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A First for Recognizing LGBT History in the South Village

…And to the surprise of many, the South Village was once the center of the world for LGBT New Yorkers. In fact, a century ago, the South Village one of…

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New York in Four Maps – Walking the Village of the Past

…East Village and New York history by including the dry dock district along the East Village waterfront. The docks of the East Village are shown in orange and reflect the…

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VILLAGE VOICES II Launches September 18th

Village Preservation is pleased to announce the 2nd year of VILLAGE VOICES, an outdoor public art exhibition produced by Village Preservation that celebrates and illuminates the artistic, social, political, and cultural…

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Exploring Virtual Village Voices, Part 5: Billie Holiday, Edward Hopper, and Jane Jacobs

In 2021 and 2022, Village Preservation developed an innovative outdoor public art exhibition that was displayed throughout Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. VILLAGE VOICES featured photographs, artifacts, and…

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Exploring Virtual Village Voices, Part 6: Larry Kramer, Helen Levitt, and Edna St. Vincent Millay

…Co-Chair of the Benefit Committee, and Curator of Village Voices. https://soundcloud.com/villagepreservation/edna-st-vincent-millay-village-voices-audio?utm_source=clipboard&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fvillagepreservation%252Fedna-st-vincent-millay-village-voices-audio Click here to read more about Edna St. Vincent Millay. Click here to access all 31 Village Voices exhibits….

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A Village Song: “Bazooka Joe Don’t Live There Anymore”

…Cecere’s Something Special. Something Special, legendary South Village shop Of the song, Marshall said: “Bazooka Joe” was inspired by a neighborhood hero I knew in New York’s Greenwich Village back…

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Business of the Month: Village Works, 12 St. Mark’s Place

Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — help us to select the next. Tell us which independent store you love in Greenwich Village, the East Village,…

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Theaters of the Greenwich Village Historic District

…Commerce Street, a cul-de-sac in the heart of Greenwich Village, was the brainchild of poet, playwright, actress, and Villager Edna St. Vincent Millay. While most famous as a poet, Millay…

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Next Stop, Greenwich Village: 1953 Was a Good Year for Leaving Home

…in Greenwich Village, check out our “Film and TV Locations” tour on our Greenwich Village Historic District map at www.gvshp.org/GVHD50tour. Click here for video clips of Next Stop, Greenwich Village….

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April Programming at Village Preservation

…Greenwich Village, NoHo, and the East Village. You will have an opportunity to learn more about the history of arts and culture in our neighborhoods, as well as participate in…

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Saving the South Village — ‘Seven to Save’

…Park. Read other blog posts about the South Village here and here to read about GVSHP’s efforts to protect the South Village. Click here to access GVSHP’s South Village Oral History Project….

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Marking African-American History Month in the Village

…Village designation report entitled “Little Africa.” The South Village’s “Little Africa” community was the largest African-American settlement in New York throughout much of the 19th century, and lasted through the…

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Past Village Awardees Inspire New Nominations

…resilience of our communities of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, Village Preservation encourages residents and visitors to take a few moments to visit Village Preservation’s website and submit…

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South Village Preservation Passion, on YouTube

…of why the South Village is so special to so many people. Some wonderful individuals with strong connections to the South Village allowed us to record some of their thoughts…

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Lady Gaga’s Greenwich Village

…Preservation’s 2019 Village Awards. The establishment is also located within the South Village Historic District. Learn more about our work to protect the South Village here. Electric Lady Studios …

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

…St. John’s in the Village Episcopal Church, home of the Open Door. I sat down with Fr. Graeme Napier, newly arrived in the Village from Oxford, England, who told me…

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Pride Month in All Corners of the Village

…this month we’re focusing on four areas of our neighborhood — the West Village, East Village, South Village, and NoHo — to highlight important locations, either long gone or still…

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If Beale Street Could Talk’s West Village Scenes

…townhouse on Bank Street. Fonny moved here when he decided to leave his family in Harlem and join the artistic community in the West Village. Fonny’s West Village Apartment Set…

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The Folk Music Revival Scene: A South Village Tour

December is South Village Month – join us in celebrating this vibrant neighborhood all month long! The South Village in the 50s and 60s was a hotbed of creativity and activism. Where…

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WWI and the Village

…the publication as a product of the new Greenwich Village that began to emerge at this time: The birth of The Masses coincided with the birth of ‘Greenwich Village’ as…

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The oldest house in the Village? It’s not what you think

…Here at the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, a perennial question we’re asked is “which is the oldest house in the Village?” It’s a great question, with a complicated…

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2021 Village Award Winner: Mercer Street Books and Records, 206 Mercer Street

Each year, Village Preservation honors the invaluable people, businesses, and organizations that make a special contribution to our neighborhoods at our Annual Meeting and Village Awards. This year, on June 16th,…

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Hudson Square Rezoning and the South Village

…very low-rise, South Village. St. Anthony of Pauda Church and tenements on Sullivan Street in the South Village. Also undeniable is that the South Village is experiencing huge development pressure…

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Greenwich Village Is Both the Obstacle and the Solution in Neil Simon’s Romantic Romp, Barefoot in the Park

…between the two lovebirds, but it is the colorful Village neighbors who truly further the tension between the newlyweds. The Village offers a number of fantastic, colorful characters who paint…

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John Sloan: Village Visionary

…from Greenwich Village – with the Sixth Avenue Elevated careening across the sky. Village Preservation was successful in obtaining landmark designation of that building along with its surroundings. You can read…

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A Big Week in History for South Village Landmarking

…third and final phase of our proposed South Village Historic District to protect their contexts. Landmark designation of the South Village, like the neighborhood’s development, seems to come in stages….

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Unrecognizable: Former Village Institutions and what has taken their place

…disappeared from the Village. While not a complete list by any means, these are the businesses, restaurants, and other Village locations that have not only closed but have been remodeled…

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Numbers Belie City’s Argument on South Village Landmarking

…Landmarks Preservation Commission has landmarked about 415 buildings in Greenwich Village, from new historic districts in the the Meatpacking District, Far West, and South Village, to several individual buildings throughout…

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My Favorite Things: West Village Edition

…history, people, and businesses of the Village, East Village, and NoHo. Let us know what you think! Few places can be said to exemplify the ecelctic charm of the West…

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The Village Under Siege – By What?

Twenty-three years ago, New York Magazine was worried about the Village. And they weren’t the only ones. On August 16, 1993, The Village Under Siege ran on the cover with…

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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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Go inside 7 landmarked houses in Greenwich Village this weekend

…fundraiser for Village Preservation, allowing us to conduct hundreds of educational programs throughout the year and work to protect the irreplaceable history and architecture of Greenwich Village, the East Village,…

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Architect and Artist: The Rigid Le Corbusier Colored Outside the Lines in Greenwich Village

…shape the building of countless housing projects throughout the world, including here in Greenwich Village with Washington Square Village (1958) and in East Village with Jacob Riis Houses (1949) and…

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South Village: Local Landmark Designation vs. National Register Listing

This section of Carmine Street has been designated as part of the Greenwhich Village Historic District Extention II (Phase One of our South Village proposal) and is included in the…

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Oral History: Dining in Greenwich Village with Mimi Sheraton

Village Preservation shares our oral history collection with the public, highlighting some of the people and stories that make Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo such unique and vibrant…

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Mad Men’s Village People

…the Greenwich Village Historic District since they consider this the heart of the Village. It’s actually not in a historic district at all, though it could be very soon with…

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2021 Village Awardee: Bon Yagi

It’s that time of year again…time for Village Preservation’s Annual Meeting and Village Awards! The Village Awards recognize and honor some of the businesses, organizations, and institutions that make our…

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Edwin Fancher, Co-Founder of The Village Voice

…the Village because The Villager really doesn’t represent the culture of the Village as we know it.’ “We were part of what could probably be called a kind of a…

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Daytonian in Greenwich Village

…celebrations. On April 29th, 2019, we launched our new interactive map, Greenwich Village Historic District, 1969-2019: Photos and Tours, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Greenwich Village Historic District….

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East 11th Street, a Slice of East Village History

…Greenwich Village, Greenwich Village Extension II, Carnegie Hill, Tribeca North, Tribeca West and East Village/Lower East Side Historic Districts. No. 114 was constructed next in 1889 and was designed by…

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Village Preservation Plaques Highlight LGBTQ+ History Throughout Our Neighborhoods

On April 21, Village Preservation joined with the the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project to honor the city’s oldest gay bar and a pioneering event from the early days of…

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The Vice Presidents of the Village

…police department’s history. From the LPC Greenwich Village Historic District Extension I Designation Report (2005) Roosevelt had many other Village connections, and played an important role in the reformation of…

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Exploring Virtual Village Voices, Part 8: Jackson Pollock, Leontyne Price, and Robert Rauschenberg

In 2021 and 2022, Village Preservation developed an innovative outdoor public art exhibition displayed throughout Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. VILLAGE VOICES featured photographs, artifacts, and soundscape recordings to celebrate…

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Village Award Winners: Past, Present, and Future

…a developer’s plan to drastically alter the historic block of Gansevoort Street between Washington & Greenwich Streets. Nominations are now open for Village Preservation’s Annual Village Awards, which will be…

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Celebrating the Greenwich Village Historic District

…their designation reports here. You can take an online tour of the Greenwich Village Historic District with our Greenwich Village Historic District: Then & Now Photos and Tours which includes…

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Business of the Month – Village Music World, 197 Bleecker Street

…Village or NoHo: click here to nominate your favorite. Want to help support small businesses? Share this post with friends. Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village has always been at the center of…

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A History of the East Village in 10 Objects

…list in reference to the Village. Here, we look at the East Village through 10 objects, first recounting a few of the New York Times’ East Village mentions in their…

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“Where Are the Women?” A Mother-Daughter Greenwich Village Pair Tell Us

…mother and daughter. Rose Pascale. Photo Courtesy of the Villager. In 1969, Rose was appointed by Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton as community liaison to the Greenwich Village community board….

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14 historic sites of the abolitionist movement in Greenwich Village

…America was found in Lower Manhattan, comprising much of present-day Greenwich Village and the South Village, and parts of the Lower East Side and East Village. This settlement consisted of…

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Significant Latinx History Sites in the Village

Village Preservation collaborated recently on a major project with Google Arts + Culture. We put together tours of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo that highlighted the deep and rich cultural and artistic movements in…

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Business of the Month: East Village Cheese

…Greenwich Village, the East Village or NoHo: just click here to vote for your favorite. Owners Lobsang Tsultrim, left, and Thupten Tenphel inside East Village Cheese. This article was modified…

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Architect and Artist: The Rigid Le Corbusier Colored Outside the Lines in Greenwich Village

…shape the building of countless housing projects throughout the world, including here in Greenwich Village with Washington Square Village (1958) and in East Village with Jacob Riis Houses (1949) and…

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Want to See Viennese Secessionist Art Deco Architecture? Go No Farther Than the Far East Village

…Village Building Blocks, our web-based tool which provides detailed historic information on each property in the East Village, and the accompanying in-depth report “A History of the East Village and…

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Greenwich Village Stories Contributor Q&A with Karen Cooper

…West Village since 1991 and on the borders of the East Village for 20 years prior – so GVSHP seems to have always been in my consciousness. I believe Judith…

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2020 Village Awardee: Ray’s Candy Shop, 113 Avenue A

…store, is at its helm. And we at Village Preservation are thrilled to be giving Ray and his shop a Village Award for 2020. An East Village Institution Ray’s Candy…

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This Day in Preservation History- October 11, 2005: City Approves Far West Village Rezoning

April, 2004 Rally to Save the far West Village In the ten years leading up to 2004, the Far West Village along West Street experienced huge changes. Large, out-of-scale luxury…

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Romany Marie’s, Feeding and Defining Village Bohemianism

…who engaged and debated, and who defined the Village’s bohemianism. This was the first of many of Romany Marie’s locations over forty years of keeping Village establishments. About Romany Marie…

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Remembering Landmarking Success in the Far West Village

…of the old industrial buildings and rowhouses were being replaced with new glassy condos. In 2004, GVSHP submitted a proposal to the LPC for a Far West Village/Greenwich Village Waterfront…

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The Beats: A South Village Tour

…of a campaign formally begun by Village Preservation ten years prior, which had earlier also resulted in the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II, designated in 2010; the South Village…

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Women’s Work: Celebrating (More) Amazing Female Artists of the Village

Scrolling through Off the Grid or any other collection of New York history, we’ve all become familiar with the legendary characters of the Village – Dylan, Kerouac, Hendrix, Duchamp, and…

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Cappuccino: Introduced to America in Greenwich Village, Still Going Strong

…Porto Rico Importing: Founded in 1907 Porto Rico Importing at 201 Bleecker Street This 2007 Village Awardee has several locations in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and surrounding areas. They…

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2021 Village Preservation Public Programs Round-Up

…Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute. Via http://lhlt.org/gallery/lorraine-home Lorraine Hansberry’s Village Voice: Playwright, activist, and villager Lorraine Hansberry is best known for her award-winning play “A Raisin in the Sun,” which premiered…

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Watching GVSHP, and Village Preservation Efforts, Grow

(l. to r.) Longtime Greenwich Village Assemblymember William Passanante, Greenwich Village Trust President Jack Messerole, and GVSHP’s first Executive Director, Regina Kellerman. We recently added copies of GVSHP’s newsletter The…

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John Brown and Edmonia Lewis: Civil Rights Crusaders Who Intersected in Greenwich Village

John Brown (left) 1846-1847 and Edmonia Lewis (right) 1870 Greenwich Village has long been a mecca and incubator for radical social justice advocates. With Village Preservation’s interactive map of the…

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Paul Cadmus’ Greenwich Village

…1999. Greenwich Village Cafeteria, 1934 The Bath, 1951 by Paul Cadmus Bar Italia, 1953-55 In April of 2019, we launched our new interactive map, Greenwich Village Historic District, 1969-2019: Photos…

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When the South Village Was One of New York’s ‘Seven to Save’

…the South Village by joining us at our 3rd Annual Comedy Night on Tuesday, April 25th Nominate your favorite South Village business, person, place, or restoration for a 2017 Village…

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Another Columbus Day without Landmark Protections for the South Village

…fascinating report authored by scholar Mary Elizabeth Brown about the Italian community of the South Village. You can read the report, “The Italians of the South Village,” here. Not only…

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Business of the Month: East Village Vintage Collective, 545 East 12th Street

…on-line store here. To open a vintage store in the East Village was a life-long dream of Maegan Hayward, the driving force behind East Village Vintage Collective. She was always…

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“The NEW New York” – Immigrant Heritage Learning at Village Preservation

…of immigrants in New York City. This year, Village Preservation and our colleagues at the Merchant’s House Museum have been highlighting immigration to the Village during the 19th century, exploring…

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Kerouac and Catholicism in Greenwich Village

…the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II, which Village Preservation helped secure landmark designation for as part of our South Village campaign. Thanks to that effort, at least one of…

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World War I Centennial and the Village

…The Village Alliance and The Washington Square Association Solemn Requiem for the West Village Fallen of WWI (Music: Gabriel Fauré) Sunday, November 11, 11:00am at St John’s in the Village…

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Penny Arcade’s Village Preservation Oral History – Chronicles of the Queen of Downtown

GVSHP shares our oral history collection with the public, highlighting some of the people and stories that make Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo such unique and vibrant neighborhoods….

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Kielbasa Done the East Village Way

…Luckily for GVSHP staffers, we only have to walk around the corner to purchase some country ham and blueberry blintzes. East Village Meat Market The East Village Meat Market, located…

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Jewish, Hispanic, and Historic Preservationist: the Maritime Pioneers of Greenwich Village

…York City, especially Greenwich Village and the East Village. Sephardic Jews, originally from Spain and Portugal, arrived in New Amsterdam via Dutch Brazil after it fell to Portugal in the…

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2013 GVSHP Annual Meeting and Village Awards A Great Success

…Director and the awards presentations are now up on our website here. 2013 Village Award Winner Avignone Chemists 2013 Village Award Winner Block Drug Store This year’s roster of awardees…

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Rulers and Royalty of the Village

…arts or in advocating for the unique character of the neighborhood. Their legacies will forever remain testaments to how they shaped the Village, and how the Village shaped them. King of…

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Hot Dog History in the Village Preservation Historic Image Archive

…Nathan’s Famous. Image by Meredith Marciano from the Meredith Jacobson Marciano Collection Part 2 of the Village Preservation Historic Image Archive. In the 1960s and early 1970s Greenwich Village had…

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Angel Hair Press: “A Rush of Poetic Chutzpah” in the East Village

…Greenwich Village Stories, edited by Judith Stonehill in collaboration with Village Preservation, available here. You can learn more about significant sites in the East Village, through our interactive resource, East Village…

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23 LGBT landmarks of the East Village and Noho

Their neighbor to the west, Greenwich Village, may be more well known as a nexus for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, but the East Village and Noho are chock…

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GVSHP South Village Oral History: Andrew and Romana Raffetto

Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation is excited to share our oral history collection with the public, and hope they will shed more light on what makes Greenwich Village and the…

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LGBT History in All Corners: the South Village

…the West Village, East Village, South Village, and NoHo. All of these sites can also be found on our GVSHP Civil Rights and Social Justice Map, and we encourage you…

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Business of the Month: Village Tannery, 173 Bleecker Street

…love for small businesses around the Village. Make sure to get a Village Access Card to take advantage of over eighty exclusive deals and incentives at local shops and restaurants!…

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East Village Oral History: Lorcan Otway

Village Preservation is excited to share our oral history collection with the public, and hope they will shed more light on what makes Greenwich Village and the East Village such…

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Exploring Virtual Village Voices, Part 3: cummings, Cunningham, and Draper

In 2021 and 2022, Village Preservation developed an innovative outdoor public art exhibition that was displayed throughout Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. VILLAGE VOICES featured photographs, artifacts, and soundscape recordings…

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The Most Picturesque Sites in The Village

…York University’s campus. According to the 1969 Greenwich Village Historic District designation report, “the rows of low-lying two-story houses at Washington Mews give the impression of a charming urban village, maintained…

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Artists Homes of the Greenwich Village Historic District

This is one in a series of posts marking the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Click here to check out our year-long activities and…

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John’s of The Village

…one of New York’s oldest cemeteries) and in our East Village Building Blocks interactive map here. Johns of 12th Street’s long-storied candles The Johns These East Village and Greenwich Village…

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Snow Days in Village Preservation’s Historic Image Archive

…occurred in Greenwich Village, the East Village, NoHo, and beyond, and it’s fun to peruse and find old photographs that identify certain places at specific points in time. Let’s take…

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

…of the Church of the Village On Wednesday, June 21st, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation attended a plaque unveiling at the Church of the Village to honor former…

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South Village Tenement to Become Single-Family Mansion?

…housing in more recent decades. However, a recent Department of Buildings filing may indicate what appears to be a first for the South Village, the historic center of the Village’s…

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Out of the Broom Closet: Gay Activist & Village Wiccan Leo Martello

…and reclaim it as a term of empowerment. In the article, entitled “THE SUMMER OF GAY POWER AND THE VILLAGE VOICE EXPOSED,” the activists write: “The Village Voice and its writers have once…

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2020 Village Awardee: George Cominskie

Each year, Village Preservation honors the invaluable people, businesses, and organizations that make a special contribution to our neighborhoods at our Annual Meeting and Village Awards. On June 17th, 2020…

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My Greenwich Village Story

This is the latest installment of the Off the Grid series in which we highlight the people, places and events featured in our new book Greenwich Village Stories, available for…

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Hans Hofmann and the Village

…figures, sites, and events of the Greenwich Village Historic District, explore our Greenwich Village Historic District Map+Tours. Hans Hofmann, born on March 21, 1880, was one of the foremost figures…

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The First Ever Village Awards!

…the Giants won the Superbowl! But perhaps most notably, on June 10, 1991, Village Preservation held its first Annual Village Awards! Since 1991, we have held the Awards each year…

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Holiday Shopping in the Village

…you want. Village Tannery has been a staple of small business in the Village for years and specializes in custom leather goods. All of the leather they work with is…

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Ken Had a Dreamhouse, Too — In Greenwich Village

…homes in the Greenwich Village Historic District on our online tour, Greenwich Village Historic District: Then and Now Photos and Tours, which includes information about and images of every one…

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Exploring Virtual Village Voices Part 1: Abbot, Auden, & Baldwin

In 2021 and 2022, Village Preservation developed an innovative outdoor public art exhibition, VILLAGE VOICES. Exhibits throughout Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo featured photographs, artifacts, and soundscape recordings…

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LGBTQ+ Pride Programs Roundup

…Village in 1906. Between 1906 and 1932 she lived at four different Village addresses with her partner Edith Lewis. Never a conventional Village bohemian, she nonetheless found the Village to…

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Anton van Dalen’s “PEACE” of the East Village

…artist who moved to New York’s East Village in 1966, has lived in this townhouse at 166 Avenue A since 1971 and has been carefully documenting the East Village since…

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