…auditorium at 35 West 4th Street. 35 West 4th Street Tickets for $1.75 were available at the Folklore Center then at 110 MacDougal Street. Image from https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/doc-watson-1962-nyu-concert-flyer-folkways The other recording…
Read More…area south could be called its soul. Sullivan Street, Thompson Street, MacDougal Street, Washington Square, the surrounding areas were the epicenter of the creative intelligentsia at that time. The streets…
Read More…Sundays during the 1950s, as well as the Sullivan Street Playhouse, 181 Sullivan Street (altered beyond recognition), where the New York Folk Singers Guild presented concerts. A contributor to Sing…
Read More…at Our Lady of Pompeii in 1949, Lucy and Lenny moved to nearby Sullivan Street. After they bought 51 MacDougal Street (part of the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District) in 1962, Lenny…
Read More…this Saturday night shot of Cafe Wha? on the corner of MacDougal Street and Minetta Lane, when the band The Fugs were performing there, taken on June 25, 1966, from our historic image…
Read More…in front and stone Greek Revival entryways and stoops. 2. MacDougal Alley and Washington Mews Washington Mews, via Wally Gobetz/Flickr These two charming back alleys are lined with quaint structures that…
Read More…longer with us. 137 MacDougal was part of four addresses, from 133 to 139, with immense ties to Village culture. Most notable was 139 MacDougal Street, the famed Provincetown Playhouse….
Read More…at No. 114 between sets. He could also be found at Izzy Young’s Folklore Center at 110 MacDougal Street, Café Wha? at 115 MacDougal Street, and anywhere else folk music…
Read More…Avenue and MacDougal Street in the South Village. The theater once occupied the western half of this large lot facing MacDougal Street. From 1922 to about 1929, the short-lived though…
Read MoreTwo weeks ago our friends at Green Guerillas led us on a tour of some remarkable gardens in the East Village. There are more community gardens in the East Village…
Read More…of transforming it into a public cultural resource. In 1975 the not-for-profit Snug Harbor Cultural Center was formed to operate the buildings, and the Staten Island Botanical Gardens managed the…
Read More…gardens of her Italian-inspired country estate, The Mount. Beatrix primarily contributed to the design of the Kitchen Garden and Entry Sequence. Since Wharton and Farrand were only 10 years apart…
Read More…twentieth century. Meanwhile, the Bowery was dotted with bars, beer gardens, and resorts that catered to men interested in men by the late nineteenth century, and Bleecker Street and was…
Read More…M. Reid Co., which constructed the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, one of the Metropolitan Museum of Art additions, and eleven Carnegie libraries. 1895 Map showing 53-61 Gansevoort Street MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District…
Read More…happened, we turned our clocks ahead one hour and the temperatures became much more spring-like. One World Trade Center from the intersection of Bleecker and Sullivan Streets. The MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens…
Read More…the management of the Washington Square Bookshop at 135 MacDougal Street and was involved with the Provincetown Players’ opening of the Playwrights’ Theatre at the nearby 139 MacDougal Street. He…
Read More…coriander, cardamom, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and more. If you want to make it (or pumpkin spice) yourself, Dual sells all the spices needed to do so! Sullivan Street Tea…
Read More…57 Sullivan Street, GVSHP’s most recent successful proposed individual landmark. Photo courtesy of Tom Miller 57 Sullivan Street has a very unique landmark designation story. Built c. 1816-17, it’s one of the oldest…
Read More…of the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, which gave black men the right to vote, which took place at the church. Bethel AME Church, 214 Sullivan Street Former site of…
Read More…renovation won a Lucy G. Moses Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy in 2001. 221 Sullivan Street 221 Sullivan Street was built 1891-92 to serve the children in the…
Read MoreAll week we have looked at the rich contents of newly designated Sullivan-Thompson Historic District designation report that was posted last week by the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). Today we hone…
Read More…located at the corner of West Houston and Sullivan Streets at the north end of the third phase of GVSHP’s proposed South Village historic district. The Shrine Church of Saint…
Read More…Rizzi. Born in Brooklyn, Rizzi got his start staging an outdoor exhibit in Washington Square Park in 1973 and moved into a studio space on Sullivan Street in the South…
Read More…Elizabeth Home for Girls, 1896. Photo Courtesy of Children’s Aid Society Annual FrReport. Former Elizabeth Home for Girls, 2012. The Sullivan Street Industrial School at 219 Sullivan Street was another…
Read MoreColumbus Day has traditionally served as an opportunity to honor the contributions of Italian-Americans to our country. St. Anthony of Padua Church (1888) and adjacent tenements on Sullivan Street; St….
Read More…buildings on the north side of Houston Street between MacDougal and Sullivan Streets from the district. GVSHP has continued to push the City to designate the final third of the…
Read More…MacDougal, Sullivan, Thompson, Prince, and Houston Streets on the site. This 1868 map shows the Bayard property as surveyed by Goerck in 1788 by Goerck. 19th Century Aaron Burr purchased a…
Read More…Accompanied by Wisdom and Justice by Alexander Stirling Calder. Just south of the park, six streets serve as a reminder of the War for Independence as well: MacDougal, Sullivan, Thompson,…
Read More…is Vanderbilt Hall, built to house the law school, which fills the block bounded by Washington Square South, MacDougal Street, West Third Street, and Sullivan Street. Opened in 1950, this…
Read More…of 10 1830’s houses at 130-148 West Houston Street, between MacDougal and Sullivan Streets, as well as a few other non-descript structures at the edge of the neighborhood. NYU’s Vanderbilt…
Read More…there “Our Lady of Pompeii.” He worked to help the many Italian immigrants adjust to their new lives in America. By 1895, the Society moved to 214 Sullivan Street, but…
Read More…distinction. Located at 119 MacDougal Street and celebrating its birthday on August 29th, Caffe Reggio opened in 1927 and is one of this writer’s favorite places. But I am certainly…
Read More…as one of the leading female writers of the 20th century and a source of inspiration for women challenging conventionally defined gender roles. 144 MacDougal Street, 1940s NYC Tax Photo….
Read More…Village Preservation successfully proposed and campaigned to get landmarked (jointly with the New York Landmarks Conservancy) were 127, 129, and 131 MacDougal Street, three Federal-style homes built in 1829 by…
Read MoreMacDougal Street between Minetta Lane and Bleecker Streets. The exact date is impossible to confirm. But it is widely accepted that Bob Dylan arrived in New York City on 24…
Read More…133 MacDougal Street. Founded in Massachusetts three years prior as the Provincetown Players, the theater company moved its performances to an apartment at 139 MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village in 1916. Seeking…
Read More…original Provincetown Playhouse at 139 MacDougal Street, the more recent Playhouse at 133 MacDougal Street, and a series of interconnected bookstores, meeting place, cultural institutions, and apartments which scholars had…
Read More…friends perform at the Gaslight Cafe, 116 MacDougal Street. Google Maps Street View. From Minetta Tavern, you can see the former basement location of the Gaslight Cafe at 116 MacDougal…
Read More…of and executed by the gardens members. Artists play a large role in the garden’s membership, and some of the garden’s features (current and past) speak to those talents. Check…
Read More…urban agriculture, and especially beekeeping. There are millions of bees buzzing around the five boroughs of New York City. From the rooftops of high-rises to community gardens throughout our neighborhoods,…
Read More…collectively reclaimed and rehabilitated their residential buildings. They also led numerous efforts to transform abandoned lots into community gardens, including Orchard Alley. In the oral history, she said: So that…
Read More…labor of love. Four years ago, CPA began by simply cleaning the park and remediating the soil. Since then, it has installed a modern irrigation system and recreated the gardens…
Read More…botanic gardens, vest pocket parks, urban farms, and as expressions of art, ecology, and culture. Today there are close to 650 community gardens in New York City’s five boroughs, 10%…
Read More…underground labyrinth of labs and classroom. Second, in exchange for the loss of public parks, playgrounds, gardens and dog runs, N.Y.U. will have to allow public access to an atrium…
Read More…gardens that serve as botanic gardens, vest pocket parks, urban farms, and as expressions of art, ecology, and culture. Today there are close to 650 community gardens in New York…
Read More…the gardens, which then led to a level of protection for community gardens citywide. A NY Times Opinion piece at the time stated: “A patch of green or a plot…
Read MoreTomorrow we’re teaming up with Green Guerillas and the Manhattan Land Trust to host a self-guided walking tour of the East Village’s varied and remarkable community gardens. Today there are…
Read More…September 15, 2023. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-48000/NH-48113.html# He began buying properties on Duane, Greenwich, Thompson, Sullivan, and MacDougal Street. Within four years of buying his first New York City property on Duane Street,…
Read More…would imply, located along charming Charlton, King, and VanDam Streets between Sixth Avenue and Varick Streets, with a little arm extending up the southernmost block of MacDougal Street just below…
Read More…Market Greenwich Village MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens St. Mark’s Stonewall Historic photos of SR/NR individual landmarks that you can explore on our Resources page include those in Greenwich Village, the East Village,…
Read More…the small business “Something Special” on MacDougal Street, a neighborhood fixture. Last year, at GVSHP’s 20th annual Village Awards, we presented a special award to Lucy for her years of…
Read MoreSt. Anthony of Padua Church in 1930 (left) and today (right). 1930 image via NYPL. St. Anthony of Padua Church has stood on Sullivan Street in the South Village since…
Read More…voted unanimously today to landmark the third and final phase of GVSHP’s proposed South Village Historic District, called the Sullivan Thompson Historic District! Landmark designation takes immediate effect, covering nearly…
Read More…to solicit bids for its multi-building site on Sullivan Street touting the unused development rights which would allow a much larger, taller structure on the site. Additional sites were coming under threat…
Read More…John Sasso in 1929. It was originally located on Sullivan Street until they lost their lease, and in the early 1930s moved to their current location at 278 Bleecker Street….
Read More…GVSHP secured the approval of the Sullivan Thompson Historic District. In opposition to the designation, REBNY even submitted a map saying “if you MUST designate, please eliminate these;”. We are…
Read More…who settled in this neighborhood over 100 years ago. Pino Prime Meats 149 Sullivan Street Nestled two doors south of the church on Sullivan Street is the venerable Pino Prime…
Read More…Secures landmark designation of 1819 federal house at 57 Sullivan Street, following a 14-year effort. Issues report documenting the nearly one hundred fifty federal-era (1790-1835) houses the Society has been…
Read More…about these, and many others, on the map). 190 Spring Street In June of 1969, James Hormel purchased the row house located at 190 Spring Street, between Sullivan and Thompson…
Read More…57 Sullivan Street, built in 1817. After much pushing by GVSHP, 57 Sullivan Street was recently recommended by the LPC for landmark designation as part of its “Backlog Initiative”, and thus will…
Read More…newly-designated South Village Historic District. Only ten years later, this South Village structure was converted to apartments. 181 Sullivan Street before (l.) and after (r.) condo conversion. In the 1830s,…
Read More…join us! Details can be found here. The Children’s Aid Society The crowd will convene in front of the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) on Sullivan Street between Bleecker and West…
Read More…Sullivan Street, 90-92 Thompson Street, 101-103 Thompson Street, 132-136 Thompson Street, and 152-54 Thompson Street. 152-54 Thompson Street Around 1911, Abbate established the Citizen’s Investing Company, which built the structures…
Read More…façade of the Archive Building reflects the Chicago work of Sullivan and Adler’s Auditorium building. You can find an actual Louis Sullivan building here in New York right over in…
Read More…today’s Sullivan Thompson Historic District, 1928. Courtesy of NYPL Landmarked in 2016, the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District is a prime example of an area that for so long deserved recognition as…
Read More…change particularly in the tenements of Sullivan, Thompson and MacDougal Streets. Known in the 20th century for its large Italian population, the neighborhood during the time of the draft riots…
Read More…Italians while not excluding other Catholics. A rented formerly Methodist church on Sullivan Street between Prince and Houston became St. Anthony’s first home in 1866. That structure quickly became inadequate…
Read More…the map to be “SoHo”, the blocks of MacDougal, Sullivan, and Thompson Streets south of Houston have always been considered part of the Village. Previous blog posts on this subject…
Read More…vergecampus.com. Located on MacDougal Street, this South Village staple has been open for almost 90 years and is the first café in America to serve cappuccino. This quaint coffee shop…
Read More…adjacent MacDougal, Spring, and Sullivan Streets. The eastern and southern borders of Anthony’s farmland touched the neighboring settlement of fellow manumitted slave, Gracia D’Angola. 13. Jan Fort Orange: Jan Fort…
Read More…not include some of these best-known and best-loved locations. Fortunately, the LPC agreed to designate some of the area we proposed, but the remaining area of MacDougal, Sullivan, and Thompson…
Read More…row houses at 183-185 Bleecker Street (MacDougal/Sullivan Streets). All three buildings have since been demolished. The Freedmen’s Bank was created to help freed slaves and African Americans in general. At…
Read More…featured African Americans actors. Provincetown Playhouse at 133 MacDougal Street. Source: New York Historical Society. This experimental theater company had its beginnings not in Greenwich Village but in Provincetown, Massachusetts,…
Read More…still be found today. Ahead, learn about five sites where Burr and Hamilton made history. Richmond Hill – Varick, Charlton, King, VanDam and MacDougal Streets The Richmond Hill mansion, via…
Read More…Wha?, 115 Macdougal St.: Image courtesy of Ajay Suresh Manny Roth, the uncle of Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth, was the original owner of Café Wha? In 1959,…
Read More…MacDougal Street. 175 MacDougal, where Garnet and her husband lived for a number of years in the 1880s Her father, Sylvanus Smith, was a founder of the free Black community…
Read More…and features this lovely image of the Provincetown Playhouse nearby on MacDougal Street. Provincetown Playhouse on MacDougal Street While there is a wealth of information in the book on the…
Read More…and a Queen Anne style former school. This four-block district includes King Street, Varick Street, Vandam Street, MacDougal Street, Houston Street, and 6th Avenue. It is located on the site…
Read More…Vanderbilt Whitney’s historic carriage house studio on MacDougal Alley in 1931. Whitney (1875–1942) was an American sculptor and influential art collector who hailed from the wealthy Vanderbilt family and married…
Read More…MacDougal Street, Dylan originally played backup harmonica here for singer Fred Neil. Stop by to help rock in 2017! The Fat Black Pussycat 11-13 Minetta Street in the 1960’s…
Read More…& MacDougal”, Fred Neil (1965) Says TONY: “with this song about lingering on an emblematic street corner pondering retreat to a more comfortable way of life, Neil helped to shape…
Read More…apartment on MacDougal Street. The Bitter End today, scene of Peter, Paul and Mary’s debut performance in 1961. Noel Paul Stookey moved to the Village in 1959. While working a…
Read More…including Kettle of Fish bar at 114 MacDougal Street, Cafe Wha at 115 MacDougal Street, and the White Horse Tavern at 567 Hudson Street. Click here to purchase a print….
Read More…town? Check out one of the many small community gardens in the East Village. You can find a list of gardens here. Want to learn more about the Labor History…
Read More…Park Slope / Carroll Gardens (2,602) 7. Brooklyn Heights / Fort Greene (2,445) 8. Lower East Side / Chinatown (2,413) 9. Washington Heights / Inwood (1,995) 10. Astoria / Long…
Read More…with tower gardens. The food at BB&C centers on local, organic, sustainable and overall responsible procurement. The menu cycles are seasonal and heavily influenced on production from the aeroponic roof-top…
Read More…restorative day full of recreational sports and mindful birding. Jefferson Market Garden Scarlet tanager Jefferson Market Garden Jefferson Market Garden is one of the most beloved gardens Greenwich Village has…
Read More…Queens. Photo By Christopher Brazee, from LPC Designation report In the planned community of Sunnyside Gardens, Queens, the LPC has designated over 600 buildings. Sunnyside Gardens, Queens In Park Slope,…
Read More…in the Twentieth Century as a row of ten dwellings of uniformly low height, thus conforming to the spirit of the block. These replaced the unusually deep rear gardens and…
Read More…month of May: Saturday, May 16: As part of Lower East Side History Monthy, GVSHP will lead a guided tour of East Village gardens along with Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens…
Read More…walking tours of the East Village Community Gardens, the NoHo Historic District, and historic German buildings in the East Village. Ayo Harrington of Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens led us through…
Read More…grassroots campaigns, from preserving over one hundred community gardens from the auction block to protecting public parkland on Randall’s Island. Most recently he helped form the South Bronx Unite coalition,…
Read More…(event description) Books to Read: Power at the Roots: Community Gardens, Gentrification, and the Puerto Ricans of the Lower East Side Go deep into the history, community, and cultures of…
Read More…31-story Georgetown Plaza (built in 1967) at 60 East 8th Street (Broadway/Mercer Street) and the 35-story Hilary Gardens directly to the south at 300 Mercer Street (completed in 1974), with…
Read More…Village: St. Anthony’s Market & Flea – Corner of West Houston & Sullivan Street (THU – SUN | 10AM – 8PM) Organized by St. Anthony’s of Padua Church, this flea…
Read More…215 Sullivan Street in Greenwich Village, wherein a Children’s Aid Society school for poor children was razed in order to construct 25 new condos, the choicest priced at $18 million….
Read More…plaster work, astounding fine art collections, lush rear gardens, stunning light fixtures, and so much more. One of our trusted House Captains greeted guests under this impressive doorway during our…
Read More…such as the Provincetown Playhouse and 186 Spring Street, were lost, and many non-contextual buildings replaced historic buildings such as the Sullivan Street Playhouse. Fortunately, we were able to stop further destruction by…
Read More…to show how preservation can, and must, be useful moving forward. The Past and Future City aims to provide that updated road map. St. Anthony of Padua Church, 155 Sullivan…
Read More…the historic area around Bleecker and Sullivan Streets for granted, but none of this area south of Washington Square Park was landmarked just five years ago. We risked losing these…
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