Tompkins Square Park: From Bouwerie to Greenmarket A pop-up exhibit Join the East Village Parks Conservancy, GrowNYC, and Village Preservation as we explore the history of Tompkins Square Park in…
Read MoreLeft Bank New York, Artists Off Washington Square 1890s to 1920: A lecture with Virgina Budny After training in Europe, some of America’s most famous painters and sculptors transformed stables…
Read MoreVillage Preservation continues its research on the unprotected and potentially endangered buildings in our area, particularly the section of Greenwich Village and the East Village south of Union Square we have proposed for…
Read MoreTompkins Square North: Anatomy of an East Village Block A Presentation by the NYU Public History & Archives Class Considered by many to be one of the most beautiful blocks…
Read More…gaze above the sidewalk, the storefront, and the second floor. The Washington Square Arch is something that many people who live in the neighborhood can easily take for granted. It’s…
Read MoreOn January 28, 2014, Village Preservation submitted a request for consideration of a contextual rezoning of the University Place and Broadway corridors south of Union Square. This proposal, which followed…
Read MoreWalk and Draw Summer Series Part 2: Visual Art of the Village and Washington Square Park in July This summer, join artist and Villager Nick Golebiewski for a series of…
Read More…Like so much in the area of Greenwich Village and the East Village south of Union Square, this rich history goes largely unrecognized and unprotected, and could be lost at…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More…(AJHS) and Village Preservation as we explore the incredibly rich and varied Jewish history of Greenwich Village and the East Village South of Union Square — from censorship battles to socialist…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More…Village” tool. To send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square, click here. Explore the “Virtual Village” — South of Union Square…
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Much if this area south of Washington Square was landmarked in 2013 and 2016 as part of the South Village and Sullivan Thompson Historic Districts proposed and fought for by…
Posted April 12, 2023
Read MoreToday we’re celebrating the accomplishments of some historic lenspeople who made their mark in the neighborhood South of Union Square. Photography was one of the many creative industries shaped and…
Read MoreThe area of our neighborhoods located south of Union Square represent an eclectic history, chock full artistic movements, industrial growth, labor/civil rights struggles, immigrant heritage, and much much more we…
Read More…online interactive tool that allows you to journey back in time to explore and interact with the rich history South of Union Square. Learn about the great leaps in music, literature,…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read MoreVillage Preservation has called upon the Landmarks Preservation Commission to finally landmark our proposed historic district South of Union Square, highlighting more than a dozen sites critical to LGBTQ+ history…
Read MoreNext Wednesday the City Planning Commission will also be voting upon the proposal to require special permits for new hotels in Greenwich Village and the East Village south of Union Square. …
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Greenwich Village resident Marisa Palmisano watched the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center burn and collapse from her neighborhood. She captured these two images in Union Square in the…
Posted September 8, 2021
Read MoreWith the important vote on the Hudson Square rezoning by the City Council’s Zoning Subcommittee this Wednesday, we will find out if the City Council will approve or deny the…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More…was the case when I was recently researching 59 Fourth Avenue, part of the South of Union Square neighborhood for which we are seeking landmark designation and have recently released…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of the…
Read MorePhoto of 801 Broadway by Jim Henderson via Wikimedia Commons Straddling Greenwich Village and the East Village, the neighborhood south of Union Square between Fifth and Third Avenues was once a center of…
Read More…95, she died in her sleep in her East 12th Street apartment in 2009, located in the neighborhood South of Union Square for which we are campaigning for landmark protections…
Read More…Hudson Square but had traditionally been part of Greenwich Village. 110 King Street, ca 1939. Source: Museum of the City of New York. Federal Art Project The Federal Art Project…
Read More…out to us as soon as possible. The neighborhood South of Union Square played a critical and outsized role in the development of 20th century American art. From the social…
Read MoreOur efforts to honor and preserve the remarkable history of the endangered and unprotected area of Greenwich Village and the East Village south of Union Square, especially its extraordinary civil rights…
Read More…to send a letter to city officials For images of and information about the endangered historic area south of Union Square which Village Preservation is seeking to preserve, click below….
Read More…Village” tool. To send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square, click here. Explore the “Virtual Village” — South of Union Square…
Read MoreVillage Preservation continues our research efforts to demonstrate the incredible history of the area south of Union Square which lacks landmark protections, and to fight for its preservation. Our latest…
Read More…Village south of Union Square (roughly Fifth to Third Avenues, 9th to 14th Streets), Village Preservation recently submitted documentation to the Landmarks Preservation Commission about the incredible history of two more…
Read MoreThe neighborhood South of Union Square played a critical and outsized role in the development of 20th century American art. From the social realist Fourteenth Street School of the 1930s…
Read MoreThe Immigrant, Radical & Notorious Women of Washington Square: An Illustrated Lecture with Joyce Gold…
Read MoreThe Public Square is our new weekly Q & A with the Village, East Village, and NoHo community. We’ll be querying our readers for their opinions about life in the…
Read More80 Fifth Avenue, today (left) and in 1942 (center), via MCNY Digital Collections Did you know that at the beginning of the 20th century, the neighborhood South of Union Square…
Read MoreThe Public Square is our new weekly Q & A with the Village, East Village, and NoHo community. We’ll be querying our readers for their opinions about life in the…
Read More…of Erik Hawkins and Martha Graham, who both had studios in the neighborhood south of Union Square. Lewis founded her company in 1968. Protect the Neighborhood South of Union Square…
Read MoreThe neighborhood South of Union Square played a critical and outsized role in the development of 20th century American art. From the social realist Fourteenth Street School of the 1930s…
Read MoreAPPROVED 10/29/2019 CB2 hearing: 09/12/2019 – laid over CB2 hearing: 10/17/2019 LPC hearing: 10/29/2019 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Washington Square West and Fifth Avenue —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1)…
Read MoreThe neighborhood South of Union Square played a critical and outsized role in the development of 20th century American art. From the social realist Fourteenth Street School of the 1930s…
Read MoreSustainability in the Town Square There’s lots of talk in preservation about how we can make our historic homes greener and more sustainable. But as we face the realities of…
Read More…neighborhood. To send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square, click here. Explore the Virtual Village – South of Union Square Map…
Read MoreDuring the pandemic we continue to conduct research and gather support for our efforts to secure landmark protections for the area of Greenwich Village and the East Village south of Union Square. Our recent research has…
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Stephen Crane’s masterpiece “The Red Badge of Courage” (published October 4, 1895) was written while Crane lodged at this house built ca. 1840 at 61 Washington Square South. It was…
Posted June 2, 2020
Read More…that #SouthOfUnionSquare is one of NYS’ “Seven to Save” and deserves landmark designation NOW! CLICK HERE to learn more about the history of #SouthOfUnionSquare and the effort to save it…
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3/18/2014 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….
Posted June 2, 2020
Read MoreAPPROVED 09/20/2011 NoHo Historic District Between East 4th Street & Astor Place APPLICATION: A row of Italianate style dwellings altered by Fritz Nathan in 1960. Application is to alter the…
Read More…South of Union Square. To learn more about the neighborhood, check out our new and frequently updated South of Union Square Map and Tours. Village Preservation has recently received a…
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Professional photographer Robert A. Ripps took these images of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and of Ground Zero and its surroundings in the days and weeks following…
Posted September 8, 2021
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A Village resident documented 9/11 and the World Trade Center from the streets of Greenwich Village….
Posted September 8, 2021
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More…of Union Square. To learn more about the neighborhood, check out our new and frequently updated South of Union Square Map and Tours. Village Preservation has recently received a series…
Read More…two buildings are in the heart of Village Preservation’s proposed South of Union Square Historic District. While 813 and 815 are some of the smaller buildings on this stretch of…
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