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396 and 398 West Street (l. to r., still extant), along with the rest of West Street north of 10th Street to Charles Lane, 1927
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33 Charles Street, 1940s Tax Photo
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Posted October 8, 2021
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81 Charles Street
APPROVED with modifications 02/07/2017 CB2 hearing: 12/15/2016 LPC hearing: 01/10/2017 – laid over LPC hearing: 02/07/2017 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 4th Street and Bleecker Street Image courtesy of…
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GVSHP Oral History: Ingrid Bernhard
…help them move the house, and he found the lot on Charles Street. So, on March 3rd, 1967, Ingrid and Sven bought the lot at 121 Charles Street, and two…
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On this day in history…
…to help them move the house, and he found the lot on Charles Street. So, on March 3rd, 1967, Ingrid and Sven bought the lot at 121 Charles Street, and…
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Village Independent Democrats Collection: 1955-1969
…Moody, Eleanor Roosevelt and an unidentified figure. View JPG. Eleanor Roosevelt, Gwenn Worth, Charles McGuiness and an unidentified man. View JPG. Charles McGuiness, Eleanor Roosevelt and entertainers Ron and Nama…
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The Oldest Building in the Village?
…quite. 121 Charles Street Moving slightly north, we come to the anomaly that is No. 121 Charles Street. Who hasn’t wondered about this house? It’s as if a farmhouse, in…
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The Oldest Building in the Village?
…But the oldest? Not quite. 121 Charles Street Moving slightly north, we come to the anomaly that is No. 121 Charles Street. Who hasn’t wondered about this house? It’s as…
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The Oldest Building in the Village?
…double-hung windows. 1822 makes it old, indeed. But the oldest? Not quite. 121 Charles Street Moving slightly north, we come to the anomaly that is No. 121 Charles Street. Who…
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Many Layers of History at 7th Street and 2nd Avenue
East Village Gas Explosion Site, 2nd Ave. & 7th St. As we enter July, it’s not hard to notice that some of the dates align with some neighborhood intersections. In…
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Great Writers and the Greenwich Village Historic District
…Lorraine Hansberry. Village Preservation’s celebratory map of the Greenwich Village Historic District, created especially for our celebration by the artist Barbara Macfarlane, represented by the Rebecca Hossack Gallery 121 Charles…
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50 Years of Historic Preservation
…a program on the history of 121 Charles Street, known as the little wooden farmhouse in the Village, or as we like to call it, “the little house that could.”…
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A Look Back at Our January Programs
…On Thursday, January 15, our very own Amanda Davis, GVSHP’s Director of Preservation and Research, presented a program on the little wooden farmhouse at 121 Charles Street. Everybody just loves…
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The oldest house in the Village? It’s not what you think
…it a relative youngster compared to some of the houses found in these parts, in spite of its charmingly anachronistic look. Google Street View of 121 Charles Street Perhaps even…
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O Pioneers! Two Remarkable Women of Bank Street: Willa Cather and Lucy Sprague Mitchell
…Brown, author of Goodnight Moon, whose cottage at 121 Charles Street remains one of the most eccentric, curious, and delightful structures in the Village. 121 Charles Street, the little cottage…
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A Look at Past and Upcoming Programs
121 Charles Street We have been busy here at GVSHP! We started the year with a program by art historian Avis Berman about artist William Glackens, a painter who lived…
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The 10 most charming spots in the Greenwich Village Historic District
…are often used as a stand-in for Paris or other European locations on film shoots. 7. Cobble Court/The “Goodnight Moon House,” 121 Charles Street Speaking of not looking like it…
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Bertram Goodman’s Views of the Village
…window, 1940. MCNY Similar view of 72 Charles Street today. 55 Charles Street Bertram Goodman (1904-1988) was an American artist born in New York. He studied at the School of…
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Past Village Award Winners, 1991-2021
…Bon Yagi 13th Street Repertory Company 121 Charles Street Restoration 171-173 MacDougal Street Facade Restoration 201 East 12th Street Renovation 34 Commerce Street Restoration 6th Street and Avenue B Garden…
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Annual Meeting and Village Awards
…Block Association; City Council Member Christine Quinn and State Senator Tom Duane; Merchants House Museum; Restoration of 121 Charles Street; Restoration of 859-877 Washington Street; Second Avenue Deli; Wisteria Award;…
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Gone But Not Forgotten: Van Nest Place
Residence of Abraham Van Nest Esqr., Bleeker Street between Charles and Perry Streets. Courtesy of the New York Public Library. Walking west along Charles Street, it is hard to imagine…
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Business of the Month: Exit9 Gift Emporium, 51 Avenue A
…bags or hats, or a Trump coloring book? At Exit9 Gift Emporium, 51 Avenue A– our August Business of the Month. Exit9 founder Charles rocking a hat available in the…
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Jewish History of the Greenwich Village Historic District
…Charles Street Synagogue, 53 Charles Street Charles Street was created in the early 1800s, though oddly, for some years, the north side of the block between West 4th Street and…
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Great Modernist Thinker and Critic Kenneth Burke Calls Ten Village Addresses Home
…Abbott, painter Charles Ellis, and writer Djuna Barnes – all of whom took part in the Players’ productions – lived here as well. According to Selzer, by the time Burke…
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A Few Favorite Federal Houses
…preserve it, here. 131 Charles Street 131 Charles Street, 1996. From the “Susan De Vries – Architecture Collection” in Village Preservation’s Historic Image Archive. Constructed in 1834, No. 131 Charles…
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Annual House Tour a window into Village History
…Charles Street to West 21st Street. He and his wife Susannah De Lancey lived in a mansion on what is now the block bound by West 4th, Bleecker, Charles, and…
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The Ridiculous Theatrical Company
A significant chapter in the Village’s extensive theater history belongs to The Ridiculous Theatrical Company. Founded in 1967 by dramatist, actor and agent provocateur Charles Ludlam, the Ridiculous Theatrical Company…
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A Sign That Tells More Than Just Street Names
…at 128 Charles Street saying ‘Greenwich Street’ and ‘Charles Street’? It’s so high up you can barely see it — what good would it have possibly done?” Good (and timely)…
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Richard Wright in Greenwich Village
…and was produced by John Houseman and staged by Orson Welles. 13 Charles Street c. 1940. Photo via Municipal Archives. When Wright’s daughter was born in 1942, he and his…
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Remembering Landmarking Success in the Far West Village
On March 6, 2007, three historic structures GVSHP fought to have preserved were designated as New York City landmarks: 159 Charles Street, 354 West 11th Street and 150 Barrow Street,…
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Landmark Designation Reports
…Charles Street 131 Charles Street NYC LPC Designation Report 131 Charles Street State and National Register Report 159 Charles Street 159 Charles Street NYC LPC Designation Report 354…
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LPC Spotlights Women in the Arts
…belonging to the Federal house at 131 Charles, you can’t see her one-time residence from the street. However, the red marker in the top-left corner photo of 130 Charles points…
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Frances Perkins: From Greenwich House to the White House
…work, and secure a minimum wage. 121 Washington Place, where Perkins lived, is the building on the right. The following year Perkins married the economist Paul Caldwell Wilson, who worked…
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VILLAGE VOICES: Margaret Wise Brown
…house. Preservationists transported the cottage, previously located on East 71st Street, to its current magical spot at 121 Charles Street between Greenwich and Hudson Streets in 1967. Narrated by Lannyl…
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Exploring Virtual Village Voices, Part 2: Basquiat, Blackwell, and Brown
…and moved from the Upper East Side to 121 Charles Street (between Greenwich and Hudson Streets). Margaret Wise Brown shadowbox designed by Penny Hardy, PS New York Click here to…
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Ingrid Bernhard
…“the Goodnight Moon” house, as writer Margaret Wise Brown wrote the book while living there. In 1967, the Bernhards moved the house to 121 Charles Street in order to preserve…
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Greenwich Village Historic District
…Individual Greenwich Village Historic District Initiatives: 14-16 Fifth Avenue 17 Barrow Street 121 Charles Street 122 Greenwich Ave Annie Leibovitz Properties C6-1 Rezoning Correcting Landmark Records Historic Plaques Illegal Locksmiths…
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Advocacy Reports
…The History of 121 Charles Street Analysis of Pre-Designation Activities in NYC Ten Years: A Thousand Buildings South Village Historic District Keeping in Character Too Big to Fit The Myth…
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Fourteenth Street and Fifth Avenue: A Window into the Development of the City
…after. Charles Spingler, (1747-1814) Charles Spingler was a German immigrant who held many jobs as shopkeeper, butcher, and farmhand, which gave him access to the money needed to purchase the…
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Politicians, Playwrights, and Parades: The Irish legacy of the East Village and Greenwich Village
…ending a long history of papal control. In the 1980s, the church also hosted the first meeting of the Gay Officer’s Action League (GOAL), founded by Sgt. Charles Cochrane, the…
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Webster Hall’s First Ball (of many)
…was originally constructed for Charles Goldstein in 1886-87 and designed by the architect Charles Rentz, Jr. (in an amusing side note, the famous Rentz was said to have been not…
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Jackson Pollock’s Greenwich Village
…artists. Photographer Hans Namuth extensively documented Pollock’s unique painting techniques. In 1930, following his brother Charles, Jackson moved to New York City. He soon began studying with Charles’ art teacher, representational regionalist…
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Help Keep the Progress Going! Support Preservation and VP’s Mid-Year Appeal
…Christopher, and Cornelia Streets, and Fifth and Second Avenues. Protected the iconic 1834 house and backhouse at 131 Charles Street from dangerous excavation and alteration plans. From left: Julius’ Bar,…
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Small Businesses Meeting the Challenges of Today
…Greenwich Village at 102 Charles Street. Local resident Olga Vidoz opened her first salon on nearby Hudson Street in 1983, and now operates on Charles Street with her daughter and…
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When Four “Els” Ran Overhead On Our Streets
…was the birthplace of the Ninth Avenue Elevated Railway, the first truly elevated rail line. The “El” was conceived by Charles T. Harvey (June 26, 1829 – March 11, 1912)…
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How the Elevated Train and the Streetcar Both Began In Greenwich Village
…line at 128 Charles Street, a tenement built in 1881 at the corner of Greenwich Street. Between the third and fourth floors is a stone marker with “Charles Street” and “Greenwich Street”…
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The Pathfinder Mural: Public Political Art in the Far West Village
…These are the opening lines of a short documentary called “Pathfinder Mural.” Located at 410 West Street, between Charles Lane and Charles Street, this mural graced the West Side Highway…
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Memorializing Our Neighborhoods’ Remarkable Past One Plaque At A Time!
…the public about the remarkable history of neighborhoods, memorializing individuals, movements, and venues that played a major role in changing our world. Our 22nd plaque will honor jazz great Charles…
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The New York City Work Horse
…more about the Washington Mews and its reputation for being the home of artists and writers through the 20th century. Horsewalks 131 Charles Street (see horsewalk at left). Image via…
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Architect George Frederick Pelham and the Greenwich Village Historic District
…In 1910, his son, George F. Pelham Jr. would join his father’s firm, continuing the family tradition. 12-14 Charles Street The Alpha apartments at 12-14 Charles Street This six-story apartment…
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More is More: Greenwich Village Historic District Extension
…of construction in the area; in looking at them, it’s hard to believe they were not included in the original Greenwich Village Historic District designated in 1969. 132 Charles Street,…
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Happy Birthday Woody Guthrie!
74 Charles Street (Image Via Google) Singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie was born on this day 104 years ago. Although he passed away in 1967, he remains a strong influence on many…
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Remembering Jackson Pollock
…School, from which he was expelled, after having been expelled from another high school in 1928. In 1930, following his brother Charles Pollock, he moved to New York City. Jackson…
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Map It! Looking Back at Lewis Street
Source: Museum of the City of New York online collection. Charles von Urban, 1932. Today on Map It! we’re unearthing some old maps and photos of Lewis Street, which once…
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Christopher Park: A Small Space with a Long History
…as Christopher Street, making that one of the community’s oldest streets; Christopher Park, Charles Street, and Charles Lane are also named after him. Another road, Amos Street, was named for…
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Politicians, Playwrights, and Parades: The Irish legacy of the East Village and Greenwich Village
…ending a long history of papal control. In the 1980s, the church also hosted the first meeting of the Gay Officer’s Action League (GOAL), founded by Sgt. Charles Cochrane, the…
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C.B.J. Snyder and the East Village
…were constructed 1945-50. PS 63, 121 East 3rd Street PS 63, 121 East 3rd Street; 150-160 East 4th Street (1903): A number of tenements were demolished to make way for…
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Preservation History Archive
…Justin Haynes 11/8/1968 Manhattan Promenade Proposal Noah Greenberg is an architect who lived on Hudson Street between 10th and Charles Streets in the 1970s with his wife Diane, her dog…
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Theaters of the Greenwich Village Historic District
…track record of fostering new artists and creating diverse audiences. We’re looking forward to partnering with them on new initiatives for theater lovers of all ages.” Lucille Lortel Theatre 121…
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Plan To Alter and Potentially Undermine Landmarked 1834 House and Carriage House Returns Tuesday
Proposal Could Destroy One of NYC’s First Landmarks, Former Home of Photographer Diane Arbus 131 (l.) and 131 1/2 Charles Street, located between Washington and Greenwich Streets This coming Tuesday…
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Booker T. Ervin: The Jazz Musician’s Favorite
…played the tenor saxophone alongside another Jazz great, Ernie Fields. Moving to New York City in May of 1958, Ervin would quickly befriend Charles Mingus and join the well-respected Mingus…
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Five Spot: Once The Hippest Place on Earth
American jazz musician and composer Charles Mingus (1922 – 1979) (in white shirt) and his band perform at the Five Spot Cafe (2 St. Marks Place), New York, New York,…
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Eight Abandoned East Village Buildings’ Second Acts As Beacons of Culture
…150 First Avenue was originally built as Public School 122 in 1885 by the prolific architect and superintendent Charles B.J. Snyder. The school was abandoned in 1976, at which point…
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A Poet, A Bookseller, and the Father of Social of Social Security: New Additions to the Greenwich Village Historic District 1969-2019 Photos and Tours Map
…at 133 MacDougal Street, according to the Federal Census. 69-87 Charles Street (R-L; 69 Charles Street, the home of Harry Kemp in 1912, is the first building on the right)….
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A New Archive for GVHD50: Retaking the 1969 Designation Photos
…on Charles Street and Gay Street were individually photographed, while the buildings of West 8th Street were photographed in multiple sections. 43 Charles Street 3-5 West 8th Street Walking through…
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GVHD50 and Stonewall50 – LGBTQ Sites of the Greenwich Village Historic District
…or other “street stars.” Charles Ludlam, the RTC’s resident playwright, director and lead actor, would refine the Ridiculous genre over the next 20 years. Ludlam died of AIDS in 1987….
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Woody Guthrie’s New York Comes Alive
…Street to celebrate. Woody at McSorley’s Woody lived all over the city, but spent most of his time in the Village, living on Sixth Avenue, Charles Street, and at 130…
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They Lived on West 9th Street: Dashiell Hammett
…There he began work on The Thin Man, this author’s favorite of Hammett’s books and movies, which was modeled after his relationship with Lillian Hellman. Nick Charles, the protagonist, is…
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Horsing Around the Village
…a horse auction mart that catered to New York’s elite families, the building has had an interesting post-horse history, which you can read about here. 129 Charles Street. This four-story…
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Happy Presidents’ Day
…Station House on Charles Street in the Far West Village was constructed in 1896-97. From the LPC Greenwich Village Historic District Extension I Designation Report (2005) …
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Memorial Day in the Village
…a chance to reflect on the sacrifices and stories of two individual Villagers. Abingdon Square Doughboy McCarthy Square, a triangle of land where 7th Avenue South, Charles Street and Waverly…
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Archive Update: Photographing the Federal-era Houses of Lower Manhattan
…maintaining the cultural heritage of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. 131 Charles Street One of our city’s first individually designated landmarks, the designation report from 1966 describes 131 Charles…
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From Rear Tenement to Off-Broadway House
…was a bit of a real estate mogul. 121 Christopher Street in the 1940s Shortly before his death in 1896, Dimick was shamed in the New York Times with other…
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Remembering Two Disasters: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the East Village Gas Explosion
…119, 121, and 123 Second Avenue in the East Village. Tragically, two lives were lost, more than a dozen people were injured, and many people lost their homes, businesses, and…
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Greenwich Village Historic District 50th Anniversary Celebration and Open House Weekend!
…historic sites where revolutions began, riots were sparked, and history was made. Register here, and meet at McCarthy Square at 7th Ave South and Charles Street 10am – 4pm Walks and…
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15 things you didn’t know about the East Village
…the Five Spot Café at 200 East 5th Street, considered one of the great venues for jazz in the mid-20th century, where John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman,…
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In Memory of Mimi Sheraton (1926-2023), Quintessential Villager
…and hit notable establishments of the period like Sea Fare at the Aegean (8th St.) and Charles French Restaurant (452 Sixth Avenue). By the time she embarked on her career,…
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Looking Up: West 3rd Street
…3rd Street “in the 1890s was known as the Golden Rule Pleasure Club, a male brothel that was investigated by the crusading clergyman Charles Parkhurst.” Other sites mentioned include a…
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L-Shape Construction and the Power of Hold Outs: South of Union Square
…constructed in 1912 by publisher George Plimpton. This striking 12-story Beaux Arts-style office building was designed by Charles Alonzo Rich. The desired square footage of the building was blocked from…
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137-141 Seventh Avenue South
APPROVED on 07/12/2011 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Charles & West 10th Streets APPLICATION: A commercial building with storefronts designed by Charles A. Platt Partners and built in 1999. Application…
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Celebrating the Landmarks of Immigration in the Greenwich Village Historic District
…Lowe and Robert Heilbroner, political scientists Arnold Brecht and Aristide Zolberg, sociologists Emil Lederer and Peter Berger, psychologists Max Wertheimer and Jerome Bruner, historian Charles Tilly, and philosophers Hannah Arendt,…
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533 Hudson Street
APPROVED on 09/21/2010 Greenwich Village Historic District aka 116 Charles Street Southwest corner of Charles Street Application: A Federal style rowhouse built in 1827. Application is to install a roof…
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Stranger’s Hospital: 143-145 Avenue D, Part 4
…to dig up a pamphlet entitled “The Strangers’ Hospital, Avenue D and Tenth Street,” published by Charles M. Cornwall in 1871, which nicely sums up the hospital’s mission: “The Strangers’…
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685 Washington Street
Application closed Application approved on 07/27/10 Greenwich Village Historic District Extension Northeast corner of Charles Street Application: A one-story building built in 1937. Application is to demolish the building and…
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137 7th Avenue South
Application was not presented CB2 hearing: TBD LPC hearing: LAID OVER Greenwich Village Historic District Between Charles and West 10th Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda:…
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268-272 East 2nd Street: Over 150 Years of Service to the Public
…founded in 1853 by Charles Loring Brace at a time when orphan asylums and almshouses were the only “social services” available to poor and homeless children. Brace was inspired by…
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456 Hudson Street
APPROVED on 10/20/2009 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Barrow & Morton Streets Application: A neo-Federal style apartment building designed by Charles B. Meyer and built in 1925. Application is to…
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Fred W. McDarrah’s Greenwich Village and the East Village of the 1950s and 60s
…and composer Charles Mingus (1922 – 1979) (in white shirt) and his band perform at the Five Spot Cafe (2 St. Marks Place), New York, New York, August 22, 1962….
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538-544 Hudson Street
…– No action LPC meeting: 02/06/2018 LPC meeting: 12/17/2020 – revised application Greenwich Village Historic District Between Perry Street and Charles Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2…
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Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Row House
…the Merchant’s House Museum. Written by the late architectural historian Charles Lockwood, Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Row House 1783-1929 spurred the brownstone revival of the late 20th century…
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Gen. George Washington Establishes HQ at Richmond Hill, April, 1776
…January 1776, Washington dispatched General Charles Lee to survey the city and plan its defenses. George Washington accepting command of the Continental Army surrounded by members of the Continental Congress, lithograph by…
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13 places in Greenwich Village where the course of history was changed
…was dismantled in 1940, but you can still see evidence of it at 128 Charles Street, a tenement built in 1881 at the corner of Greenwich Street. Between the third and fourth…
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Why Isn’t This Landmarked? 70 Fifth Avenue
…landmarked. This striking 12-story Beaux Arts style office building was constructed in 1912 by architect Charles Alonzo Rich for the noted publisher and philanthropist George A. Plimpton. Other than minor…
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The Downtown Gallery and the Woman Behind the American Art Market
…became the first major mainstream art space in New York City to promote the work of African American artists. Edith Gregor Halpert with artists Charles Oscar, Robert Knipschild, Jonah Kinigstein,…
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