…in NYC. https://gvshp.org/blog/2011/11/14/when-was-my-building-built-and-other-tricky-research-questions/ 2012: Is Gay Street Really ‘Gay’? Spoiler Alert: the answer is no, but it’s a great story. https://gvshp.org/blog/2012/10/10/is-gay-street-really-gay/ 2013: Happy Birthday, Andy Warhol Our most popular blog post…
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Read More…that offers great insight is the New York Public Library. Village Preservation staffer Hew Evans (they, them) shared that as part of the NYPL’s extensive Gay and Lesbian Collections, the…
Read More…American history to be found in Greenwich Village and the East Village. While both neighborhoods became better known for different kinds of communities in later years – Italians, Ukrainians, gay men…
Read More“I am not a boy, not a girl, I am not gay, not straight, I am not a drag queen, not a transsexual – I am just me, Jackie.” This…
Read More…American history to be found in Greenwich Village and the East Village. While both neighborhoods became better known for different kinds of communities in later years – Italians, Ukrainians, gay men…
Read More…and while fenced off, the grounds are regularly open to the public for its enjoyment. Gay Street via Wiki Commons Tiny one block long Gay Street attracts as many visitors for its delightfully…
Read More…Gay Liberation, of a life-sized female and male couple in natural, affectionate poses. Installed in 1992, it is America’s only public monument to the gay civil rights movement (as opposed…
Read More…gives a nice ’50s ambiance of a traditional ice cream shop. They focus on texture-driven small-batch ice creams, with over 88 different flavors to try. Big Gay Ice Cream Shop…
Read More…cement Greenwich Village as the birthplace of the modern Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) right’s movement. Marsha P. Johnson, a black transwoman, is iconic not just for her role…
Read More…Village. With tour guide Joyce Gold, GVSHP and our partners at Village Alliance, Washington Square Park Conservancy, and many local businesses, celebrated the holiday cheer and local atmosphere that is…
Read More…CommUnity Concerns, Lower Manhattan Loft Tenants, 318 Restaurant Workers Union and… Chinatown Mural Project LESPI EVCC SoHo Alliance Downtown Independent Democrats Bowery Alliance of Neighbors Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower…
Read More…spot when time, resources, and weather permitting. At the unveiling with artist Jim Power, aka the Mosaic Man Village Alliance Executive Director William Kelley emceed the event with Council Member…
Read More…gritty neighborhood. The Village Alliance’s Business Improvement District today, born of many frustrations voiced in the 1993 New York Magazine cover story. Issues like those described in the story can…
Read More…Alliance of Neighbors Bowery Theaters Bowne & Co., Inc. The Brant Foundation and Gluckman Tang Architects Broadway Windows Angelo Bruno Casa Magazines C.O. Bigelow Pharmacy Café Loup The Caring Community…
Read More…Past, Imagine our Future: Landmarks50 Alliance.” And on Monday, members of the Alliance rang the closing bell at the NASDAQ market. Quite a week! There will be more events throughout…
Read More…and reinstalled. Photo courtesy village Alliance. The ongoing project to remake Astor Place and Cooper Square to increase pedestrian mobility and make the area a greater public space is having…
Read More…Kellerman Award. 2019: Christopher Park Alliance, The Source Unltd Print & Copy Shop, The Brant Foundation and Gluckman Tang Architects, Tea & Sympathy, The Bitter End, Hettie Jones, The Estate of…
Read More…crisis in New York has impacted the entire city. As activists concerned with maintaining and nourishing New York City’s diverse neighborhoods, we ask you to join us in taking back…
Read MoreChristopher Park sign. Photo courtesy of the Christopher Park Alliance. On this day in 1837, the City condemned a parcel of land between Christopher, Grove, and West 4th Streets, which…
Read More…Sustainable Architecture Programs at New York University Watch here! Event #2: GVHD50: The Work Behind the District’s Designation, March 11, 2019 In 1969, Greenwich Village preservationists, activists, and neighbors celebrated…
Read More…who have died of AIDS and to commemorate and celebrate the efforts of caregivers and activists who have devoted their lives to this cause. We’re thrilled to be able to…
Read More…East Village activists were surprised to learn recently that the city’s Department of Buildings had issued new work permits for 605 E. 9th Street, the former public school that served…
Read More…for “Lower East Side,” was coined by local Puerto Rican activists Chino Garcia and Bimbo Rivas, two of the figures behind the eminent local community center CHARAS (more on this…
Read More…as a haven for African American intellectuals, artists, and activists seeking refuge from the racial segregation rampant in other parts of the city. Writers like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale…
Read More…at Hunter College. He was drawn to Greenwich Village, to the openness and community of its streets and parks, and to its gay scene, in particular the Stonewall Inn. Levine…
Read More…York’s history through the 19th century, the largest and most important African-American community in the city. That neighborhood centered around present-day Minetta, Thompson, Cornelia, and Gay Streets. Minetta Street, the…
Read More…in 1970 their activisms as co-founders of STAR, Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, they were pillars of the gay liberation movement.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sylvia…
Read More…first planned civil disobedience for LGBT rights. On April 21, 1966, three gay activists challenged state regulations which made it possible to close down bars simply for serving gay people,…
Read More…and Silvia were able to keep homeless gay and transgender youth off the street, where they might face the threat of violence. Marsha referred to anyone brought into the house…
Read More…Stories. The library’s foray into recording and archiving the stories of the neighborhood had us thinking about GVSHP’s own collection of oral histories, which include narratives by early preservation activists…
Read More…Minetta, Thompson, Cornelia and Gay Streets in the South Village. As immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe began to stream into the Village, however, the African-American community was gradually pushed…
Read More…housing developments. Learn more, listen to, and read Dixon Bain’s oral history. David Rothenberg, then and now David Rothenberg is one of the Village’s most prolific activists. After returning from…
Read More…the story of keeping the Village the Village. As the great-granddaughter of abolitionist and National Anti-Slavery Standard editor Sydney Howard Gay, and the granddaughter of noted suffragist Mary Otis Gay…
Read More…legal, social, and political changes over the next half century. This watershed event resulted from work spearheaded by activists in our neighborhood, who formed the first national gay rights organization…
Read MoreThe African American literary critic and professor Henry Louis Gates once stated that the Harlem Renaissance was “surely as gay as it was Black, not that it was exclusively either…
Read More…he is obsessed with the history of our neighborhoods. In his capacity as the unofficial historian for Julius’, the historic gay bar on the corner of West 10th Street and…
Read More…on Charles Street and Gay Street were individually photographed, while the buildings of West 8th Street were photographed in multiple sections. 43 Charles Street 3-5 West 8th Street Walking through…
Read More…storefronts L to R: Big Gay Ice Cream Shop, Butter Lane Cupcakes, Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream The oldest of this dessert triumvirate, Butter Lane Cupcakes, opened in 2008 at…
Read More…Gay Street. 14 Gay Street, Spencer Means, 2017 For years, violations at 14 Gay Street continued to be overlooked by the city agencies responsible for maintaining the structure of the…
Read More…at Victory Garden. For those looking for soft ice cream, that classic summer treat, The Big Gay Ice Cream Shop is where it is at. Big Gay officially launched in…
Read More…the first cases of AIDS in New York were treated, and the LGBT Community Center (formerly the Gay Community Center) at 208 West 13th Street, where many of the earliest…
Read More…40 years ago. The rooftop addition that now sits atop the structure was built in the 1970s. According to a piece co-written by influential preservation pioneer Margot Gayle, the owner…
Read More…sexuality more, becoming part of a gay bohemian circle of friends. James Baldwin & Beauford Delaney Beauford led a double life here in New York. Even though he became more…
Read More…productions, was critical in the development of gay theater, and served as a place of support for gay playwrights during a time when depicting LGBT experiences on stage was illegal….
Read MoreA self-proclaimed “gay superhero,” Stormé Delarverie (≅ December 24, 1920 – May 24, 2014, Pronouns: she/her in public, he/him in performance) was a drag king, bouncer, and neighborhood activist who…
Read More…gay clientele. Following the rebellion at Stonewall, Christopher Street became the social and cultural center of New York’ gay and lesbian community. Six of the fourteen buildings in the district…
Read More…including Sundance, the Berlin International Film Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival. It introduced largely-white audiences, both gay and straight, to cultural phenomena including voguing, shade, and reading —…
Read More…and home to one of NYC’s oldest bars, and its oldest gay bar, Julius’ Bar. In 1966 Julius’ Bar was the site of a trailblazing civil protest for gay rights,…
Read More…was built in the 1970s. According to a piece co-written by influential preservation pioneer Margot Gayle, the owner at the time had thought of constructing a new building before deciding to…
Read More…radio. Then Fred Astaire’s last stage show, Gay Divorce (1932) (the title of the 1934 film version was changed to The Gay Divorcée), featured what would become Porter’s signature tune,…
Read More…patrons at a time when gay theater was considered illicit and unacceptable. After a fire in the early years, the Caffe was rebuilt with a small stage – before that,…
Read MoreThe Queer Past of Greenwich Village: A Lecture with Daniel Hurewitz Join history professor Daniel Hurewitz, author of Stepping Out: Nine Walks Through New York City’s Gay & Lesbian Past,…
Read More…wrote in her own memoirs that he would laugh when people called him gay, he also sued Chevy Chase for $10 million for calling him gay. Mysteries abound, and no…
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications 10/29/2019 CB2 hearing: 10/17/2019 LPC hearing: 10/29/2019 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Gay Street and Waverly Place —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is…
Read More…the American South and seeing first-hand the horrors of slavery (but who is not, as is sometimes assumed, the namesake of Gay Street). Her grandmother, Mary Otis Gay Willcox, was…
Read More…11, 1981, pioneering gay-rights activist and author Larry Kramer hosted a meeting of friends at his 2 Fifth Avenue apartment that led to founding the Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC),…
Read More…organizations include Friends of Sunset Park; Ron Schweiger, Brooklyn Borough Historian; Coalition To Save The East Village; Morningside Heights Historic District Committee; Friends of Brook Park; Bowery Alliance of Neighbors;…
Read More…of it’s goal, and you can help here. Contact Will Lewis at Village Alliance to learn more about that affordable and exciting sponsorship opportunity at 212.777.2173 info@villagealliance.org Besides the Mosaics, in 2011 GVSHP…
Read More…changes, and in 2013 GVSHP awarded the most vocal, the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, with a Village Award. The Bowery, 1974. Credit: Leland Bobbé. From the collections of the Museum…
Read More…But that’s just the beginning of the story. This all stems from the ‘condo-hotel’ usage which Village Preservation and the SoHo Alliance long argued made the project illegal. The City…
Read More…Alliance, the NoHo Neighborhood Association, New York City Loft Tenants, the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, and the Broadway Residents Coalition) to ask for the following guiding principles to be upheld…
Read More…Council, Meatpacking District Business Improvement District, NoHo Business Improvement District, NoHo Neighborhood Association, SoHo Alliance, the Greenwich Village Chelsea Chamber of Commerce, and the Village Alliance. Before and After The…
Read More…Association, Historic Districts Council, Meatpacking District Business Improvement District, NoHo Business Improvement District, NoHo Neighborhood Association, SoHo Alliance, the Greenwich Village Chelsea Chamber of Commerce, and the Village Alliance. This…
Read More…Village Alliance BID Honi Klein, and the Broadway Panhandler’s Norman Kornbleuth will explore the possibilities of Eighth Street as the Village’s once and future Main Street. This event is co-sponsored…
Read More…Alliance of Neighbors The Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, a vocal advocate for the preservation and appreciation of the Bowery as one of New York’s most invaluable and irreplaceable historical and…
Read More…SoHo-NoHo Coalition (including the SoHo Alliance, the NoHo Neighborhood Association, New York City Loft Tenants, the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, and the Broadway Residents Coalition) are fighting for the following principles…
Read MoreVillage Preservation (GVSHP) has joined forces with the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, the Broadway Residents Coalition, Lower Manhattan Loft Tenants, the NoHo Neighborhood Association, and the SoHo Alliance to form…
Read More…But that’s just the beginning of the story. This all stems from the hotel’s structure as a ‘condo-hotel,’ which Village Preservation and the SoHo Alliance long argued made the project…
Read More…undermines its premises. Co-hosted by the SoHo Alliance, Broadway Residents Coalition, NoHo Neighborhood Alliance, LES CommUnity Concerns, East Village Community Coalition, Lower East Side Preservation Initiative, and Chinatown Mural Project. …
Read More…Inc., Lower Manhattan Neighbors’ Organization, SoHo Alliance, Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, NoHo Neighborhood Association, Assembly Member Deborah Glick and 10 other individuals, filed suit against the City and State’s approvals…
Read More…the South Village video here or above. The South Village is not only made up of wonderful people and businesses, but remarkable institutions that have served a vibrant community of immigrants and activists for over…
Read More…at socialists, pacifists and other anti-war activists, many of whom lived, worked, and were targeted right here in our neighborhoods. Arch Conspirators. Image by John Sloan. Centennial in the Village…
Read More…which owned the San Remo. Village Awards with awardees Block Drug Store and the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors. In June, hundreds turned out for GVSHP’s Annual Meeting and Village Awards,…
Read More…Stalin, the larger Allied war effort, and the rapid fading of the East-West alliance with the start of the Cold War after WWII. Also reflected is Stalin’s repression of the…
Read More…turn-of-the-last century New York; as the site of important cultural innovations and events; and as an important location in the history of New York’s African-American and lesbian and gay communities. …
Read MoreAt the EVIMA meeting on Feb. 24, L-R: Business owners Richard Green of Love Shine, host Kevin Miceli of Ciao for Now, Peggy Yunque of The Shape of Lies, Gayle…
Read More…Gay Activist Alliance Firehouse, 99 Wooster Street. If you want to help us as we fight to extend landmark protections to more of the area south of Union Square (including…
Read More…origins of the East Village’s renewable energy fixtures and the activists who had the gall to imagine them. This week we will dive into the resulting legal battle between these…
Read More…the origins of the East Village’s renewable energy fixtures and the activists who had the gall to imagine them. Next week we will dive into the resulting legal battle between…
Read More…NYU’s disgraceful behavior cannot be dismissed as a bunch of loud-mouthed, Left Wing, self-promoting activists…..” and in a statement that aligns perfectly with Village Preservation’s mission, notes: “Most of the…
Read More…Guevara, Malcolm X, and others. Many radical activists in the 1960s admired the Cuban Revolution and made frequent visits through Mexico or Spain to revolutionary Cuba to circumvent the United…
Read More…and activists. Her connections in the club allowed her to further her leadership within the feminist movement and establish the Women’s Peace Party, which exists today as the Women’s International…
Read More…see their website if you wish to donate supplies, volunteer, or help in other ways. Razom unites various Ukrainian activists throughout the U.S. and maintains a global network of over…
Read More…writers, artists, educators, and activists. Just some of the remarkable women who have been the subject of Village Preservation’s oral histories — click to access the entire collection Oral Histories:…
Read More…of us who respectfully disagree with NYU’s disgraceful behavior cannot be dismissed as a bunch of loud-mouthed, Left Wing, self-promoting activists…..” and in a statement that aligns perfectly with Village Preservation’s…
Read More…and activists. But the area began to witness vast changes as formerly cheap and subdivided rowhouses were transformed back into single family homes, and shops became emblazoned with the names…
Read More…Sloan’s portrait of Romany Marie, 1920 Marie’s first bistro at 133 Washington Place was an extension of her home. It was full of anarchists, activists, artists, writers, thinkers, and interlocutors…
Read More…policed, and organized, reflecting the ongoing changes in the East Village during this period. Sources Cited: • “Bring back the band shell! Activists to stage campaign” (2006), AMNY: The Villager,…
Read More…Radical Baptist. These are just a few examples of progressive Village activists who brought their faith to the issues of their times. They were not alone: members of the “Religious…
Read MoreActivists in Union Square, May 1, 2012. Those following May Day protests today might be interested in learning about the day’s long roots in labor history, going back to 1886….
Read MoreActivist Liz Christy in what would become the Liz Christy Garden, 1974. In the East Village, community gardens began growing when neighborhood activists threw “seed-bombs” into empty, trash-strewn lots. Tomorrow,…
Read More…and scrappy coalition of activists are looking at ways to preserve the distinctive variety of businesses and organizations that line our streets, so many of which have the homey feel…
Read More…actually aimed to make the space more amenable to rallies and other large congregations. The park’s been redesigned since, but it has remained a go-to for activists – from suffrage…
Read More…the protection of that right for all citizens, and that all they had to do was use it. She earned the support of women’s rights activists such as Susan B….
Read More…for political dissidents and cultivated prominent social justice activists for nearly a century. At the school, Angela Davis was friends and classmates with Weather Underground member Kathy Boudin. The children…
Read More…spaces used by activists– storefronts, gardens and offices to bring forth the hidden dimensions of these organizational spaces through a collaging together of architectural drawings techniques with archival research, photography…
Read More…began to repopulate these otherwise vacant spaces. The artists, dancers, performers, and activists of the East Village filled the buildings with new life, and the buildings, in turn, gave these…
Read More…for founding the Youth International Party, called the “Yippies,” a political group without official membership or leadership. He was also part of the “Chicago 7,” a group of activists who…
Read More…rallies to create the New York City landmarks law. Mayor Robert F. Wagner signs the New York City Landmarks Law, April 19, 1965.Photo: Margot Gayle/NY Preservation Archive Project Two of…
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