Village Preservation’s Oral History Project includes interviews with some of the great artists, activists, business owners, community leaders, and preservation pioneers of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. It captures and preserves their first-person perspective on the important histories they witnessed or of which they were a part.
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Kevin McGruder is an active member of Other Countries, a Black gay men’s writing collective that was founded in 1986. This oral history includes extensive discussion of Other Countries’ founding and history, particularly its deep roots in the West Village and shifts in the group’s focus during the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis. The oral […]
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Michael E. Levine (1943-2025) was an urban planner and NYC Department of City Planning Community Board 2 liaison beginning in the 1960s. He was intimately involved in the landmark designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District, pioneering zoning and landmark designations for SoHo, the Stonewall Riots, and Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ […]
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