East Village

Village Preservation has worked to document, celebrate, and protect the special cultural heritage and built environment of the East Village, particularly it’s human scale, its working-class architecture, its immigrant history, and its tradition of trailblazing innovation. Village Preservation has helped secure expanded landmark protections in the neighborhood and contextual zoning to ensure new development is more in character with its surroundings and continues to advocate for more such protections.

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Urge City Officials to Oppose the Air Rights Transfer for the 3 St. Mark’s Place Office Tower

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Support Expanded Landmark Protections in the East Village

East Village Resources

Read Blog Posts about the East Village
Read Blog Posts about the East Village
 Explore East Village Oral Histories
Explore East Village Oral Histories
East Village LPC Applications
East Village LPC Applications
 Explore East Village Building Blocks
Explore East Village Building Blocks

Information on Individual East Village Initiatives:

101 Avenue A

3 St. Mark’s Place

Webster Hall

Yiddish Art Theater

Stuyvesant Polyclinic

35 Cooper Square

326 & 328 East 4th Street

432-438 East 14th Street

Congregation Mezritch Synagogue

Mary Help of Christians Church

P.S. 64/CHARAS

Russian Orthdox Cathedral at 59 E. 2nd Street

East 12th Street Dorm

Landmark Applications:

East 10th Street Historic District

St. Mark’s Historic District

East Village / LES Historic District

Eleventh Street Methodist Episcopal Chapel

St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery

Cooper Union

Old P.S. 64

Old P.S. 64, 605 East 9th Street

Campaign Links

Press
Images & Graphs

Video,  pictures, and press release of “Don’t Turn our Neighborhood into Another Silicon Alley” Rally

11/15/2017

Photos of “No More Starbucks” Rally [photos by Dalton Helms]

07/13/2017

Photos and video of “No More Starbucks” Rally

07/13/2017

Video of Rally to Save 264 East 7th Street

11/04/2016

Video of Rally to Save 112-120 East 11th Street – Part 1 and Part 2

08/22/2016

Photos of Rally to Save 112-120 East 11th Street

08/22/2016

Photos of Rally to Save Mary Help of Christians Church

05/22/2013

Map of Village Preservation, Historic Districts Council, and LESPI’s proposed additions to the proposed East Village historic districts

05/10/2011

Maps of the Landmarks Preservation Commission proposed East Village Historic District and proposed East 10th Street Historic District

04/26/2011

Selected Images of Buildings Excluded from the LPC’s Proposed East Village Historic District

Selected Images of Buildings Included Within the Boundaries of the LPC’s Proposed East Village Historic District

Images of the rally to save 35 Cooper Square

01/28/2011

Images of the City’s proposed redesign of Astor Place and Cooper Square

01/20/2011

Video of Village Preservation Director of Preservation and Research Elizabeth Finkelstein on block-by-block architectural research on the East Village – Part I & Part II

10/27/2010

Preserve NY East Village Historic Survey Grant Ceremony Photo Set on Flickr

11/20/2008
Letters & Docs
Lower East Side/East Village Environmental Impact Study
“Request for Evaluation for Amato Opera House, 319 Bowery” 1/28/2009 01/28/2009
138 Second Avenue LPC Research File
Letter to LPC requesting re-calendaring of 206 Bowery 02/14/2018
“History of and Landmark Proposal for 101 Avenue A/the Pyramid Club”
Congregation Mezritch Synagogue landmarking proposal & history 08/08/2008
Letter about a Department of Buildings Permit Filed for 80 East 2nd Street 07/16/2012
Emergency RFE for 264 and 258-266 East 7th Street 09/07/2016
Request for landmark consideration for 143 East 13th Street 12/18/2012
Letter to the LPC about 4 St. Mark's Place Air Rights Transfer 06/14/2019
Request for Evaluation for Community Synagogue Max D. Raiskin Center (formerly German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark) 08/09/2010
RFE for East 11th Street 06/09/2016
Letter to DOB from City Council Member Rosie Mendez about PS 64 lease agreement 04/30/2013
CB3 Eco Development Committee Handout 05/03/2017
Letter to the Dept. of Transportation about the proposed Astor Place/Cooper Sq. redesign 01/11/2011
Letter from GVSHP, Historic Districts Council, and LESPI about proposed additions to East Village Historic districts 05/10/2011
Letter to DOB from City Council Member Rosie Mendez about PS 64 lease agreement 04/30/2013
Testimony to City Council re: East Houston Street Rezoning 08/09/2016
Village Preservation Testimony Proposed Individual Landmark Designation of 138 Second Avenue, 06/23/2009
Village Preservation Testimony in Support of Landmarking the Proposed East Village/Lower East Side Historic District 06/26/2012
Village Preservation Testimony in Support of Landmarking 357 Bowery 06/23/2009
Village Preservation Testimony in Support of Landmarking 74 East 4th Street 03/24/2009
Joint Letter RE 35 Cooper Square 11/12/2010
LPC Response to Landmarking Request for 264 East 7th Street 10/17/2016
Village Preservation Testimony in Support of Landmarking Hebrew Actors’ Union Building 31 East 7th Street 06/23/2009
Reports & Analysis
East Village Building Blocks "A History of the East Village & Its Architecture" by Francis Morrone
"A History of the East Village & Its Architecture" by Francis Morrone
REPORT: Federal Houses Landmarked or Listed on the State & National Registers of Historic Places, 1999-2016

Keeping in Character: A Look at the Impacts of Recent Community-Initiated Rezonings in the East Village 10/04/2012
History of five remarkable sites in the East Village 
History of St. Nicholas of Myra Carpatho-Orthodox Church 
Landmark Proposals
Letter to LPC requesting re-calendaring of 206 Bowery 02/14/2018
Amato Opera House
Congregation Mezritch Synagogue landmarking proposal & history 08/08/2008
History of and Landmark Proposal for 101 Avenue A/the Pyramid Club 10/30/2007
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