…New Rican Village, an influential multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary art space once located at 101 Avenue A. The show was co-curated by Libertad Guerra and Wilson Valentín-Escobar and featured many unpublished…
Read More…like Lypsinka, John Kelly, and RuPaul were able to first hone their craft. Panelists include photographer and community activist Clayton Patterson, performance historians Joe E. Jeffreys and Iris Rose, experimental…
Read More…and explanations of their LGBTQ association. In some cases that information is based on and linked to a GVSHP document. Examples include 101 Avenue A, Webster Hall, and sites which…
Read More…allowed to be demolished in spite of an incredible connection to the gay liberation movement and early AIDS activism here and here, about the first ominous reporting in the New…
Read More…Panic as an online store and wholesale business. They are still performing as well; in fact you can see them performing tonight at Fontana’s as part of the CBGB Festival…
Read More…East Village/Lower East Side Historic District. This includes the Pyramid Club at 101 Avenue A which was formerly a German Social Hall and Beethoven Hall at 210 5th Street. Here…
Read More…and Dr. Anne Marie Cantwell, a professor at Rutgers, agreed to direct the site excavation and involve her students. Mostly it was Native American artifacts that were being searched for, many…
Read MoreVillage Preservation Advocacy Reports Village Preservation has written or commissioned dozens of reports about our neighborhoods’ history, architecture, and culture, and about pressing preservation and development issues we face. Crisis…
Read More…date, we are taking a look at some of the buildings and history on and around this intersection. International Tailoring Company Building, 101-111 Fourth Ave. International Tailoring Company Building, 101-111…
Read More…sophisticated housewares, cultured antiques, and upscale children’s wear. Bombalulu’s, which continues the latter tradition, is located at 101, and the Times indicates that a similar store also occupied this space…
Read MoreLandmark and Research Resources Learn more about landmarking, owning, and maintaining a landmarked property, and researching buildings in our neighborhoods. Landmarking 101 Historic Preservation 101: What is a Landmark? Landmarking…
Read More…Greenwich Village, NoHo, and the East Village. You will have an opportunity to learn more about the history of arts and culture in our neighborhoods, as well as participate in…
Read More…across the area to create a true and cohesive sense of place. Explore more about South of the Union Square here, and help get the area landmarked and protected here….
Read More…organize annual remembrance activities each March 25th, on the anniversary of the fire; and to encourage activism by and for workers around the world, so as to honor and continue…
Read More…Gropper at a building formerly located at 97 Fourth Avenue, also on this site. Ben Rosenzweig also had a store at this address. Biblo and Tannen were at one point…
Read More…in Queens and Brooklyn. Ninth Street Espresso has attracted a huge fanbase in the community and remains a local favorite. Click here to read about 700 East 9th Street on…
Read More…DeSana was born on November 12, 1949 and raised in suburban Atlanta. His senior thesis at the University of Georgia, titled 101 Nudes (a play on 101 Dalmatians), was a…
Read More…check for information on a building’s history. Not sure if your building is in a historic district? New York CityMap allows you to see at a glance information about your…
Read More…Spring 94 Anthemion Winter 94 Anthemion Fall 93 Anthemion Winter to Spring 93 Anthemion Fall 92 Anthemion Annual Report June 92 Anthemion Winter to Spring 92 Anthemion Fall 91 Anthemion…
Read More…while others have the kitchen and parlor combined into a single “living room.” Each apartment had a double wash tub and a toilet closet, but no bath. Nothing is known…
Read More…announced nearly a year and a half ago, GVSHP and other preservation advocacy and community groups have pressed for the LPC to designate the proposed historic district quickly to prevent inappropriate alterations,…
Read More…looking at the building or by doing further research. These permits will also allow you to see what, if any, changes were made to your buildings, such as an addition…
Read More…in a historic district? New York CityMap allows you to see at a glance information about your building, including landmark status, district name, year built, and zoning. But a word of caution….
Read More…Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William S. Burroughs, as well as poets like Frank O’Hara and Robert Duncan. Rosset and Grove also published the Evergreen Review between 1957 and 1973, a literary magazine whose contributors included Bertolt…
Read More…At this hearing, the Commission will officially vote to approve or deny the application, or ask that the applicant return at a later date with revisions. Public attendance and testimony…
Read MoreAPPLICATION APPROVED (with modifications and multiple denials) Greenwich Village Historic District Between Grove and Barrow Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A vernacular Greek Revival style…
Read More…available agenda. This application is scheduled to be shown publicly for the first time at CB2’s Landmarks & Public Aesthetics Committee public hearing. Public attendance and comments are welcome (note:…
Read More…OVER (amendment to approved application) Greenwich Village Historic District Between Washington and Greenwich Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Greek Revival style row house built…
Read More…officially vote to approve or deny the application, or ask that the applicant return at a later date with revisions. Public attendance and testimony are welcome (note: this will most…
Read More…down income levels above $200,000, but for roughly the SoHo area they show households with incomes of $200,000 and above are 81% white, 10% Asian, and 3% each black and…
Read More…an active career as a freelance food writer and occasional restaurant critic. Irene is a 2000 James Beard Award winner in internet writing. John Birdsall is author of The Man Who Ate…
Read More…accepted the Nobel Prize for Bob Dylan and movingly sang “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” at the ceremony. 24. Dylan wrote and recorded the 1965 album that changed the course…
Read More…officially vote to approve or deny the application, or ask that the applicant return at a later date with revisions. Public attendance and testimony are welcome (note: this will most…
Read More…I just knew it.” In 1967, with aspirations of becoming an artist, Smith moved to New York City and took a job working at a Manhattan bookstore. “At twenty years…
Read More…Fifth Avenue and other buildings in this area, click here. To read more history of the buildings and area south of Union Square, and our preservation efforts in the area, click here….
Read More…Archive. Her pictures capture a golden age of LGBTQ+ nightlife and performance, as well as an edgy slice of life when drag and blurred boundaries of gender were just beginning…
Read More…Black has also worked as a writer for The San Diego Union-Tribune and has written articles for Alaska Airlines magazine. Black has published dozens of articles on History101.com, where he…
Read More…as well as your district information and an opportunity to take a look at your ballot. Remember to look up your own address, as everyone’s polling place is different and…
Read More…Iris, an aspiring actress, as they contend with their personal diverging desires and the emergence of moral, cultural, and social movements that transform their conceptions of allegiance. Hansberry notably places…
Read More…the latest available agenda. This application is scheduled to be shown publicly for the first time at CB2’s Landmarks & Public Aesthetics Committee public hearing. Public attendance and comments are…
Read More…built c. 1851. Application is to construct rooftop and rear yard additions, excavate the basement, rear yard and areaway. Zoned R6. 2) LPC Designation Report: An architectural and historical description…
Read MoreAPPLICATION DENIED Application Closed Greenwich Village Historic District Between Perry and West 11th Streets http://lpc.gvshp.org/?p=10135 —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Greek Revival style rowhouse built…
Read More…new building, or an alteration. We wrote a blog a few weeks ago about our Landmarks Application webpage as a resource for information on upcoming, pending and closed applications on…
Read More…schools for teacher training, one free academy, and 28 corporate and asylum schools.” Grammar School 47 was built primarily as a school for girls at a time when formal public…
Read More…the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission). Be it from a homeowner, a researcher, or a broker, many people are curious to know the answer to this very question. We’re always happy…
Read More…Sixth Avenue (aka the Jefferson Market Library), which CityMap highlighted in red for me to easily find. From here you can also look around and see what other buildings are…
Read More…at the corner of Seventh Avenue South, which has received its fair share of complaints from neighbors because of the illegal wall and signage (AKA installed without permits). On the…
Read More…here at GVSHP asking about a scaffold-like structure that suddenly pops up on a rooftop of a neighboring building. What is it and what does it mean? Quite simply, more…
Read More…they are located in a historic district. This is not the case. New buildings and rooftop additions are proposed quite frequently in historic districts, and a new tall building isn’t…
Read More…and two inset diamond-shaped brick panels towards roofline. This building was originally noted as a two-story “express stable” encompassing addresses 221 to 225 Thompson Street, which apparently functioned as a…
Read MoreAPPLICATION APPROVED Application Closed Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 4th Street and Seventh Avenue South http://lpc.gvshp.org/?p=10129 —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A rowhouse built in…
Read More…Italy in 1870 and came to America in 1874. He, his wife Anna, and their son Dominick, Jr. were all listed as real estate professionals in the 1915 NYS Census…
Read More…Joseph Asch, was built as a “modern loft structure with a skeleton from of iron and steel protected by terra-cotta fireproofing, passenger and freight elevators, and electric power for lights…
Read More…at 103 Waverly. A 1916 newspaper advertisement. Via Library of Congress. The Washington Square Hotel’s website offers a look at a handful of these celebrities who stayed there. First they…
Read More…took place during the American Revolution. A man of many interests and talents, he worked as a lumberjack, seaman, and bookseller at a young age. In 1915, he took over…
Read More…Marsha P. Johnson…” and Artforum calls it “A moving celebration and evocation of trans activist and artist Marsha ‘Pay It No Mind’ Johnson…” Starring Independent Spirit Award winner Mya Taylor…
Read MoreRoof Explorer’s Guide A book talk and slideshow with Leslie Adatto New York City is world-renowned for its skyline, and high atop its lofty heights beats a feast of breathtaking…
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications 01/08/2013 Application Closed http://lpc.gvshp.org/?p=10157 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 4th Street and Waverly Place —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Greek Revival…
Read MoreCooper Station Post Office, 101-111 East 11th Street/93 Fourth Avenue. The two-story Cooper Station Post Office was designed by Louis A. Simon in 1936-37 for the Works Progress Administration in…
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