West 14th Street has a multilayered history, preserved in its architecture, which reflects the development of the surrounding area as well as New York City itself. West 14th Street is…
Read More…Christopher Street which hovers over the bend in the street when viewed from the south, all add to the street’s picturesque and romantic feel. While the street is located just…
Read More…looked to open an actual storefront. The vibrancy of the East Village beckoned, particularly East 7th Street. Co-owner/founder Doug Quint says “East 7th Street between 1st Ave and Ave A…
Read More…trees along the streetwall to provide privacy for the courtyard. Bond Street (south) side: On the Bond Street side, the building entrance would be set back slightly. At the streetwall,…
Read More…Iron Work Past Program: Henry James’s New York Virtual Tour: MacDougal-Sullivan Historic District Virtual Tour: 116 Sullivan Street House Virtual Tour: 203 Prince Street House Related Issues: 43 MacDougal 233-237…
Read More…to have streets named for both his first and last names. 1793-94 Gilbert Stuart portrait of Horatio Gates Gay Street We cannot conclusively determine the origin of Gay Street. Most…
Read More…11th Street/304-310 East 12th Street. The street was filled in for the old St. Mark’s cemetery, which had a diagonal boundary which reflected the path of Stuyvesant Street (people were…
Read More…and Mercer Street Books & Records at 206 Mercer Street, just south of Bleecker Street and one block east of Broadway — it’s a unique experience you can’t replicate online….
Read More…who lived and worked on Bank Street: Willa Cather and Lucy Sprague Mitchell. Bank Street Many of our streets are beloved by their residents and have storied and rich pasts,…
Read More…Standards and Appeals is holding a hearing about illegal penthouse additions at 514-516 East 6th Street, constructed by the same developer who plans to build atop 315 East 10th Street…
Read More…Carmine Street Guitars, where master luthier Rick Kelly’s creations both have beautiful tones and tell fascinating stories. Carmine Street Guitars is located amidst a row of small businesses, down a…
Read More8th Street: Greenwich Village’s Once and Future Main Street A Panel Discussion Part One of our Small Business Series. Historically, Eighth Street has been the heart of Greenwich Village, connecting…
Read More…a larger adjacent property at 190 Spring Street which it also plans to demolish and develop, air rights from 186 Spring Street could be transferred to the other site allowing…
Read More…4th Earl of Bedford. Painted by Henry Bone R.A. 1836 Click here to read more about Bedford Street. Charles Street, Christopher Street, and Christopher Park Charles Street, Christopher Street, and…
Read MoreSouthward view of Gay Street via Wiki Commons Gay Street is one of the most charming and picturesque streets in Greenwich Village, an icon of the historic neighborhood’s anachronistic character. But…
Read More…the Month here. And most importantly, go visit Wayne and Mercer Street Books & Records at 206 Mercer Street, just south of Bleecker Street and one block east of Broadway…
Read More…East 12th Street 47 East 12th Street 58 East 11th Street 60 East 11th Street 64-66 East 11th Street 67 East 11th Street/801-07 Broadway 34-36 East 10th Street 38-58 East…
Read More…towers proposed for our neighborhoods. Following our urging that the proposed 32-ft.-tall metallic 5G towers at 771 Greenwich/99 Bank Street, 100 Horatio Street, and 100 Jane Street be rejected based…
Read More…Street), 104-108 Gansevoort Street (aka 533-535 West Street ), 94-98 Gansevoort Street, 90-92 Gansevoort Street, 84-88 Gansevoort Street, 802-816 Washington Street (aka 76-82 Gansevoort Street and 91-95 Horatio Street), 105-107…
Read More…Street, 1931 Site Survey, from proposal by Beyer Blinder Belle 59 Bleecker Street parapet 59 Bleecker Street, c. 1940, NYC tax photo. The store along Bleecker Street was…
Read More…Street Mapped in 1799, some believe that Commerce Street was one of four local streets named for French Revolution virtues along with Art Street (now part of 8th Street), Science…
Read More…be landmarked. Read on to find out why. 4 East 12th Street 4 East 12th Street is nearly identical in appearance to 6 East 12th Street, making these two buildings…
Read More…is a special section along Thompson Street between Prince and Spring Streets of quaint locally owned small shops. That is where you will find The Hat Shop, opened over 21…
Read More…great movie actor Robert De Niro Jr.). 30 East 14th Street today Admiral was just one of an almost-unrivaled list of artists who called 30 East 14th Street home in…
Read More…the voiceless. 23. Allen Ginsberg Residences – 404 East 14th Street, 170 East 2nd Street, 406-408 East 10th Street, 206 East 7th Street, and 437-439 East 12th Street The now-demolished…
Read More…Historic District, landmarked by the city last December. Looking north along MacDougal Street from under the elevated on West 3rd Street. Image via NYPL. These several blocks of West 3rd…
Read More…Street/99 Bank Street Historic Property Address: 771 Greenwich Street/99 Bank Street Suggested comments to describe the effect: I oppose the siting of a 32-ft.-tall 5G tower at 771 Greenwich Street/99…
Read MoreApplication did not return for review by LPC CB2 hearing: 04/29/2013 LPC hearing: 05/14/2013 LPC meeting: TBD NoHo East Historic District Between Mott Street and Elizabeth Street Image courtesy of…
Read More…and artistic folk who choose to live somewhat off the beaten path.” Other middle class apartments were found at 304 West 10th street, 391 West Street, and 392-393 West street….
Read MoreWest 14th Street has a multilayered history preserved in its architecture which reflects the development of the surrounding area as well as New York City itself. West 14th Street is…
Read More…Historic District. 3. Eve Adams’ Tea Room, 129 MacDougal Street Circa 1940 tax photo of 129 MacDougal Street, courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives In 1925, Eve Kotchever (better known by…
Read MoreFollowing the death late last year of Edith O’Hara, the founder of the 13th Street Repertory Theatre, Village Preservation urged the Landmarks Preservation Commission to consider landmark designation of 50 West 13th Street, the more…
Read More…was inspired by the Carmine Street Church, once located on the north side of Carmine Street, just east of its intersection with Varick Street. In 1848, under the leadership of…
Read More…East Village today, in the empty lot next to 220 East 4th Street. Above the entrance-way to the lot a large sign was erected reading “Carmine Street Garage.” When the…
Read MoreFollowing the death late last year of Edith O’Hara, the founder of the 13th Street Repertory Theatre, Village Preservation urged the Landmarks Preservation Commission to consider landmark designation of 50 West 13th Street, the…
Read More…Lafayette Street. A recent landmarks application at 363 Lafayette Street shows just such a design challenge. Located on the east side of Lafayette Street between Great Jones Street and Bond…
Read More…it: Mercer Street Books and Records, our Business of the Month for September. “It’s like a little oasis for your brain. Or like a temple,” says Wayne Conti, who has…
Read More…well as the history of Gay Street. Neat and thin. Charming and musical. But gay? Gay Street is one of a handful of one-block long streets in Manhattan, located just…
Read More…this scene is East 7th Street. With our program tomorrow evening on the social history of East 7th Street, we thought it only made sense to explore this street and…
Read MoreAPPROVED 01/09/2018 CB2 hearing: 12/14/2017 LPC hearing: 01/09/2018 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 4th Street and Gansevoort Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is…
Read More…before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. NoHo Historic District Lafayette Street between Bleecker Street and Bond Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2…
Read More…on MacDougal Street. All seem to agree, however, that whatever the inspiration, it struck him as he was driving on a sleigh through the snow-covered streets of Greenwich Village. And…
Read MoreWITHDRAWN Individual Landmark 545-547 East 11th Street Image courtesy of Google Street View —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Gothic-Revival style church designed by William Field…
Read More…designed by Joseph-Francois Mangin and constructed in 1796-97. The four acre site was bounded by Christopher Street, Washington Street, Perry Street and the North (Hudson) River. The prison was comprised…
Read More…Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is to modify the parapet and extend the 4th floor to Bond St., add a rooftop bulkhead for a…
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications 06/25/2019 CB2 hearing: 06/13/2019 LPC hearing: 06/25/2019 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 10th Street and Christopher Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda:…
Read More…West 10th Street and Christopher Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application to install a bracket sign replicating a historic neon sign for ground floor storefront….
Read MoreAPPROVED This application is now closed NoHo Historic District Between Broadway and Lafayette Street APPLICATION: From the LPC agenda: An altered factory building built circa 1920, and a one-story garage…
Read More…Greenwich Streets,” 1936, courtesy New York Public Library Digital Collections The Christopher Street express station at Greenwich Street — the route the Ninth Avenue line followed in Greenwich Village —…
Read More…the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II At the Corner of Clarkson Street and Varick Street/7th Ave S —- APPLICATION INFORMATION…
Read MoreAPPROVED 02/07/2017 CB2 hearing: 01/12/2017 LPC hearing: 02/07/2017 Click HERE for GVSHP testimony Greenwich Village Historic District Between Washington Street and Greenwich Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the…
Read MoreAPPROVED 11/10/2015 CB2 hearing: N/A LPC hearing: 11/10/2015 Greenwich Village Historic District Between 12th Street and Horatio Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: Application is to…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 12/10/2013 Greenwich Village Historic District Entire block between Hudson, Bank, Greenwich, and Bethune Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A loft building designed by…
Read MoreAPPROVED at 05/08/2012 LPC hearing Greenwich Village Historic District Between Charles and West 10th Streets APPLICATION: From the LPC agenda: An apartment building designed by Samuel Roth and built in…
Read More…was also redesigned. The “floating stage” that was originally proposed to hoover above No. 150 West 13th Street was also eliminated in the revised proposal. All other aspects of the…
Read MoreWest 14th Street has a multi-layered history, preserved in its architecture, which reflects the development of the surrounding area as well as New York City itself. West 14th Street is…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 06/04/2013 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Little West 12th and Gansevoort Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Queen Anne style French Flat building…
Read MoreAPPLICATION APPROVED on 07/09/2013 NoHo Historic District Extension Between East 4th and Great Jones Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A parking lot. Application is to…
Read More…before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. NoHo Historic District Broadway from East 8th to East 9th to Lafayette Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From…
Read More…for the East Village rezoning. Our proposal to the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) included 112-120 East 11th Street, 113 East 11th Street (formerly St. Ann’s Parochial School), 125 East 11th…
Read More…the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. NoHo Historic District West Houston between Broadway and Mercer Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 11/18/2014 CB2 hearing: 11/10/2014 LPC hearing: 11/18/2014 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Greenwich and Hudson Streets Image courtesy of Google Street View —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From…
Read More…the numbered streets directly above them. Starting at 207th Street, you stop at 125th Street in Harlem, 59th Street welcomes you to Midtown, and 14th Street is the station before…
Read More…14th Street. The Fourteenth Street School artists depicted the neighborhood in their social realist paintings and rented studios at 30 East 14th Street as well as 240 West 14th Street….
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications on 04/07/2015 CB2 hearing: 03/16/2015 LPC hearing: 04/07/2015 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Bank and West 11th Streets Image courtesy of Google Street View —- APPLICATION INFORMATION…
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Tribeca resident Richard Corman documented the horrific destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, from his roof at 335 Greenwich Street, and the surrounding area in the…
Posted September 8, 2021
Read More…at the Municipal Building, 1 Centre Street, 9th floor north, public hearing room (unless otherwise noted). STAY UPDATED! Click here for our e-alerts to be updated on this application as…
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Edward LaGrassa had a particular interest in buildings designed by architect James Bogardus, including 254 Canal Street (built 1856-57)….
Posted April 5, 2021
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Tribeca resident Richard Corman documented the horrific destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, from his roof at 335 Greenwich Street, and the surrounding area in the…
Posted September 8, 2021
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This collection of images shows the South Street Seaport area before its restoration and rebuilding in the 1980s, when many of these buildings that were among the oldest in New…
Posted January 20, 2023
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This collection of images shows the South Street Seaport area before its restoration and rebuilding in the 1980s, when many of these buildings that were among the oldest in New…
Posted January 20, 2023
Read MoreAPPLICATION APPROVED Greenwich Village Historic District Between Perry and Charles Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda:Four rowhouses, built in the early 19th Century and remodeled in…
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Visible in the background are the Hudson Terminal Buildings at 30-50 Church Street, which were demolished to make way for the World Trade Center and are approximately where the Santiago…
Posted June 2, 2020
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications Greenwich Village Historic District Between Christopher and Grove Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Greek Revival style town house built in 1843.…
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This collection of images shows the South Street Seaport area before its restoration and rebuilding in the 1980s, when many of these buildings that were among the oldest in New…
Posted January 20, 2023
Read MoreAPPLICATION APPROVED NoHo East Historic District Between Mott and Elizabeth Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Colonial Revival style school and rectory building designed by…
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…Extension of the Greenwich Village Historic District in 2010, and got the buildings listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places in 2013. Bleecker Street via Google Streetview….
Posted April 12, 2023
Read More…Mulberry and Mott Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Romanesque Revival style lithographic establishment designed by Edward E. Raht and built in 1882-85. Application is…
Read MoreAPPLICATION APPROVED Application Closed Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II Between Jones and Cornelia Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: An altered Romanesque/Renaissance Revival style tenement…
Read More…West Street. Peter Rabbit operated from 1972-’88 at 396-397 West Street. Dugout operated from 1985-2006 at 185 Christopher Street. And, not far away, the Keller Bar, New York’s oldest Leather…
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This collection of images shows the South Street Seaport area before its restoration and rebuilding in the 1980s, when many of these buildings that were among the oldest in New…
Posted January 20, 2023
Read MoreAPPROVED Greenwich Village Historic District Between Hudson and Bleecker Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A row house built between 1847 and 1853. Application is to…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 09/09/2014 CB2 hearing: 09/02/2014 LPC hearing: 09/09/2014 South Village Historic District Corner of Bleecker and Minetta Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Colonial…
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This collection of images shows the South Street Seaport area before its restoration and rebuilding in the 1980s, when many of these buildings that were among the oldest in New…
Posted January 20, 2023
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This collection of images shows the South Street Seaport area before its restoration and rebuilding in the 1980s, when many of these buildings that were among the oldest in New…
Posted January 20, 2023
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…marking its service as home to the first hospital run by and for women, led by Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor in America. 58 Bleecker Street via Google Streetview….
Posted April 1, 2023
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…proposed for landmark designation in 2002. It is among the 10 of the 13 which were landmarked, designated as an individual landmark in 2005. 67 Greenwich Street via Google Streetview….
Posted March 31, 2023
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The sidewall of 112 Prince Street is visible prior to the addition of the Richard Haas trompe l’oeil mural in 1974, the first of hundreds of such murals created by…
Posted April 5, 2021
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…buildings landmarked in 2003 as part of the Gansevoort Market Historic District, and listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places in 2007. Washington Street via Google Streetview….
Posted April 12, 2023
Read More…Kooning, and the center of the 10th Street Galleries. Willem de Kooning in the doorway of 88 East 10th Street. April 5, 1959. Photo © Estate of Fred W. McDarrah…
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This image is part of the Louis “Sonny” DeLuccy collection, which is dedicated in memory of Sonny and to honor him and others as heroes for their sacrifice. This image…
Posted September 8, 2021
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