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The Beginning of AIDS in New York

…dreadfulness. And though it disastrously affected this community, it also helped unite and galvanize it. Not long ago, The New-York Historical Society will staged exhibition called AIDS in New York:…

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Exploring our New Image Archive

…and purchasing a print to provide you with a much improved user experience: New Map Our new new map groups images by geographic area. Each numbered icon indicates how many…

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17 LGBT landmarks of Greenwich Village

…the New School in the Village, and began writing for the black newspaper Freedom. In 1953, she married Robert Nemiroff, and they moved to Greenwich Village. It was during this…

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Three Ways the New LPC Map is Better than NYCMap

The Landmarks Preservation Commission recently released a new interactive map. The map shows all exterior, interior, and scenic landmarks, historic districts, and properties calendared for designation. According to LPC Chair Meenakshi…

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Landmarks of New York: First Houses

First Houses today On December 3, 1935, First Houses were dedicated and opened, the first housing project undertaken by the then-recently established New York City Housing Authority and the first…

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Restaurant Week — A New York City Native

…tablets, small canned foods that can be easily opened, individually packed nuts or cookies, new cotton socks, new men’s underwear and t-shirts, new men’s heavy-duty gloves, baby diapers, baby formula….

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Newman’s Own Village Home

Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward at home in the Village. Paul Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was one of the most renowned American actors of the twentieth…

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A New Point of View

…the fabric of the city…in a new and refreshing way” –Richard Berenholtz, photographer and author of “Panoramic New York” “…a fresh perspective…to challenge you to look at locations that you…

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A Tradition of Progressive Education

Our neighborhood is rife with educational institutions and schools which have blazed trails and tread new ground. Today we will look at two schools which have benefited the younger members…

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Places We Love: The Newsboys’ Home

…Children’s Aid Society as the Tompkins Square Lodging for Boys and Industrial School. It was designed by Calvert Vaux and George K. Radford as a combination home and school for…

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Changing Fashion of New York

…5, & The Godfather Part II). Delancey Street looking north on Orchard Street, with Cohen Fashion Opticals in the 1960s. Carole not only captured the everchanging landscape of New York…

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New York 1969

There are only a few seats left for tomorrow evening’s program with photographer Richard Blair and his new book New York 1969. Good Humor Man, Sheridan Square circa 1969 Photo…

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Women’s History #SouthofUnionSquare

…two under female leadership. On East 14th Street, the headquarters of the New York City Woman Suffrage League led the organizing effort for achieving women’s suffrage in New York State;…

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New York Biscuit Stables

…of this survey, we photographed what would become the most northwest building included in the historic district, the New York Biscuit Stables at 445 West 14th Street. 445 West 14th Street,…

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A New Year’s Hotspot

The Meatpacking District was a popular neighborhood for New Year’s Eve revelers. The Meatpacking District—or to preservationists the Gansevoort Market Historic District—was the scene of many a New Year’s Eve…

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Remembering the Original New Yorkers

…that we should share a brief history of the original New Yorkers, the Lenape. When the Dutch arrived in New York in 1624, there were approximately 15,000 Lenape Indians living…

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Art in the Village: The Ashcan School

Robert Henri, “Snow in New York” (1902) The Ashcan School refers to a loosely knit group of urban realist painters based in New York City during the early 20th century….

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In the News: 49 Years Ago Today

Much of the Village Voice from the 1950s to the mid-2000s is available to view online via a Google digitization project. The huge trove of scanned newspapers helps reveal the…

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Archive Exploration Made Easy On Our New Website

…learn from past preservation efforts, or listen to the recorded stories of artists, preservationists, business owners, and more.    Our new website, VillagePreservation.org, has all the information and resources you’d expect,…

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The Old New Guy (gal) at GVSHP

  Sarah at the LPC hearing for the Gansevoort proposal Happy New Year! Tomorrow will mark my four month anniversary working for GVSHP and it has been a whirlwind!  My…

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The New York Orphan Asylum

…Asylum Street, named for the New York Orphan Asylum (NYOA). Though the asylum’s presence is no longer memorialized in the street name, there are many facets of the NYOA story…

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Past Village Awardees Inspire New Nominations

…the impact, reach, and power of this small business by reading this July 2020 New Yorker Profile entitled “A Lighthouse for Magazines” written by Nathan Taylor Pemberton: “David, an immigrant who…

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