other religious calling — rock n’ roll. The street was at the … Continued

    Posted August 9, 2021

    By Sarah Eccles

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    Silent Teacher: East Village Poet Hannah Weiner

    As the poetry scholar Rona Cran once wrote, the downtown poetry scene in the twentieth century was “less of a site of primarily male subjectivity and naturally-occurring genius (as tends … Continued

    Posted July 8, 2021

    By Lena Rubin

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