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Our 2018 Resolutions
…(12th/13th Streets) — in 2017 GVSHP saved these 1866 lofts that were once home to Willem de Kooning from the wrecking ball. But now a developer wants permission to build…
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The Village is our Valentine!
…status. However, the building’s owners want to put an out-of-scale addition on top of this beautiful cast-iron building that once held the studio of artist Willem de Kooning. GVSHP is…
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Only Seven Landmarks in One of New York’s Most Historically Rich Areas?
…a number of mid-century artists including Willem de Kooning), which thanks to the efforts of GVSHP was landmarked in 2017. Just to the south of that is the striking no….
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Nico Captured by Fred McDarrah
…Jimi Hendrix, Willem de Kooning, and many others to be included within the GVSHP Historic Image Archive. Nico performing with the Velvet Underground at Steve Paul’s nightclub, the Scene, New…
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Exploring East Village Music Meccas with Building Blocks
…living nearby – Franz Kline, Grace Hartigan, Allen Ginsberg, and Willem de Kooning, to name a few – and became one of the world’s premier jazz clubs in the 1950s….
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A Truly Historic House Tour! Village Preservation’s 21st Spring House Tour in the Greenwich Village Historic District
…artist’s studios, both those of the past (like the now-landmarked home of Willem de Kooning’s studio) and those being used by working creatives today. The breathtaking fireplace at the New…
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M1-5 What? A Lofty History of Zoning in SoHo and NoHo
…and abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning. While organizing an artists’ strike that would have far-reaching consequences for the city, ATA representatives met with city officials to come up with a…
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New Historic McDarrah Photos Added to Historic Image Archive
…for Fred McDarrah: Willem de Kooning at 831 Broadway, and here Fred W. McDarrah: Bob Dylan’s Greenwich Village. Click here to access the entire image archive, and here to search…
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Why Isn’t This Landmarked?: 32 East 10th Street, Home of artist Franz Kline
…started his artistic career as a realist painter, but after meeting Willem de Kooning his style evolved to what would be his signature abstract approach to painting. He was known…
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Native American Contemporary Art Sites in our Area
…a scholarship to the Art Students League. Around 1954 he met Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock, and Willem de Kooning. Influenced by surrealism and Abstract Expressionism, he began showing in New…
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The Diversity and Beauty of Loft Buildings South of Union Square
…an extraordinary place in the history of modern art, having served as the homes and studios of great art world figures include Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Jules Olitsky, Paul…
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The Artist’s World in Pictures A guided gallery tour by co-author Gloria S. McDarrah
…share and exchange ideas and opinions, including Willem deKooning, Franz Kline, Ad Reinhardt, James Brooks, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, Robert Rauschenberg, Jack Tworkov, Alfred Leslie, Milton Resnick, Lee Krasner, Philip…
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