The Legacy of Jane Jacobs in the Village A panel discussion with Alice Sparberg Alexiou, Katy Bordonaro, and Warren Shaw Celebrating the centennial of Jane Jacobs’s birth Join us as…
Read MoreWashington Square Park via Wiki Commons; Jane Jacobs via Wiki Commons Jane Jacobs’ birthday on May 4 is marked throughout the world as an occasion to celebrate one’s own city — its…
Read More…the liveliness of traditional urban neighborhoods, not unlike the one where Jacobs herself lived: Greenwich Village. West Village, Manhattan Jacobs blamed the city’s decline on a planning approach that ignored…
Read MoreFor #JanesWalk2020, join Village Preservation’s Director of Research and Preservation for a “tour” of Jane Jacobs’ Far West Village. Learn about the history, architecture, and zoning of the Far West…
Read MoreWho says you can’t fight City Hall? During these particularly troubling and divided political times, it is rewarding and inspiring to look to Jane Jacobs for encouragement. Jane redefined urban…
Read More…Work of Jane Jacobs From South Village to South Bronx, the Legacy of Jane Jacobs Celebrating Jane Jacobs — 100th Birthday, and lots of programs, approaching Village People: Jane Jacobs…
Read More…away. Jane Jacobs courtesy of Getty Images Indeed, the “mothers” won the day with Jane Jacobs as the godmother of them all. We at GVSHP celebrate Jane Jacobs, continue…
Read More…successfully advocated for landmark designation of more than 1,250 buildings in these neighborhoods. Read or listen to our Jane Jacobs oral history here. Read about more transformative women and preservation pioneers…
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Read More…Jane Jacobs’ arch nemesis. Where JanesWalk celebrates her engagement with local level planning, Moses was known for highways and byways that parted entire neighborhoods on gargantuan scales. The Port Morris…
Read MoreThe battle between Village preservation icon Jane Jacobs and Robert “put a highway through every park” Moses is quite storied and well-documented. But for us, understanding it and preserving its…
Read MoreJane Jacobs would have turned 105 this Tuesday. An early member of our Board of Advisors and instigator of a radical rethinking of what made cities and neighborhood work, Jane…
Read More…2006 was announced as Jane Jacobs Day. In Toronto, 4 May 2007 was Jane Jacobs Day. Her two cities continue to celebrate her, as does the Rockefeller Foundation, which created…
Read MoreJane Jacobs photo credit nypl.org Jane Jacobs, who once lived on Hudson Street in the West Village, wrote the book, “Death and Life of Great American Cities.” Her activism is…
Read More…Glenna Lang is the author of a previous work about Jane Jacobs – Genius of Common Sense: The Story of Jane Jacobs and “The Death and Life of Great American…
Read More…Cities; Max Page—historian, professor of Architecture and History at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and author of Reconsidering Jane Jacobs; and Alice Sparberg Alexiou—historian and author of Jane Jacobs:…
Read More…about Jane Jacobs. The audio is narrated by Rachel Maddow, host of the Emmy Award-winning Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. Click here to access all 31 Village Voices exhibits. https://soundcloud.com/villagepreservation/jane-jacobs-village-voices-audio?utm_source=clipboard&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fvillagepreservation%252Fjane*]}*-jacobs-village-voices-audio…
Read More…our neighborhoods today? In short, what are the uses, misuses, and limitations of Jane Jacobs in planning the contemporary neighborhood? To help us think through these questions, we will be…
Read MoreThe activist and writer Jane Jacobs was instrumental in protecting and preserving Greenwich Village in the face of post-war “urban renewal.” With her seminal text The Death and Life of Great…
Read MoreJane Jacobs Trivia Night Join us for an evening of friendly trivia competition, all Jane Jacobs! Emceed by WNYC reporter Jim O’Grady, you’ll show off your Jane Jacobs knowledge and…
Read MoreBattle for the Village and Beyond – The Legacy of Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses Jane Jacobs called it a ballet, a soaring, stimulating, and safe place where neighborhoods had…
Read MoreJane Jacobs: Urban Visionary A Lecture with Alice Sparberg Alexiou Part Three of Village Preservation celebration of Women’s History Month. Jane Jacobs is most often portrayed as the woman who,…
Read More…relevant to the planning of our neighborhoods today? In short, what are the uses, misuses, and limitations of Jane Jacobs in planning the contemporary neighborhood? To help us think through…
Read MoreThe presentation is open to all ages with an emphasis on accessibility for young people (ages 12-18) and their educators. Jane Jacobs was born more than a hundred years ago,…
Read More…and bitchy from a stigma into a rallying cry for future generations. More info + to register: CLICK HERE Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities, Champion of People Thursday, March 21,…
Read MoreBook Talk: Visionary Women – How Jane Jacobs and Rachel Carson Changed our World Author Andrea Barnet brings to light her extensive research on the lives and work of Jane…
Read MoreDeveloping an Opera about Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses Composer Judd Greenstein and director Joshua Frankel discuss the process of creating their new opera with urbanist and author Karrie Jacobs…
Read MoreJane Jacobs May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006 Activist, Theorist, and Author A fierce advocate who inspired a generation of preservationists, Jacobs saved Washington Square from a plan to…
Read MoreIn the Footsteps of Jane Jacobs Over 45 years after she successfully combated Robert Moses and his plan to build a massive thoroughfare through Washington Square Park, Jane Jacobs’ legacy…
Read More50 Years Later: An Interview with Jason Epstein, Editor of Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities Fifty years ago Jane Jacobs chose a young, talented man…
Read MoreThe Great Urban Paradigm Shift: Robert Moses, Jane Jacobs, and West Village Houses The development of the West Village Houses has typified many of the diverse challenges facing preservationists in…
Read MoreJane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an urban planner, author, and activist. Jacobs discusses various preservation battles in which she participated while living in Greenwich Village, including the fight to prevent Robert…
Read More…18 at 6 pm via Zoom Sass in the City: New York Women of Wit in the Twentieth Century: Tuesday, March 19 at 6 pm at Jefferson Market Library JANE…
Read MoreAPPROVED 11/10/2015 CB2 hearing: N/A LPC hearing: 11/10/2015 Greenwich Village Historic District Between 12th Street and Horatio Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: Application is to…
Read More…or NoHo: click here to nominate your favorite. Want to help support small businesses? Share this post with friends. Jane’s Exchange Children, some parents feel, grow up too fast. Other parents find…
Read More…Carol Janeway. Note the white tile affixed to the brick pillar at the entrance to Patchin Place on the right. Patchin Place tile detail, image courtesy Victoria Jenssen Janeway announced…
Read More…an obvious reminder that a site is historically significant. Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs photograph courtesy of the Estate of Fred W. McDarrah The activist and writer Jane Jacobs was instrumental…
Read More…you can imagine, much (but not all) of our neighborhoods did not fare well on this scale at this time. The neighborhoods were graded on a scale of A, B,…
Read More…our neighborhoods are among the primary factors that make our city and neighborhoods so fascinating. Our city and our neighborhoods are made richer by the traditions, culture, and expertise that…
Read More…and notable exceptions). This is especially true of our neighborhoods, which have attracted immigrants of all stripes for centuries. Immigration and the diversity of our neighborhoods are among the primary…
Read More…American Cities) “Jane Jacobs Way,” and to rename adjacent Bleecker Park “Jane Jacobs Park.” The Community Board recommended approval of the renamings, and the City Council authorized the street renaming…
Read More…reveal about its history. Jane’s Walk is a Toronto-based organization that celebrates the ideas and legacy of Jane Jacobs by calling upon people to explore their neighborhoods and meet their…
Read MoreOur neighborhoods have a long and profound history of advocating for civil rights and social justice. In 2017, to honor the many struggles that have been fought here, Village Preservation launched a new Civil Rights and…
Read More…America, located in our neighborhoods Learn more about the history of abolition in our neighborhoods HERE Learn more about African American and other civil rights history in our neighborhoods HERE…
Read MoreOur neighborhoods are renowned for their rich cultural history and storied past. While often associated with artistic bohemia and progressive movements, our streets hold a lesser-known narrative that significantly shaped…
Read More…is not the way to do so. It will exacerbate problems of affordability and inequality in these neighborhoods, and in adjacent neighborhoods which will also be impacted. And it will…
Read More…to allow businesses to expand more easily (including in residential neighborhoods) and to facilitate denser housing development in city neighborhoods. While not all the vaguely outlined goals and means of…
Read More…Jane’s steadfast dedication to supporting the neighborhood’s creative community and to honoring the artistic history of the East Village has made her vision for Howl! Arts a reality. Even during…
Read More…City. How would it do that? Largely by making it easier for them to expand in residential neighborhoods, in ways and places previously not allowed. The proposal would let many…
Read MoreChildren on swings, 1943 Approved as part or the New Deal on April 8th, 1935, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) had a significant impact on our neighborhoods’ social resources and…
Read MoreJane Freilicher. Photo courtesy of Hamptons Art Hub. On November 29, 1924, artist Jane Freilicher was born. Freilicher was a member of the New York School, “an informal group of…
Read MoreDoorknobs made by P.E. Guerin In these modern times, it’s hard to imagine that there could be a metal foundry located on the very residential Jane Street. Well, there is,…
Read More…three crucial stages of our zoning, by looking at some classic examples in our neighborhoods. The 1916 Zoning Resolution Hugh Ferriss’ renderings from the early 1920s show the outlines of…
Read More…Village Preservation shows that the city’s SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Plan will make these neighborhoods richer, whiter, and more expensive to live in than they are now, and likely create significantly less…
Read More…activism, and certainly not new to our neighborhoods. The neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo were cradles of this ‘intersectional’ approach to activism (we have a number…
Read MoreNew York is renowned for its vibrant immigrant history, and the many diverse neighborhoods born out of years of heavy immigration in the 19th and early 20th-centuries. But for all…
Read MoreThere’s no doubt that summertime in our New York City neighborhoods is sizzling hot! And as thermometers continue to tick upward and Independence Day celebrations approach, we recommend that you…
Read More…to present a revised plan for the Jane Street Triangle redesign. DOT hopes to permanently pedestrianize this small piece of West 4th Street which has been closed to traffic for…
Read More…talk from co-authors Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes for a paranormal expert storytelling event! This broadcast is taken from a book talk held in September at the Salmagundi Club…
Read More…in these neighborhoods, where current rules allow new structures 300 feet tall or greater. Various groups, in some cases backed by developers with vested interests and potential development sites in SoHo…
Read MoreVillage Preservation has long made a priority of elevating, preserving, and celebrating the histories and contributions of underrepresented and marginalized communities in our neighborhoods. We also advocate for policies for…
Read More…in these neighborhoods, where current rules allow new structures 300 feet tall or greater. Various groups, in some cases backed by developers with vested interests and potential development sites in SoHo…
Read More…over 90,000 of these mini-libraries located in countries throughout the world — including a few in and around our neighborhoods. Little Free Libraries can also be a perfect way to…
Read More…broad efforts in our neighborhoods to combat chain store proliferation and the support residents show for local, independent, home-grown businesses is part of the reason our neighborhoods have contributed to…
Read More…celebrate the people and organizations that make our neighborhoods special. By nominating someone, you can help to strengthen the sense of community and pride in our neighborhoods. Promoting awareness. By…
Read More…regarding development throughout New York City, some with citywide ramifications, some with applications very limited to specific areas. But at least two provisions could have huge implications for our neighborhoods,…
Read More…the public about the remarkable history of neighborhoods, memorializing individuals, movements, and venues that played a major role in changing our world. Our 22nd plaque will honor jazz great Charles…
Read More…there were over 1,500 pizza establishments in the city, and well over a hundred in our neighborhoods. Today, we will focus on four that we consider delicious representatives of their…
Read More…Existing Jane Street Facade 1933 Photo Tax photo ca. 1940 Jane Street elevation – existing Jane Street elevation – proposed Hudson Street elevation – existing Hudson Street elevation – proposed…
Read MoreJane Street Triangle Renovation In 2011, the City’s Department of Transportation unveiled a planned makeover of the Jane Street Triangle, at the intersection of Eighth Avenue, Jane Street, and West…
Read More…Street retain their historic connection to these 17th century streets. Read more HERE. The City’s proposed redesign of the Jane Street Triangle The Jane Street Triangle redesign, presented by the…
Read More5G Towers in Our Neighborhoods Write City Officials Tell them to stop siting unnecessary and ungainly 5G towers in our community, and rethink the program to enable true public input…
Read More…from carrying out their mission to advocate for our city’s history, character, and neighborhoods. Help us continue to stand tall, and defend what we love about our city and neighborhoods….
Read More…neighborhoods, visit GVSHP’s Civil Rights and Social Justice map. The neighborhoods are teeming with places to go to commemorate the people and the movements that have moved our society forward….
Read MorePreserving the Fabric of Our Neighborhoods The second Saving Place public program at the Museum of the City of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has chosen to make affordable…
Read More…1820s; and Congressmember Bella Abzug Yesterday’s news of the historic vote in the U.S. Senate to recognize same-sex marriages has deep roots in our neighborhoods. In fact, many of the…
Read More…our neighborhoods (including many of the most vulnerable areas), and 96% of New York City, lie outside of historic districts. And the “affordability” requirements would still allow these massively larger…
Read More…released, which make relatively minor changes to the boundaries in our neighborhoods, but make a big change in terms of (mostly) correcting a long-standing wrong from the last decade’s redistricting….
Read MoreNew York City’s trees shade us in the summer, beautify our neighborhoods, help reduce noise, clean our air, counteract heat islands, absorb rainwater, and support important urban wildlife, among an…
Read MoreCurious about the life and legacy of Surrealist & Dadaist artists in our neighborhoods? Check out this incredible research resource created by Paul McRandle and featured on his blog Surrealist NYC. …
Read More…This new plan thus locks in place for another decade the underrepresentation of downtown residents, which is likely to only increase over the next 10 years as these neighborhoods are…
Read MoreComplete 8th Street: A Walking Tour wih Jane Marx Every street in New York City has its own special history, but few have a history as distinctive and diverse as…
Read MoreProtest & Celebration: A slideshow and lecture with Jane Weissman Community Murals of the 1970s & 1980s in the East & West Villages The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda wrote, “Murals…
Read MoreOpen Forum: The NYU 2031 Plan What will it mean for our neighborhoods? NYU is scheduled to finalize its 2031 Plan later this year ― a blueprint for growth over…
Read MoreIndependent small businesses are one of the cornerstones of our neighborhoods. They don’t just provide services and goods, they respond to the particular tastes and needs of their community. Fashioned…
Read MoreThis February, we invite you to explore our neighborhoods’ rich African American history, and to join us in advocating to honor and protect significant historic sites, many of them endangered….
Read More…films that have used our neighborhoods as a focus for ghouls, goblins, and more to run rampant! I Am Legend Left: 11 Washington Square North as it appears today. |…
Read More…and SoHo neighborhoods, then in Greenwich Village at 33-35 South 5th Avenue (now LaGuardia Place between Bleecker and West 3rd Streets), and his last in what we today call NoHo…
Read More…design used a unique H-shaped plan that created central courtyards, providing pupils with light, air, and places to play in neighborhoods severely lacking such necessities. The schools were also built…
Read MoreThis Sunday will be the 21st anniversary of the deadly September 11th terror attacks. Our city was devastated by those events, and our neighborhoods were especially affected, due to proximity…
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