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Memo to the New Mayor: Strengthen the LPC

Mr. Mayor, don’t forget the Landmarks Preservation Commission! Amid lobbying on higher-profile issues like stop-and-frisk, public schools, economic inequality and even animal cruelty, the mayor elected Tuesday may not have…

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New 2020–2021 Annual Report Available

Our latest Annual Report is available, looking back at the organization’s work from the end of last summer to now. It’s been a momentous year, with battles fought, victories won, new realities…

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A New Chapter for Local Bookstores

Some good news for small businesses and the written word in our neighborhoods.  Bucking the prevailing trend of disappearing bookstores, we actually have two new ones in our neighborhood, and…

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In the News: 55 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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Advocacy Made Easy On Our New Website

…our website to elected officials, the Mayor, and city agencies. Our new website, VillagePreservation.org, has all the information and resources you expect from our old website, and more, but in a simpler,…

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New Podcast for LGBT History Month

October is LGBT History Month, and we’ve got a great new episode of our Off the Grid podcast on our Soundcloud page to help celebrate. Explore some of the many…

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Welcome to the New Village Preservation Website

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8ppEO-g5U Our new website, VillagePreservation.org, has all the information and resources you expect from our old website, and more, but in a simpler, clearer, easier to use format, allowing you to get…

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Building Profile: P.S. 25, now P.S. 751

…are evocative of New York’s Dutch roots. The school continues to use the original bell system. The East Village holds an impressive collection of Snyder-designed public schools. Snyder was successful…

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There’s a Buzz About Urban Beekeeping

…Abel Nottinghamsher, a fourth-generation beekeeper and active member of the New York City Beekeepers Association, says that getting back in touch with nature is a “strong motivation for many New

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How Zoning Shapes Our Neighborhoods

The classic downtown New York skyline in the pre-War years was shaped by the 1916 zoning resolution. On July 25, 1916, New York City adopted the very first zoning rules…

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Voting Rights For All? 1624-1870

…as slaves, and slavery was a major driver of the economy. Could Black people vote in New York under British rule? The English ruled New York City from 1665-1783. The…

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A Roundup of Mars Bar News

New York) The End of an Era, in Photos (The Gog Log) Mars Bar Murals (The Local East Village) The Long, Slow Death of Mars Bar (Grub Street) Where to…

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Newest Library Acquisition

newspaper.  This past week GVSHP received a donation to our library which included a 1947 version of the Greenwich Village Guide.  This edition features advertisements from some venerable Village businesses…

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Celebrating Immigration in Greenwich Village

school in 1921, an after-school program in 1942, and a drug-free outpatient counseling center in 1963. Simkhovitch eventually became the first Vice-Chairman of New York City’s Housing Authority, where she…

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Edwin Fancher, Co-Founder of The Village Voice

…the 1970s. The Voice functioned as a local alternative newspaper for Greenwich Village (and by extension for New York City) and as an important national arbiter of “hip” taste-making, especially during its halcyon…

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September 1st, 1939

…University in Exile,” the school sponsored more than 180 individuals and their families, providing them with visas and jobs. Some remained at The New School for many years while others…

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