…recognition of the site’s LGBT historic significance, but today the building was designated an individual landmark). Click to read Village Preservation’s testimony in support of the designation of the LGBT Community Center,…
Read More…and transgender (LGBT) history we had identified. At this time, no buildings in the city were explicitly recognized or protected by the LPC primarily for their connection to major LGBT…
Read More…7. LGBT Community Services Center, 208 West 13th Street LGBT Community Center via Flickr cc Housed in a former public school built in 1869 and 1899, the LGBT Community Center has…
Read More…the LGBT Community Center) The LGBT Community Center has been a home and resource hub for the LGBT community in New York City since its founding in 1983. The center…
Read More…identifying, documenting, and nominating LGBTQ-associated sites as national historic landmarks; increasing the number of listings of LGBTQ-associated properties in the National Register of Historic Places. NPS LGBTQ map of Greenwich…
Read More…view it at www.gvshp.org/civilrightsmap. East Village Building Blocks: LGBTQ Sites Tour Want to explore more East Village LGBTQ history? Village Preservation offers an online guided tour of LGBTQ Sites on our East Village…
Read More…flood of recognition of the importance of LGBTQ sites and the history connected to them. This panel celebrated and explored LGBTQ preservation efforts with Village Preservation, the NYC LGBT Historic…
Read More…York hosted World Pride, the largest international LGBT Pride celebration, which brought in millions of visitors to our city to celebrate. LGBT businesses and organizations rely heavily on the influx of revenue…
Read More…about your neighborhoods and LGBTQ+ history: Take our Civil Rights and Social Justice Maps LGBTQ+ Tour, with over 50 entries. Take our Greenwich Village Historic District LGBTQ Sites tour, containing…
Read More…the city’s first LGBT landmarks (Stonewall, and now the LGBT Community Center and GAA Firehouse), Village Preservation has also successfully campaigned for recognition of LGBT historic sites like the East Village’s…
Read More…protect. Read or listen to our LGBTQ-themed oral histories Browse scores of LGBT-themed blog posts Read about Village Preservation’s groundbreaking success in securing landmark designation for LGBTQ sites, and our…
Read More…The Imagery of ACT UP Pride on West 13th Street LGBTQ History: Around Christopher Street LGBTQ History: Cooper Square and Bowery LGBTQ History: Bleecker Street LGBTQ History: MacDougal Street Kitty…
Read More…full of LGBT culture as well, from the site of one the very first LGBT demonstrations to the homes of some of the greatest openly-LGBT artists and writers of the…
Read More…you on an exploration of today’s LGBTQ+-owned businesses led by the Queer Money Project — to celebrate both the contributions of the LGBTQ+ community in our neighborhoods, and to support…
Read More…that helped launch the modern fight for LGBTQ+ rights. And while the Stonewall Inn at 53 Christopher Street is indeed a landmark of that movement — one officially designated by…
Read More…celebrations. Rounding up each person, place, and moment in the Greenwich Village Historic District’s LGBTQ history would take longer than it does to line up for, march in, and party…
Read More…for LGBT rights. Yesterday VP announced a press conference planned for Monday, June 1 at 10:30 am in front of the Stonewall with elected officials, preservation organizations, and LGBT…
Read More…LGBT landmarks expanded in 2019 with the designation of the LGBT Community Center and the former Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse. Here’s a few ways you can mark LGBTQ pride and…
Read MoreLGBTQ History Village Preservation has led the charge for recognition and protection of sites connected to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) history, especially LGBT civil rights efforts, in our neighborhoods. …
Read MoreJune is Pride Month, an especially exciting time to be in the Village. LGBT history is closely tied with our neighborhoods, and this month we’re highlighting the LGBT history of…
Read More…in New York based upon LGBT history. Village Preservation has been seeking to correct that. In 2014 along with the Stonewall Inn, we proposed Julius’ Bar, the LGBT Community Services Center,…
Read More…the recognition of this site’s place in LGBT history, it still lacks New York City landmarks protections as an LGBT site. Julius’ Bar, courtesy of Google Maps As background, Julius’…
Read More…LGBTQ Tour, with 15 sites Read or listen to our LGBTQ-themed oral histories Browse scores of LGBTQ-themed blog posts Read about Village Preservation’s groundbreaking success in securing landmark designation for…
Read More…LGBTQ Tour, with 15 sites Read or listen to our LGBTQ-themed oral histories Browse scores of LGBTQ-themed blog posts Read about Village Preservation’s groundbreaking success in securing landmark designation for…
Read More…is the first congregate transitional housing facility for homeless LGBTQ youth financed by New York’s HPD. This space provides quality, safe housing for 18 homeless LGBT youth so that they…
Read More…with four others connected to LGBT history in Chelsea, on the Upper West Side, on Staten Island, and in lower Manhattan. Another LGBT historic site Village Preservation has urged the…
Read MoreIn-person event Registration required; meetup location provided upon RSVP. Outdoor safety guidelines must be followed. Join the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project for a walking tour of Greenwich Village. Learn about the LGBT…
Read More…District. According to the new historic district designation report, LGBT history was made here more than a half century ago. The South Village’s history is so special in so many…
Read MoreLGBTQ+ Pride and History Month is upon us. As we take the time to honor the struggles and contributions of the LGBTQ+ community in New York City and beyond, there…
Read More…the first ever planned act of civil disobedience for LGBT rights. This groundbreaking action based upon the ubiquitous “sit-ins” of the time challenged legal restrictions which criminalized gathering spaces for LGBT…
Read More…where queerness was made visible, and a significant site of solidarity and protest across the Black Power, Feminist, and LGBTQ-rights movements. Women’s House of Detention at the intersection of Greenwich…
Read More…Stonewall riots, that Greenwich Village’s LGBTQ history happened entirely on Christopher Street. Of course, there’s a lot more to LGBTQ history in the Village than Stonewall, just as there’s a…
Read More…LGBT historic landmarks Village Preservation proposed for landmark designation in 2014 and has been campaigning for ever since. These are among six sites connected to LGBT history which the Commission…
Read MoreIt’s Pride Month!! Today we look at Richard Wandel, someone who has been instrumental in archiving LGBT history and who shared his story with us through our Oral History Project…
Read MoreStonewall50: Historic Preservation and LGBT History The history of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) people has been bulldozed – literally and figuratively – and given almost no due….
Read More…evolved into a global movement for raising awareness of the fight for LGBT rights. Pride Week here in New York City, as well as the LGBT Pride March held yesterday,…
Read More…LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) civil rights. GVSHP has worked hard to document and preserve that history. In 1999, GVSHP helped get the Stonewall Inn listed on the National Register…
Read More…to LGBT history here. Learn more about the Village’s LGBT history here. Landmarks Preservation Commission Takes Better Route on “De-Calendaring” In an important victory for preservation efforts, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has announced that…
Read MoreThe Public Theater, formerly the Astor Library June is Pride Month, an especially exciting time in our neighborhoods. LGBT history is closely tied with the Village and environs, and this month…
Read More…significance in LGBTQ+ history: The LGBT Community Center at 208 West 13th Street and the former Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) Firehouse at 99 Wooster Street. 99 Wooster Street – Gay…
Read MoreThe LGBTQ Village: Christopher Street Walking Tour Join us for a fun and informative LGBTQ History Walking Tour! On this tour around Greenwich Village, we will visit historic sites where…
Read MoreOn April 21, Village Preservation joined with the the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project to honor the city’s oldest gay bar and a pioneering event from the early days of…
Read More…of the first national LGBT rights organization in the country, the National Gay Task Force (now the National LGBTQ Task Force), which was located here from 1973 to 1986 – read…
Read More…a vast array of resources, including maps, tours, archival images, and oral history interviews connected to the incredibly rich LGBTQ+ history in our neighborhoods. Explore our neighborhoods’ LGBTQ+ history this…
Read More…during LGBTQ+ Pride Month. National LGBTQ+ organizations have joined us in this call. This area is rich in not only LGBTQ+, but African American, women’s, artistic, literary, and social justice…
Read More…LGBT rights movement. In 2014, Village Preservation began a campaign to get the City to finally recognize and protect LGBT landmarks in our city, of which none received explicit recognition…
Read MoreStonewall 45: Windows into LGBT History An exhibition in storefront windows along Christopher Street between Greenwich Street and Greenwich Avenue June is LGBT Pride and History Month, and Village Preservation…
Read MoreLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT Pride Month) is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village. The…
Read More…especially exciting time to be in the Village. LGBT history is closely tied with our neighborhoods, and throughout the course of this month we’ll be highlighting the LGBT history of…
Read More…the opportunity to highlight locations on the map that are not only important to African-American history, but LGBT History as well. While our map includes areas and individuals related specifically…
Read MoreStonewall Inn. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. On June 23, 2015, The Stonewall Inn, the place where the modern lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights movement was born, was officially…
Read More…of Pride’ for her work coordinating the march. As Tom Limoncelli said, ‘the next time someone asks you why LGBT Pride marches exist or why [LGBT] Pride Month is June…
Read More…LGBT Rights Movements. As you can see in today’s New York Times (read here), the Landmarks Preservation Commission is now taking another look at saving the house based upon this…
Read MoreLGBT Bar Crawl: Christopher Street and Beyond Get buzzed with Village Preservation on LGBT history! In addition to being the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement, the Village has…
Read MoreJoin us for a fun “virtual” tour of LGBTQ history throughout Greenwich Village. Our guide, Christopher Street Tours’ founder, Michael Venturiello, will cover historic sites where revolutions began, riots were…
Read More…late 18th to the early 21st century. In honor of Pride, today we explore some of our LGBTQ+ digital photo archives. Onlookers on a Fire Escape, with Rainbow Decorations, June…
Read More…National LGBTQ Task Force), the very first national gay rights organization in the country, from its founding in 1973 until 1986. During these critical early years of the organization and the…
Read More…movement, and GVSHP is proud of its role in documenting and highlighting the Village’s rich and sometimes hidden history of LGBTQ culture and protest. Late in the 1990s, GVSHP collaborated…
Read More…Ned Katz. Katz is a scholar of LGBTQ+ history and American history, as well as a painter and artist. He is the author of Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay…
Read MoreEast Village LGBT Walking Tour Although the storied LGBT history of Greenwich Village gets a lot of play, the East Village has a beloved LGBT past and present too. When…
Read MoreOctober is LGBT History Month, and we’ve got a great new episode of our Off the Grid podcast on our Soundcloud page to help celebrate. Explore some of the many…
Read MoreLGBT History of the East Village: A Walking Tour The Stonewall Riot of 1969 is often regarded as the birth of the modern LGBT movement, inspiring people across the country…
Read More…of LGBT struggle and analyze why the riot happened at that precise moment in history. Hot August Night/1970—The Forgotten LGBT Riot, Dansky’s book, will be available for sale and signing….
Read MoreLGBT nightlife in New York has changed drastically throughout the years, with an exodus of sorts to Brooklyn. There have been a multitude of reasons suggested for the decline, including…
Read MoreImage courtesy of 6sqft. Here at GVSHP we are excited about our recently launched Village Civil Rights & Social Justice Map. With our upcoming LGBT history bar crawl at the…
Read More…New York.’ This was not the end of Bleecker Street’s LGBTQ institutions, however. Numerous beer gardens that catered to the working class and its ‘gay’ community survived the 1890s, serving,…
Read MoreMarking LGBT History in the Village and Beyond: A Panel Discussion with REPOhistory Beyond the famous Stonewall Inn, there is much more to gay history in New York City. Six…
Read MoreHonor Our LGBT Elders Day is celebrated each year on May 16th. While every day is a good day to pay tribute to those who have paved the way for…
Read More…the early 1980s to participate in the Gay and Lesbian Youth of NY program at the LGBT Community Center, and to find a welcoming community. He has lived in the…
Read More…the early 1980s to participate in the Gay and Lesbian Youth of NY program at the LGBT Community Center, and to find a welcoming community. He has lived in the…
Read More…time, most notably the growing LGBT movement that had taken hold after the Stonewall Riots. The Gay Activists Alliance’s firehouse in 1971, via NYPL (left and right) A few months before…
Read MoreLGBT Bar Crawl: Christopher Street and Beyond Get buzzed on LGBT history with VP’s Brokers Partnership! Expert tour guide Phil Desiere will lead us on a trip around the west…
Read MoreSylvia Rivera (July 2, 1951 – February 19, 2002, She/Her) was a trailblazing advocate for the rights of transgender individuals and LGBTQ+ communities. A vocal opponent of racism and transphobia…
Read More…an exhibition opening at Jefferson Market Library on April 3. Speakers from Village Preservation and the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project will share with the community the Village’s past and…
Read MoreOur neighborhoods have witnessed myriad transformative events that changed the course of history. We recently marked a few big anniversaries of some particularly significant dates: Two hundred years ago this…
Read More32 Cooper Square, once Paresis Hall, is to the left of the building where the Village Voice was once housed. In the 1890s, the Bowery, like Bleecker Street, was a…
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