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Business of the Month: Greenwich Locksmiths
…he loves his hometown, past and present. Name a book about New York City, and he’s probably read it; The Idea Factory, about Bell Labs (once headquartered in the Westbeth…
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Happy Birthday Martha Graham!
…company. Long after Graham’s death in 1991 it has continued on, now located at 55 Bethune Street in Westbeth. The plaque at 66 Fifth Avenue. Our Historic Plaque Program highlights the incredible people,…
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Happy Anniversary, Gansevoort Market Historic District!
…two frozen individual buildings, including the multi-building Westbeth and Silver Towers complexes, and successfully supported individual landmark designation of another twenty buildings. GVSHP was also able to help secure four…
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Seen and Heard Around the Village: 5.2.11 – 5.6.11
…Kiev (Jeremiah’s Vanishing NY) Westbeth Worries About Transition to Rent Regulation (The Villager) Best coffee in the East Village (Serious Eats) Mars Bar Prepares to Sober Up After 20 Years…
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Historic Preservation 101: What is a Landmark?
…of Westbeth Artist Housing for its significance as pioneering affordable housing for artists. Are there financial incentives for owners of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places? Yes!…
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Adapting “Adaptive Re-Use”
…began its life as the Astor Library, or Westbeth, the artists’ residence on Bank and Bethune Streets and former home to a complex of thirteen buildings making up Bell Labs…
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Fourth Arts Block tour redux
…a stranger to historic Village properties. The firm completed a façade and roof restoration of Westbeth and is currently working on the façade of the Jefferson Market Branch Library. …
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Spending Veterans Day with the Doughboy
Abingdon Square Doughboy Ever since Ralph Lee staged the first annual Halloween parade in the courtyard of Westbeth in 1973, October 31st has been a day of heavy reveling in…
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West Village Colossus
…conversion in to residences in the city. The conversion of Westbeth (which was just landmarked) to the north is another, but it did not have the same overtly commercial character….
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The Ghost of Preservation Battles Past: The House of Genius
…and work, the developer was able to secure eviction rights and demolition permits. The idea of a live-work space would later come to fruition in the landmarked Westbeth Artists Residence…
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We Miss You, Keith Haring
…also exhibited at Performance Space 122 in the East Village, and at Westbeth, recently landmarked after many years of advocacy by GVSHP. Club 57 also attracted a number of other…
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Happy (Almost) Birthday Off the Grid!
…core of what we do at GVSHP we shared our joy about hard won preservation victories including the landmarking of Westbeth in the Far West Village and the bittersweet designation…
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First Avenue Retail Market: Then & Now
…thus, Theater for the New City was born. For its first year, TNC resided at a space in Westbeth. After this first year, Kornfeld and Barnes resigned and the theater…
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Villagers Feted at GVSHP’s Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony
…including 128 East 13th Street, Westbeth, and the East 10th Street Historic District, the first new historic district in the East Village since 1969. He also applauded the success of…
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In Memoriam: Howard R. Moody
…late 1960s, Moody served on the advisory committee for the development of Westbeth, affordable housing for artists of all disciplines. The People’s Flag Show is censored by the city. Image…
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My mind was really wandering today…
…Archives building, to some private homes, to Westbeth, and to the Diane von Furstenberg headquarters. And let’s not forget the High Line Park. Which reminded me of gardens, and another…
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Happy Anniversary to Far West Village Landmark Victories!
…group of individual landmarks which were voted upon on March 6, 2007. Following those designations, the LPC also landmarked Westbeth and the former Devoe Paint Factory at 110 Horatio Street. The…
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Collecting the history of the Village one interview at a time
…current collection of oral histories, accessible on the GVSHP website, including Preservation Pioneers and Westbeth Oral Histories Collection. While we were beginning our newest collection last fall, another oral history…
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That Hudson River Waterfront
…markets) and the Bell Telephone laboratories, known to us today as Westbeth. The waterfront is still a busy place today, mostly for residential development, and is defined in a large…
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End of Summer Reading: Greenwich Village Stories
…became a potter.” — Jonathan Adler From the book — the High Line, before it was dismantled, running through the old Bells Telephone Labs, now Westbeth (ca. 1936). “Today, the…
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Halloween in Greenwich Village – A Salute to Ralph Lee
…at Westbeth and followed an indirect route (is there any other way in the West Village?) to Abingdon Square, and finally Washington Square. Each year the parade grew both in…
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Astor Place Art Update
…and artworks, Haring is deeply connected to our neighborhoods. Over the years, GVSHP has looked at Haring’s ties to places within the neighborhoods we cover – at places like Westbeth…
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2014 Year In Review: GVSHP Programs
…City A book talk with author William W. Buzbee Tuesday, June 24 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. Free; reservations required Westbeth Community Room 55 Bethune Street or enter on Bank Street…
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March 14th — A Big Day for Village Birthdays
…Charles with entry door to the carriage house at 131 1/2; Bottom-left: 120 East 10th Street (both Google Maps Street Views). Right: Westbeth Artists Housing (photo by Barry Munger, 2009)…
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Real Estate’s Attempt to Hijack the Affordable Housing Discussion
…effort was successful: In the five races targeted – all outside of New York City – Republican candidates won, moving the Senate to complete GOP control. Westbeth is an affordable…
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Historic Preservation at Risk!
…Sullivan Gardens, the St. Mark’s Historic District, SoHo, and Westbeth, as well as districts as diverse as Bedford-Stuyvesant and the Grand Concourse, Jackson Heights and Park Slope. Without landmark designation, many…
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Landmarks of New York: First Houses
…designation for two other affordable housing developments in our neighborhood, Westbeth and Silver Towers/University Village which included 505 LaGuardia, an affordable housing complex. For more information on the history of…
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A year ago today, the horrible Intro. 775 was heard, later passed
…Historic District, SoHo, and Westbeth, as well as districts as diverse as Bedford-Stuyvesant and the Grand Concourse, Jackson Heights and Park Slope. Without landmark designation, many of these sites and…
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Remembering Landmarking Success in the Far West Village
…the LPC also landmarked Westbeth and the former Devoe Paint Factory at 110 Horatio Street. As part of our continued efforts in the Far West Village, earlier this year, we…
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Exploring Virtual Village Voices, Part 4: Bob Dylan, Martha Graham, and Lorraine Hansberry
…in Westbeth. Martha Graham shadowbox designed by Penny Hardy, PS New York Narrating the audio is Leslie Mason, Leslie Mason is a curator and creator of VILLAGE VOICES, long-time trustee…
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