NoHo
Village Preservation advocates for the preservation of NoHo’s special historic and architectural character. We helped secure the expansion of landmark protections in the neighborhood in 2003 and 2008, and carefully monitors every application for major changes within NoHo’s historic districts. Village Preservation also advocates for the preservation of NoHo’s many critical individual landmarks, including the Merchants House Museum, the Public Theater, and Colonnade Row, among others, and against zoning changes which would be detrimental to the neighborhood’s character.
Also see our initiative in NoHo for the Merchant’s House Museum.
Write Mayor Adams, Council Speaker Adams, and Councilmember Rivera
Campaign Links
Map: Journey through the NoHo Historic District on Its 25th Anniversary
06/27/2024Video from Press Conference: SoHo/NoHo Upzoning prior to Manhattan Borough President Hearing
08/23/2021Video: At the SoHo/NoHo Protest with Zishun Ning via Bowery Boogie
05/10/2021
Dismissal of NYU Lawsuit Seeking to Overturn Provision of SoHo/NoHo Upzoning on University Expansion
05/16/2023
NYU Lawsuit Regarding SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning and University Prohibitions: Complaint
04/13/2022
Village Preservation Testimony to City Council in Opposition to SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Proposal
11/09/2021
Village Preservation Testimony at City Planning Commission Hearing on SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning
09/02/2021
Preservation League of NYS Letter to Manhattan Borough President re SoHo NoHo rezoning ULURP
08/17/2021
Joint Preservation Organizations Letter to City Officials Opposing City’s SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Plan
12/18/2020
SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Draft Scope of Work
10/28/2020
SoHo/NoHo Upzoning: The Demographic Disguise
08/17/2021
Updates
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March 23, 2025
This Greek Independence Day, Celebrate Our Neighborhoods’ Greek Revival Heritage
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October 28, 2024
New Oral History: Margaret Halsey “Pi” Gardiner, Merchant’s House Museum Executive Director Since 1990
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August 19, 2024
NYU Continues to Challenge Rules Prohibiting Its Expansion in NoHo and SoHo
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June 27, 2024
NoHo Historic District 25th Anniversary Tours
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March 15, 2024
Demanding City Protect the Merchant’s House Museum
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December 6, 2023
Troubling Proposal for Construction Next Door to Merchant’s House Museum Will Return Next Tuesday
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October 24, 2023
Another SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Fail: New Luxury Development Includes Private Pool, NO Affordable Housing
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May 17, 2023
NYU Lawsuit Seeking to Expand in NoHo and SoHo Rejected!
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May 9, 2023
Next Monday — City Council District 2 Candidate Forum
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March 24, 2023
Remembering the Greek War for Independence and Our Greek Revival Legacy It Inspired
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April 15, 2022
NYU Sues to Overturn Provision in SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning that Prohibited University Facilities
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April 6, 2022
Monitoring New Developments in SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown and Accuracy of Rezoning Predictions and Commitments
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January 18, 2022
Victory: Punitive SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Measure Vetoed!
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December 16, 2021
City Council Approves SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan
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December 13, 2021
SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Rezoning Reminder: Final Vote as Soon as Wednesday, Call and E-Mail TODAY
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December 10, 2021
City Council Committee Approves SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan With Modifications
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December 8, 2021
Council Appears Poised to Vote on SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Plan Today, December 9, as New Financial Analysis Shows Fatal Flaws in Affordable Housing Claims
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December 3, 2021
City Council Vote On SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Pushed Back to Week of December 6 — CALL AND WRITE NOW!
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November 29, 2021
SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Vote Likely This Week — Flood the City Council With Calls and Letters
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November 23, 2021
SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Rezoning Vote Likely After Thanksgiving; Video and Final Push for ‘No’ Vote
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November 12, 2021
Opponents Vastly Outnumber Supporters At Rezoning Hearing; Village Preservation Releases Study Showing City Projections for Neighborhood Rezonings Are ‘Less Reliable Than Flipping a Coin’
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November 9, 2021
Final SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning Public Hearing Today — PLEASE TESTIFY AND/OR SUBMIT COMMENTS!
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November 2, 2021
City Council Virtual Public Hearing on Disastrous SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning Plan Next Tuesday, Nov. 9, around 11:30 am
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October 26, 2021
More Evidence that Upzoning Makes New York Less Affordable, Not More, and the Reality Deniers
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October 21, 2021
City Planning Commission Approves SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Rezoning Plan with Changes that Are ‘Less Than Nothing’; Now Heads to City Council
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October 15, 2021
‘Manhattan Promenade’: The Plan for Adaptive Reuse of the High Line ca. 1979, and Other New Historic Images
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October 8, 2021
City Proposes Further ‘Changes’ to Upzoning Proposal for SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown that Amount to Nothing
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October 8, 2021
Village Preservation Op-Ed: ‘Trickle Down’ Affordable Housing in NYC Is a Fail; Don’t Force It on SoHo, NoHo and Chinatown
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September 24, 2021
City Signals Window-Dressing Changes to SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Plan
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September 16, 2021
Exposing the City’s False Affordable Housing Claims for SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Rezoning
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September 3, 2021
Opponents Overwhelm Six-Hour City Planning SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Hearing; City’s Baseless Claims of Racism Face Backlash; Elected Officials Join Opposition
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August 31, 2021
City Planning Commission SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Hearing This Thursday, September 2, 10 am
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August 19, 2021
Details on SoHo/NoHo Hearings, New Data Shows Falsehoods and Lies Behind Rezoning
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August 10, 2021
Borough President’s Public Hearing on SoHo/NoHo Monday, August 23, 6-8 pm; City Planning Hearing Likely Day of September 2
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August 5, 2021
Manhattan Borough President’s SoHo/NoHo Hearing Likely Monday, August 23
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July 28, 2021
Community Board 2 Overwhelmingly Rejects SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Plan; BP and CPC To Hold Hearings
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July 23, 2021
SoHo/NoHo Updates: Final Community Board Vote Monday 6:30 pm; Elected Officials Silent on or Support Slanderous Attacks on Plan Opponents; City Planning Hearing Likely Sept. 1
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July 14, 2021
City Defames Community Groups Who Oppose SoHo/NoHo Plan; Documenting Vulnerable Tenants Rezoning Plan Will Hurt; New Flyer to Mobilize Neighbors Against Upzoning
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June 25, 2021
Huge Turnout for SoHo/NoHo Hearing, Housing/Tenant and Neighborhood Groups United in Opposition
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June 23, 2021
Affordable Housing and Tenant Groups, SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown Neighborhood Organizations, and Artists and Historic Preservationists Slam de Blasio SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Plan, Urge “NO” Vote
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June 21, 2021
Community Board 2 SoHo/NoHo Public Hearing Now In Person: Wednesday at 6:30 pm, Press Conference at 6 pm
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June 14, 2021
Reminders: Annual Meeting and Village Awards this Wednesday; SoHo/NoHo Public Hearing June 23 and 24
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June 4, 2021
First Official SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Hearings — Community Board 2, June 23 and 24
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May 28, 2021
SoHo/NoHo Update: Certified Plan Contains Demographic Deception and NYU Welcome Mat; Community Groups Demand Electeds Reject
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May 19, 2021
De Blasio’s SoHo/NoHo Plan Is Certified, Largely Unchanged; Public Review Process To Begin
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May 14, 2021
Report Shows City’s SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Plan Unlikely To Produce Any Affordable Housing
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May 13, 2021
Tenant Advocates and SoHo, NoHo, Chinatown Communities Unite vs. Mayor’s Upzoning Plan
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May 6, 2021
Rally for SoHo, NoHo, and Chinatown and Against City Upzoning Plan Monday at Noon
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May 6, 2021
Remembering Jane Jacobs on Her Birthday
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May 3, 2021
City Delays SoHo/NoHo Certification Without Explanation; Citywide Tenant and Housing Groups Come Out Strongly Against Mayor’s Plan; Neighbors File Lawsuit
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April 30, 2021
Important SoHo/NoHo Updates — Opposition Grows, Mayoral Candidates Opine, Plan To Move Monday
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April 30, 2021
Look At All We’ve Accomplished!
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April 23, 2021
New Images Show The Tip of The SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Iceberg
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April 19, 2021
Long Lost Cache of Early SoHo Photos Raises Awareness, Funds to Fight City Plan
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April 19, 2021
Pressing Mayoral and City Council Candidates on Upzoning and SoHo/NoHo
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April 19, 2021
Community Board 2 Meeting SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Tonight
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April 8, 2021
City, State, and National Opposition to SoHo/NoHo Plan; Community Board Meeting Wednesday 4/14
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April 5, 2021
Preservation Petition to NYC Mayoral Candidates Gains Signatures and Supporters — Keep the Progress Going
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March 15, 2021
SoHo/NoHo Teach-In Tonight at 6pm — Register Now!
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March 9, 2021
Virtual Town Hall and Teach-In on SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Plan and Study Exposing Its True Impacts: Monday, March 15 at 6pm
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March 5, 2021
Study: City’s Proposed SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Would Make Neighborhoods Richer, Whiter, and More Expensive
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December 8, 2020
Community Board 2 Meeting on SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Plan Tonight, Tuesday 12/8 at 6:30 pm
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December 2, 2020
Community Alternative Rezoning Plan For SoHo And NoHo — Public Hearings 12/3 And 12/8
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November 24, 2020
Hearing on Scope of the Environmental Review for Proposed SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Plan December 3
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October 27, 2020
De Blasio SoHo/NoHo Plan Even Worse Than We Expected
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October 19, 2020
First SoHo-NoHo Upzoning+Rezoning Public Meeting Next Monday, October 26, 6-8pm Sign Up To Speak TODAY!
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October 9, 2020
Plan To Upzone and Rezone SoHo and NoHo Announced Details Are Scarce, But Indications Raise Big Concerns and Conflicts of Interest; Local Elected Officials, Citywide Candidates, and Real Estate Interests Back Move
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September 25, 2020
NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer Comes Out In Support of SoHo/NoHo Upzoning, Saying They’re “Critical” In Neighborhoods Like SoHo
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September 22, 2020
Op-Ed Rejects SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Arguments
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September 16, 2020
Confronting Renewed SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Push From Groups With (Undisclosed) Vested Interests
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January 23, 2020
Ensuring SoHo/NoHo Don’t Become Another Upzoning Casualty
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January 13, 2020
Big SoHo/NoHo Meeting This Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 6:30pm
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January 6, 2020
Critical Meetings on Potential SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Jan. 8 + Jan. 15
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December 12, 2019
Public Meeting on SoHo-NoHo Study Recommendations on January 8
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November 27, 2019
SoHo/NoHo Study Released – Upzoning To Follow?
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June 14, 2019
SoHo-NoHo ‘Preliminary Recommendations’ Revealed, Could Lead to Big Changes
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May 17, 2019
City to Reveal Preliminary SoHo/NoHo Recommendations June 13
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April 4, 2019
Big SoHo-NoHo Rezoning Meetings Next Wed. 4/10 & Thurs. 4/11
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March 26, 2019
More Pushback on NoHo-SoHo Zoning Plan
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March 14, 2019
Continuing the Fight to Save SoHo & NoHo – Next Public Meeting March 20
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March 6, 2019
Community Groups Form Save SoHo-NoHo Coalition in Light of Rezoning Push – Support Us
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February 25, 2019
NoHo-SoHo Rezoning Meeting Thursday Feb. 28 Starting at 6pm
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February 4, 2019
NoHo/SoHo Rezoning Meeting This Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 6:15pm
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February 4, 2019
NoHo/SoHo Rezoning Meeting This Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 6:15pm
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January 14, 2019
Potential SoHo/NoHo Rezoning
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