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Remembering Jimi Hendrix

…though he lived elsewhere and crashed everywhere as he traveled the world touring, playing, making art and friends. John Storyk, a Manhattan architect who helped Hendrix design the recording studio…

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What’s In A Name?: Stewart House, 70 East 10th Street

…just because it has a nice ring to it, you’re wrong. John Wanamaker’s at West 9th Street and Broadway. Photo by Berenice Abbot, 1936, NYPL To explain how it got…

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The Folk Music Revival Scene: A South Village Tour

…On April 11th, 1961, Dylan played his first official “gig” at Gerde’s Folk City. He opened for John Lee Hooker and played for a two-week stretch. First located at 11…

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Top Five Greenwich Village Moments in Fourteenth Amendment History

…General RFK, and others. White House. Photo credit: Abbie Rowe, National Park Service/John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, Boston. John F. Kennedy was still fighting to pass “The Bill of the Century,”…

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Charles Mingus Plaque Unveiling and Performance

…your spot! Participants: Mike Richmond has been featured on over 350 recordings (16 solo). After studying with Edward Arian of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Jimmy Garrison of the John Coltrane…

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New Buildings Approved for Construction Within the Greenwich Village Historic District Since Designation

…approved for construction in the newly designated historic district was a new St. John’s in the Village Episcopal Church at West 11th Street and Waverly Place. This building was approved…

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Edward Hopper’s Village Muses

…a wonderful interview with Edward Hopper conducted by John D. Morse, for the Archives of American Art, which took place at the Whitney Museum in June of 1959. JOHN MORSE:…

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Before the duel: Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton’s NYC haunts

…Army’s headquarters. After the Revolution, it served as the official Vice-Presidential residence of John Adams (New York City was the nation’s first capital), and was soon thereafter purchased by Aaron…

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Edgar Tafel: the Architect and the Man

…designed: St John’s in the Village (corner of W 11th St and Waverly Place). A drinks reception follows. Co-hosted by the Church of St. John’s in the Village and VP…

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Mysterious Name & Address Cast in Iron Reveals Layers of History

…throughout Lower Manhattan (this one dates to the 1870s). Daniel D. Boyce and John Rogers McIntire’s foundry was called Atlantic Iron Works, and was located at 706 East 12th Street,…

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Solving Mysteries in Historic Photos

…dry goods salesman’s name seems to be “John Heath.” Bingo. Through some research we were able to find that indeed in 1859 a John Heath had established a Dry Goods store…

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More is More: Greenwich Village Historic District Extension

…149-155 Christopher St, designed in the Victorian Gothic Revival style by John J. Deery Former 9th Police Precinct, designed in the Renaissance Revival style by John duFais. Before the end…

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GVSHP 2016 Book List & Holiday Gift Ideas

…committed to promoting folk music were Izzy Young of the Folklore Center, Mike Porco of Gerde’s Folk City, and John Hammond of Columbia Records. While these and other businessmen developed…

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The Air Up There

…Leroy Street, across the street from the St. John’s site, are now priced at $48.5 million and $29.5 million. 160 Leroy Street will be 14 stories, while the St John’s…

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Beyond the Village and Back: The New-York Historical Society

…in the minutes form 1804: The following Persons viz: Egbert Benson, Dewitt Clinton, Rev. William Linn, Rev. Samuel Miller, Rev. John N. Abeel, Rev. John M. Mason, Doctor David Hosack,…

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The Measure of Manhattan: A Lecture by Marguerite Holloway

The Measure of Manhattan: A Lecture by Marguerite Holloway John Randel Jr. (1787-1865) was an eccentric and flamboyant surveyor. A nineteenth century genius renowned for his inventiveness as well as…

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Stranger’s Hospital: 143-145 Avenue D, Part 4

…ultimate decline. Ah, the beauty of adaptive reuse. In 1870, things at this address started to get interesting again. John H. Keyser, an avid philanthropist, purchased 143-145 Avenue D from…

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Women’s Work: Celebrating (More) Amazing Female Artists of the Village

…A Box of Smile, Yoko Ono, 1984. Photo courtesy of Printed Matter. We, of course, know that John and Yoko are most associated with the Dakota on Central Park West,…

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2022 Village Awardee: Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis and Middle Collegiate Church, 112-114 Second Avenue

…Collegiate Church of New York is co-affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the Reformed Church in America.” – Quote from Middle Church’s Website: https://www.middlechurch.org/about/ Jerriese Johnson Gospel Choir…

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New York in Four Maps – Walking the Village of the Past

…View it online here. (l to r) Gouverneur Morris, Simeon De Witt, and John Rutherfurd Randel Composite Map: 1820 The full Randel composite map Between 1818 and 1820, John…

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Pineapples, Pinecones, and Acorns, Oh My – in the Greenwich Village Historic District

…Italianate cornice, added in 1872, this was originally a two-story Federal house built of Flemish bond brickwork. It was erected in 1830 for John Mildeberger, a wealthy tallow chandler. Pineapples…

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Eight Abandoned East Village Buildings’ Second Acts As Beacons of Culture

…became a critical gathering and organizing space for the Puerto Rican and Latinx artists and activists in the neighborhood, launching the careers of John Leguizamo, John Sayles, Luis Guzman, Todd…

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38-42 West 8th Street aka 179-181 MacDougal Street

…stated that the proposed building is appropriate in a historic sense, but questioned if one story too tall for West 8th Street. John Gustafsson agreed. Fred Bland argued that the…

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Our Lady of Greenwich Village

Our Lady of Greenwich Village A discussion of Irish Catholic immigration to Greenwich Village with authors Dermot McEvoy and John Strausbaugh Authors Dermot McEvoy (Our Lady of Greenwich Village, Terrible…

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Beyond the Village and Back: The New York Society Library, 53 East 79th Street

…nation’s capital and Congress occupied the building—then renamed Federal Hall—it served as the first Library of Congress; it was used by George Washington and John Jay. It was at this…

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Glass and the Gilded Age: Tiffany Windows in the First Presbyterian Church

…make up part of the church’s incredible interior, which also features windows by artists David Maitland Armstrong, John LeFarge, and John Lamb. The front of First Presbyterian Church, which faces…

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The Origins of Greenwich Village Historic District Street Names: Part III

…name of Morton Street are also unclear. Some claim it is named for John Morton, while most historians believe it is named for John’s son, Jacob Morton. According to the…

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Spring House Tour Benefit

…Margaret Stewart Fred Wistow Activist Mary Ann & Frank Arisman Sally Auer & F. Anthony Zunino Hillary Blumberg & Alex Ginsburg Hillary Butler Justine & John Leguizamo Judith Stonehill Adrienne…

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The Man Who Sculpted Our Image of Abraham Lincoln

…sculpture and clay modeling with Abigail May Alcott, sister of Louisa May Alcott, who also lived in Concord. For a month in 1870 he apprenticed with John Quincy Adams Ward…

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City Council Approves SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan

…Johnson. See all the changes and final allowances HERE. Councilmembers Chin, Rivera, and Johnson In the final hours of deal-making, several “Points of Agreement” between the City Council and Mayor…

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Glass and the Gilded Age: Tiffany Windows in the First Presbyterian Church

…make up part of the church’s incredible interior, which also features windows by artists David Maitland Armstrong, John LeFarge, and John Lamb. The front of First Presbyterian Church, which faces…

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Jazz Age Mayor and Villager, Jimmy Walker

…name. Mayor James J. Walker Born on June 19, 1881, James John Walker was the son of William H. Walker, an Irish immigrant who was a builder according to New…

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A Little Piece of London, France, and Greece Once Stood in NoHo

…of London, France, and Greece — all on one site. 726-730 Broadway Designed by W. Steele and Sons Co. in 1917-19, 726-730 Broadway was built for John Wanamaker as a…

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Jack Reed and Mabel Dodge — Their Lasting Legacy

John (Jack) Reed Today is the anniversary of the start of the Russian Revolution, and so we celebrate the rise of John Reed who chronicled the Revolution from a first…

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Charlie Brown Makes His Stage Debut at Theatre 80, March 7, 1967

…music written by Clark Gesner (and the book written by, “’John Gordon’…a collective pseudonym that covers Gesner, the cast members, and the production staff, all of whom worked together to…

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Wanamaker’s, A Shoppers Paradise

…770 Broadway Wanamaker’s Department Store was founded by John Wanamaker (1838-1922) following the Civil War in Philadelphia. In 1896 the store expanded to New York. The first location of Wanamaker’s…

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20 transformative women of Greenwich Village

…journalist, feminist, and political activist, who chronicled and expressed sympathy for the Russian Revolution while engaged in tumultuous relationships with fellow journalist John Reed and Eugene O’Neill. Her coverage of…

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James Varick, the Village, and Zion AME Church

…moved to its current home in Harlem, in the heart of Greenwich Village. As a teenager, Varick joined the John Street Methodist Church, the oldest Methodist congregation in North America…

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Interior Artwork of Our Lady of Pompeii Church

…beneath the elevated Christ on one side of the cross and Saint John the Evangelist on the other, a scene described in the Gospel of John, Chapter 19. In 1897…

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Lecture and Tour: Over 125 Years of Little Missionary Day Nursery

…York City. Village Preservation is partnering with Little Mish and its director, Eileen Johnson, to delve into the unique story of the school’s founding and establishment of the school’s current…

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Veterans in the Village

…for him. On Hudson Street between Gansevoort and Horatio Streets we find Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground, which commemorates the sacrifice of another young Village resident. John Seravalli served in the Army’s…

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Ida Tarbell: An Icon of Investigative Journalism

…the railroads and refiners led by John D. Rockefeller, hit the Pennsylvania oil region hard, and left independent producers and refiners out in the cold. The reverberations of this Trust…

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The Hospital for Special Surgery, Born in the East Village

…were Dr. Knight and Hartley, as well as Stewart Brown, Robert M. Minturn, John C. Green, William Bibbins, Joseph P. Collins, and Apollos R. Wetmore. Other prominent members of society…

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2011 Annual Meeting

…and the John La Farge painting “The Ascension of Our Lord,” which hangs above the main altar. Built in 1840-1841 in the Gothic-Revival style by Richard Upjohn and renovated in…

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Accomplishments

…of Anaïs Nin at 17 East 13th Street. Three new oral histories joined our online collection, featuring playwrights John Guare and Barabara Kahn, and community activist and gardening leader Ayo…

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Memorial Day in the Village

…Gansevoort Street, we find Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground, which commemorates the sacrifice of another young Village resident. John Seravalli served in the Army’s 1st Infantry Division and was killed…

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Organizing for Irish Independence #SouthOfUnionSquare

…They planned and undertook a series of raids from American soil against British Canada and Ireland itself to end British rule through armed rebellion. John O’Mahony circa 1865 John O’Mahony…

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Beyond the Village and Back: The ‘Marble Palace’ A.T. Stewart Store at 280 Broadway

…Joseph Trench and John B. Snook for the prosperous and pioneering merchant Alexander Turney Stewart (October 12, 1803 – April 10, 1876). This magnificent Italian Renaissance “Marble Palace” at 280…

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Where Hip Vintage in NYC Got its Start: Limbo on St. Marks Place

…the front page of the Village Voice soon after. John Lennon and Yoko Ono were loyal Voice readers. Tim McDarrah says that John once told his father that he showed…

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Titanic Connections

…the 19th century John Jacob Astor I owned a house on Lafayette Street in the area now known as NoHo. Astor Place was named for John Jacob Astor I after…

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Brunswick Apotheke, Englehardt & Huber, Kiehl’s Since 1851

…or another has been a staple at East 13th Street and Third Avenue for 150 years. Kiehl’s Since 1851, corner of 3rd Avenue & 13th Street Founder John Kiehl started…

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Happy Birthday Electric Lady Studios…

…latest incarnation of one of the Village’s most unusual, and most storied, structures. The Clash, Lou Reed, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Blondie, Run DMC, Common, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Nas, Kanye…

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The Village—400 Years of Beats & Bohemians, Radicals & Rogues

The Village—400 Years of Beats & Bohemians, Radicals & Rogues A Book Talk by John Strausbaugh Considered perhaps the most famous neighborhood in the world, Greenwich Village has been home…

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Beyond the Village and Back: New York Public Library Main Branch, Steven A. Schwartzman Building, Fifth Avenue

…and maintain a free public library and reading room in the City of New York.” The library’s first director, Dr. John Shaw Billings, started planning for a new, grand library…

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End of Summer Reading: Greenwich Village Stories

…could navigate past them, and learning how to push our front door open when a passed-out drunk was blocking it.” — Rudy Burckhardt “John [Badum, whose apartment floor I was…

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City Council Approves SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan

…Johnson. See all the changes and final allowances HERE. Councilmembers Chin, Rivera, and Johnson In the final hours of deal-making, several “Points of Agreement” between the City Council and Mayor…

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Dorothy Canning Miller: Champion of Abstract Expressionism

…and 1963, each similar in theme with a focus on emerging artists. “Sixteen Americans” in 1959, for example, introduced such essential postwar American artists as Jay DeFeo, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth…

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The Gilded Village: Shopping in the Neighborhood #SouthOfUnionSquare

…of New York City’s status as America’s cultural capital and melting pot. Architect John Kellum designed a pair of luxurious retail emporiums in the neighborhood just up Broadway from one…

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Growing up Alongside the West Village Waterfront of the 1990s

…looking north from Charles Street with Westbeth in background. All images in this post are from the new John T. Krawchuk Collection in Village Preservation’s Historic Image Archive. West Street…

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March 2024 Programs: Black History in Greenwich Village, Berenice Abbott, Jane Jacobs, and More

…and adds to the biographical record of the Players’ 47 playwrights, including Susan Glaspell, Neith Boyce, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Floyd Dell, Rita Wellman, Mike Gold, Djuna Barnes, and John…

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New and Upcoming Programs This May: Open House at the Whitney Study Program, The Many Lives of Greenwich Village, and More

…this neighborhood’s memory in an ever-changing New York City. Panelists include Village Preservation Executive Director Andrew Berman; novelist and writer Michele Herman; and producer, writer, and director John Sorensen. Click…

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Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: Greenwich Village Edition

…movie was National Lampoon’s Animal House (1 degree), directed by John Landis (2 degrees). Landis also directed the horror/comedy classic An American Werewolf in London (3 degrees). In the film,…

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On Saving the Soul of New York City and Yourself

…neighborhoods. In your story, you mention having a link to Greenwich Village through your Uncle John and Uncle Nick, who lived there. What was it like to have a family…

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GVSHP’s Village House Tour Benefit Features Homes within the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District

…site of the former Colonial estate Richmond Hill, built in 1767 and owned at one time by both John Adams and Aaron Burr. It also served for a short time…

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A Greenwich Village Artifact in Texas

…sure to recognize more than a few of the names, such as John Sloan, Susan Glaspell, Theodore Dreiser, and Sinclair Lewis. While exploring the exhibit, be sure to take a…

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The Birth of the Tenement Fire Escape

…in tenement neighborhoods, they also frequently acted as “jungle gyms” and play areas for children. John Sloan, A Woman’s Work, 1912 As the 20th century progressed, fire escapes were gradually…

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#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Minna Citron

…vocation. She began taking classes at the Art Students League under John Sloan and Kenneth Hayes Miller in 1928. She soon took up studio space at the artists’ lofts at…

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#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Reginald Marsh

…namesake street, a center of shopping and entertainment for average and working-class New Yorkers. Building on the work of the Ashcan School painters (Marsh was taught by John Sloan at…

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#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Edward Laning

…influenced by populist politics, American Regionalism, and American Scene Painting. Laning moved from Chicago to New York specifically to study at the Art Students League. There, he studied with John…

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2022 Village Awardee: Zinc Bar, 82 West 3rd Street

…and world music. John Sloan’s ‘Sixth Avenue Elevated at Third Street,’ 1928. The space was the iconic Cinderella Club in the early 20th century. It then became two well-known gay…

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#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Peggy Bacon

…the Art Students League with leading neighborhood art world figures Kenneth Hayes Miller and John Sloan. While Bacon experimented with abstraction and modernism early in her training, she ultimately, like…

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Celebrating Irish Heritage On the Town!

…and gather news of relatives back “on the old sod,” all while drinking ale. Let’s explore just a few in our neighborhoods. John Sloan, McSorely’s Bar, 1912 McSorely’s Old Ale…

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A Life Devoted to Greenwich Village Street Scenes: The Paintings of Alfred Mira

…is to paint exclusively American Impressionism..“ Mira embraced the vibrant spirit of the Ashcan School, inspired by the naturalistic street scenes of John Sloan and George Luks. Like his predecessors,…

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A Move To Allow New York City To Save Its Landmarks

…the early 20th century by William Sloane Coffin, the grandson of the founder of the W. & J. Sloane furniture and rug emporium. He updated the interiors, removed their stoops,…

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Historic Hotels of the Village

…from the 1880s to 1953, until it was demolished and turned into a residential apartment building. The café was frequented by artists and writers, and was memorialized by artist John…

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Happy Birthday Marcel Duchamp!

…1917, Duchamp and a group of fellow artists (including poet Gertrude Drick; painter John Sloan; and Provincetown Playhouse actors Russell Mann, Betty Turner, and Charles Ellis) entered the inside of…

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Why Isn’t This Landmarked: 49 East 10th, Home of Jackson Pollock

…people in the arts, was located here. Members of the club included, among many others, John Sloan, one of Pollock’s other teachers and mentors. 49 East 10th Street His early…

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Greenwich Village at the White House

…Street by Beulah Bettersworth. Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1894, Beulah Bettersworth studied at the Art Students League in New York and her teachers included John Sloan and George…

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Celebrating Immigration in Greenwich Village

…to education and enrichment, Simkhovitch was able to attract the participation and support of such notable figures as Eleanor Roosevelt, Gertrude Whitney, Daniel Chester French, John Sloan, and Jackson Pollock…

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Happy Birthday, Marcel Duchamp!

…with the “Arch Conspirators.” In January of 1917, Duchamp and a group of fellow artists (including poet Gertrude Drick; painter John Sloan; and Provincetown Playhouse actors Russell Mann, Betty Turner,…

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A Look Back at Our January Programs

…Berman in a program about artist William Glackens. Glackens was a colleague of John Sloan and one of “The Eight” who were instrumental in the Ashcan School. He was a…

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Distilling the American Flavor: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Juliana Force and the Making of the Whitney Museum

…else to turn. Among those indebted to Juliana Force and Gertrude Whitney were Village artists John Sloan, Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, Thomas Hart Benton, and Isamu Noguchi. In particular, Ms….

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Preserving the Past is Female!

…With such a multitude of skills required, no wonder it attracted so many prominent women like First Ladies Jackie Onassis and Lady Bird Johnson. In addition to the women of…

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SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Rezoning Vote Likely After Thanksgiving; Video and Final Push for ‘No’ Vote

…plan and provide evidence of the great harm it will do. Not all Councilmembers have been willing to meet. Among those refusing: Speaker Corey Johnson. We understand key Councilmembers like…

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PFLAG Plaque Unveiled

L to R: Bishop Alfred Johnson of Church of the Village; Andrew Berman of GVSHP; Suzanne Ramos of the PFLAG Board; Mark Peters, a parishioner of Church of the Village;…

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JML50 Art Installation Tour and Conversation: 50 Years of Writing on the Reading Room Walls at Jefferson Market Library

…Frank Collerius and artist Mark John Smith joined forces to create JML50. Join Frank and Mark John as they discuss the origins, process, stories, risks, and handwriting of the installation,…

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Fourteenth Street and Fifth Avenue: A Window into the Development of the City

…section of the area south of Union Square. Eventually, Breevort sold a portion of his land to loyal Englishman John Smith as the development of the area proceeded. Geo. Hayward,…

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In the Village Voice today – August 31, 1967

…“graphic explosions”. The other front page article describes the opening of the national headquarters of “Concerned Democrats”, a group whose goal was to defeat Lyndon Johnson in the 1968 Democratic…

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Lafayette’s Local Legacy: A Street Brimming With Landmarks

…President John Tyler’s First Lady, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Washington Irving, and Warren Delano. The buildings were among the first to become landmarked by New York City after the enactment of the…

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Celebrating David Rothenberg and the Fortune Society

…by GVSHP Executive Director Andrew Berman and City Concilmember Corey Johnson, and culminated in a conversation and Q&A with Fortune Society founder David Rothenberg and former City Councilmember and State…

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Happy Birthday to Wolf Kahn, who Draws the City like a Landscape

…have gone up so much, good god. Do you know how much rent I pay here? You’ll be shocked. ” Kahn has received a Fulbright Scholarship, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship,…

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History is Alive in Our 23rd Annual House Tour!

…artist’s studio, a distinguishing feature of Greenwich Village during that time. A Federal-style house in Greenwich Village. The John J. Palmer House from the tour is a sleek example of…

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Honoring and Preserving 101 Avenue A, Home of the Pyramid Club

…the first of these halls to open at 101 Avenue A in 1876, and was followed by Shultz’s Hall, Fritz’s Hall, and most famously, Leppig’s Hall. Leppig’s proprietors, John Leppig and his…

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They Lived on West 9th Street: Ida Tarbell

…of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil. Ida Tarbell While she resided at 40 West 9th Street from 1901 until 1908, she wrote a collection of corrosive articles for McClure’s…

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Silent Teacher: East Village Poet Hannah Weiner

…performances entitled STREET WORKS 1-7. Weiner collaborated with her romantic partner, the Village Voice art critic John Perrault, as well as fellow poet Marjorie Strider, to create these avant-garde “happenings.”…

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SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Rezoning: The Vast Gap Between the City’s Projections and Reality

…Google purchased the 1.3 million square feet St. John’s Terminal building for $2.1 billion, the largest commercial real estate transaction in the country since the pandemic, with the intent of…

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Historic Preservation 101: What is a Landmark?

This is a re-posting of a piece originally written in 2011. Architect Phillip Johnson and others protesting the demolition of Pennsylvania Station We speak often of historic districts, individual landmarks…

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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day

…of 1867. Fenian New York was home to the likes of John Devoy, Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, 1916 martyr Thomas Clarke (the only American citizen executed by the British in 1916),…

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Dylan Thomas in New York: The Rock Star Poet at his Zenith

…traveled to New York after being invited by fellow poet John Malcolm Brinnin, who subsequently acted as his promoter. He worked extremely hard through an exhausting schedule across the United…

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Hidden in Plain Sight: Named Buildings Edition

…stories in 1889 by architect John B. Franklin. By 1970, the buildings were combined for the school. However, the changes done in the 1880s for the owner at that time,…

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