…to newer generations. In 2014, Village Preservation conducted an oral history with Amram that explores his childhood, adolescent inspirations, young adulthood in Greenwich Village, amazing career, and his thoughts on…
Read More…oral history of that movement through a close look at a diverse group of Lower East Side squatters who occupied abandoned city-owned buildings in the 1980s, fought to keep them…
Read More…was anything but a dull decade. We launched our Annual Village Awards, formed our preservation committee to review important preservation issues in our neighborhood, began our Oral History Project, and…
Read More…a home in this definitive and rollicking oral history of The Village Voice — a New York City institution that became America’s most iconic weekly newspaper. Romano will read selections…
Read More…with historian, artist, and activist Jonathan Ned Katz, the subject of Village Preservation’s most recent oral history. A renowned public historian and author, whose pioneering work helped to found the…
Read More…artistic expression through events, presentations, and discussions about Merce, dance, and his influence on culture. This Village Preservation Oral History participant will continue to be a foundational figure of the…
Read More…Watch here: https://youtu.be/vpL9ku7kBiI Michael E. Levine’s Greenwich Village, SoHo, Stonewall, and Beyond: an Oral History Celebration — To celebrate the release of Michael E. Levine’s Village Preservation Oral History, Village…
Read More…of vacant lots and abandoned buildings, turning what had bene the neighborhood’s greatest liabilities into some of its greatest assets.” You can listen to our oral history with CHARAS community…
Read More…and customs continue to shape vibrant communities. In celebration of these voices, we’re combing through the GVSHP Oral History archives to highlight some of the fascinating stories of immigrants, their…
Read More…and owner Ingrid Bernhard for an oral history. In this interview, Ms. Bernhard discusses her early years in Sweden and 1956 move to New York, living in a Greenwich Village…
Read MoreBarbara Kahn Barbara Kahn recently joined Village Preservation for a celebration of the her oral history with the organization (watch the video here). Barbara and friends offered a selection of…
Read More…beautifully.” In his oral history, Roodenko remembers his own press, which by 1957 was located at 36 East 10th Street: “The printshop was a marvelous excuse for not doing anything,…
Read More…History and Oral History books. Lena lives in Brooklyn. She enjoys writing, painting, practicing yoga, and riding her bike in Prospect Park. Lena feels a deep connection to the Jewish,…
Read More…about life, business, and history on the East Side. So he was an obvious choice for GVSHP’s oral history project — an ongoing campaign to record and celebrate the stories…
Read More…Oral History books. Lena lives in Brooklyn. They enjoy writing, painting, practicing yoga, and riding their bike in Prospect Park. Lena feels a deep connection to the Jewish, queer, leftist,…
Read More…of the 1970s and 80s was a different place than today. Tom’s oral history (and the rest of our Oral History Collection) cover these different times that we often view through…
Read More…ever since. Some of the quotes from her oral history with GVSHP below are similar to what we hear on a regular basis from long time Village residents: “When I…
Read More…still among us. David Amram is one of those extraordinary people. Village Preservation conducted an oral history with Mr. Amram on January 28, 2014, and at 92 this year, it…
Read More…Bar, and is also a contributor to our oral history collection. Tom Bernardin, photo by Liza Zapol for GVSHP, March 12, 2015 Tom was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and spent most…
Read More…the Grid often features images from GVSHP’s Preservation Archive and Oral History Project. The image archive includes approximately 300 images from ten different collections that document the architecture, cultural history,…
Read More…GVSHP is in the process of putting together an oral history interview with Ingrid. We will let you know when that has been completed, but until then please check out…
Read More…and we at Village Preservation continue to appreciate his work, captured in many ways in the fascinating oral history we conducted with us on May 13, 2015. In addition to…
Read More…history. April 19th happens to be the birthday of one of our neighborhood’s many incredible immigrants, noted East Village photographer Marlis Momber. In 2015, GVSHP conducted an oral history with…
Read MoreJoin us for an evening with historian, artist, and activist Jonathan Ned Katz, the subject of Village Preservation’s most recent oral history. A renowned public historian and author, whose pioneering work…
Read More…Germany, Austria, and Belgium, established a scholarship fund, financed the English translation of an oral history of the Holodomor, and launched Our Life, a newsletter-turned-monthly-magazine that has covered subjects of…
Read More…the year. Here is a link to a summary of the oral history transcript. You can click here to access GVSHP’s full Oral History Collection. Peter also generously opened to…
Read More…community of Westbeth and surrounding neighborhood from the 1970’s until present time. Listen to the Merce Cunningham Oral History here, and the rest of our Westbeth Oral History Collection here….
Read MoreWashington Square Park, Aeriel View, Looking North, 1950. (Photo from nyulocal.com) Eighteen years ago, GVSHP had the privilege of recording an oral history interview with early preservationist, Edith Lyons, the…
Read More…seeing … kind of the worst consequences of excessive wealth and real estate development around us,” Polshek said in an oral history conducted with us in September of 2017. “If…
Read More…her oral history) is working on one of the sublime sauces she turns out here.” Romana passed away in 2018, but her tradition of excellence continues as the fourth generation…
Read More…writing sections of his anthology Poet in New York during his stay at the Society. Click here to access our oral history with Robert Sanfiz, the Executive Director of La Nacional. Nuyorican Poets…
Read More…assault, and harassment that LGBTQ+ individuals frequently experienced in the prison system in the 1960s. According to an oral history David Rothenberg gave with our organization in 2016, Herbert found…
Read MoreRead/Listen to Kahn’s Oral History Multi-award-winning actor, director and playwright Barbara Kahn sat down for a remarkable oral history with us last year, illuminating her experience within our neighborhood’s Off-…
Read More…on Bethune Street, renting a room from Otis. As per her Village Preservation oral history, Otis said of Jacobs: “she had a house around the corner and a family, but…
Read More…What he said is true about how the explosion changed the neighborhood. The explosion also changed the inner workings of the Weathermen themselves. Courtney Ivins, whose Oral History with Weather…
Read More…details about that in Ralph’s amazing oral history with Village Preservation). With paper-mâché puppets, the group of Lee’s children and their friends paraded through the streets. The event grew each…
Read More…block. I am sure that without the extension, these two houses would have been lost.” For more of this incredible history, check out GVSHP’s oral history with Marilyn Appleberg here,…
Read More…access our oral history to hear the first-hand stories of how immigrants and the children of immigrants have shaped our neighborhoods and culture. See more photos from the GSVHP Image…
Read More…GVSHP and included soundbites from our Oral History Collection to be included in their sound boxes. These sound boxes will be found once again between 1st Avenue and Avenue C,…
Read More…GVSHP Oral History Collection This post highlights GVSHP’s extensive Oral History collection. Through 2018, we have conducted almost fifty oral histories. In 2019, we have four more planned for release…
Read More…Bell Laboratories into the publicly funded artist housing complex Westbeth in the West Village. As part of GVSHP’s Oral History Collection on Westbeth, Meier was interviewed about this project in…
Read More…as ours. To read or listen to Shirley Haye’s oral history and learn more details about her life and activism, click here. To explore all our oral histories, click here. …
Read More…today our 2015 Oral History with Marlis Momber — check it our here. Marlis was born in Berlin in 1943, and in the interview she connects images of war-torn Germany with…
Read More…went on to win the election. There was an interesting story on page 12 written by Leticia Kent (who conducted an oral history with GVSHP here) about two migrant workers…
Read More…music. Click here to read the full transcript of Rob Mason’s oral history, or click here to listen to the full audio, as the stories here just scratch the surface of a…
Read More…Penny welcoming small business owner Danilo Romero as he accepts the 2022 Village Award for Bonsignour. In 2018, Penny sat down for an oral history with us which covers her…
Read More…Center, and other partners including GVSHP, held workshops starting in the spring that taught dozens of amateur photographers how to use photography and oral history to raise public awareness, build…
Read More…in the oral history GVSHP conducted with him in 2015 because “I’ve had to tell it so many times…Buy the damned book….because two things will have been served: one, since the…
Read More…fascinating contribution to our oral history collection. Jim was compassionate, generous, and a teacher who served as the dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia…
Read More…Westbeth for the State and National Register of Historic Places in 2010, our Westbeth Oral History project, and our first-of-its-kind Westbeth artists loft tour (all supported by grants from the…
Read More…their community, and rather than waiting around for someone else to do something about it, took it up themselves. Read the Full Oral History AUDIO CLIP FROM INTERVIEW WITH SHIRLEY…
Read More…American history. After the talk, purchase Ours to Lose and have your copy signed by the author. Amy Starecheski is co-director of the Oral History Master of Arts program at…
Read More…photographic process, and the contribution of photographers to the broader field of fine art. Read the Full Oral History AUDIO CLIP FROM INTERVIEW WITH ALEX HARSLEY Transcript of Audio Clip:…
Read More…painter at Black Mountain College in the 1940s and 50s. Her recent work explores her ancestry, landscapes, and gender. Read the Full Oral History AUDIO CLIP FROM INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTINA…
Read More…Preservation honored Porto Rico with a Village Award and, in 2015, we released an oral history with Peter Longo, the current owner and operator of Porto Rico, who joined us…
Read MoreChino García, co-founder of CHARAS In 2015, Village Preservation conducted an oral history with community organizer Carlos “Chino” García, one of the co-founders of the legendary community organization CHARAS. CHARAS…
Read More…of styles including Italianate, Neo-Grec, Queen Anne, and Renaissance Revival. Read more here about the tenements of the South Village, check out our South Village oral history collection, and watch our Save the South Village…
Read More…types of beans. Check out owner Peter Longo’s oral history here. McNulty’s Tea & Coffee Co. 109 Christopher Street Similar to Porto Rico, this bean and tea importer has been…
Read More…the block. I am sure that without the extension, these two houses would have been lost.” For more of this incredible history, check out GVSHP’s oral history with Marilyn Appleberg…
Read More…was known as the Essex Market Courthouse. Mr. Mekas describes his purchase of the building from the city in 1979 in an oral history conducted with GVSHP: “When I bought…
Read More…and news from the old country. Tom took over in 1974 and has successfully grown the business over these many years. Here’s a snippet from Tom’s oral history, talking about…
Read More…In 2007, GVSHP honored Porto Rico with a Village Award and, in 2015, we released an oral history with Peter Longo, the current owner and operator of the establishment. Whether…
Read More…for the Performing Arts, the Acker Award, the Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award, and the Torch of Hope Award honoring lifetime achievement in non-profit theater. Read the Full Oral History…
Read More…be an on-going, interactive, multi-media performance piece, which combined elements of oral history, architectural and social history, theater, visual art, performance art, and the organizing principle of the walking tour…
Read More…fragments of the compiled answers to a display that turns them into a sort of scrolling, crowd-sourced, oral history of place. But you do not need to wait for the…
Read More…listen to owner Peter Longo’s oral history here. Ninth Street Espresso Ninth Street Espresso, image via ninthstreetespresso.com Founded in 2001 at 700 East 9th Street and Avenue C with a…
Read More…Sanfiz first became involved with La Nacional as their pro bono attorney. This oral history focuses on the history of the Spanish immigrant community in New York, and on the…
Read More…within our Oral History collection, our Preservation History Archive, and our Historic Image Archive, by far the majority of photos and collections in which were donated and/or taken by women….
Read More…even want expropriation of property for their purposes. You can explore more of the treasures of GVSHP’s oral history collection, accessing full transcripts and audio clips, on the GVSHP website….
Read More…Village? Check out our South Village oral history collection, watch our Save the South Village videos, or read about Italians of the South Village, Our Lady of Pompeii, and Father…
Read More…for artists. Both buildings are designated NYC landmarks in the Far West Village. Incidentally, GVSHP recorded an oral history with Jane Jacobs in 1997. The history recounts her role in…
Read More…of art made and stored by some of the hundreds of working artists who live in the complex (see photos here). GVSHP has also conducted an oral history project with…
Read More…supporter of Village Preservation and honored us with an oral history in 2000. According to his account: “We met in January 1946. Dan and I were both back from the…
Read More…to Spatt’s oral history. Spatt outside the main branch of the NYPL on 42nd Street. The interior of this site was landmarked during the period she chaired the LPC.Image via…
Read More…fifty years ago with the river dotted with sailboats. In 2007 Village Preservation was honored to conduct and publish an oral history with Merce Cunningham. You can listen to that…
Read More…Village Preservation conducted an oral history with Fawzy and Ola. In the oral history they discuss running B&H Dairy since 2003 and the challenges they have faced, including the near-destruction…
Read More…can stay around for future generations. Learn more about our small business initiatives here. We recently hosted an event at the Duplex to showcase our oral history collection. Penny Arcade…
Read More…School, actor Vin Diesel, and dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham (who is the subject of one of GVSHP’s several Westbeth oral historians in our Oral History Archive), among many others. Additionally, the…
Read MoreThe renowned painter Wolf Kahn was born on October 4, 1927. In his oral history with GVSHP, Wolf Kahn brought wit, snark, and great, detailed memories about his time in…
Read More…told by her in our oral history collection — East Village. Born in 1924, she moved to the Lower East Side in the 1940’s shortly after getting married. Her credits,…
Read More…June 15, 1912 and would have been 103 today. Back in the year 2000, GVSHP had the honor of interviewing Mrs. Hayes as part of our Oral History Project. Shirley…
Read More…Park. I’ve had such fun.” If you are interested in learning more about some other pioneers in the preservation movement, check out GVSHP’s oral history interviews with Margot Gayle, Jane…
Read More…While not the biggest image collection in the GVSHP Preservation Archive and Oral History Project, the Nat Kaufman Collection is unique in that all the images were taken in a…
Read More…important anniversary, we have decided to revisit our 1996 Oral History Interview with NYC Landmarks Law activist and historic preservationist Margot Gayle. Born in 1908, Gayle became involved in preservation…
Read More…Preservation issued a series of reports and oral histories documenting the remarkable history of the building and the preservation effort in the 1960s. Related Blog Posts Ingrid Bernhard’s Oral History…
Read More…air in the Village. The following photos are from GVSHP’s Preservation Archive and Oral History Project, specifically a part of the Nat Kaufman Collection. The Nat Kaufman Collection of photos…
Read More…more about this Village Awardee and preservation pioneer from her fascinating 1996 Oral History. The Women’s Prison Association The Women’s Prison Association (110 Second Avenue) is the nation’s oldest organization…
Read More…founding of the Association in her GVSHP Oral History conducted in May, 1996. Regina Kellerman, GVSHP’s first Executive Director, architectural historian, and preservationist, helped develop the book. Others involved included…
Read More…an oral history interviewer if “it was particularly difficult to be a woman artist in the art world then,” Ford responded: “Oh God, yes, absolutely, and I had horrible examples…
Read More…known for its robust attendance and participation, colorful costumes, and puppetry, was founded by Westbeth resident Ralph Lee in 1974. In 2019 we released our oral history with the celebrated…
Read More…Oral History program. The 2013 Woody Guthrie Plaque on 74 Charles We have discussed Guthrie’s impact on the music industry several times including the famed Almanac House; his role in…
Read More…the Grid, so check out our previous articles in the archive. And our Oral History project has an entire section of Westbeth stories – you can listen to them on…
Read MoreIn Their Own Words: A Salute to the Women of the Greenwich Village Preservation Movement Village Preservation’s Oral History Project, conducted over 10 years and only now available to the…
Read More…and ESL classes, The Jefferson Market Players Theater, The Little Underground Gallery, Your Village, Your Story: Greenwich Village Oral History Project, The Greenwich Village Ephemera Project, and The Urban Explorers Group. Regina Kellerman Award…
Read More…of services that help the formerly incarcerated thrive as happy and healthy members of society. David recently shared his story with Village Preservation for an oral history interview, and at…
Read More…in the Village since 1953 and conducted an oral history with us in 2014. And their two sons Patrick and Tim are equally – if not more – committed to…
Read More…wrote one-off essays for the alternative paper. Edwin Fancher, in an oral history conducted by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation by interviewer Roberta Brandes Gratz, explores the early…
Read More…the classics (plain, pepperoni) to the more unique (Cajun toppings, gluten-free crust, vegan cheese). Owner and founder Phil Hartman is also a contributor to our New Oral History Collection on…
Read More…marking the release of GVSHP’s oral history with David and his addition to our Civil Rights and Social Justice Map. If you missed last night’s celebration, or want to relive…
Read More…Fancher’s oral history with GVSHP from 2000 notes that he and his Village Voice partner Dan Wolf “were part of what could probably be called a kind of a bohemian…
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