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When Broken Zoning Rules Lead to Exhumed Bones

Working in historic preservation you sometimes find yourself dealing with things you never expect. The Trump SoHo ‘Condo-Hotel,’ built on the site of an exhumed 19th century abolitionist church graveyard….

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Accomplishments

…the Trump SoHo, which is renamed the Dominick Hotel, in part because of GVSHP’s dogged efforts to enforce zoning restrictions for the site and prevent profiting from illegal residential uses. …

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Elections

…expressed support for the Mayor’s plan for upzoning SoHo and NoHo. Shaun Donovan “expressed support for zoning changes in Soho that de Blasio has recently backed that would upzone” the…

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Jared Kushner’s (Preservation) Record

…part of his campaign apparatus, and his most intimate advisors. Trump (l.) and Kushner (r.). When the irrepressible Mr. Trump started his campaign last year, we decided to stroll down memory…

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Advocacy Reports

SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Rezoning Plan Make No Difference In Its Failure to Create Affordable Housing The Many Ways de Blasio’s SoHo/NoHo Plan Encourages Developers to Build Without ANY Affordable Housing Upzoning SoHo

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Village Preservation in the Press

…Turn SoHo Building Into Luxury Housing Blasted by Village Preservation Society, Our Town, October 25 Guess How Many Loft Owners Are Voluntarily Complying With the SoHo/NoHo Zoning Laws Eric Adams…

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How to Play a Historic Building

…1930s draws throngs of visitors in its second life as a world-famous public park. And the hollow facades of the Soho-Cast Iron Historic District are now being used as musical…

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Tenements of the South Village

…Street between Sullivan and Thompson Streets, 1933. Courtesy of NYPL. Although it abuts SoHo, the Sullivan-Thompson historic district is quite distinct from its eastern neighbor both historically and architecturally.  SoHo

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2021 Village Awardee: Linda Pagan

…the Sullivan Thompson Historic District. Linda and three other store owners within the district launched SoHo Village NYC, a group devoted to educating residents and visitors about local history, as…

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Woody Guthrie’s New York Comes Alive

…apartment in Coney Island. The family witnessed discrimination and predatory landlord practices by none other than Fred Trump, about whom he wrote a song called “I Ain’t Got No Home/Old…

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On This Day: New York City Draft Riots

…on the site of what is now the Trump SoHo Condo Hotel, the construction of which GVSHP fought; in 2006, Trump’s workers disturbed the former church’s graveyard which was underground…

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NoHo Historic District Becomes a Reality

…into use in order to distinguish it from SoHo, the adjacent neighborhood to its south. Previously, NoHo, SoHo, and the eastern part of Tribeca were known collectively as the “warehouse…

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Make Sure Preservation Has a Future

…the public, and decision-makers. Education programs and fundraisers went virtual. But COVID-19 wasn’t the only source of challenges we faced. The Mayor put forward an unprecedented upzoning plan for SoHo

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Now That’s a Beautiful Wall!

…of the messages are anti-Trump and some are pro-Trump, the majority of the messages call for love, hope, peace and equal rights. Whether I agreed with the messages or not,…

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Spring Street Presbyterian Church

…the beginning of the Trump Soho 46-story “condo-hotel.” Soon after digging began, a backhoe uncovered human remains in four early 19th century burial vaults. Construction was halted and archaeologists were…

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Black History Month: Alex Haley

…site of what is now (ironically enough) the Trump SoHo. The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, one of New York’s first black churches and the site of historic celebrations of…

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Hudson Square

…in the area and the loss of its historic buildings. Landmark Applications 32 Dominick Street More information on: Far West Village Hudson River Park Air Rights South Village Trump SoHo

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2013: The Year In Review

…their commitments regarding the Trump SoHo and had never asked the developer to supply legally required independent audits to prove that zoning regulations were not being violated in the occupancy…

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Patricia Field’s Village Shops

…“Hotel Venus” at 382 West Broadway in SoHo that had opened in 1997. Field closed the SoHo store in 2006, moving the store to a larger location at 302 Bowery….

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Patricia Field’s Village Shops

…“Hotel Venus” at 382 West Broadway in SoHo that had opened in 1997. Field closed the SoHo store in 2006, moving the store to a larger location at 302 Bowery….

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The Forgotten Fifth Avenue South of Washington Square Park

…Broadway. Source: NY Metro Victorian Society of America. https://www.vicsocny.org/castironnyc/popup.php?id=27 422 West Broadway or 130 South Fifth Avenue. Source: https://www.mountainsoftravelphotos.com/USA%20-%20New%20York%20City/27%20SoHo/slides/27%20422%20W%20Broadway%20Has%20Its%20Original%20Street%20Address%20On%20The%20Cast-iron%20Columns%20-%20It%20Used%20To%20Be%20130%20South%20Fifth%20Avenue%20In%20SoHo%20New%20York%20City.jpg In 1896 South Fifth Avenue became part of West Broadway again,…

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Oral History Highlight: Colette Smith Douglas

…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:…

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Gay Activist Alliance Headquarters Bombed

Gay Activist Alliance Firehouse. On October 15, 1974, the Gay Activist Alliance Firehouse, located in SoHo at 99 Wooster Street, was bombed.  One of the most highly influential LGBT groups…

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Keith Haring in the Village

…his breakthrough exhibition at Tony Shafrazi’s SoHo space in 1982. According to a New York Magazine review, during these years Haring was “merely one of the crowd hanging out in…

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Deadly History

…uncovered during continued renovations. Remains were also unearthed during excavation for the Hudson Square Trump Residential Hotel in 2006, a project which GVSHP opposed due to numerous zoning issues. The…

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Jazz and Jewelry: The Life of Art Smith

…saxophone or trumpet. He first met Talley Beatty, a modern dancer, who introduced him to black artists like writer James Baldwin, painter Charles Sebree, and singer Lena Horne, among many…

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KlezBiGay 2021 Pride Concert and Chat

…of Klezbos sextet: Debra Kreisberg clarinet/saxophone Pam Fleming trumpet Melissa Fogarty vocals Shoko Nagai accordion/piano Saskia Lane double bass Eve Sicular drums/bandleader Co-hosted by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice…

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31 Literary Icons of Greenwich Village

…professor William Strunk Jr., and published Trumpet of the Swan in 1970. White received the National Medal for Literature in 1971, and two years later was elected to the American Academy of…

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