…are working with allies and neighbors to promulgate and advance proposals for landmark designations in worthy but undesignated areas of the East Village and along the University Place, Broadway, and…
Read MoreCo-Sponsored by Merchant’s House Museum. Historic Walking Tour of 19th Century Noho Join us for a journey back in time to the elite ‘Bond Street area,’ home to Astors, Vanderbilts, Delanos…
Read MoreBars and Speakeasies Walking Tour What happened to Greenwich Village when it went dry during Prohibition? Find out on a walking tour of historic sites in the area, including renowned…
Read MoreThis post is part of the Looking Up series, which explores the unique architectural and historical stories that can be discovered when we raise our gaze above the sidewalk, the…
Read MoreShopping in the Gilded Age Walking Tour In her new book The Gilded Age in New York, Esther Crain, the voice behind the popular blog Ephemeral New York, tells the…
Read MoreVillage Macabre Walking Tour with Joyce Gold, 2018 Celebrate this Halloween with Manhattan historian and tour guide Joyce Gold, as she presents her walking tour through the macabre history of…
Read MoreItalian-American Culture in the South Village: A walking tour with Emelise Aleandri Join theater scholar and performer Emelise Aleandri for a walking tour of the South Village, a center for…
Read MoreLandmarking the East Village: A Lecture with Village Preservation Director of Preservation and Research Elizabeth Finkelstein Part of Village Preservation’s 30th Anniversary Staff Past and Present Series From its early…
Read MoreA Walking Tour of East Village Community Gardens Join us on a tour of distinct community gardens that showcase the plants, people, and cultures that make these East Village oases…
Read MoreLGBT History of the East Village: A Walking Tour The Stonewall Riot of 1969 is often regarded as the birth of the modern LGBT movement, inspiring people across the country…
Read More…to the abstract expressionists of the New York School after World War II, the neighborhood produced and witnessed profound changes in the course of art history. This walking tour will…
Read MoreImage via Missy S. This post is part of the Looking Up series, which explores the unique architectural and historical stories that can be discovered when we raise our…
Read MoreToday would have been Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 84th birthday. The iconic figure of the Civil Rights Movement, assassinated on April 4, 1968, will be honored with a concert this…
Read MoreEast Village Building Blocks Walking Tour with Sarah Bean Apmann We continue to celebrate the release of Village Preservation’s East Village Building Blocks (gvshp.org/buildingblocks) with a special walking tour. The…
Read More…our new Women’s History Walking Tours series that will premiere new tours in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo throughout the year. Come join us in this little corner…
Read More…to the abstract expressionists of the New York School after World War II, the neighborhood produced and witnessed profound changes in the course of art history. This walking tour will…
Read MoreA Village Christmas: A Walking Tour with Marilyn Stults Usher in the holiday season with this unusual walking tour of Greenwich Village as the birthplace of many of the Christmas…
Read MoreWomen’s History Month Afternoon Walking Tour: Jefferson Market to Café Society You’ll have three chances to join Village Preservation as we take a walk through history in our own backyard….
Read MoreVintage Neon Signs of the West Village Walking Tour Walking through Greenwich Village in the evening, the neon signs give the streetscape an unmistakable ambiance. These vintage neon signs have…
Read MoreSnapshots in Storefronts Walking Tours Part of Village Preservation’s 30th Anniversary Staff Past and Present Series This walking tour, conducted by staff member Sheryl Woodruff, will explore the history of…
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 MoreWe’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about things we used to do before the coronavirus outbreak, that we’re looking forward to hopefully doing again once things return to…
Read MoreLooking north on Broadway to Grace Church (l.) circa 1890s, image via NYPL, and (r.) today. Standing where Broadway begins its curve to the west at 10th Street, the landmarked…
Read More…Walking Manhattan Sideways, and building on that success, she followed up with The Art of Walking Manhattan Sideways: Hidden Gems on the Side Streets – forthcoming in fall 2021 –…
Read MoreThe Triangle Factory Fire: A Walking Tour through Time Pay tribute to those lost in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire as we mark the Centennial of this infamous event which…
Read MoreThe LGBTQ Village: Christopher Street Walking Tour Join us for a fun and informative LGBTQ History Walking Tour! On this tour around Greenwich Village, we will visit historic sites where…
Read MoreCo-Sponsored by Merchant’s House Museum. Historic Walking Tour of 19th Century Noho Join us for a journey back in time to the elite ‘Bond Street area,’ home to Astors, Vanderbilts, Delanos…
Read MoreWalking Tour of East Village Community Gardens Join us on a tour of distinct community gardens that showcase the plants, people, and cultures that make these East Village oases such…
Read MoreLast week we shared an online Historic Bowery Walking Tour. This week we are sharing a walking tour of the Gansevoort Market Historic District, landmarked in 2003 thanks to efforts by GVSHP. Back…
Read MoreThe Architecture of the South Village: A walking tour with Andrew Dolkart Architectural historian and Columbia University professor Andrew Dolkart will lead a walking tour of the South Village, the…
Read MoreAfrican American Movers and Shakers of the East Village: Walking Tour From playwrights and poets, to artists and musicians, African Americans made great contributions to the vibrant culture of the…
Read MoreGay Greenwich Village Walking Tour This walking tour will take you to the places where gay men and women have lived, loved, worked and partied since the late 19th century…
Read MoreMarking LGBT History in the Village and Beyond: A Panel Discussion with REPOhistory Beyond the famous Stonewall Inn, there is much more to gay history in New York City. Six…
Read MoreReforming the Landmarking Process Village Preservation advocates for changes and improvements to the landmarking system to better protect historic resources and allow New Yorkers to more fully participate in the…
Read More…Village map was self-published by the Seymour family, long-time residents of Greenwich Village and preservation pioneers within New York City. This map is part of a small self-guided walking tour…
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These images were taken as part of GVSHP’s efforts in early 2002 to document and advocate for the preservation of the Meatpacking District. These efforts resulted in the entire area…
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Read MoreA Walking Tour of Civil War Sites There are many notable locations in and around the Village from Cooper Union to Union Square that relate to the Civil War. Historian…
Read More…commercial area, known for printing and manufacturing. Our walking tour will lead you to the majestic landmarks – from the imposing De Vinne Press to the Schermerhorn factory, Robbins &…
Read MoreBeyond the Beatniks: The Hidden History of St. Mark’s Place A Walking Tour with Eric Ferrara St. Mark’s Place staked its claim as an epicenter of pioneering radical arts, activism,…
Read MoreHaunts of Dylan Thomas walking tour with Poet Bob Holman Join your fellow Village Preservation members and Bob Holman for a guided tour of the Greenwich Village sites that are…
Read MoreTalking Townhouse: A Restoration Case Study Restoring an historic townhouse can be much like a complicated scientific experiment. Many elements must work together, and all the equations must add up….
Read MoreA Walking Tour of East Village/Lower East Side Community Gardens Join us on a tour of distinct community gardens that showcase the plants, people, and cultures that make these East…
Read MoreThe Villagers of Ellis Island: A Walking Tour of Ellis Island with Tom Bernardin Greenwich Village has often been celebrated for its rich immigrant past, including the South Village’s Italian…
Read MoreEast Village Historic District Tour: A Walking Tour with Elizabeth Finkelstein – 7/31 Join historian (and former Village Preservation staffer) Elizabeth Finkelstein for a morning walk through and around the…
Read MoreHenry James’s New York – 5/10 A Walking Tour with Joyce Gold Join Joyce Gold as she explores the New York City of Henry James and other literary notables in…
Read More…their responsibility in either allowing or causing this to happen. TO HELP: Tell City Officials to Save the Nine Landmarked 1840s Meatpacking District Houses Not to Demolish — CLICK HERE…
Read More…and groundbreaking roles in the Greenwich Village and Lower East Side theater scenes, including the Harlem Suitcase Theater, run by the International Worker’s Order located at 80 Fifth Avenue; Villager…
Read MoreWalking East 3rd Street is a collaboration between GVSHP and the students in NYU’s Fall 2012 Intro to Public History course. Each pair of students was tasked with researching the…
Read MoreWalking East 3rd Street is a collaboration between GVSHP and the students in NYU’s Fall 2012 Intro to Public History course. Each pair of students was tasked with researching the…
Read MoreEast Village Gardens Walking Tour The East Village/Lower East Side boasts fifty-three community gardens, each with its own personality. This neighborhood, considered the birthplace of the modern American community garden…
Read MoreEast Meets Green: A Walking Tour of East Village Community Gardens Join us on a tour of distinct community gardens that showcase the plants, people, and cultures that make these…
Read More…countless women and their families in our neighborhoods and beyond. Ever since the Middle Collegiate fire on December 5th, 2020 displaced WPA from their home, the organization has been working…
Read MoreImmigrant Heritage Day East Village Walking Tour with the Urban Archive App On April 17, 1907, more immigrants entered the U.S. through Ellis Island than any other day in history….
Read More…squawking relentlessly, christening the names of the ducklings in the story: Jack, Cack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack, and Quack. McCloskey ended up caring for sixteen ducks in total, which…
Read MoreThis is one in a series of posts marking the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Click here to check out our year-long activities and…
Read MoreWalking East 3rd Street is a collaboration between GVSHP and the students in NYU’s Fall 2012 Intro to Public History course. Each pair of students was tasked with researching the…
Read MoreLily Tomlin in the film,”The Incredible Shrinking Woman” We have recently learned that a new building permit application has been filed with the Department of Buildings for 75 First Avenue…
Read More…the Bowery Branch dormitories and accommodations was very high, but there were hardworking and not-so hardworking men that stayed for extended periods of time. The New York Times cites three…
Read MoreFrom Bowling Green to the Harlem River, New York’s most famous avenue encapsulates the city’s dynamic history and contemporary life. William J. Hennessey’s Walking Broadway presents the major historic landmarks and architectural gems…
Read MoreGVHD50 Walking Tour: Jewels of the Historic District The Greenwich Village Historic District is one of New York’s earliest landmarked communities. On quirky angled streets lie 1920s speakeasies, literary hang-outs,…
Read MoreA Walking Tour of East Village Community Gardens Co-sponsored by L.U.N.G.S. (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens) Join us on a tour of distinct community gardens that showcase the plants, people, and…
Read MoreOn Monday the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) issued a fallacious report claiming that landmarking lead to the loss of affordable housing in New York City. The report…
Read MoreWomen Movers and Shakers of the East Village: A Walking Tour with Andrea Coyle From breaking new ground in music, art, literature, fashion and medicine, to advancements in working conditions…
Read More…landmarking proposal. Additionally, the effort has attracted coverage from NY1 News, Gay City News, AMNY, The Root, and the Village Sun. Recent attention has focused on multiple sites within our proposed historic district of…
Read More…such as “Talking Union” and “Which Side Are You On?” Seeger was also a founding member of the People’s Songs organization, which aimed to promote socially conscious music and support…
Read MoreFebruary Members-Only Event ($100+ Level)– Pierogi Making at Veselka For over sixty years, Veselka has been serving up traditional, delectable Ukrainian fare to neighbors and newcomers alike. Opened in 1954…
Read MoreThe Lost Stream of the Village: A Walking Tour of Minetta Brook led by Steve Duncan Flowing under today’s Minetta Street, Minetta Brook once ran from Union Square through the…
Read MoreI have often noticed these old drinking fountains on historic buildings – there is one at the Jefferson Market Library on the corner of 6th Avenue and 10th Street, one…
Read MoreWalking East 7th Street is a collaboration between GVSHP and the students in NYU’s Fall 2011 Intro to Public History course. Each pair of students was tasked with researching the…
Read MoreWalking East 7th Street is a collaboration between GVSHP and the students in NYU’s Fall 2011 Intro to Public History course. Each pair of students was tasked with researching the…
Read MoreWalking East 7th Street is a collaboration between GVSHP and the students in NYU’s Fall 2011 Intro to Public History course. Each pair of students was tasked with researching the…
Read MoreDistilling the American Flavor: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Juliana Force and the Making of the Whitney Museum Now that the Whitney has opened downtown, revisit its original incarnation in the heart…
Read More…will highlight these events and the creative Villagers who Jung encountered. His ideas about symbol-making and the psyche resonated with a diverse group of intellectuals who were interested in progressive…
Read MoreWalking East 7th Street is a collaboration between GVSHP and the students in NYU’s Fall 2011 Intro to Public History course. Each pair of students was tasked with researching the…
Read MoreGVHD50 Walking Tour: Jewels of the Historic District with Joyce Gold The Greenwich Village Historic District is one of New York’s earliest landmarked communities. On quirky angled streets lie 1920s…
Read MoreA Walking Tour of Historic 19th Century NoHo Join us for a journey back in time to the elite ‘Bond Street area,’ home to Astors, Vanderbilts, Delanos, and the Tredwells,…
Read MoreNative New Yorkers Walking Tour One might assume that New York’s streets are as old as Dutch settlement, but many of the thoroughfares we use today actually began long before…
Read MoreEducation and Radical Free Thought Walking Tour From the first free circulating library in New York City to “The People’s Institute,” Greenwich Village is home to some of the earliest…
Read MoreNative American History Walking Tour: From the East to West Village You might assume that New York’s streets are as old as Dutch settlement, but many of the thoroughfares we…
Read More…efforts, making the park the beautiful green space that it remains today. If all goes according to a plan currently under discussion, the park could become a new National Park/Monument. …
Read MoreWalking the East Village! East Village Community Gardens Tour with Ayo Harrington The East Village/Lower East Side boasts fifty-three community gardens, each with its own personality. This neighborhood, considered the…
Read MoreFoods of the South Village and SoHo: A Walking (and Eating) Tour Come with us as we travel back in time through the central and southern Village and northern SoHo….
Read MoreThe Ukrainian Dimension of the East Village A Walking Tour with Terri Cook See colorful reminders of immigrant groups who passed through the East Village, and today’s Ukrainian community thriving…
Read More…impacting our city on landmarking and historic districts. In that case, they misrepresented and inflated the number of days until storefront permit is issued by the Landmarks Preservation Commission by…
Read MoreBetween Two Villages: A Walking Tour of NoHo with Architectural Historian Matt Postal Tickets: $10 Village Preservation members; $15 all others Join architectural historian Matt Postal as you explore NoHo,…
Read MorePierogi Making at Veselka For over sixty years, Veselka has been serving up traditional, delectable Ukrainian fare to neighbors and newcomers alike. Opened in 1954 as a simple soup-and-sandwich newsstand…
Read MoreWalking East 3rd Street is a collaboration between GVSHP and the students in NYU’s Fall 2012 Intro to Public History course. Each pair of students was tasked with researching the…
Read More…Street and constructed a stunning factory building designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh, which he then rented out to a manufacturer of boys’ clothing. Walking Tours are 90 minutes are meet…
Read MoreVillage Cheer! Holiday Storefront Walking Tour Midtown storefronts are legendary for their elaborate holiday windows, but the shops of Greenwich Village have charming traditions and displays all their own. Join…
Read More…been recently sold, we’ve reached out to the new Mayor to urge support for the landmarking effort (read our letter here), and are calling new attention to the need to…
Read More…we have come in those fifty one years in seeking to preserve the heritage and historic built environment of our city. According to the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), there…
Read More…Museum and Library has recently joined a broad array of elected officials, preservation organizations, scholars of Hispanic and Latino history, and the local community board in supporting the landmarking effort…
Read More…the home’s landmark status. So we thought we’d take this opportunity to review 121 Charles Street as part of our Landmarking 101 series. First, a little history on this home….
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Photographer Hank Weber captured this picture “Looking Up” in 1988. He was fascinated by the World Trade Center and this image captures the North Tower on the right with a…
Posted September 8, 2021
Read MoreWalking East 7th Street is a collaboration between GVSHP and the students in NYU’s Fall 2011 Intro to Public History course. Each pair of students was tasked with researching the…
Read More…garnered new support for landmarking from scholars, authors, historians, and experts in the field due to the vital connections we have documented between buildings in the area and jazz artist…
Read More…ukulele, in high school. In college he began making Appalachian dulcimers, a folk instrument that originated in Appalachia. After college he had a brief job teaching instrument-making at the Smithsonian,…
Read MoreOn January 6 2015, on Three Kings Day, the East Village community and allies rallied on the steps of City Hall on a cold winter day to urge Mayor de…
Read MoreEast Village Historic District Tour: A Walking Tour with Elizabeth Finkelstein Join historian (and former Village Preservation staffer) Elizabeth Finkelstein for a morning walk through and around the East Village/Lower…
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