Spring has been busy, as we’ve released some amazing new resources that help illuminate the incredible history of our neighborhoods. In case you missed them, these include:

• Our latest interactive map, our Jazz Map of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, showing one hundred years of innovation and inspiration, including cutting edge performance venues, hallowed recording studios, and the homes of some of the biggest names and most impactful practitioners in the field — EXPLORE IT HERE. 
• Our new historic image archive collection, “Peter Bennett: the East Village in the Early 1980s,” provides a remarkable window into what may have been New York’s grittiest and most dynamic neighborhood at this vastly different time, replete with street punks, rock stars, open fire hydrants, and rubble-strewn lots — VIEW THE COLLECTION HERE.
• Our other new historic image archive collection, “Scott Laperruque’s Village Halloween Parade in the mid-1980s,” highlights the flavor of the parade just after it outgrew its grassroots beginnings as an informal event winding through the streets of the West Village, and moved to Sixth Avenue on its way to becoming the largest Halloween parade in the world — VIEW THE COLLECTION HERE. 
• Our latest addition to our oral history collection with former City Councilmember and noted political reformer Carol Greitzer (1925-2026), who represented Greenwich Village for over 20 years, helped end Tammany Hall control over local politics, and worked to expand women’s rights and save Jefferson Market Library, Washington Square, and the Public Theatre — READ OR LISTEN TO IT HERE. 
• Our other most recent addition to our oral history collection with award-winning author and 80-year Village resident Tony Hiss, author of 15 books, New Yorker staff writer for 30 years, and son of wrongfully convicted Cold War “spy” Alger Hiss — READ OR LISTEN TO IT HERE. 
• We were thrilled to unveil our 28th plaque this Thursday honoring renowned sculptor Isamu Noguchi at his former home and studio at 52 West 10th Street. The trailblazing artist not only transformed his medium with his small- and large-scale sculptures that continue to dazzle viewers today. His fearlessness, including voluntary internment during World War II to protest the plight of fellow Japanese-Americans, inspires new generations. We were honored to be joined by speakers from the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum to shed light on his enduring legacy. Watch the video HERE and see photos HERE.
• Our plaque program, launched in 2012, has marked the homes of local figures from Jane Jacobs to James Baldwin; Allen Ginsberg to Charles Mingus; Frank O’Hara to Frank Stella; and Martha Graham to Lorraine Hansberry, as well as historically significant sites such as the former NAACP headquarters, Julius’ Bar, and the Fillmore East. Learn more about our plaque program and explore our other plaques here.