…that Cusi had been thinking about for close to 5 years. She envisioned a walking tour through the Village that would have a theatrical component to it. The event was…
Read More…achieved both on and off the stage was, quite simply, extraordinary. 9 Vandam Street, the long-time home of Leontyne Price Ms. Price sold her Vandam Street townhouse in 2013 and…
Read More…in 1817 Burr sold it back to Astor, who promptly developed the property. Read the Charlton-King-VanDam Designation Report for more information on this charming and important preserved district. A sketch…
Read More…Charlton and Sixth Avenue, the Greek Revival brick row house sits on the edge of the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District. While Copland only lived in our neighborhoods for a couple of…
Read More…been developed into what is today the Charlton-King-VanDam Historic District. Fortunately for us, the Morris-Jumel Mansion, where Burr lived briefly, still stands as one of “the most beautiful of our…
Read More…Henry J. West, a clerk. All three men were also volunteer firefighters.” Hugh King In 1881 Hugh King, an Irish immigrant, purchased both townhouses and converted them into a general storefront…
Read More…corner spot are “Brazilian expats looking for home cooking tastes and memories that bring them back to their home and childhood, and foodies who love to experience delicious different cuisines…
Read More…bookshops then, and people hung out in them the way they hang out in Starbucks now — except bookshops rarely sold coffee or food or souvenirs. “Jill was working for…
Read More…cross the Atlantic Ocean. With one swing of the wrecking ball, 170 years of history were obliterated. 326 & 328 East 4th Street The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is considering…
Read More…be landmarked. Read on to find out why. 4 East 12th Street 4 East 12th Street is nearly identical in appearance to 6 East 12th Street, making these two buildings…
Read More…have a profound visual impact upon this tiny street. Also, the application includes the addition of one enclosed parking space, i.e. a parking garage, inserted into the base of this…
Read MoreThe City’s rezoning proposals ‘Zoning for Quality and Affordability’ (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) are making their way through the public review process. If approved, each would profoundly impact…
Read More…zoning districts we are seeking would have their height limits bumped up by 5 feet – not a huge amount, but greater than the height limits we are seeking, and…
Read More…its early days, the Press operated out of Rosset’s apartment at 59 West 9th Street. 4. Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch at the National Public Housing Conference…
Read More…from 34th Street all the way to Spring Street, in the process of being dismantled and demolished in the West Village. Crane with wrecking ball mounted on the High Line…
Read More…quite frequently when looking for images to assist in our own research, recently included an article in their November newsletter entitled “Who Lived in a House Like This?” with tips…
Read More…Historic Places). These buildings housed, educated, entertained and served the working class and immigrant residents of this area. Thus the proposed district perfectly captures and embodies the evolution and many…
Read More…been featured in the New York Times, Food and Wine, Fine Cooking, Saveur Magazine, Fine Cooking, Fast Company and New York magazines, among others. She launched La NewYorkina, an artisanal…
Read More…segregation on interstate busing. Early on Rustin recognized the strength of Martin Luther King Jr.’s leadership and helped organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, of which King was the first…
Read More…changed. In 1859 Edward Eaton, John Kavana, and Louis M. Sturtevant—all carpenters—were living here and volunteering as well. Hugh King In 1881 Hugh King, an Irish immigrant, purchased both townhouses…
Read More…for those interested in genealogy or even to those looking to learn who lived in their apartment before them. But for those looking to learn a little more about the…
Read More…automobile age the stables on East 10th Street were converted into a parking garage for cars in 1924. This was quite common at the time. Early parking structures were generally…
Read More…observed, just that was his greatest role as an actor. Grant with Marlene Dietrich in “Blonde Venus” (1932) Before he changed his name, Grant’s evenings in Bristol were spent working…
Read More…I’m talking about the pairs of red-tailed hawks who have built nests overlooking Tompkins Square Park and Washington Square Park. If you’ve been following them in recent years, you may…
Read More…Around the end of 1940, twenty-five-year-old artist Virginia Admiral (February 4, 1915 – July 27, 2000) moved into a loft apartment that rented for $30 a month overlooking Union Square…
Read More…Village Historic District, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landmarking this year. And thanks to Village Preservation’s new interactive GVHD50 map marking that milestone, we can visit the countless…
Read More…the same gambling, card-playing, cigar-smoking, womanizing, and whisky-drinking that Tammany Hall politicians were stereotypically known for. Hall fit the stereotype so perfectly that those who knew him often found it…
Read MoreSeven late 19th and early 20th century buildings are now under consideration for landmarking by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. They are all located along Broadway south of…
Read MoreFound on the Bowery: Bob Holman. Bob Holman has been making poetry downtown for over 25 years. Among his many endeavors, he is perhaps best known locally as the impresario…
Read More…provided working-class people an alternative to middle-class organizations working for suffrage. Supporting Voting Rights with Civic Infrastructure Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read who lived as life-partners at 20 East 11th…
Read More…genealogy or even to those looking to learn who lived in their apartment before them. But for those looking to learn a little more about the architectural history of their…
Read MoreOn October 17, 2017 the Landmarks Preservation Commissions (LPC) held a hearing to consider landmarking 827-831 Broadway, the threatened 1866 lofts once home to Willem de Kooning. Just two weeks…
Read More…theory that more market-rate housing means lower prices for everyone) had extremely high prices as well. These YIMBYs have long argued that landmarking or contextual zoning rules — simplistically, the…
Read More…the High Line, at a unique moment in its history. Scroll down to see a sample of the collection, or click here to see all images. High Line, looking north…
Read More…his writing, he is currently working with Comedy Central to develop a pilot based on Tasteful Nudes. “It’s a Wonder Years scenario where it’s me looking back.” When he’s not…
Read More…were they looking at, or looking for? What was I looking for?” She began to make connections with her neighbors by asking them if she might shoot photographs of their…
Read MoreA self-proclaimed “gay superhero,” Stormé Delarverie (≅ December 24, 1920 – May 24, 2014, Pronouns: she/her in public, he/him in performance) was a drag king, bouncer, and neighborhood activist who…
Read More…now, more than ever, with Via Carota right next door. Great restaurants mean diners looking for a great dessert. We hoped to fill that niche and it worked.” Today you…
Read More…namesake street, a center of shopping and entertainment for average and working-class New Yorkers. Building on the work of the Ashcan School painters (Marsh was taught by John Sloan at…
Read More…in the 1930s through to the mid-1950s. In the 1960s, Haynes began curating a collection of drawings, photographs, sketches, and building descriptions for Greenwich Village, the (future) Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District,…
Read More…against Robert Moses’ proposed Lower Manhattan Expressway, which would have destroyed the neighborhoods of SoHo, Little Italy, and the South Village. Presently she lives on Charlton Street. According to Douglas:…
Read More…and activist, she redefined thinking around the functioning of cities, taking on and defeating Robert Moses. Janis Joplin — Blues-inspired and influential rock and roll singer, musician, and performer. Helen…
Read More…located just below Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. These houses were built in 1798, making them among the oldest extant structures in Manhattan. That same day, the LPC voted to…
Read More…giant new company needed a giant new headquarters. One Chase Manhattan Plaza at right, as seen from 55 Liberty Street, looking east in 1998 from the Meredith Jacobson Marciano Collection…
Read More…me looking through the archive of Robert Otter, a photographer who captured the Village’s vibrant and bohemian character from 1960 to 1972. I was happy to spend time looking through…
Read MoreImage courtesy of alicefest.org. March is Women’s History Month. With the recent “Day Without Women” activities and our upcoming walking tour on Radical, Notorious Women of Washington Square, we thought…
Read More…making, metalworking, instrument making, mechanical drawing, architectural drawing, wood carving, free-hand drawing, applied electricity, printing, textiles, automotive mechanics, aeronautics, ceramics, leatherwork, and much more. When the Institute was one year…
Read More…John Hammond, a prominent jazz producer, to advise him on booking talent. Opening night featured a relatively unknown singer by the name of Billie Holiday. Recalling this night later in…
Read More‘Christopher Street’, 1934 by Beulah Bettersworth. This picturesque wintry scene of Christopher Street was painted by Greenwich Village resident and artist Beulah Bettersworth in 1934. Looking west from Hudson Street…
Read MoreThe 1870’s were difficult years for our Nation. Economic depression had hit Europe and on September 18, 1873, it reached the U.S. with the failure of banking firm Jay Cooke…
Read More…both art studio and home. Here, de Kooning turned his attention to his Woman series, including Woman I, which he had been working and re-working for two years prior. During…
Read More…East Side, the setting for her signature work, “The Ghetto,” and many of her other poems. Well-known as an advocate for immigrants and the working class, she purposely chose to…
Read More…East 10th Street served as both art studio and home. Here, de Kooning turned his attention to his Woman series, including Woman I, which he had been working and re-working…
Read More…of our favorite “alternative facts” we’ve had to take on in recent years. Alternative Fact: Landmarking and other preservation measures negatively impact our city’s affordability. Reality: Unfettered development is the…
Read More…one of the millions of people living and working together in this giant, crowded melting pot. GVSHP is dedicated to preserving not just the architectural heritage of our invaluable neighborhoods,…
Read More…photos from what we call “Carole Teller’s Changing New York.” A grittier New York Young boys and homeless men, East River waterfront, looking north, south of the Brooklyn Bridge (near…
Read MoreThis 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…
Read More…more than half of their annual revenue — for many small businesses. So please consider making a purchase to help keep them going. Skip Amazon, and shop local — in…
Read More…(HERE) and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (HERE). State Senator Tom Duane speaking. In spite of the house’s age, its historic significance, and support for landmarking from City…
Read More…in the growing city. An improvement over horse drawn carriages, their predecessor, they dominated our streets until cars, buses and the subway system edged them off the platform of transportation options. Always looking…
Read More…nine. When he immigrated to America, he had already worked as a sculptor throughout Italy, Croatia, Austria, and Hungary. Moretti gained great fame as a sculptor in America, working with…
Read More…the East Village’s burgeoning German-American community. And then in 1904, tragedy struck when nearly 1,000 of its congregants were lost as the sinking of the General Slocum became one of…
Read More…catered to a gay clientele. The building is located within the Greenwich Village Historic District. 11. Ramrod Bar, 394 West Street One of the most shocking and visible manifestations of…
Read More…the dropdown menu, you can sort by “Most Recent” or “Alphabetical.” The map view is interactive, so as you zoom in closer to the spot you’re looking for, the images…
Read More…of any in Manhattan), it’s not only a striking work of architecture, but it’s rooted in a movement to educate a group of recent immigrants to this country — but…
Read MoreWalking along East 2nd Street, between Avenue A and First Avenue, you might have noticed a historic building that, in terms of its age and style, seems out of context…
Read More…legendary founder of the Public Theater, was looking for a place to build his dream. A place, as he put it, where theater could “live – a place to go…
Read More…in 2001 as a coalition of arts & community groups working together to save their homes on East 4th Street, where many had been based for several decades. Founders included…
Read More437 West 13th Street when it housed Atlas Meats It looks like the end is near for 437 West 13th Street, the historic Art Deco meatpacking building on the corner…
Read More…you know you are at Jimmy’s 43, our Business of the Month. Jimmy and Chef King Phojanakong of Kuma Inn and Umi Nom, one of many creative collaborations Jimmy brews….
Read MoreAnthemions atop the fence posts, at 30 Leroy Street. Original to the 1830s building. If you’re walking down the sidewalk and see someone with a small notebook, staring up at…
Read MoreStriking Verizon workers at 2nd Avenue and 13th Street; the Village and East Village have a long and storied history with the labor movement. The sight of striking Verizon workers…
Read More…be seen vividly in the reflection, there is indeed a Chase Bank right across the street. Let’s see this from a better vantage point: Looking east on 10th Street from…
Read More…Oral History Project, we found some early and striking photographic records of one of the Village’s biggest legal institutions — NYU’s Law School. The image above is from 1950 and…
Read More…of which came from Chip Monck. Monck began working at the Greenwich Village nightclub The Village Gate in 1959. He was doing the lighting for comedians and jazz and folk…
Read More…writer took the job thinking he would be working on the acclaimed Collier’s Weekly magazine, he ended up being placed in their mail order book department placing shipment orders, work…
Read More…ice skating was not available year-round during this time, he set out to improve the roller skate, making it easier to turn for someone with self-described “weak ankles.” The Plimpton…
Read More…It is not by accident that The Public has its home in the Village. Indeed, when Joe Papp, its legendary founder, was looking for a place to build his dream,…
Read More…were actually embraced, at least for a time, by King Zikmund. He offered the travelers a letter that recognized their existence as friends of the kingdom and urged all who…
Read MoreThis is one in a series of posts marking the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Check out our year-long activities and celebrations at gvshp.org/GVHD50. Inside Cafe Society. Image…
Read More…redefined thinking around the functioning of cities, taking on and defeating Robert Moses. Janis Joplin — Blues-inspired and influential rock and roll singer, musician, and performer. Helen Keller —Disability advocate…
Read More…in the magic of movie making, as various films honored at the Academy Awards over the years have been shot with our streets as the backdrop. Honorary Award, Buster Keaton…
Read MoreVillage Preservation’s team is a strong one – we’re lucky to have a group of interns who are looking to gain experience in historic preservation in a non-profit environment. We usually…
Read More…a century later. This event is taking place Wednesday, April 24, at 6:30pm at the Third Street Music School. Click here to sign up for our waitlist. Fighting Anti-Asian…
Read MoreThis 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…
Read More…rest of Greenwich Village had become predominantly working-class), and the northern half of Brooklyn Heights. Making this realization even more useful was the fact that both those areas had been…
Read More…studio, de Kooning turned his attention to his Woman series, including Woman I, which he had been working and re-working for two years. In March of 1953, the Sidney Janis…
Read More…location for two reasons- it was walking walking distance to the meat market supplier, and he thought the store had a charming feel to it — like a corner shop…
Read More…struggled in conventional education programs. The alternative offered by City-As-School relies on internships as a primary vehicle for learning. Students spend between sixteen and thirty-two hours per week working for…
Read More…round had an intriguing one of Astor Place/Cooper Square from 1925 which shows how many of the striking historic buildings remain from that time (largely thanks to landmark designation), and…
Read More…5, & The Godfather Part II). Delancey Street looking north on Orchard Street, with Cohen Fashion Opticals in the 1960s. Carole not only captured the everchanging landscape of New York…
Read More…crowds of tourists can be seen taking pictures all hours of every day, is the apartment building at 90 Bedford Street. Located on the corner of Grove Street, it’s where…
Read More…son, before Ali went into the hospital, he was still making phone calls to doctors, insurance companies and talking to his customers, whom he refused to abandon. At this time,…
Read More…the Liberty Street Presbyterian Church for six years, publishing papers on religion, abolitionism, and the temperance movement. Afterward, he moved to New York, joining the American Anti-Slavery Society and speaking…
Read More…49, c. 1977-1978. Dance concert with pink clouds, looking north, c. 1978. Pier 51 is visible in the background. Police car and dog on West Side Highway (now demolished), looking…
Read More…and Hungary. Moretti gained great fame as a sculptor in America, working with architects such as Richard Morris Hunt and for patrons including the Vanderbilts and the Rothschilds. His statue…
Read More…dignitaries aboard the tugboat Cynthia Moran pulled into the south side of the old Pier 38 at the foot of King St. yesterday…Debarking were more than 100 businessmen, labor leaders…
Read More…December 5th, 1933. The fall of “the Noble Experiment” came about for a variety of reasons. The high price of bootleg liquor meant that the nation’s working class and poor…
Read More…consideration for landmarking: 37 East 12th Street. Few buildings in the City have as richly ornate a ground floor or as striking columns as 37 East 12th Street. Designed in…
Read More…famously perfromed at her bar. She got her nickname “Slugger Ann” by while working as a taxi dancer in the 1920s and 1930s in New York City. “Taxi dancers” were hired…
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