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Ed Koch (1924-2013) and the Village
…present) Deborah Glick as GLID President that year, pro-Koch forces in the club split off to form the pro-Koch Stonewall Democratic Club. These two clubs also remain separate to this…
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Seen and Heard Around the Village: 5.2.11 – 5.6.11
…(Washington Square News) Automatic Public Toilet planned for First & First (EV Grieve) RIP 35 Cooper Square (Patell and Waterman’s History of New York) Stonewall Uprising DVD (edge) Bond Street:…
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Seen and Heard Around the Village 6.12.11 – 6.18.11, Part II
…Arch (Washington Square Park Blog) My Fourth Street (NearSay) Fashion Victim Steals Credit Card at Stonewall Inn (Gothamist) 30 Gay Plays in 60 Minutes at the Kraine Theater (NearSay) What…
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Historic Preservation 101: What is a Landmark?
…that are National Historic Landmarks. As proposed by GVSHP and other groups, the Stonewall District was first listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places in 1999 and…
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The Times They Are A-Changing — Same-Sex Couples and the Village
…the Stonewall Inn, the historic birthplace of the modern gay rights movement. Much of the rest of the Village has noticeably higher concentrations of same-sex couples as identified by WNYC,…
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Seen and Heard Around the Village 9.22.11: West Edition
…can now be yours for $14,000/month (Curbed) New Yorkers celebrate end of “don’t ask, don’t tell” at Stonewall (NY1) Publisher, Pearson PLC, moving to Hudson Square with $13.5 million in…
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LGBT History and 186 Spring Street
…history we have uncovered. We need your help right away to push them to recognize this landmark of LGBT and AIDS activism and history! In the post-Stonewall era, 186 Spring…
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Documenting the Fight
…the immediate post-Stonewall era, 186 Spring Street was home to an array of critical figures of this era. From this house, they helped establish some of the most important organizations…
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Is Gay Street really ‘gay’?
It’s one of the quaintest and most intriguing streets in the West Village. It’s located just a block from the Stonewall Inn, the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement. …
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A Photo Here, A Map There
…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,…
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10 Sheridan Square: Then and Now
…well-worn in Greenwich Village. While surrounded by notable structures housing the likes of The Stonewall Inn and Village Cigars, one of the most prominent structures around the square is the…
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This Day in History: Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated
…1968. The Lion’s Head Tavern was located here, at 59 Christopher Street, until 1996, between what was in the 1960’s the offices of the Village Voice (left) and the Stonewall…
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St. Vincent’s Project: Novenas for a Lost Hospital
…GVSHP, the NYC AIDS Memorial Board, St. John’s in the Village, and the Stonewall Chorale to present a new play by Villager Cusi Cram. With dramaturgy by Villager Guy Lancaster,…
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Village People: Dave Van Ronk
…was also among the thirteen people arrested at the Stonewall Inn on 28 June, 1969. Although he was heterosexual, he had joined the crowd from the Lion’s Head two doors…
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The History of the Rainbow Flag
Last week’s landmark Supreme Court decision ruling that same-sex couples can marry nationwide occurred nearly 46 years to the day after the famed Stonewall Inn Riot. Supporters continue to show…
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Weehawken Street Historic District, Part III
…gay clientele. Following the rebellion at Stonewall, Christopher Street became the social and cultural center of New York’ gay and lesbian community. Six of the fourteen buildings in the district…
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On This Day in 1837 — Christopher Park Is Born!
…to George Segal’s “Gay Liberation” statue, as the park is a stone’s throw from Stonewall, the site of the 1969 riot and beginning of the modern LGBT Rights movement. The…
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A Third Life for Three Lives Books?
…because this is yet another important one we know will have another chapter. Outside the shop. Police barricades were for the ceremony unveiling the Stonewall Inn National Monument designation. …
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October 15th: A Community Conversation with Andrew Berman!
…couple of years the Village will be celebrating many more 50th anniversaries: the Astor Place Cube, the Stonewall Uprising, and, most exciting to us at GVSHP, the 50th anniversary of…
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Historic Preservation 101: What is a Landmark?
…local sites that are National Historic Landmarks. As proposed by GVSHP and other groups, the Stonewall District was first listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places in 1999 and…
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Mapping Civil Rights and Social Justice — A Year Later
…to the LGBT civil rights movement, like Stonewall, Julius’ Bar, or the Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse, or sites in the South and East Village connected to African-American, immigrant, and social…
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Beyond The Village and Back: Gould Library and Begrisch Hall, Bronx Community College
…encircles the Gould Library, and was recently in the news for removing busts of Stonewall Jackon and Robert E. Lee. Unfortunately, the building fell into disuse as a library following…
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My Favorite Things: Women’s History Month Edition
…Chaumtoli Huq and Farah Tanis, transnational feminist and co-founder and Executive Director of Black Women’s Blueprint. At 5:30 p.m., the march will commence and stops will include the Stonewall Inn…
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Three Stops on Christopher Street
…the name it holds to this day. Filled with historic architecture and noteworthy sites including the Stonewall Inn and Christopher Park, the street remains relatively tranquil through much of its…
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