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Commemorating a Favorite Concert Hall, the Fillmore East

…with a plaque on it is how much has actually gone on in the background. Plaque-placers like us know that the building owner must be located and communicated with: an…

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Historic Station Sequel

…The other most recognizable design feature of the Astor Place subway station is the Beaver plaque. According to the S&NR Report: Each plaque features a yellow beaver in honor of…

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Happy Birthday Woody Guthrie!

…Street, just east of 7th Avenue. Although GVSHP did not place the plaque on 74 Charles Street, we have placed eight (and counting) plaques throughout the neighborhood to honor our…

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Veterans in the Village

…and its Veteran’s memorial plaque An even larger plaque honoring an even larger community can be found at St. Jospeh’s Church at Sixth Avenue at Washington Place. There a bold…

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The Church of the Village: Remembering Injustice Against Gay Clergy Event

…culminated in the unveiling: a facsimile of the future plaque to Rev. Egan was revealed, as the actual plaque had not yet been received from the manufacturer. Everyone was then…

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Beyond The Village and Back: the Statue of Liberty and “The New Colossus”

…a bronze plaque inside the Statue’s pedestal, which also houses the Statue of Liberty Museum. The home where Lazarus wrote The New Colossus, and the historic plaque marking the home…

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Groundbreaking Artist and Educator Selma Hortense Burke’s Home at 88 East 10th Street

…produce a relief plaque of the President. Burke had two sittings to sketch the President in person, and completed the plaque while living at 88 East 10th Street. In March…

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Remembering Jeanne Manford and the Founding of PFLAG

…plaque. Later this year, a public unveiling will be held when the plaque is affixed to the exterior of the church. I hope you’ll join us! Find out more about…

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Join Us to Honor Frank O’Hara and His ‘Democracy of Affection’

…plaque project — obtaining permission from the building’s owner (now Icon Realty, in a recent transfer), getting the plaque fabricated, connecting with some of O’Hara’s supporters then and now —…

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New April and May 2024 Programs: Walking Tours, Histories of Fifth Avenue and The Village Voice, and More

…the New York school of photography. This is our 24th plaque unveiling. Our plaque program has honored and marked the homes of local figures from Jane Jacobs to James Baldwin…

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Happy Birthday Martha Graham!

…the incredible people, movements and history connected to sites all around us. Each year we unveil two such plaques. Find out more about all our plaques at www.gvshp.org/plaque. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-lcFwPJUXQ …

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Remembering Jeanne Manford and the Founding of PFLAG

…Mamford and PFLAG here. Find out more about our plaques program here. And stay tuned for our next unveiling in June! Here is a cool map of all our Historic Plaques….

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What’s In a Name?: Pear Tree Place, 105 Third Avenue

…Mr. Morse, then the owner of Kiehl’s. So, why was this plaque so special? The Holland Society Plaque The plaque was placed to commemorate the pear tree planted by Governor…

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2014 Year In Review: GVSHP Programs

…click here Commemorate the Fillmore East! Plaque Unveiling and Celebration Wednesday, October 29 5:00 P.M. Free; reservations required 105 Second Avenue at East 6th Street Please join GVSHP, Two Boots…

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Village Preservation in the Press

…Village Vexation (Letter to the Editor), New York Post, Village home and studio of Roy Lichtenstein opens after renovation, honored with historic plaque, 6sqft, October 27 Plan to Turn SoHo…

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Frank O’Hara’s East Village

…Boots Foundation had the great pleasure of marking, with a commemorative plaque, the home of poet Frank O’Hara at 441 East 9th Street (just west of Avenue A). In honor…

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Emma Lazarus and the Poem on Lady Liberty’s Pedestal

One of the most beloved features of the Statue of Liberty is the poem inscribed on a bronze plaque inside its pedestal. “Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses…

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Elizabeth Blackwell In Our Neighborhood: The historic sites where America’s first female doctor made her mark

…The plaque, courtesy of Village Preservation The building still stands and is located within the Noho Historic District. This past Monday, GVSHP placed a historic plaque upon the building as…

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Firehouse Facelift Finally Revealed

…plaques onto the building’s facade. Now, Anderson, when do we get our official invite for dinner?? the plaque on the lower ground floor facade that honors the building’s history one…

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A Doctor That Was In The House: Elizabeth Blackwell

…Pennsylvania. Plaque on house where Elizabeth Blackwell lived in Bristol on Wilson Street. The plate under the plaque states, “Donated by the Medical Women’s Federation and Friends”. According to one…

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St. John’s in the Village Episcopal Church, Honoring their Open Door

…of interlocking crosses, and floral decorative cover over the light hanging above. A plaque will be blessed in the church and affixed by the doorway to commemorate the Open Door’s…

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Fillmore East Then and Now

…history through our historic plaque program, when we installed the plaque above on the former site of the Fillmore East. See more images and read more about the plaque here….

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Great Writers and the Greenwich Village Historic District

…59 Grove Street, where he died on June 8, 1809. That house also no longer stands, but a plaque on the existing house marks Paine’s residence there, as does the…

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2013: The Year In Review

…of the building. San Remo plaque unveiling; David Amram speaking. In July, GVSHP and the Two Boots Foundation unveiled a historic marker at the location of the legendary former San…

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April Programming at Village Preservation

…Register for the livestream of this event here. Plaque Unveiling: Julius’ Bar and the historic civil rights “Sip-In” Corner outside Julius’ Bar Plaque Unveiling on April 21: Julius’ Bar Help…

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Why Isn’t This Landmarked? 64-66 5th Avenue

…on, now located at 55 Bethune Street in Westbeth. The plaque at 66 Fifth Avenue. In 2015 we unveiled one of our historic plaques on 66 5th Avenue in honor…

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Woody Guthrie’s New York Comes Alive

…honor Guthrie as part of the Historic Landmarks Preservation Center Medallion program, which has placed over fifty historic plaques throughout the five boroughs. Watch the 2013 Woody Guthrie Plaque dedication…

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Small But Mighty Great Jones Street

…Two Boots to commemorate this remarkable history with a plaque, celebrating the significance of Basquiat’s life and work. A ceremony in front of the building drew hundreds, and several special guests…

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Happy Birthday, Lorraine Hansberry

…we placed a plaque on her home to commemorate her life and accomplishments. Watch the video and see the pictures from the plaque unveiling, and learn more about other plaques…

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“Flaw Fixed” at a Historic Station

…plaque that served as a “symbolic link between the station and the area above ground which it served.” The 1990 State and National Register report describes the significance of the…

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October 2023 Programs: Native New Yorkers Walking Tour, Book Talks, and More

…City Book Award. Click here to register for this in-person event Roy Lichtenstein Plaque Unveiling Thursday, October 26 6:00 pm In-person event Free. Pre-registration is required. Location: 741-745 Washington Street …

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October Programs: Building Community in our Neighborhoods

…organizations like the Salmagundi Club, Merchant’s House Museum, New York Public Library, and the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS). Plaque Unveiling: Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs’ Former East Village Residence…

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The Mexican First Lady and a Jewish Anarcho-Feminist Walk Into An East Village Tenement…

…Goldman was jailed.) Both halves of this unlikely pair are memorialized with plaques on the front of the building at 208 West 13th Street. Perhaps ironically, Goldman’s plaque is the…

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Sharing the Literary Legacy of a Powerful Poet: Amiri Baraka

…flesh, resting at the roof of the world you could say of me, that I was truly Simpleminded. The plaque placed by Village Preservation on 27 Cooper Square to honor…

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The Death of A Legend

…contributions to the arts, and we recently discussed Baquiat’s major contributions here on Off the Grid. Read more about the recent plaque here, and about the ongoing GVSHP plaque program…

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Elizabeth Blackwell’s 200th: The Doctors Blackwell and Their Legacies

…of Our Elizabeth Blackwell Historic Plaque Unveiling See Photos of Our Elizabeth Blackwell Historic Plaque Unveiling Listen To Our Podcast About the Blackwell Sisters and African American Dr. Rebecca Cole…

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Celebrating the Birthday and Legacy of Jean-Michel Basquiat

…arts . Read more about the plaque here, and about our ongoing plaque program here. You can also learn more about Basquiat and other great African American and Latinx trailblazers…

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Tompkins Square tree offers more than good cheer

…of the tree in Tompkins Square Park. At this year’s lighting ceremony on December 9th, a plaque was also unveiled that details the history of the tree, and how its…

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The Melodious Sounds Which Emanated from 108 Waverly Place

I manage GVSHP’s historic plaque program, through which we place two markers on buildings in our neighborhoods each year, highlighting their cultural or social significance. So I am always interested…

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Frank O’Hara Lived Here

Frank O’Hara Lived Here Historic Plaque Unveiling and Community Celebration at the Former Residence of Frank O’Hara, 441 East 9th Street Frank O’Hara (1926-1966), a leader of the “New York…

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17 LGBT landmarks of Greenwich Village

…a plaque on the front of the church, commemorating the first meeting and founding of PFLAG having taken place there. The church is landmarked as part of the Greenwich Village…

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Celebrate African American History Month and the Elizabeth Blackwell Bicentennial and Join Us in Fighting to Protect This Critical History

…Changed The Course of History Watch Video of Our Elizabeth Blackwell Historic Plaque Unveiling See Photos of Our Elizabeth Blackwell Historic Plaque Unveiling Listen To Our Podcast About the Blackwell…

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James Baldwin Leaves an Enduring Legacy in Greenwich Village

…Preservation commemorated Baldwin’s time in the Village with a plaque at 81 Horatio. You can view the video here. Village Preservation’s plaque at 81 Horatio Street commemorating James Baldwin’s time…

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Walk Through LGBTQ+ History with Our Civil Rights and Social Justice Map

…marching with son Morty at a 1972 march (left); Village Preservation’s plaque for PFLAG The organization Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is today the nation’s largest…

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Celebrating Flag Day!

…June 23, 2013 we honored this group and location with a plaque. Read more: https://www.villagepreservation.org/2017/06/23/four-years-ago-today-pflag-plaque-unveiled/ Ernest Flagg One of our favorite architects, Ernest Flagg, designed quite a few significant buildings…

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Unanimous Support for Julius’ Bar Landmarking at Hearing

…of Historic Places and honoring it with a historic plaque and a Village Award. The Landmarks Preservation Commission is expected to take a final vote on designation of the site…

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Celebrity Trees of Our Neighborhoods

…trunk of the beloved tree, toppling it. However, a plaque marking the Stuyvesant tree’s spot remains at the corner of 13th Street and Third Avenue. In the East Village neighborhoods,…

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Literary Rebels: Five Banned Book Authors Connected to the Village

…in Greenwich Village (marked by a historic plaque placed by Village Preservation in 2019). From 1963 until 1965, Haley would use this space to conduct over fifty interviews with one…

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Exploring Black History in the East Village and NoHo

…neighborhoods, Village Preservation placed a plaque on his residence at 27 Cooper Square in 2017. Jean-Michel Basquiat From 1983 until his death in 1988, artist Jean-Michel Basquiat lived and worked…

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The Importance of #GivingTuesday

…be destroyed, and demanding stiff penalties and full reconstruction of the buildings. 14 Gay Street * Unveil three new historic plaques at: —The recently landmarked 70 Fifth Avenue, which served as the…

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Happy Holidays from Village Preservation — You Make Our Work Possible

…social justice and politically and culturally progressive movements Place nearly two dozen plaques marking historically significant sites across Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo In 2022, we: Village Voices,…

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Help Keep the Progress Going! Support Preservation and VP’s Mid-Year Appeal

…the first time since 2019. Unveiled a plaque honoring jazz icon Charles Mingus, with a ceremony including his friends and collaborators. Conducted candidate forums for our contested local City Council…

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Celebrating the Landmarks of Immigration in the Greenwich Village Historic District

…of Emma Lazarus, author of “The New Colossus,” 18 West 10th Street Emma Lazarus (L) via Wiki Commons; Plaque on her former home via Flickr cc Though born into a prosperous family,…

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Happy Holidays from Village Preservation — You Make Our Work Possible

…special role in social justice and politically and culturally progressive movements Place nearly two dozen plaques marking historically significant sites across Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo In 2023,…

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Woman Crush Wednesday: Beatrix Farrand

…19, 1872 – February 28, 1959). The plaque reads: “The landscape gardener lived here from 1872 to 1913. Her 192 commissions include the East Garden (1913) of The White House,…

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31 Literary Icons of the Greenwich Village Historic District

…plaque at 112 Waverly Place in celebration of Hansberry’s time there. 13. Patricia Highsmith, 1 Bank Street, 48 Grove Street and 35 Morton Street Author Patricia Highsmith, called the “Dark…

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A Historic New Home for St. Mark’s Bookshop

…gratifying,” Contant said. Residents’ Association President Brenda Santiago stands under three plaques behind an East Third Street gate: from 1989 (left), 1974, and a rare round medallion reading “Designated Landmark…

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Your Neighborhood Landmark: Firehouse Engine Co. 33

…history stops there. Affixed to a rectangular niche on the left-hand side of the ground floor is this plaque, which commemorates those firefighters who “made the supreme sacrifice” during rescue…

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Remembering East Village resident and musician Lead Belly

…series of plaques remembering everything from the radical politics of saloon-keeper Justus Schwab (50 E. 1st Street) and the longtime home of poet Frank O’Hara (441 E. 9th Street), to…

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Village Firehouses Past and Present

…it has a storied history; as the plaques on its exterior attest, it lost most of its men responding to the September 11th attacks, making it one of the hardest-hit…

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Dates Can be Deceiving

…its history on its sleeve. We’ve noticed that oodles of buildings throughout the neighborhood supply us with dates, whether on plaques or inscribed in parapets or on cornices. And quite…

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A Local Firehouse With Two Seminal Connections to 9-11

…not to notice the abundance of plaques, which commemorate the different chapters of the structure’s storied past. Housing what was originally called Hook & Ladder Co. No. 3, the firehouse…

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106-108 East 13th Street/127-135 Fourth Avenue

(l.) 106-108 East 13th Street is a two-story firehouse constructed in 1928 for the New York City Fire Department (originally Hook & Ladder Co. No. 3). Plaques on the exterior…

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Catherine Clivette and the first Greenwich Village Historical Society

…for their plaques, erecting markers for Thomas Paine at 59 Grove Street, Mark Twain and Washington Irving at 21 Fifth Avenue, and Henry Hudson in Amsterdam. In the early 1950s,…

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2021 Village Preservation Public Programs Round-Up

…event recording now! Tour the South of Union Square 128 East 13th Street, Frank Stella’s Studio, as taken by Hew Evans of Village Preservation Virtual Plaque Unveiling: Frank Stella’s East…

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Celebrating Even More Women Artists #SouthOfUnionSquare

…East 10th Street in the late 1940s, Burke completed “The Four Freedoms,” a 2 ½-by-3 ½-foot relief plaque commemorating President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, which was used as a model for…

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LGBTQ+ Pride Programs Roundup

…explored and celebrated Cather’s life and the unique community and sense of place that shaped it. Watch here! Plaque Dedication: Lorraine Hansberry — The first African American woman to write…

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Rock On, Fillmore East!

…entrance at 225 East 6th Street. In October 2014, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation unveiled a historic plaque on the building at a ceremony featuring Joshua White of…

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Another Summer in the City

San Remo Cafe On Monday, July 29th, GVSHP, along with our friends at Two Boots, unveils our latest historic plaque, this one commemorating the San Remo Café, which was a…

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Black Lives, Black Histories

…our story. We have made and continue to make highlighting and preserving those stories a critical part of our mission. Here are some ways to learn more: Historic Plaques Preview…

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The Jefferson Market Library: A Striking Landmark Shines Again

…to an interview of Gayle that GVSHP conducted in 1996, please visit the oral history page on our site. Plaque on the West 10th Street facade. We helped ring the…

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June is Gay Pride Month

…organization was founded at the Greenwich Village Church in 1973 by Manford, who died at 92 in 2013. GVSHP and PFLAG placed a plaque on the building to mark the…

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Honorary Street Names: 2nd Avenue

…commemorated both Filmore East and Bill Graham with a commemorative plaque that can be found on 2nd Avenue and 6th Street. Filmore East plaque. Miriam Friedlander Way. Miriam Friedlander…

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GVSHPride: Roundup of LGBTQ Resources and Information

…tomorrow night’s program here. Queer Spaces plaque. Photo courtesy of REPOhistory. You may also want to check out: Greenwich Village LGBT History resource page Disappeared LGBT Sites: Oscar Wilde Bookshop…

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East Village Tenement Housed “the Most Dangerous Woman in America”

…to lecture in New York City and throughout the country. Plaque commemorating Emma Goldman at 208 East 13th Street It is not until 1903 that she moves to a tenement…

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Memorial Day in the Village

…our nation. Of course there’s the Abingdon Square Doughboy Statue that honors those who served in World War I, and the large plaque affixed to the front of St. Joseph’s…

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James Baldwin Returns to the Village

…that they would never move again.” In 2015, GVSHP and Two Boots commemorated Baldwin’s time in the Village with a plaque at 81 Horatio Street. Unsurprisingly, the event drew many…

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Thomas Paine, the American Crisis, and Greenwich Village

…it seems apropos. In 1923, the Greenwich Village Historical Society (a long-defunct and entirely separate organization from GVSHP, with which we are nevertheless often confused) installed a plaque at this…

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Help Us Celebrate Justus Schwab!

…and the Two Boots Foundation will have a ceremony on Wednesday, May 30 at 6 p.m. unveiling a plaque on the building at 50 East First Street. The celebration will…

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No One Had Ever Heard a Howl Like That Before

…no longer exists, but a podium and plaque commemorating the 50th anniversary of the reading of “Howl” stand on the sidewalk in front of a restaurant at 3115 Fillmore. 3119…

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Westbeth Turns 50!

…J.M. Kaplan Fund), proposing and securing landmark status for the complex in 2011, and unveiling a historic plaque on the complex in 2018. As we celebrate a half-century of Westbeth,…

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An Intersectional Black History Month Roundup

…now a hat shop), where she lived from 1953 to 1960, before she bought and moved to 112 Waverly Place in 1960. GVSHP unveiled a historic plaque at 112 Waverly…

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20 transformative women of Greenwich Village

…Emma Lazarus, 18 West 10th Street Emma Lazarus via Wiki Commons; a plaque outside her former home at 18 West 10th Street via Wally Gobetz/Flickr Born into a financially successful family, Emma…

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15 Trailblazing Women of Greenwich Village and the East Village

…Emma Lazarus via Wiki Commons (L); a plaque outside her former home at 18 West 10th Street via Wally Gobetz/Flickr Lazarus (1849-1887) lived at 18 West 10th Street in Greenwich Village. Born into…

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11 landmarks of immigration in Greenwich Village

…found there today. 10. Home of Emma Lazarus, author of “The New Colossus,” 18 West 10th Street Emma Lazarus (L) via Wiki Commons; Plaque on her former home via Flickr cc Though born…

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31 Literary Icons of Greenwich Village

…to 112 Waverly Place. Village Preservation unveiled in 2017 a plaque at 112 Waverly Place in celebration of Hansberry’s time there. 13. Patricia Highsmith, 1 Bank Street, 48 Grove Street and 35 Morton…

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Georges Clemenceau, the Dreyfus Affair, and the fight against Anti-Semitism

…the happiest three years of his life. Clemenceau was honored here at his old address with a commemorative plaque, located on the old Loew’s Sheridan Theater, which replaced the building…

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10 (more) of the most charming spots in the Greenwich Village Historic District

…get the Hesses to hand it over voluntarily, but they refused, and in 1922 installed the plaque indicating their continued ownership of this tiny piece of land, in spite of…

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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day

…that led Irish, Germans, Chinese, Eastern Europeans, and Italians to emigrate. Click here to watch (54 minutes) James Wall Finn Plaque Dedication Irish-American muralist and decorative artist James Wall Finn was…

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Village Rallies for NAACP, with Lorraine Hansberry

…she lived from 1953 to 1960, before she bought and moved to 112 Waverly Place in 1960. GVSHP unveiled a historic plaque at 112 Waverly Place in celebration of Hansberry’s…

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726 Broadway

…garage, factory and warehouse building designed by Wm. Steele and Sons Co. and built in 1917-19. Application is to install four stretch banners and a plaque sign. PHOTOS OF THE…

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Yiddish Theatre Walk of Fame

…site, and to reinstall a recreation of the historic plaque tiles in this area with long term stewardship. Spread the word to help save a piece of Yiddish theatre. Additional…

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The Northern Dispensary and God’s Love We Deliver

…by a small plaque on the exterior of the building which simply says “Heal The Sick.” In 1831, carpenter Henry Bayard and mason John Tucker built the Dispensary’s current building…

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David Amram: Artist, Composer, and Beloved Villager

…Tavern, San Remo, Lion’s Head Tavern, The Gaslight, and Kettle of Fish (Amram joined us for the unveiling of our historic plaque marking the former site of the San Remo Cafe). In…

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95 Horatio Street

…CB2 agenda: Application to LPC to renew a Certificate of Appropriateness for public art installed by the Whitney Museum on the covering for a railway opening and an informational plaque at…

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Latest Issue of Village Preservation’s Newsletter Available

Get the latest news from Village Preservation — advocacy campaigns, oral histories, plaques, programs, and online resources. It can all be found in our latest twice-yearly newsletter accessible HERE. Village…

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This Black History Month, Village Preservation Invites You to Explore, Celebrate, and Advocate for Preserving Significant but Unprotected Black History Sites in Our Neighborhoods

…View more than a dozen videos from Village Preservation exploring and celebrating black history, from plaque unveiling ceremonies honoring Lorraine Hansberry, Alex Haley, James Baldwin, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, to tours…

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Civil Rights History at 92 Grove Street

…92 Grove Street No. 92 Grove Street also features a historic plaque placed by Village Preservation in May 2019 to commemorate the author’s work and his time in Greenwich Village….

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East Village Building Blocks Tour: African American History

…½ by 3 ½ foot relief plaque commemorating President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which was used as a model for his image on the U.S. dime coin. Burke is celebrated for…

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The Documents of History: Mattachine Society of New York’s Archival Papers of 1951-1976 at the New York Public Library

As Village Preservation prepares to unveil a plaque commemorating the “Sip-In” at Julius’ Bar on April 21, 1966, one might wonder about the Mattachine Society of New York, which organized…

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