…the Monday before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. Greenwich Village Historic District At the Corner of Greenwich Avenue and West 13th Street —-…
Read More…District At the corner of 6th Avenue and 8th Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Proposal for new signage for a retail establishment. 2) View the application: 1/31/2023:…
Read More…hearings only), and deliberation by the LPC commissioners. 4) View LPC Decision: Available in PDF. 5) LPC designation report: Read these properties’ architectural/historical description: 323-25 Sixth Avenue; 327 Sixth Avenue;…
Read MoreAPPROVED 10/01/2013 CB2 hearing: 09/16/2013 LPC hearing: 10/01/2013 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Washington Square North and West 8th Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A…
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3/7/2017 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here. Also included in 4/23/2013 application, here….
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Read More…323-25 6th – Application is to modify storefront infill; 327 6th Ave.-Application is to modify storefront infill and construct a rooftop addition; 14-16 Cornelia St. – Application is to modify…
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The four-story building in the center, five buildings from the right, is the old PS 41, demolished in the 1950s to make way for the new PS 41 and its…
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Read MoreVillage Preservation provides an ongoing record of all applications for changes to landmarked properties in our neighborhoods (Greenwich Village, NoHo, Gansevoort Market, the South Village, and the East Village) that…
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications on 07/08/2014 CB2 hearing: 06/30/2014 LPC hearing: 07/08/2014 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 11th and 12th Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda:…
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11/10/2015 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here.
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12/04/2018 LPC hearing date. For more information regarding this application, click here….
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Visit our blog for more information about this and other lost theaters of the East Village…
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Read More…Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue (at 12th Street) Co-sponsored by the Salmagundi Club Library Committee. Opened in 1824, Fifth Avenue originally vied with several other locations for social supremacy, including…
Read More…of Sixth Avenue at Bleecker Street, looking north up the Avenue toward the elevated train that used to veer east on West 3rd Street. What used to be Max Moscowitz’s…
Read More…they no longer have a presence in the East Village, is there still a need for the Lesbian Avengers? Have the battles they fought been won? Or have they just…
Read More…quirky but charming building at 23 Third Avenue, also known as 1 St. Mark’s Place. 23 Third Avenue. Painting by Patricia Melvin No. 23 Third Avenue stands alongside two equally…
Read MoreEast 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…
Read More…the company was located at 105 Third Avenue until 1958, moving then to 107 Third Avenue for fear of 105 Third Avenue being demolished. Thankfully, this did not happen. The…
Read More…2009. 110 Second Avenue 1940s tax photo via NYC Municipal Archives 112-114 Second Avenue 112-114 Second Avenue This Gothic Revival-style church was built in 1891-92 and designed by architect Samuel…
Read More…the “East Village”). IRT 6th Avenue El The Sixth Avenue El in Greenwich Village, 1935. Photo courtesy of Berenice Abbott. The Sixth Avenue El was constructed during the 1870s by…
Read MoreLast week we talked about the history of the building at 48 3rd Avenue and left you wondering about the rest of the block of 3rd Avenue between 10th &…
Read More…parts one, two, three and four. 143-145 Avenue D If you’ve been following our forays into the rich and storied history of 143-145 Avenue D, you’re aware of its transformation…
Read More…one of the most exciting corners in New York City show business. It may have been demolished in 1968, but the Loew’s Avenue B Theater provided the surrounding East Village…
Read More…the functioning of the shipbuilding industry that once lined this portion of the East River. 143-145 Avenue D 143-145 Avenue D But by 1848, 143-145 Avenue D had ceased to…
Read More…they began their project in 2001, over half of their subjects have closed, and many more have been threatened with closure in recent months. James and Karla Murray have been…
Read More…for 70 years before moving to Fifth Avenue & 79th street in 1912. That same year, a permit was filed to replace the mansion with a movie theater. Newspaper articles…
Read More…story in 1933. As further described in the designation report, “Seventh Avenue was extended southward in 1919 from Greenwich Avenue by cutting through the blocks to the south of it….
Read More…First Avenue Estate and Concerned Citizens of E64th and E65thSts-First to York Avenues, two tenant groups who have advocated for the preservation of their homes for more than 25 years,…
Read More…have to ask: why isn’t this landmarked? 112 Fourth Avenue, 2020. Ridabock & Co. First on the long list of noteworthy one-time occupants of 112 Fourth Avenue is Ridabock & Co.,…
Read MoreIn honor of Small Business Week, we’re delving into the history of Alabaster Books, at 122 Fourth Avenue. Alabaster Books shines as a cultural remnant of Fourth Avenue Book Row…
Read More…first brewery on this Avenue A property. The brewery in 1858 moved uptown to 55th Street and First Avenue. Until at least the mid-1930s, the ground floor of 101 Avenue…
Read More…gravitated towards the blocks just west and north of Tompkins Square. But a linear Italian-American enclave formed along and near First Avenue, broadening at 14th Street. Vestiges of this community…
Read More…a pioneering dance and arts school got its start. “Virtual Village” Dance Tour, 2020. 80 Fifth Avenue 80 Fifth Avenue, 2020. The International Workers Order (IWO) was located at 80…
Read More…the Pyramid Club.” In 2011, GVSHP successfully pushed to have the city’s proposed East Village/Lower East Side Historic District boundaries expanded to include 101 Avenue A (among other sites), and in…
Read More…oldest building on its blockfront, Second Avenue between East 9th & East 10th Street, and one of the only early houses on the avenue to retain its original stoop and…
Read More…as 102 and 104-06 West 14th Street. 14th Street and 6th Ave Train Station with 523-527 Sixth Avenue/104-106 West 14th Street turret in background circa 1916. 1940s Tax Photo. 523-527…
Read More…Street, 1942 First Avenue looking north from East 9th Street, 1942 First Avenue looking south from East 9th Street, 1942 First Avenue looking north from East 12th Street, 1942 For…
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