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    Village Preservation is dedicated to preserving the architectural heritage and cultural history of Greenwich Village, the East Village and NoHo.

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    2022 Annual Meeting and Village Awards: In-Person at The Cooper Union Great Hall

    June 14, 2022
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    Village Preservation offers a variety of tools to help you learn more about the history and culture of our neighborhoods.

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Village Preservation Oral History Collection

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 part. 

Our entire oral history collection in alphabetical order:

Ola and Fawzy Abdelwahed

David Amram

Marilyn Appleberg

Penny Arcade

Dixon Bain

Fred Bass

Tom Bernardin

Ingrid Bernhard

Tom Birchard

Otis Kidwell Burger

Ana Steele Clark

George Cominskie

Peter Cott

Merce Cunningham

Joan Davidson

Doris Diether

Colette Douglas

Albert Fabozzi

Edwin Fancher

Chino Garcia

Margot Gayle

Frances Goldin

John Guare

Phil Hartman

Shirley Hayes

Jane Jacobs

Barbara Kahn

Wolf Kahn

Rick Kelly

Maria Kenny

Leticia Kent

Victor Keyloun

Ralph Lee

Arthur Levin

Michael E. Levine

Vincent Livelli

Edith Lyons

Peter Longo

Gloria McDarrah

Rob Mason

Richard Meier

Jonas Mekas

Marlis Momber

Valerio Orselli

Lorcan Otway

James Stewart Polshek

Paula DeLuccia Poons

Andrew & Romana Raffetto

Norman Redlich

David Rothenberg

Peter Ruta

Robert Sanfiz

Mimi Sheraton

Verna Small

Beverly Moss Spatt

Claire Tankel

Virlana Tkacz

Calvin Trillin

Matt Umanov

Rich Wandel

Tod Williams

Robert Zerilli

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232 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003

212-475-9585
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