…pending oral history interview with Jane Jacobs for Village Preservation. Additionally, they spoke with Kent about her work with Jane Jacobs and the preservation battles she led during the 1960s…
Read More…seminars and workshops on subjects of interest to members, and readings of members’ works. Developing an Opera about Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses Composer Judd Greenstein and director Joshua Frankel…
Read More…her family tree. She grew up with abolitionists and suffragists, and watched Jane Jacobs get arrested protesting the proposed Lower Manhattan expressway. She threw literary parties attended by the likes…
Read More…Future City credits Jane Jacobs’ work in the Village as creating our road map for the last half-century of preservation. Jacobs’ work gave us a language to discuss how and why historic…
Read More…How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World This is the story of four visionaries who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Together,…
Read More…fortunate enough to add to its digital archive a dozen of the most epochal of Fred McDarrah’s images of downtown icons, including Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Jane Jacobs, and Allen Ginsberg. And just…
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 knew it was safe. You knew it was safe. Jane [Jacobs] described it best when she said, ‘The eyes of the community were watching.’ We even felt it here….
Read More…Cunningham John W. Draper Bob Dylan Martha Graham Lorraine Hansberry Billie Holiday Edward Hopper Jane Jacobs Larry Kramer Helen Levitt Edna St. Vincent Millay Joan Mitchell Joe Papp Charlie Parker…
Read More…have been (but was probably not) named for a woman named Jane (not Jacobs). There was a ‘Jane’ who was married to a Dutchman who reportedly named a path for…
Read More…19 Opinion: City’s plan for 388 Hudson tower is too tall, slippery on affordability, Village Sun, September 19 Preservationists attempt to landmark Manhattan church buildings; site served NYC’s first Spanish-speaking…
Read More…only Democrat elected to the White House between 1860 and 1912. 6. The great urban paradigm shift: Jane Jacobs In post-World War II America (and indeed much of the industrialized…
Read More…architectural journalist, Jane Jacobs, author of the new, acutely perceptive, but highly controversial book, The Life and Death of Great American Cities. Mrs. Jacobs and her Committee fought the City…
Read More…February 3, 1964. (Photo by Fred W. McDarrah/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs at protest outside P.S. 41, 116 West 11th Street, February 3, 1964. Photo by…
Read MoreJane Jacobs (second from left) protesting in front of Penn Station This month was the 60th anniversary of the protests against the planned demolition of Pennsylvania Station, led by preservationists,…
Read More…a rally in Washington Square Park organized by none other than Jane Jacobs, (that Jane Jacobs was the organizer for this rally is not exactly historically accurate, but we’ll let…
Read More…an apartment for$40 on the “other side of Tompkins Square Park”. Jane and Billy Jane first visited India in 1976, on a trip with a large company where she worked as…
Read More…were the children of Russian-born Yiddish performers Bessie and Joseph Jacobson. Hymie Jacobson at right with fellow performers in 1923. Source: Yiddish Theater Digital Archives Hymie Jacobson born in 1895…
Read More…NoHo from the 1960s through the 1980s. A 1972 invitation by The West Village Committee Inc. for a reception in honor of Jane Jacobs This archive is divided into three…
Read More…— how did that come to be? Why wasn’t the district extended all the way west to the Hudson River, as Jane Jacobs wanted? With panelists: Andrew Berman, Executive Director…
Read More…l.: 165 Christopher Street (1961); the Jane Jacobs-inspired West Village Houses; 99 Jane Street, one of the new buildings which replaced the last section of the High Line to be…
Read More…proposed replacing the entire area with high-rise towers surrounded by open space. The neighborhood, including Jane Jacobs who lived in the “blighted” area, rose up and eventually defeated Moses’ urban…
Read More…Greenwich Village, the East Village or NoHo: just click here to vote for your favorite. Want to help support small businesses? Share this post with friends. Li-Lac Chocolates, Jane Street…
Read More…given itself a luxury it can’t afford. And that luxury has been not to like other preservationists, and not to work with other preservationists. And what I mean is, if…
Read More…publishing Kurt Vonnegut’s first short story. During her time there, she interacted with some of the Village’s most fascinating and notable figures. Jane Jacobs was one of her storied guests…
Read MoreJane Jacobs Way being unveiled in 2009. If you haven’t already read it, the Times reported last week on the recent completion of a catalog of New York City’s ‘honorific’…
Read More…west side of Manhattan. And began to bring energy right along the street and say, “We’re going to begin to address the water”, the water’s edge, and Jane Jacobs housing…
Read More…immediately Follows 2-year intensive campaign for landmark & zoning protections Comes more than 40 years after Jane Jacobs first pushed for landmarking of area History was made this morning when…
Read MoreAmerican writer Jane Jacobs (L) and architect Philip Johnson (R) stand with picketing crowds outside Penn Station to protest the building’s demolition, New York City. Placards read: ‘AGBANY is here’…
Read More…way and continue to inspire us onward. The artists, commentators, documentarians, filmmakers, historians, journalists, musicians, narrators, oral historians, photographers, preservationists, professors, and experts who raised their voices to celebrate our…
Read More…the White House who had an attraction to preserving American history, in New York City we had female preservationists who made huge contributions to the field and success of historic…
Read More…some additional captures of the World Trade Center from our archive: Meredith Jacobson, West Side. Charles and West Street, 1986. World Trade Center in background. From the “Meredith Jacobson Marciano…
Read More…the second of its kind in New York City. This designation came after legendary activism by Jane Jacobs and fellow activists when the city proposed a series of over a…
Read More…our historic plaques marking the home of Jane Jacobs, released oral histories with Mimi Sheraton, Ralph Lee, and Rick Kelly, and added a new collection of photos from the 1940s…
Read More…Shirley Hayes, discovered these plans and she, along with early neighborhood activists and preservationists such as Jane Jacobs, vehemently opposed the plan and fought against it. Children Playing in the…
Read More…Activists and Other Notables Jane Jacobs Given its location on Hudson Street, it would have been more notable if Jane Jacobs did NOT go to the White Horse. The late…
Read More…quintessential Jane Jacobs Greenwich Village block, the quintessential urban street” (Jacobs herself lived just feet away from Bank Street, on Hudson between Perry and 10th). It is no wonder then…
Read More…figures from Jane Jacobs to James Baldwin and Jean-Michel Basquiat; Allen Ginsberg to Charles Mingus; Frank O’Hara to Frank Stella; and Martha Graham to Lorraine Hansberry, as well as historically…
Read More…included, but you’ll surely have some good dining ideas! Second tour date 05/24/2012. Jane Jacobs Walk is a program of the Center for the Living City, a nonprofit organization created…
Read More…figures from Jane Jacobs to James Baldwin and Jean-Michel Basquiat; Allen Ginsberg to Alex Haley; Frank O’Hara to Frank Stella; and Martha Graham to Lorraine Hansberry. Register today to secure…
Read More…Cocteau, Coco Chanel, Eugène Atget, and the American foreign correspondent for The New Yorker, Janet Flanner. Berenice Abbott’s portrait of Jane Flanner Upon her return to New York in 1929, now…
Read More…550 West 20th Street. Jane Ballroom of the current Jane Hotel But rather than being sold as originally intended, the building soon became the Seamen’s Relief Center annex, where free…
Read More…1969 Designation Report, published by the Landmarks Preservation Commission when they designated the Greenwich Village Historic District Site plan Existing Jane Street elevation Existing Jane Street elevation close-up Proposed Jane…
Read More…the beauty parlor. Thomas Beauty Salon, 231 East 14th Street between 2nd & 3rd Aves (now ‘Beauty Bar’), 1995. Photo by Meredith Jacobson Marciano. Paint a mural. Veselka, 144 2nd…
Read More…his plans to connect Fifth Avenue with his planned Lower Manhattan Expressway through Washington Square Park. Jane Jacobs, one of the most widely known preservationists, famously fought for the pedestrianization…
Read More…Spot Café, 2 St. Marks Place. Photo by Fred W. McDarrah, used by permission. Go to a protest. Jane Jacobs at protest outside P.S. 41, 116 West 11th Street, February…
Read More…Hall / Board of Estimate Meeting Like many, Lyons was infuriated by this proposal. One of her first moves was to contact Jane Jacobs, whom she knew through local civic…
Read More…South Village. Many think of urban renewal in New York City as a phenomenon of the post-World War II era, a battle between government (Robert Moses) and advocates (Jane Jacobs)….
Read MoreGVHD50 Panel: Landmark Expansions at Church of the Village When Shirley Hayes, Verna Small, Jane Jacobs, Ruth Wittenberg, and other Village activists succeeded in getting the Greenwich Village Historic District…
Read More…of our neighborhoods of the last 25 years, from Jane Jacobs to Mimi Sheraton, Marlis Momber to Penny Arcade, and many more. Among our Women’s History Month programs: “Sass in…
Read MoreThe Village Independent Democrats are a reform democratic club founded in 1956. In 2023, the club donated their archives to Village Preservation. This collection includes much of the club’s archives…
Read More…would be changed back into a single family house for a billionaire. Jane Jacobs helped save this neighborhood once from Zeckendorf. I’m not about to do it. So, does that…
Read More…during the 1930s and a crusader for Women’s rights and disarmament). Not-so-strange bedfellows: Lansbury’s neighbors over time at 55 Morton Street included outspoken activist Jane Jacobs and theatrical innovator Charles…
Read More…moment, from former epidemics and outbreaks to moments of social unrest. Through the lens of Village visionaries like Jane Jacobs, Jason will offer his vision of how the city can emerge…
Read More…Jane Jacobs, who lived at 555 Hudson Street 555 Hudson Street, where Jane Jacobs once lived with her family Jefferson Market Garden The Jefferson Market Garden was named for the…
Read More…public, features interviews with many of the most influential women of the preservation movement, including Margot Gayle, Verna Small, and Jane Jacobs. Hear fascinating selections from their oral histories shedding…
Read More…to watch past award ceremonies, view photos, and see more information on past years’ Village Awards. Celebrating Our 2022 Village Awardees: Astor Place Hairstylists, 2 Astor Place Bonsignour, 35 Jane…
Read More…history in our neighborhoods, including Jane Jacobs, Penny Arcade, Wolf Kahn, Jonas Mekas, Marlis Momber, Edwin Fancher, Margot Gayle, David Amram, Matt Umanov, Merce Cunningham, Joan Davidson, Richard Meier, Ralph…
Read More…Village Preservation’s own “Greenwich Village Stories.” Jane Freilicher. Photo courtesy of Hamptons Art Hub. Jane Freilicher, Twelfth Street and Beyond, 1976, oil on linen, 50 by 60 inches (courtesy Tibor…
Read More…because they were developed in rapid succession once Burr, in cooperation with John Jacob Astor, prepared the land for development. The Bayard House, north of Jane Street The real Bayard…
Read More…these spaces. 99 Jane Street 99 Jane St. Photo courtesy of Kayden et al. 99 Jane St. is a market rate development in the Far West Village just south of…
Read More…the upscale Jane Hotel, back then it was a seaman’s hotel in a run-down area by the piers (read about the Jane Hotel’s Titanic connections here). TNC helped revitalize the area, and…
Read More…Photo courtesy of parkme.com. Like 11-19 Jane Street, 221 Thompson is another garage structure. However, unlike the one on Jane Street, this garage structure is three-stories as opposed to two. …
Read More…American Seamen’s Friend Society Sailors’ Home and Institute (now the Jane Hotel). Source: Real Estate Record & Guide, July 13, 1907 via LPC Designation Report copy. Jane Hotel before renovation…
Read More…Award: 64 Jane Street; Greenwich Village Singers; Jane Street Garden; Miriam Lee; The White Horse Tavern. 2005: Abingdon Square Park Restoration; Biography Bookshop; Keith Crandell (presented in memoriam); Knickerbocker Bar…
Read More…Union Square. Jo Baer, Glass Slippers, 1960, Gouache and pencil on paper (recto); Pencil on paper (verso). Courtesy MoMA. Jane Freilicher For nearly four decades beginning in 1965, Jane Frielicher…
Read More…II, which saw East Sixth Street transformed into 1917 Little Italy. Meredith Jacobson Marciano Image Archive Collection Jacobson Marciano. Meredith, West Side. Charles and West Street. World Trade Center in…
Read More…One Chase Manhattan Plaza is part of our Meredith Jacobson Marciano Collection of our Historic Image Archive History and Development of the Site This lot just two blocks north of…
Read More…can find include Jane Jacobs, Rick Kelly, Mimi Sheraton, Ralph Lee, Fred Bass, Peter Ruta, Richard Meier, Merce Cunningham, David Amram, Verna Small, Marlis Mober, Jonas Mekas, Margot Gayle, Wolf…
Read More…learning more about some other pioneers in the preservation movement, check out GVSHP’s oral history interviews with Margot Gayle, Jane Jacobs, Edwin Fancher and Norman Redlich, among many others, here….
Read More…you can find include Jane Jacobs, Rick Kelly, Mimi Sheraton, Ralph Lee, Fred Bass, Peter Ruta, Richard Meier, Merce Cunningham, Matt Umanov, David Amram, Verna Small, Marlis Mober, Jonas Mekas,…
Read More…houses but pier operations were already withering, creeping blight seemed to destine the whole area to urban renewal by bulldozer and high-rise development. Activists led by Jane Jacobs, the writer…
Read More…our history and helped establish the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). Jane Jacobs, Greenwich Village’s patron saint of preservation, helped lead some of the demonstrations to save Penn Station. The…
Read More…our oral history collection. It includes a ‘preservation pioneers’ collection consisting of oral histories with Jane Jacobs among others; a Westbeth collection that includes oral histories with Richard Meier and…
Read More…the district extended all the way west to the Hudson River, as Jane Jacobs wanted? Panelists include: * Andrew Berman, Executive Director of Village Preservation * Susan De Vries, Preservation…
Read MoreWho Tells Your Story?: Women in Preservation From the Daughters of the American Revolution to Jane Jacobs to preservationists today, women have long played a prominent role in preserving our…
Read More…Street, Individual Landmark Jefferson Market Library, Individual Landmark Jane Jacobs Oral History GVSHP Preservation Oral History Archives Related Issues: Provincetown Playhouse and Apartments PS 64 Back to Top Greenwich Village…
Read More…Histories are organized chronologically, so our newest releases are easily found. Groundbreakers like Jane Jacobs, Merce Cunningham, David Amram, and dozens more can be found here. Each oral history has…
Read More…plaque program to mark the home of Jane Jacobs Leading opposition to the plan to demolish 14-16 Fifth Avenue in the Greenwich Village Historic District and replace it with a…
Read More…Jane Jacobs, Rick Kelly, Mimi Sheraton, Ralph Lee, Fred Bass, Peter Ruta, Richard Meier, Merce Cunningham, Matt Umanov, David Amram, Verna Small, Marlis Mober, Jonas Mekas, Margot Gayle, Wolf Kahn,…
Read More…artists, urban pioneers, and preservationists like Jane Jacobs and Margot Gayle not saved them from demolition. As SoHo and NoHo face another plan from city leaders that would help lead…
Read More…Claire Tankel, Edith Lions, and Jane Jacobs on the GVSHP website. While this recreated image captures how the architecture surrounding the Arch at Washington Square Park has stayed relatively the…
Read More…1969, though as early as the 1960’s Jane Jacobs and other local preservationists had sought to have the area protected. GVSHP picked up the cause again and approached the LPC…
Read More…can find in our collection, with prominent preservationists, activists, planners, artists, community, and business leaders. Some others you can find include Jane Jacobs, Rick Kelly, Mimi Sheraton, Ralph Lee, Fred…
Read More…is one of more than sixty we’ve conducted over the years with leading activists, artists, preservationists, and business and community leaders from our neighborhoods, including Jane Jacobs, Merce Cunningham, Marlis…
Read More…to Alex’s oral history — CLICK HERE This latest oral history adds to our collection of over 60, with preservationists like Jane Jacobs and Margot Gayle; merchants like the Strand’s…
Read More…Winter Show. CLICK HERE to watch the program This latest oral history adds to our collection of over 60, with preservationists like Jane Jacobs and Margot Gayle; merchants like the…
Read More…to our collection of over 60, with preservationists like Jane Jacobs and Margot Gayle; merchants like the Strand’s Fred Bass and Romana Raffetto of Raffetto’s; choreographers like Merce Cunningham; activists…
Read More…a list of oral histories in our collection with notable preservationists like Jane Jacobs and Doris Diether, many of whom were involved with the original Greenwich Village Historic District designation…
Read More…including Jane Jacobs, Merce Cunningham, Marlis Momber, Jonas Mekas, and so many more — read and listen to them all here. David once quipped, “One of the things I always liked…
Read More…preservationists, artists, writers, activists, business owners, and other impactful figures of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo since the mid-1990s. These include Jane Jacobs, Chino Garcia, Penny Arcade, David…
Read More…preservationists, artists, writers, activists, business owners, and other impactful figures of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo since the mid-1990s. These include Jane Jacobs, Chino Garcia, Penny Arcade, David…
Read More…histories we’ve conducted which you can find in our collection, with prominent preservationists, activists, planners, artists, community, and business leaders. Some others you can find include Jane Jacobs, Rick Kelly,…
Read More…artists, activists, preservationists, business owners, and community leaders of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, including Jane Jacobs, Merce Cunningham, Marlis Momber, Jonas Mekas, and Chino Garcia, among many…
Read More…can find include Jane Jacobs, Rick Kelly, Mimi Sheraton, Ralph Lee, Fred Bass, Peter Ruta, Richard Meier, Merce Cunningham, Matt Umanov, David Amram, Verna Small, Marlis Mober, Jonas Mekas, Margot…
Read More…notable persons in the profession, I was particularly struck by Jane Jacobs’s lack of qualified training in city planning. This revelation sparked a curiosity in the origins of historic preservation…
Read More…suffragist, writer, and founder of the highly influential Heterodoxy Club. Elizabeth Irwin — Progressive education reformer, founder of Little Red Schoolhouse. Jane Jacobs — Journalist, author, preservationist and activist, she…
Read More…suffragist, writer, and founder of the highly influential Heterodoxy Club. Elizabeth Irwin — Progressive education reformer, founder of Little Red Schoolhouse. Jane Jacobs — Journalist, author, preservationist and activist, she…
Read More…Howe — Leading suffragist, writer, and founder of the highly influential Heterodoxy Club. Elizabeth Irwin — Progressive education reformer, founder of Little Red Schoolhouse. Jane Jacobs — Journalist, author, preservationist…
Read More…faint odor of honky-tonk and barrelhouse that it has not deserved since roughly 1914?” The noted preservationist Jane Jacobs figures as an influence here as well. Jacob’s idea of a…
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