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…
Read More…University Place, 1997. Photo by Meredith Jacobson Marciano. Enjoy some live jazz. American jazz musician and composer Charles Mingus (1922 – 1979) (in white shirt) and his band perform at the…
Read More…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….
Read MoreAPPROVED 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…
Read More…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…
Read MoreApplication 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:…
Read More…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’…
Read More…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…
Read More…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…
Read More…stylish yet functional children’s fashion by way of Denmark. 150 7th Avenue South (at Charles Street) (212) 675-6112 Hours: 11:00 A.M. – 7:00 P.M. Doodle Doo’s www.doodledoos.com 10% of sales…
Read More…– 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…
Read More…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,…
Read More…the Village Vanguard on Charles Street a year earlier, and even had a little place called the Village Fair on Sullivan Street before that. Though initially billed as a spot…
Read MoreAPPROVED 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…
Read More…Ridiculous Theatrical Company, which was the first permanently based theater that used the space. Founded in 1967 by dramatist, actor, and agent provocateur Charles Ludlam, the Ridiculous Theatrical Company…
Read More…have included economists Adolph 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,…
Read More…Industrial School, also called the Astor Memorial School, was designed by the architectural firm Vaux & Radford in the Victorian Gothic style. Minister Charles Loring Brace, the founder of the…
Read More…finally, outside of Los Angeles. In September of 1930, Pollock followed his brothers Charles and Frank to New York City, where they were living. Charles had moved to New York…
Read More…minister Charles Loring Brace (June 19, 1826 – August 11, 1890), a member of the Carmine Street/West Presbyterian Church, began meeting with two other clergymen to strategize additional and innovative…
Read More…when her father’s brother, Charles Mansfield, married her mother. Her now-stepfather became sexually abusive and violently threatening, while her mother began to drink heavily. Charles remained in Josie’s life until…
Read MoreApplication 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…
Read More…and 49 Charles Street “This row of four late Italianate townhouses was built of brownstone in 1869 with similar bracketed cornices, handsome doorways and stoops. No. 49, the corner house…
Read More…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…
Read More…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,…
Read More…1837 as a residence for Charles J. Dodge. And then for each location, we include the description and alterations made to the building over time. In this case, as the…
Read More…Gibbs Sewing Machine Company and their designer, Charles Wright, created an exact replica of the firehouse building next door. Fire Patrol No. 2 left No. 31 in 1907 for a…
Read More…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…
Read More…that was constructed in 1912 by architect Charles Alonzo Rich for the noted publisher and philanthropist George A. Plimpton. Shortly after the building opened, the NAACP, as well as The…
Read More…here are Harvey Fierstein, Charles Ludlam, Lanford Wilson, Terrence McNally, and Jean-Claude van Itallie. 13. 82 Club, 82 East 4th Street Google Street View of 82 East 4th Street From…
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East Villager Charles Kramer regularly bicycled to Hoboken. These photos donated by Charles Kramer were taken on 9/23/2001 close to midnight in Hoboken following 9/11. Many people who worked in…
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Read More…storied career in jazz, working with musical greats including Weston, as well as Charles Mingus, Sonny Stitt, Roy Haynes, and Dexter Gordon. Weston once said of Ervin: “for me, [he]…
Read More…narration for the title track on Charles Mingus‘s 1957 album The Clown. Mingus was a fan of Shepherd’s radio show and outlined a concept for Shepherd but encouraged him to elaborate…
Read More…during the 1930s and a crusader for Women’s rights and disarmament). Not-so-strange bedfellows: Lansbury’s neighbors over time at 55 Morton Street included outspoken activist Jane Jacobs and theatrical innovator Charles…
Read More…of Castile, whom the future Charles I intended to wed until his conversion to Catholicism became a condition to the marriage. Shortly after his ascent to the throne, Charles I…
Read More…of NYC hot dog history was lost but rediscovered following the tragedy of September 11th, clues to which can also be found in our Historic Image Archive. German immigrant Charles…
Read More…Officers Action League, 371 Sixth Avenue St. Joseph’s Church (left); Sergeant Charles Cochrane (courtesy NYC LGBT Historic Siyes/NY Daily News) In 1982, the first meeting of the Gay Officers Action…
Read More…year, Peggy Guggenheim gave De Niro his first solo exhibition. He continued to exhibit at the Charles Egan Gallery during the early 1950s, alongside Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline….
Read More…a look at a few of the photographers who lived and worked in the area where Greenwich Village meets the East Village. Charles Gatewood The noted photographer Charles Gatewood, who…
Read More…the Month), whose owner Charles once declined to carry a line of t-shirts with cartoon characters that an 8 year old Sierra had hoped to sell there (she ended up…
Read More…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…
Read More…his SoHo studio, Bearden along with Hale Woodruff, Charles Alston, Norman Lewis, Felrath Hines, and Richard Mayhew formed Spiral, a group of New York-based African American artists, in July 1963…
Read More…designed by Hood and sculptor Charles Keck. Placido Mori gravesite in Woodlawn Cemetery, marker designed by Raymond Hood and Charles Keck Hood, who became a prominent architect almost overnight, but…
Read More…Hotel, a fine art music photography gallery. The Five Spot Café Charles Mingus (center) and his band perform at the Five Spot Café, 2 St. Marks Place. Photo courtesy of…
Read More…to 1883, after he returned from his post in Spain. 4. Charles E. Strong, jurist & philanthropist Strong lived at 14 Fifth Avenue between 1885 and 1894. He was the…
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East Villager Charles Kramer regularly bicycled to Hoboken. These photos donated by Charles Kramer were taken on 9/23/2001 close to midnight in Hoboken following 9/11. Many people who worked in…
Posted September 8, 2021
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East Villager Charles Kramer regularly bicycled to Hoboken. These photos donated by Charles Kramer were taken on 9/23/2001 close to midnight in Hoboken following 9/11. Many people who worked in…
Posted September 8, 2021
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East Villager Charles Kramer regularly bicycled to Hoboken. These photos donated by Charles Kramer were taken on 9/23/2001 close to midnight in Hoboken following 9/11. Many people who worked in…
Posted September 8, 2021
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East Villager Charles Kramer regularly bicycled to Hoboken. These photos donated by Charles Kramer were taken on 9/23/2001 close to midnight in Hoboken following 9/11. Many people who worked in…
Posted September 8, 2021
Read More…Some of those sites which are documented on our Virtual Village map within the photography tour include 8 East 12th Street, studio of the noted photographer, Charles Gatewood; 10 East…
Read More…131 Charles Street from dangerous excavation and alteration plans. Launched campaigns to secure landmark status for endangered buildings like Theatre 80 and the former Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Celebrated…
Read More…Bois, Ida B. Wells, Archibald Grimké, Mary Church Terrell, Florence Kelley, Oswald Garrison Villard, and Charles Edward Russell (who was a renowned muckraker and close friend of Walling). On May…
Read More…Letter as PDF. In 1959, Eleanor Roosevelt’s supported VID in their campaign for democratic district leader against incumbent Tammany Hall leader Carmine DeSapio. VID ran candidates Gwenn Worth and Charles…
Read More…political economist and journalist Henry George in late 1894. Its first president was Charles Spahr, who worked as the author and editor of Outlook magazine. In her website on Progressive…
Read More…have added into the districts — 139 Charles Street, 143 Charles Street/687 Washington Street, and 177 Christopher Street. For a map of the designated districts and related actions, CLICK HERE;…
Read MorePurchase the Book! The North Atlantic Cities by Charles B. Duff, which is available for the first time in the United States, is a book about urban development and urban life masquerading…
Read More…linguist, and educator Charles Lewis Reason, the first African-American college professor in the United States; and missionary and educator Alexander Crummell, an influential thinker and passionate abolitionist. Influential graduates of…
Read More…Charles R. Hatfield, who also were builders, he had purchased twelve lots from Richard Amos in 1825 on a portion of which he built seven houses extending from this house…
Read More…by Charles B.J. Snyder. Snyder was known for his innovative H-shaped school designs, and although this one falls among the more standard shaped buildings, the architecture still has that classic…
Read More…the movie, Jamie lives at 24 Charles Street on the corner of Waverly Place, a six-story corner apartment house designed by George F. Pelham in 1903 that stands within the…
Read More…architect who designed many theaters in the East Side, and played a mixture of American and foreign films. Owned by the Interborough Theatrical Company, the theater was operated by Charles…
Read More…and industrial structures. 354 West 11th Street, now wedged between West Village Houses (left) and “Palazzo Chupi” (right). Photograph courtesy Justin Charles, Flickr. Nestled between a segment of the West…
Read More…five boroughs. William Rutherford Mead, Charles Follen McKim and Stanford White An architect’s committee was formed to provide the designs for the branch libraries. This committee included Charles…
Read More…Charles with entry door to the carriage house at 131 1/2; Bottom-left: 120 East 10th Street (both Google Maps Street Views). Right: Westbeth Artists Housing (photo by Barry Munger, 2009)…
Read More…that the two-story duplex co-op apartments at 8 Charles Lane/151-157 Charles Street are being marketed for sale and redevelopment. What’s so noteworthy, however, is that as a result of a…
Read More…course of music forever, Charles Parker, Jr. died at the tender age of 34 in the Stanhope Hotel. Despite being gone for so long now, Charlie Parker’s spirit comes vibrantly…
Read More…the wrecking ball could take out those beautiful Federal era homes on Commerce Street, Grove Street and Bedford Street? Or those stately Italianate townhouses on Charles Street and Perry Street?…
Read More…to be assassinated, after Abraham Lincoln and James A. Garfield, and the penultimate, followed by John F. Kennedy (though attempts were made on Gerald Ford by Charles Manson follower Lynette…
Read More…built houses on or lived on East Third Street. Charles Dodge, a widely known and respected ship carver, built buildings #285 and #287. Robert Malcolm, who was a wholesale flour…
Read More…integral piece of the district’s significance. Belgian Block on Charles Lane. Credit: Barry Munger. But if these streets are so universally adored, why don’t we have more of them? For…
Read More…1783-1929, architectural historian Charles Lockwood explains the popularity of brownstone this way: “The brownstone front was so popular for dwellings in New York for so many years that, even now,…
Read More39 and 37 Charles Street in the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District. Photo from the State and National Register report, but provided by the LPC (1965). We hope you have weathered the…
Read More…officer who, by 1744, had purchased a 300-acre farm in the area known as Greenwich. His land stretched from the Hudson River to the Bowery and from Charles Street to…
Read MoreIn response to our recent post “A Sign That Tells More Than Just Street Names,” about the oddly ‘elevated’ street sign embedded above the third floor of 128 Charles Street,…
Read More…organized crime web, were all real men who were actually known to have patronized John’s Restaurant in the East Village. In fact, Charles “Lucky” Luciano grew up at 265 East…
Read More…defended the iconic 1834 house and backhouse at 131 Charles Street from dangerous excavation and alteration plans. We launched campaigns to secure landmark status for endangered buildings like Theatre 80…
Read More…houses, known as “Renwick Triangle,” was considered one of New York’s finest row of houses when built in the mid-19th century) and went on to, along with his partners Charles…
Read More…Lesbians of Sodom by Charles Busch After some initial financial struggles, The Provincetown Players secured a backer in the form of the Stage Society of New York, and established themselves…
Read More…159 Charles Street 159 Charles Street. This 1838 Greek Revival house was built for Henry Wyckoff. It was designated an individual NYC landmark in 2007. Former Shepard’s Warehouse, 667 Washington…
Read More…of the facade. Webster Hall was constructed for Charles Goldstein in 1886-87, with an eastern annex in 1892, to the designs of architect Charles Rentz, Jr. The original structure was…
Read More…means flowers! A veritable botanical garden embraces you upon walking into one particularly quaint storefront on Hudson Street in the West Village. At Hudson River Flowers between Charles and Perry Streets, the fresh…
Read More…Avenue South, Charles Street and Waverly Place intersect, honors the memory of Marine Private Bernard McCarthy, who was killed in action at Guadalcanal in 1942. The triangle is located just…
Read More…of construction as 1857. Unfortunately, this is an anomaly. To further illustrate my point, if you look at the north side of Charles Street between West 4th Street and Bleecker…
Read More…goings on in the infamous tavern. “The Hell Hole” featured depictions of both O’Neill and Day. The Hell Hole by John Sloan The artist Charles Demuth was also inspired by…
Read MoreMany would be surprised to learn that Charles Tiffany, the founder of Tiffany & Co., known for the manufacture of goods which came to be synonymous with the wealthiest New…
Read MoreBuddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley) was born on September 7, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas. He was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer who was one of the pioneers of…
Read More…was inflamed by brewing tensions between New York’s upper class and working class. On May 7, 1849, three days before the Astor Place Riot, the well-known British actor William Charles Macready…
Read More…over the years. The facade of No. 108, with its cut masonry and crenelated cornices simulating a castle, dates to 1906, and was designed by Charles C. Haight. The arched…
Read More…Street was designed by Irish-born Patrick Charles Keely (1816-1896) who is credited with over 600 ecclesiastical designs across this country and beyond. St. Bernard’s is an exceptional example of nineteenth-century…
Read More…mid-20th century work focused largely on people marginalized by “mainstream” society. Arbus’s first Greenwich Village address was a rear carriage house at 131 1/2 Charles Street where she moved in…
Read More…place in the garage of the fictional Sunshine Cab Company, shown to be at 534 Hudson Street, at the corner of Charles Street in Greenwich Village. Opening of the show…
Read More…New York City’s Central Park. Continuing the tradition of the restaurant as a family affair, Lorenzo tapped his 22-year-old nephew Charles Delmonico to manage the restaurant. There was a cafe…
Read More…landmark) known as The Knickerbocker with an African-American proprietor/bartender, Charles Woodbeck, who resided next door at 532 Broome Street (demolished). The 1870 Federal Census indicates that in the blocks immediately…
Read More…the movie, Jamie lives at 24 Charles Street on the corner of Waverly Place, a six-story corner apartment house designed by George F. Pelham in 1903 that stands within the…
Read More…until he was dismissed in 1809 after disagreements with the Manumission Society. Charles C. Andrews, a white man, replaced him and served for twenty years. In 1799, New York’s gradual…
Read More…the time. Soon after in 1906 building owner Grace Wilkes commissioned architect Charles C. Haight in 1906 to transform the old home into a carriage house and stable. Above the street…
Read MoreWashington Square Arch at night. Image via archive.gvshp.org On January 23, 1917, poet Gertrude Drick, painters John Sloan and Marcel Duchamp, and actors Russell Mann, Betty Turner, and Charles Ellis climbed…
Read MoreRecently, I responded to a portion of a recent “report” by the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) that (incredibly, but predictably for REBNY) blamed the retail vacancy crisis…
Read MoreVillage Preservation’s curriculum on Black history for middle school students focuses on local, citywide, national, and global themes and movements from pre-European settlement through the 21st century. One of the…
Read More…Raided on morals charges in 1944 for permitting lesbians to ‘loiter’ on the premises, Pastor’s survived apparently with mob backing.” Meanwhile, according to the designation report, “The Music Box, 121…
Read More…here. Sanctuary City at The Lucille Lortel Theatre The Lucille Lortel Theatre Onstage at The Lucille Lortel Theatre at 121 Christopher Street is Sanctuary City, produced by New York Theatre…
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