Rick Kelly
Rick Kelly has owned the world-renowned Carmine Street Guitars at 42 Carmine Street since 1990, but opened his first shop on Downing Street in 1976. His oral history delves into his … Continued
Full TranscriptVillage 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.
Rick Kelly has owned the world-renowned Carmine Street Guitars at 42 Carmine Street since 1990, but opened his first shop on Downing Street in 1976. His oral history delves into his … Continued
Full TranscriptUmanov is the founder and proprietor of Matt Umanov Guitars, located at 273 Bleecker Street. Since 1965, Matt Umanov Guitars has been buying, selling, and repairing vintage guitars, and has … Continued
Full TranscriptRomana is the former owner, and her son Andrew is the current owner of Raffetto Pasta at 144 West Houston Street. A Village and New York institution, Rafetto Pasta was … Continued
Full TranscriptLongo grew up in an Italian family in the Village, attending Catholic schools and absorbing the immigrant and Beat cultures that surrounded him. He took over, and still runs, the … Continued
Full TranscriptVincent Livelli has lived in the Village for close to 100 years. From the 1940s to 1970s Vincent helped revolutionize the cruise ship industry as a music and dance director. … Continued
Full TranscriptThe child of Irish immigrants, Kenny grew up in the Bronx and Greenwich Village. Her father, Pat, was owner of the Village music club, Kenny’s Castaways, and a part owner … Continued
Full TranscriptDouglas lived in MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens in the 1950s, and tells a classic story of mid-century Village life, from attending Little Red Schoolhouse as a child, to witnessing her husband fight … Continued
Full TranscriptA noted musician, bandleader, prolific composer, and pioneer of the jazz French horn for more than the past half-century, Amram lived in various parts of the Village and has worked … Continued
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