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Lost Neighborhoods of New York: Goulash Row

New York is renowned for its vibrant immigrant history, and the many diverse neighborhoods born out of years of heavy immigration in the 19th and early 20th-centuries. But for all…

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What’s Old Is New Again For a Special Building on East 12th Street

…one of hundreds if not thousands of tenements constructed in the months before the passage of the “New Law” requiring more light and air in new tenements in New York,…

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A Tradition of Progressive Education

Our neighborhood is rife with educational institutions and schools which have blazed trails and tread new ground. Today we will look at two schools which have benefited the younger members…

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New Oral History: Shirley Wright and the Founding of the West Village Nursery School

…School co-founder Shirley Wright — access it here. Shirley has lived in Greenwich Village for three quarters of a century, and co-founded the West Village Nursery School: a model, progressive…

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C. B. J. Snyder’s School Design in the Village: A special encore presentation

C. B. J. Snyder’s School Design in the Village A special encore presentation Urban public schools are some of the most architecturally intriguing buildings one can find in the dense…

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Places We Love: The Newsboys’ Home

…Children’s Aid Society as the Tompkins Square Lodging for Boys and Industrial School. It was designed by Calvert Vaux and George K. Radford as a combination home and school for…

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Beyond the Village and Back: Congregation Shearith Israel

…via Scouting New York. Soon after the 23 Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Sherith Israel arrived in New Amsterdam, they began to make arrangements for the creation of a cemetery…

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Old Buildings, New Forms: Creative adaptive re-use in the built environment

On Tuesday evening, Village Preservation presented a program with architect, preservationist, and author Françoise Bollack about her new book, Old Buildings, New Forms: New Directions in Architectural Transformations, published by…

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Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City

Location: The Church of the Village, 201 W 13th Street, New York, NY 10011. Journalist, historian, and photographer Elyssa Maxx Goodman, author of the newly released Glitter and Concrete: A…

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Beyond the Village and Back: Chicago’s “L” and the New York City “El”

…subway companies in New York City—the IRT, Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit (BMT), and Independent Subway System (IND)—the Third Avenue elevated and its counterparts came under criticism from New York mayor Fiorello La…

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Village Preservation Joins Doctors, Patients, and Staff for Press Conference to Save Historic New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

…New York, Gothamist, Patch, and the New York Post. The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary is the second oldest specialized hospital in the Western Hemisphere and NYC’s second oldest…

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Anthony C. Wood, author of Preserving New York:Winning the Right to Protect a City’s LandmarksInterviewed by Judith Stonehill

…how this legislation has helped ensure the preservation of remarkable New York City buildings. Preserving New York will be available for purchase courtesy of the New York Preservation Archive Project….

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Peril & Promise: Exploring the Next Chapter of New York City with Village History

…as a more just, affordable, sustainable, and livable city. Planning for the ‘new’ New York will require us to rethink everything, and use every tool in our toolbox – looking from…

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“Radicals and Rogues: The Women Who Made New York Modern” with Lottie Whalen

From artists to activists, this new book is explosive and eye-opening new history of the women who gave us New York. This is the story of a group of women…

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Escape from New York:
The 1822 Yellow Fever Outbreak and the Creation of Greenwich Village with James Nevius

…New York City and Footprints in New York: Tracing the Lives of Four Centuries of New Yorkers, both co-written with his wife, Michelle. He is a frequent guest lecturer at Village Preservation….

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New Additions to Our Historic Image Archive and Preservation History Archive: Evelyn G. Haynes

News clippings and historic images from the new Evelyn G. Hayes Collections We have some wonderful new additions to our Preservation History Archive and Historic Image Archive to share from…

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New York 1969

There are only a few seats left for tomorrow evening’s program with photographer Richard Blair and his new book New York 1969. Good Humor Man, Sheridan Square circa 1969 Photo…

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A South Village Treat: La NewYorkina, 240 Sullivan Street

…been featured in the New York Times, Food and Wine, Fine Cooking, Saveur Magazine, Fine Cooking, Fast Company and New York magazines, among others. She launched La NewYorkina, an artisanal…

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Book Talk: Death in New York: History and Culture of Burials, Undertakers and Executions with K. Krombie

…the 1788 Doctors’ Riot, which contributed to new laws protecting the deceased, to the overcrowding and epidemics that ultimately built cemeteries outside of New York City and more, author K. Krombie unveils…

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The New Yorkers: A book by photographer Robert Herman

The New Yorkers: A book by photographer Robert Herman “The New Yorkers” is Robert Herman’s astounding collection of photographs of New York City, shot between 1978-2005 on Kodachrome. The book…

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Theater for The New City: 2018 Village Awardee

Theater for The New City (TNC) was founded in 1970 and has served its community with a wide variety of programming for nearly fifty years. TNC has premiered nearly one…

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Civic Grandeur: Preserving Public Buildings At the Museum of the City of New York

Civic Grandeur: Preserving Public Buildings At the Museum of the City of New York New York’s civic and public buildings have always included much more than drab government buildings. Many…

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Changing Fashion of New York

…5, & The Godfather Part II). Delancey Street looking north on Orchard Street, with Cohen Fashion Opticals in the 1960s. Carole not only captured the everchanging landscape of New York…

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Tale of Four Schools

Tale of Four Schools Architect CBJ Snyder was a prolific designer of New York public school buildings, completing more than 350 schools in the late 19th and early 20th centuries….

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Former “Colored” School No. 4: A Newly-Designated City Landmark

Neighboring Chelsea and Greenwich Village share a historic intimacy. Indeed, the significance of Manhattan’s former “Colored” School No. 4 at 128 West 17th Street — which the New York City…

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A New Plan to Preserve the Small Businesses We Love and Need

…stem the loss of the independent businesses that make our community unique.” If new rules are enacted, they would definitely be something new in NYC, and likely controversial. But there…

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New York Biscuit Stables

…of this survey, we photographed what would become the most northwest building included in the historic district, the New York Biscuit Stables at 445 West 14th Street. 445 West 14th Street,…

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Village jazz photo collection finds new home

Frank Driggs displays a few samples of his jazz photography collection. Photo via the New York Times. Last week the New York Times reported that a large collection of jazz…

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Seeking to Preserve Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, New York City’s First Spanish Church

…New Yorkers were a tiny minority; today, they account for about 30% of New York City’s population, and are the city’s largest ethnic group. Unfortunately, the church is now endangered….

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FutureCity: The Past, Present and Future of New York with Jason Haber

…people will live on our planet, two-thirds of whom will live in cities. Simultaneously, many cities, including New York, are ill-prepared for the next storm. New York faces unprecedented challenges….

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A New Way To Preserve, and Learn From, History

… Issues of The Villager newspaper published between 1959 and 1999 have been added to the searchable electronic database, New York State Historic Newspapers (NYSHN). For those of you, like me, who…

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New Research on 86 University Place Powers Our Push For Landmark Protections for Greenwich Village and the East Village South of Union Square

…86 University Place (11th/12th Streets), a rowhouse built in 1842 which was once the home of one of New York’s greatest philanthropists, who was instrumental in the creation of the New…

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Dylan Thomas in New York: The Rock Star Poet at his Zenith

…and audio recordings. “Dylan Thomas’s voice has added a new dimension to literary history,” the New York Times raved when he launched his U.S. reading tour. “He will surely be…

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The Politics of Preservation: One of the Saving Place public programs at the Museum of the City of New York

The Politics of Preservation: One of the Saving Place public programs at the Museum of the City of New York The New York City Landmarks Law establishes a system for…

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New Landmarks Chair has Extensive Preservation Background; GVSHP Urges Her to Extend Landmark Protections in Endangered ‘Tech Hub’ Area; Rally Tomorrow at Noon to Save our Neighborhood

…to appoint, and the City Council to only approve, a new chair who has a demonstrated track record as a preservationist. GVSHP has written to the new Chair to congratulate…

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New Proposal for Construction Next Door Threatens Merchant’s House Museum

Schematics showing proposed new building with Merchants House in front of (left image) and to the right of the proposed new building. A new application filed with the Landmarks Preservation…

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“Welcome to the Neighborhood”: Supporting New Local Independent Businesses

…to find out about unique new stores in the neighborhood and help support a healthy retail landscape in our communities. Explore all our “Welcome to the Neighborhood” new small businesses…

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New York Deco with Tony Robins

…the image of New York City as the world’s Modern Metropolis. In New York, Art Deco evolved through a series of Manhattan skyscrapers into the city’s chief architectural language. Following…

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The Bones of Old New York: Rick Kelly’s Carmine Street Guitars

…pay his way through art school. The art of Rick Kelly Kelly made his first guitar with wood from a New York building three years ago, after director Jim Jarmusch…

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New for November: Annual Comedy Fundraiser 11/28 and Drag History and Its Roots in Our Neighborhoods 11/29

…of the Village, 201 West 13th Street Journalist, historian, and photographer Elyssa Maxx Goodman, author of the newly released Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York…

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A Bevy of New Historic Images from Landmarks Applications

…the applications and added them to our historic image archive, which has become quite the treasure trove. The most recent batch of landmarks applications had some fantastic new images we…

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Footprints in New Yorkwith authors James and Michelle Nevius

Footprints in New York with authors James and Michelle Nevius Join authors and noted tour guides James and Michelle Nevius for a presentation on their latest book, Footprints in New…

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Business of the Month: New York City Pharmacy, 206 1st Avenue

…continues to do, New York City Pharmacy is our June Business of the Month. NYC Pharmacy is a family-owned business which always welcomes new clients looking for quality products at…

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New Proposal for Construction Next Door Threatens Merchant’s House Museum

Schematics showing proposed new building with Merchants House in front of (left image) and to the right of the proposed new building. A new application filed with the Landmarks Preservation…

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How New York Vanished: From the Citizen to the Consumer City with Jeremiah Moss

How New York Vanished: From the Citizen to the Consumer City with Jeremiah Moss Hailed by Vanity Fair as “Essential Reading,” Jeremiah Moss’s Vanishing New York is an unflinching chronicle…

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Monitoring New Developments in SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown and Accuracy of Rezoning Predictions and Commitments

…creation of new housing, especially new “affordable” housing, was supposed to be strongly incentivized and take place. To be fair, this site is not one within this “housing opportunity zone”…

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New Research in South of Union Square Landmarking Effort Reveals Incredible History Behind Unprotected 160 Year Old Fifth Avenue House

…helped found some of the greatest institutions in New York, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Bronx Zoo, the New York Aquarium, the New York Historical Society, the Hospital…

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Women’s History #SouthofUnionSquare

…two under female leadership. On East 14th Street, the headquarters of the New York City Woman Suffrage League led the organizing effort for achieving women’s suffrage in New York State;…

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Collecting New York’s Stories: Stuyvesant to Sid Vicious, Curator Tour

Collecting New York’s Stories: Stuyvesant to Sid Vicious, Curator Tour Collecting New York’s Stories: Stuyvesant to Sid Vicious features highlights drawn from the hundreds of additions to the Museum of…

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The Gilded Village: Shopping in the Neighborhood #SouthOfUnionSquare

…and entertainment playground for everyday New Yorkers looking for great deals and cheap thrills. With the new mayoral administration and influx of new council members, Village Preservation is releasing new…

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Save the East Village’s Historic and Endangered New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Second Avenue and 13th Street

The East Village’s New York Eye and Ear Infirmary at Second Avenue and 13th Street is endangered! The hospital has begun emptying the structure as part of a planned move…

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New York City’s 1940 Tax Photos — Now Online!

New York history buffs have been waiting a long time for this — the New York City Municipal Archives has digitized all 720,000 of its tax photos of every building in…

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Virtual Hearing on 14-16 Fifth Avenue Demolition and New Tower Plan Tues., 3/9

…they are connected to some of the most important figures in New York history throughout their lifetimes, and approval of their demolition would be a devastating blow to historic preservation in New York…

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Back to School! GVSHP’s Children’s Education Program

September means back-to-school time for a lot of New Yorkers, and GVSHP is no exception. As a non-profit organization, part of our mission is to teach children about history and…

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What’s Up With that Rotting School on East 9th Street?

The view from E. 10th Street, shot today. The school is a classic “H-plan” (block-through, in the shape of an H from above) created by noted architect and schools superintendent…

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The Ashcan School and the Beginnings of the Whitney

…car, New York City would be its motor. The early years of the 20th century in New York City were a particularly visceral experience and provided a perfect palette for…

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Back to School with Village Preservation’s Children’s Education Program

…over three decades, and last school year had our highest demand EVER, serving nearly 3,000 students from all five boroughs. The program is available to all schools and classes regardless…

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17 LGBT landmarks of Greenwich Village

…the New School in the Village, and began writing for the black newspaper Freedom. In 1953, she married Robert Nemiroff, and they moved to Greenwich Village. It was during this…

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Big New Step for the Village Preservation/Urban Archive Partnership

Urban Archive is a location-based mobile app that empowers New Yorkers to learn about history where it happened. The site brings together the digital collections of New York City’s museums,…

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Asian-American History in Greenwich Village and the East Village

…and an individual New York City landmark in 1965. On September 22, 1892, a group of 1,000 U.S. citizens and 200 Chinese merchants and laborers gathered at The Cooper Union’s…

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New Research and Supporters Power Push for South of Union Square Landmarking

…COMMISSION WITH ALL THE HISTORY HERE. This new research has also engendered new support for our proposed South of Union Square Historic District, including from the National Women’s History Museum,…

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Further Proof That Landmarking Does Not Hurt Affordability, and Unfettered Development Doesn’t Help

…even more interesting, Williamsburg/Greenpoint also has had a very large number of new affordable units added during this time period, as the rezonings which allowed massive amounts of new market-rate…

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Saving Our Lady of Guadalupe, New York’s First Spanish Church

This weekend, the New York Times ran an extensive piece on the endangered Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 229 West 14th Street, its history, and the effort being led…

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Water Works!A history of the New York City water supply with Gina Pollara

Water Works! A history of the New York City water supply with Gina Pollara The early residents of Greenwich Village relied on rain water, wells, and a few fresh-water streams…

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New Historic McDarrah Photos Added to Historic Image Archive

…for the Village Voice for decades, since the newspaper’s inception in 1955. He captured the counterculture of Greenwich Village and the East Village, Gay Rights, Women’s Rights, the Vietnam War,…

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Folk City: A private tour of the exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York

Folk City: A private tour of the exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York In the 1950s and 1960s, folk music blossomed in New York City, especially…

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The Age of Innocence: A lecture by David Carpenter on his new opera

The Age of Innocence: A lecture by David Carpenter on his new opera The city of New York and its social mores were two of the most important elements in Edith…

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New Interactive ‘Beyond The Village and Back’ Maps Showcase Great Landmarks Throughout NYC and Their Local Connections

We’re proud to share with the public two fun and engaging new interactive maps, Beyond the Village and Back, which explore the stories behind dozens of great New York City…

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New York Diaries: A Book Talk by Teresa Carpenter

New York Diaries: A Book Talk by Teresa Carpenter Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Teresa Carpenter, a lifelong diary enthusiast, scoured the archives of libraries, historical…

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Henry James’s New YorkA Walking Tour with Joyce Gold

Henry James’s New York A Walking Tour with Joyce Gold Join Joyce Gold as she explores the New York City of Henry James and other literary notables in honor of…

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Jewish, Hispanic, and Historic Preservationist: the Maritime Pioneers of Greenwich Village

…immigrants to New York arrived much earlier, not long after the founding of New Amsterdam. And they were actually both Hispanic and Jewish, and left a profound mark upon New…

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New Addition to Our Preservation History Archive Sheds Light on Charlton King VanDam Historic District on Its Anniversary

…ever designated in New York City and the first in Greenwich Village, with one of the oldest intact sets of buildings in New York City and the city’s highest concentration…

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The Pyramid Club: New York City’s First Drag Landmark

…Lauper, and many more. Drag was not as polished and refined as it is showcased in modern media. Lady Bunny’s first performance in New York was at the Pyramid Club…

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Stoops to Conquer: The Evolution of the New York Townhouse

Stoops to Conquer: The Evolution of the New York Townhouse New York City in the popular imagination may be defined by the skyscraper, but in reality, our city’s landscape is…

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Ephemeral New York, Ephemeral Image – 6/20 A film series

…at Jefferson Market Library Ephemeral New York, Ephemeral Image utilizes The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts’ extensive 16mm film collections as a way of beginning a conversation…

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Point of View New York CityA book talk with Janko Puls

Point of View New York City A book talk with Janko Puls Upon moving to the East Village in 2006, Janko Puls quickly realized that New York City was changing…

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Discover the Art of the NYC Subway System in the Village with Walk About New York

…a member of the Guides Association of New York City (GANYC). He began Walk About New York to share his passion for the Big Apple with tourists and locals alike….

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Proposed New Building at 27 East 4th Street Poses Danger to Merchant’s House Museum

GVSHP has grave concerns about a proposed new building at 27 East 4th Street in the NoHo Historic District, directly adjacent to the Merchant’s House Museum (more images and information HERE). We…

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New York City’s Forgotten Jazz Age Best-Selling Author, Ursula Parrott

…Divorcee (1930), and launched Jimmy Stewart’s career as a lead actor in yet another New York tale, Next Time We Love (1936). Gordon’s presentation will focus on the details of Jazz Age New…

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New York 1969: A Book Talk with Richard Blair

New York 1969: A Book Talk with Richard Blair The 1960s were a time of great change. Richard Blair was wandering the streets of New York, taking dramatic photos, while…

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Athens in Manhattan: The Role of Greek Revival Architecture in Early New York City

Athens in Manhattan: The Role of Greek Revival Architecture in Early New York City Walking Tour & Garden Reception at the Merchant’s House Museum America turns two hundred forty-two this…

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Inventing Preservation: A panel discussion at Museum of the City of New York

Inventing Preservation: A panel discussion at Museum of the City of New York Historic preservation activism in New York City did not begin in the 1960s with the fight to save…

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Illustrated Lecture: Journey of Hope, The Irish in New York with Tara Ryder, Ph.D

Illustrated Lecture: Journey of Hope, The Irish in New York with Tara Ryder, Ph.D Take a multimedia look at the history and culture of the Irish of New York from…

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Folk City: New York and the Folk Music Revival: a lecture with music at Caffe Vivaldi

Folk City: New York and the Folk Music Revival: a lecture with music at Caffe Vivaldi In the 1950s and 1960s, folk music blossomed in New York City, especially in…

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Henry James’s New York – 5/10A Walking Tour with Joyce Gold

Henry James’s New York – 5/10 A Walking Tour with Joyce Gold Join Joyce Gold as she explores the New York City of Henry James and other literary notables in…

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Highline: The Inside Story of New York’s Park in the Sky

Highline: The Inside Story of New York’s Park in the Sky A Book Talk with Josh David The High Line, a new public park atop a disused elevated freight rail…

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Illuminating Forgotten Histories: New York City’s Early Black Communities

Illuminating Forgotten Histories: New York City’s Early Black Communities This Black History Month, the Schomburg Center’s Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery and Village Preservation are partnering…

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Latest Issue of Our Newsletter Available

Click to read The summer edition of Village Preservation’s bi-annual newsletter is now available HERE. Get all the latest on Village Preservation’s advocacy campaigns, programs, and educational resources. The newsletter…

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Re: New Policy Regarding Submission of Public Comments for Commission Public Hearings and Meetings

April 4, 2017 Hon. Meenakshi Srinivasan, Chair New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission One Centre Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10007 Re: New Policy Regarding Submission of Public Comments for…

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More Evidence that Upzoning Makes New York Less Affordable, Not More, and the Reality Deniers

…op-ed citing recent analyses that show that upzonings not only don’t help but often harm affordability, a new, even more extensive survey of recent housing prices in New York City…

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The Witches of Downtown New York

…the women who were considered “witches” in pre-twentieth century New York. Learn about New York City’s only witch trial, and the witches who inhabited Broome Street (no joke here) and…

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Remembering the Original New Yorkers

…that we should share a brief history of the original New Yorkers, the Lenape. When the Dutch arrived in New York in 1624, there were approximately 15,000 Lenape Indians living…

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Labor Demonstrations Nothing New for Village

…New York, and by many accounts the birthplace of a new wave of politically conscious drag performance in the late 1980’s. GVSHP proposed the building for landmark designation in 2007,…

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The Cooper Union’s “Voices from the Great Hall”: Digital Archives Of One Of New York’s Most Historic Spaces

…open to the public. To prep yourself for this amazing event, visit these new digital archives to learn more about this space and how The Great Hall has been a…

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Ephemeral New York, Ephemeral Image: A film series

…Market Library Ephemeral New York, Ephemeral Image utilizes The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts’ extensive 16mm film collections as a way of beginning a conversation that surrounds…

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A New Oral History with Acclaimed Painter Wolf Kahn

“Dark Pines,” by Wolf Kahn, HW Gallery. Once upon a time in Chelsea, New York, a young woman lived in an apartment on the sixth floor with a magical view….

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To Be Heard in Print: Black Gay Writers in 1980s New York

…African Descent (New York City). Since the early 1990s he has been a member of the Other Countries, a New York City-based Black gay men’s writing collective that has published…

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Latest Issue of Our Newsletter Available

Click to read. The spring/summer edition of Village Preservation’s bi-annual newsletter is now available HERE. Get all the latest on Village Preservation’s advocacy campaigns, programs, and educational resources. The newsletter…

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Ephemeral New York, Ephemeral Image – 6/27 A film series

…at Jefferson Market Library Ephemeral New York, Ephemeral Image utilizes The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts’ extensive 16mm film collections as a way of beginning a conversation…

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Inside the Four Seasons: A panel discussion at Museum of the City of New York

…of New York City Landmarks, on view through January 3. Book signing to follow. Judith Gura, Design Historian and Exhibitions and Public Programs Consultant at the New York School of…

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