We’ve got some great events lined up this month that are sure to interest you. Here’s just a few:

Fall Continuing Education Classes on October 10, 17, and 24. Our acclaimed program returns with more opportunities to learn from experts in the field about NYC and local architecture, history, and development, while also earning required state credits for real estate professionals. Discounted rate for Village Preservation members and those not taking the classes for credit.

The Battle for Intro. 2: The NYC Gay Rights Bill, 1971-1986, on Tuesday, October 15 at 6 pm at Jefferson Market Library. Village Preservation Executive Director Andrew Berman will speak with Stephen Petrus, Director of Public History Programs at LaGuardia and Wagner Archives at LaGuardia Community College, about the school’s new exhibition examining the long road for a bill prohibiting discrimination in NYC based on sexual orientation from its first being proposed by activists in Greenwich Village in the post-Stonewall era to its final enactment in law a decade and a half later.

DIY Historic Preservation: A Conversation with Dan Campo, on Tuesday, October 22 at 6 pm via Zoom. Join us for this eye-opening book talk with urbanist, author, and professor Dan Campo about more than a dozen years of investigation into grassroots efforts to repurpose architecturally iconic but economically obsolete relics of our industrial past. Many of us love and appreciate the simple beauty of the machines that shaped our world in the predigital era. But with fewer practical applications for them and their settings, how do we keep them alive in our postindustrial world? Take a dive into this comprehensive survey of those who’ve cracked the code.

Rose Schneiderman: A Voice for Women and Workers, on Thursday, October 24 at 6 pm via Zoom. The great-niece of this iconic fighter for the rights of immigrants, women, and workers, who made a name for herself on a national stage in the early 20th century from right here in our neighborhoods, will provide insights into the life and legacy of the great Rose Schneiderman. Schneiderman coined the phrase “bread and roses” to capture the hopes and aspirations of the working class, and helped win women’s suffrage, secured reforms after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, helped found the ACLU, and so much more. A decade of her great-niece’s research will illuminate what made this special woman tick and succeed. 

Plaque Unveiling Honoring Frances Perkins, on Wednesday, October 30 at 6 pm at 121 Washington Place. Join us for the ceremonial unveiling of our latest plaque honoring lifelong champion of workers’ rights and first female U.S. Cabinet member Frances Perkins at her Greenwich Village residence. We’ll hear about her trailblazing career and her legacy as an activist and one of the architects of the New Deal while serving as Secretary of Labor under FDR, from speakers including esteemed scholars and Perkins’ relatives. This is our 24th unveiling in our plaque program that has honored 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, the Fillmore East, and Julius’ Bar.