…list for January Pages 15-19: 4/25/78 Meeting Minutes (incomplete) including information on the Democratic mini-convention and a call for book donations for the VID Block Party. Also includes an attendance…
Read More…a library. The Astor Library The Astor Library on Lafayette Street in 1854, via Wikimedia Commons The Astor Library was established in 1848 as a private reference or non-circulating library open…
Read More…of the East Village/Lower East Side and East 10th Street Historic Districts, covering more than three-hundred fifty buildings on sixteen blocks. These were the first new historic district designations in…
Read More…look of a 17th century Dutch guildhall. The library was a gift to the New York Free Circulating Library, predecessor of the public library system, from George W. Vanderbilt III,…
Read More…had been applied to other New York City Library branch buildings, a distinct structure that stands out from its neighbors. Built in a simplified Beaux-Arts style, the library’s vertical plan…
Read More…as leader of 1st Assembly District. DeSapio was a democrat from Tammany Hall and was the incumbent leader of the district. DeSapio was also considered the last boss of Tammany…
Read More…membership meetings, block party regulations, potential alternative mayor to Koch, and information on VID Annual Dinner. Page 5-6: February 23rd, 1981 Executive Committee. Discussion includes block party, Flynn-Dearie Tenant Commercial…
Read More…the historic districts designated in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo: 1960s Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District — 1966 The first district to be designated in our neighborhoods,…
Read More…Historic District Gansevoort Market Historic District NYC LPC Designation Report Gansevoort Market Historic District NYC LPC Map Gansevoort Market Historic District State and National Register Report Gansevoort Market Historic District…
Read More…District. Ottendorfer Library exterior In 1884, the Free Library constructed its first purpose-built library, at 135 Second Avenue. German-American newspaper editor Oswalt Ottendorfer built and donated the library branch to…
Read More…proposed for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd districts. This includes moving some of the South Village from Council District 3 (currently represented by Christine Quinn) to Council District 1 (currently…
Read More121 Charles is up for sale and press about the house as a potential development site has generated a lot of landmark misconceptions. The freestanding house at 121 Charles Street…
Read MoreLast week, as part of our Map It! series, we featured the long-forgotten Minetta Place, which used to be located on the block just west of Minetta Street and south…
Read More…Street in the Meatpacking District. Provided courtesy of the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project and the Leather Club Roma 835 Washington Street has had many past lives. In the 1930s,…
Read MoreCharles and Kathy Fitzgerald In the beginning, Manhattan real estate was cheap. Dirt cheap. And this gave anyone the opportunity to shape its future. Charles Fitzgerald seized that opportunity and…
Read More…boasts a cast-iron facade. Photo courtesy of the New York Public Library. In the Aguilar Free Library Society’s Annual report, its directors celebrated “the transfer of the library at 110th Street from a…
Read More…public library (equivalent to $14.9 million in 2025) in his will. Astor passed away in 1848, and construction for the library began. Aptly called the Astor Library, it was temporarily…
Read More…of his band, Charles McPherson, recalls fondly the experience of working with Mingus in the 1960s. Mingus, sometimes known for his fierce personality, was a perfectionist when it came to…
Read More…district. But Stonewall can’t have the whole spotlight; the Greenwich Village Historic District is home to so many essential spots, figures, and moments in LGBTQ history. Explore within: Stonewall Inn…
Read More121 Charles Street in 1967. Source: Landmarks Preservation Commission. By now, many of you have heard about the controversy over the little house at 121 Charles Street, at the corner…
Read More…them together in a new tour on our East Village Building Blocks website, which you can view here. Clipper “Challenge” built by Dry Dock District shipbuilder and resident of East…
Read More…the public a few days into the start of 1854; courtesy New York Public Library Digital Collections. The newly formed board also began to develop a site for the library…
Read More…on Paint Colors in Historic Districts Brooklyn Heights Historic District Maps for Proposed Greenwich Village Historic District Support for Designation of one large contiguous Greenwich Village Historic District (aka “Proposal…
Read More…Click here to read a full history of 121 Charles Street. Read more about the home in Off the Grid here. 121 Charles Street in 1967. Source: Landmarks Preservation Commission….
Read More…potential sale of 121 Charles Street in the Greenwich Village Historic District. This summer, members of the Glass family (owners of the house for nearly a century when it was…
Read More…many others. He has won Grammy Awards with Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Mike replaced Charles Mingus in the Mingus Dynasty Ensemble, which he led from 1980…
Read More…at 121 Charles Street. 121 Charles Street 121 Charles Street dates from the late 18th/early 19th century, with some sources dating its construction to 1810. Saw marks found on the…
Read More…carries on in a small section of the Village. From Minetta Street to Minetta Lane and the famous Minetta Tavern, visitors and Villagers alike may not even realize the connection…
Read More…includes multiple sites in our proposed South of Union Square Historic District, including the site of Billie Holiday’s first recordings, the home of the publishers of “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” Charles Mingus’ home during a…
Read More…landmark designation for about 2/3 of the Meatpacking District, and State and National Register of Historic Places listing for the entire district. The effort also blocked plans for a 500…
Read More…and includes a full lifetime – 81 years – in Greenwich Village. With libraries in mind, we say: keep reading! The New York Society Library’s Founding The New York Society…
Read More…Library, New York’s first free circulating branch library system upon which the New York Public Library is based (and which in 1902 absorbed the NYFCL), and later its president. Benjamin…
Read More…Charles Cheriff Galleries, 84 University Place (between 11th and 12th Streets) can. Charles Cheriff Wachman founded his gallery in 1924. He had immigrated from a town along the Russian-German border…
Read More…the South Village east of Sixth Avenue, including Minetta Street and Minetta Lane, are landmarked, though GVSHP has proposed them for historic district designation. The city had promised to act…
Read More…sites, which the City initially declined to consider. Today the City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to landmark these two sites, along with four others connected to LGBT history (one of those,…
Read More…celebrations. The Greenwich Village Historic District is one of New York’s oldest historic districts. As we approach the 50th anniversary of its designation, we’re taking time to celebrate the district’s…
Read More…architecture of our area and look at the various architectural styles and their features. So far we have looked at the Federal style, Greek Revival and some mid-19th century styles…
Read More…District 1 City Council candidates on preservation issues. District 1 includes nearly all of Manhattan south of Houston Street (map), and the City Councilmember plays an enormously important role in…
Read More…in the district in 1969 at the time of designation, and today. It also offers more than two dozen tours covering nearly 1,000 historic sites of the district’s incredibly rich…
Read More…just such a performance, to the delight all those gathered. Watch the video of the Charles Mingus plaque unveiling program HERE See the photos of the Charles Mingus plaque unveiling…
Read MoreGreenwich Village, the East Village and NoHo offer a vast array of architectural styles that span their long histories. Through this series “What Style Is It?” we will explore the…
Read MoreMonday we held a lively forum for candidates running to represent City Council District 2 in the June 27 primary election. That district will now include all of Greenwich Village…
Read More121 Charles Street The Margaret Wise Brown House at 121 Charles Street (at the corner of Greenwich Street) is one of the most historically significant buildings in our neighborhood. Press…
Read More…NoHo Historic District a wonderful example of this style may be seen at 715-727 Broadway. This block-long structure was built in 1894-96 and designed by Robert Maynicke. It is clad…
Read MoreOp-Ed from The Villager newspaper, April 25, 2012 http://thevillager.com/2013/04/25/quinn-and-city-cant-omit-3-key-south-village-sites/ Quinn and City Must Not Omit Three Key Sites From South Village Landmarking (if you want to help, write the City…
Read More…Sites Project The Washington Square United Methodist church was constructed in 1859 by Architect Gamaliel King in a hybrid Romanesque/Gothic-Revival style. Rebellious from the beginning, the church was built without…
Read More…Buildings Proposed for Construction in the Greenwich Village Historic District”. Sixth Avenue The proposal to have 18 separate districts omitted several block fronts along Sixth Avenue. This includes the east…
Read MoreGreenwich Village Historic District 50: The Making of the Greenwich Village Historic District In 1969, Greenwich Village preservationists, activists, and neighbors celebrated the victory of the designation of the Greenwich…
Read More…can be found in this district. On April 13-14, 2019, we held a weekend-long celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of the district’s designation, but throughout 2019, we marked this…
Read More…an expansion three blocks west of the existing Greenwich Village Historic District, and the creation of a new Weehawken Street Historic District, covering a total of five blocks and about…
Read More…an expansion three blocks west of the existing Greenwich Village Historic District, and the creation of a new Weehawken Street Historic District, covering a total of five blocks and about…
Read More…iconic neighborhoods. The district saw two significant expansions. In June 2003 the NoHo East Historic District was designated, and in May, 2008 the NoHo Historic District was extended. NoHo, short…
Read More…between the Bowery and Avenue A, East 2nd Street and St. Mark’s Place, the district includes about 325 buildings and is the largest ever created in the East Village. We’re…
Read MoreGreenwich Village Historic District 50th: The Work Behind the District’s Designation In 1969, Greenwich Village preservationists, activists, and neighbors celebrated the victory of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic…
Read MoreThe History of 121 Charles Street With Amanda Davis, Village Preservation’s Director of Preservation and Research Known as ‘Cobble Court’ or ‘The Goodnight Moon House’, the quirky wooden home at…
Read MoreThe Margaret Wise Brown House at 121 Charles Street (at the corner of Greenwich Street) is one of the most historically significant buildings in our neighborhood. But press reports have…
Read More…1958. Hamilton Fish Park Library. Source: New York Public Library Digital Collections The library’s building was designed by the distinguished architectural firm of Carrère and Hastings, in the Beaux-Arts style….
Read MoreJoin us in person this Wednesday evening at 6pm for our latest historic plaque unveiling, this time honoring jazz genius Charles Mingus at his former home on Great Jones Street,…
Read More…our East Village Building Blocks website includes music venues, stores, and residences associated with this punk music and its culture. Below are a few examples of the locations on the…
Read More…the East Village, take our full Little Ukraine Tour. To learn more about the history of the East Village and its built environment, explore our East Village Building Blocks website.…
Read MoreGreenwich Village Historic District Extension Map In this series, ‘More is More,’ we look at extensions of historic districts in our area. In the previous post, we covered the designation…
Read More…of no less than seven 19th to early 20th century building styles, its celebration and protection seems undeniably important. From the Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Report. Houses With Style…
Read MoreVillage Preservation and fellow preservation groups will be holding a forum with candidates for the 1st City Council District, currently occupied by term-limited City Councilmember Margaret Chin (district map here)….
Read More…re-election (district map here). This diverse district includes all of the East Village and most of Greenwich Village east of Fifth Avenue, as well as parts of NoHo, the Lower…
Read More…Charles Street as a development site. GVSHP was quick to let people know that the property’s location in the Greenwich Village Historic District meant that any proposed work would require…
Read MoreJoin us Wednesday, May 31 at 6 PM as we’ll be unveiling our latest historic plaque, marking the home of jazz pioneer Charles Mingus. We’ll be joined by some amazing…
Read More…beloved library, the Jefferson Market Library, which now frames the view from Patchin Place, was abandoned and overrun with rats and pigeons for much of the mid-20th century. Via Flickr cc While…
Read More…how the borders of a newly-created district come about. The border of GVSHP’s proposed South Village district along West Broadway is mid-block. The development of boundaries of a historic district…
Read More…district. The Gansevoort Market district is distinguished by distinctive metal awnings and canopies extending over many of its sidewalks; cobblestoned streets; simple, utilitarian buildings; and unusual intersecting street patterns creating…
Read More…to enjoy it. Children at the Hudson Park Library, 1911 Rosanna Polsinelli Cafaro writes, on the library’s memories website: “I went to the library often when the children’s room was…
Read More…about the library and about how it was landmarked in 1977 check out our Landmark Designation Reports resource, which includes historic districts and individual landmarks, such as the Ottendorfer Library….
Read More…historic district and landmark protections. Zoning changes could reinforce the residential character of the neighborhood and limit the height, size, and scale of new development. Expanded landmark and historic district…
Read MoreThe Greenwich Village Historic District literally oozes with charm; so much so, it’s virtually impossible to come up with a top-10 list. But with no insult to sites not included,…
Read More…and Italianate structures, the district boasts a diverse array of architectural styles spanning several centuries. One of the most iconic landmarks within the district is the Jefferson Market Library, a…
Read More…districts are just what they sound like — additions to previously-designated historic districts that abut the original district and are determined to share not just geography but architectural and/or historic…
Read More…Houston Street, which had already been designated a historic district 26 years prior, in 1973. Some Highlights of the NoHo Historic District NoHo Historic District Buildings, photo courtesy of New…
Read More…10th Street Historic District. The district includes 26 row houses mostly built in the 1840’s and 1850’s, extending from Avenue A to Avenue B. Very few modifications to the buildings…
Read More…the beginnings of the business in NYC’s Fulton Market, and traces it to an Arts and Crafts building in the now-landmarked Gansevoort Market District. CLICK HERE to purchase the book…
Read More…the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District in December of 2016, that goal was achieved. To learn more about the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II, go to https://media.villagepreservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/15123045/Greenwich-Village-Historic-District-Extension-II-Designation-Report.pdf for the designation report….
Read More…his window: ‘Are you still alive, Djuna?’ She died in 1982, the last surviving English-language modernist. 3. Margaret Wise Brown, 121 Charles Street The Goodnight Moon author never actually lived at 121 Charles…
Read More…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…
Read More…Membership Meeting 10/16/1973 35-39 Meeting Minutes 10/16/1973 40-41 Meeting Minutes 11/20/1973 42-43 Committee Newsletter December, 1973 44 Monthly Membership Meeting 1/15/1974 45-46 Committee Newsletter January, 1974 47-49 Meeting Minutes 1/15/1974…
Read More…Gansevoort Market Historic District in 2003, it was the first new district in the Village since 1969. The extension of the Greenwich Village Historic District and the creation of the…
Read More…least Republican districts all lie within a few blocks of one another in the Far West Village — the 15+% Republican districts, 66114 and 66013, are in the slightly darker…
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