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22 Little West 12th
CB2 hearing: 11/9/2021 – see below to register for the Zoom meeting. To submit written testimony of any length in advance of the hearing, click HERE. LPC hearing: 12/14/2021 – see below…
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22 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED 02/14/2012 (Note: this is one of two applications presented at the same time for this structure) Amendment approved 04/17/2012 public meeting Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Ninth Avenue &…
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22 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED 11/01/2016 CB2 hearing: 10/13/2016 LPC hearing: 11/01/2016 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Washington Street and Ninth Avenue —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is to…
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3, 5, and 7 Ninth Avenue btw. Gansevoort and Little West 12th Street
This row of houses was built in 1849. Village Preservation got these and surrounding buildings landmarked in 2003 as part of the Gansevoort Market Historic District, and listed on the…
Posted April 12, 2023
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LPC Application
8-12 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED with modifications 12/15/2015 CB2 hearing: 10/19/2015 LPC hearing: 11/10/2015 – Laid over LPC hearing: 12/15/2015 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Ninth Avenue and Washington Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —-…
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Little West 12th Street near the Corner of Washington Street
For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this image, click here….
Posted March 25, 2021
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When Little Italy Annexed the East Village
Earlier this year, we were gifted with a truly extraordinary set of photographs from a photographer and longtime East Villager. There’s still some work to be done before we can…
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Looking east on Gansevoort Street at Ninth Ave. with El (top); Looking south on Washington St. at Little W. 12th St. with High Line and Manhattan Refrig. Co. Bldg. (bottom l.); North side of Gansevoort west of Ninth Ave. (bottom r.)
11/10/2015 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here.
Posted June 2, 2020
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Corner of Ninth Avenue and Little West 12th Street, looking north, with 2 Ninth Avenue on the right and 29-75 Ninth Avenue on the left (l. to r.). The Ninth Avenue El being demolished and the National Biscuit Company building are visible on the left, c. 1940
This image shows the Ninth Avenue El, NYC’s first elevated train line, being dismantled c. 1940. For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this…
Posted October 1, 2020
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12 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED with modifications 01/21/2020 CB2 hearing: 10/17/2019 – laid over CB2 hearing: 11/14/2019 LPC hearing: 01/21/2020 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Greenwich Street and Washington Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —-…
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32-36 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED on 09/21/2010 Gansevoort Market Historic District aka 823-827 Washington Street Application: A neo-Grec style building designed by James Stroud and built in 1880. Application is to install signage and…
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1-3 Little West 12th Street, 2
8/8/2017 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….
Posted June 2, 2020
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NYU Expansion Plan More Than A Little Scary
NYU recently sent around a notice about this year’s NYU and Community Board #2 Children’s Halloween Parade. According to NYU, they want “YOU to help!” design an image for this…
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LPC Application
22 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED 02/14/2012 (Note: this is one of two applications presented at the same time for this structure) Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Ninth Avenue & Washington Street APPLICATION: A neo-Georgian…
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LPC Application
28 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED on 08/04/2015 LPC meeting: 08/04/2015 CB2 hearing: 01/12/2015 LPC hearing: 06/02/2015 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Washington Street and 9th Avenue Image courtesy of Google Street View —- APPLICATION…
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A little FUN Gallery with Patti Astor
“A long time ago in the 1960s, a young white girl from Ohio committed herself to being a revolutionary,” begins a short feature documentary about Patti Astor and her FUN…
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22 Little West 12th Street
11/1/2016 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….
Posted June 2, 2020
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Little Ukraine in the East Village
St. George’s Ukrainian Catholic Church. Image from GVSHP It seems that you can’t look at the news these days without seeing something about Ukraine. From the protests in Kiev, to…
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LPC Application
28 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED 07/13/2010 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Ninth Avenue & Washington Street Application: A neo-Georgian style stable building designed by John M. Baker and built in 1911. Application is to…
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10-12 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED at 05/08/2012 LPC public hearing Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Washington Street and 9th Avenue APPLICATION: From the LPC agenda: Two vernacular row houses built circa 1849. Application is…
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1-3 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED on 04/05/2011 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Bedford & Bleecker Streets APPLICATION: A neo-Grec style store and loft building, designed by Peter J. Zabriskie, and built in 1887, and…
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1-3 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED 08/08/2017 CB2 hearing: See below LPC hearing: 08/08/2017 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Gansevoort Street and Ninth Avenue —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: Application is…
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32-36 Little West 12th Street
APPROVED on 05/04/2010 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Greenwich & Washington Streets Application: A neo-Grec style building designed by James Stroud and built in 1880. Application is to replace storefront…
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LPC Application
Gansevoort, Little West 12th Street, & West 13th Street between Ninth Avenue and Washington Street
CB2 hearing: 03/11/2021 – see below to register for the Zoom meeting. To submit written testimony of any length in advance of the hearing, click HERE. LPC hearing: TBD –…
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1-3 Little West 12th Street
8/8/2017 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….
Posted June 2, 2020
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Exploring Black History in the East Village and NoHo
…found in the East Village and NoHo, starting with a theater group in the early 19th century. African Grove Theater The African Grove Theater was the first known black theater…
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Black History in Greenwich Village – Winter 2023 Series
…New York City, we will explore the lives and impact of the first non-native visitors, residents, and businesses in Lower Manhattan. African American communities in Greenwich Village, such as Little…
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Sarah Smith Garnet: Suffragist, Principal, Villager
…in Village history when a robust African-American neighborhood, called “Little Africa,” was centered around Minetta Street and Lane and surrounding blocks. Garnet, deeply rooted in both her Brooklyn and Village communities,…
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King’s Assassination Began Fifteen Year Quest for a National Holiday
…19th century, the Village was the center of African-American life in New York, with what was referred to as “Little Africa” centered around present-day Minetta, Thompson, Cornelia and Gay Streets…
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Henry Highland Garnet and the Village
…worked hard to fight for himself and the African-American community, eventually becoming the first African-American to address the United States House of Representatives. He also at one time resided at…
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Exploring NYC’s Churches and Synagogues #BeyondTheVillageAndBack
…the time, the heart of the city’s largest black community was in Greenwich Village, and the area around Minetta Lane, Minetta Street, and Minetta Place was known as Little Africa….
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Mapping Civil Rights and Social Justice — A Year Later
…known as “Little Africa” — a predominantly African-American section of Greenwich Village centered around Minetta Street and Lane, Gay Street, and Thompson Street — still existed but was rapidly disappearing…
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Historic Images and Maps Solve Mysteries of Missing Church and Street
…first black Catholic church in the North, located in what was then the heart of New York’s African American community, Greenwich Village’s ‘Little Africa.’ This African American parish’s taking over…
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The Birth of the NAACP, and Their Deep Roots in Greenwich Village
…organization advocating tot the civil rights of African Americans in the United States. During the first decade of the 20th Century, the rate of lynchings of African Americans, particularly men,…
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Illuminating Forgotten Histories: New York City’s Early Black Communities
…has uncovered hidden histories of the African Diaspora, including Greenwich Village’s “Little Africa,” which flourished during the 19th century. John Reddick is an architectural historian and Columbia University Community Scholar…
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The Freedman’s Bank in the South Village
Freedman’s Bank in Little Africa as shown in the GVSHP Civil Rights and Social Justice Map. On March 3, 1865, The Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, commonly referred to as…
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Immigration and the Village
…north to urban areas following Emancipation and the conclusion of the Civil War. Check out this past Off the Grid blog post for more information about the Little Africa community…
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Black History Month in the Village: The NAACP and Martin Luther King Jr.
…Gay Street, long known for its African American residents, and “Little Africa,” which was centered around nearby Minetta Street and Minetta Lane. Like many African-Americans living in the Village at…
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Pioneers Converge on MacDougal Street: Dr. Robert Hogan, Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, and Sarah Smith Garnet
…city’s African American community, who advocated for abolition and suffrage in and beyond the Village. One was the first African American to address the U.S. House of Representatives, and the…
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Black History in Greenwich Village: Session 1 – The Geography and History of Early Manhattan 1600 – 1860
…such as Little Africa, will be covered as well as the leaders of this community. You’ll learn about the formation of the first free black community in North America, located…
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Beyond the Village and Back: Harlem’s St. James Presbyterian Church
…into the first years of the 20th, the area around Minetta Lane, Minetta Street, and Minetta Place was referred to as “Little Africa.” Shiloh operated out of the Sixth Avenue…
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Why Isn’t It Landmarked?: 204 East 13th Street, Home To Jazz Great and Film History
…of Africa. Weston played an important role in advancing the argument, now widely accepted, that the roots of jazz trace back to African music. Weston’s music prominently incorporated African elements…
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Civil Rights History at 92 Grove Street
…by the rampaging mobs. The owners of the home provided refuge in their basement. The house was located just on the edge of what was then known as “Little Africa,”…
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February 2024 Programs: Black History Month Events, Artists’ Homes, and More
…Greenwich Village, such as Little Africa, will be covered as well as the leaders of this community. You’ll learn about the formation of the first free Black community in North…
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North America’s First Free Black Settlement In Our Neighborhoods
African Landholdings in New Amsterdam According to historian Christopher Moore, the first legally emancipated community of people of African descent in North America was found in Lower Manhattan, comprising much…
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Saul Bellow and 17 Minetta Street
…as “Little Africa,” the largest African-American community in New York. By the 1920s, however, most of Little Africa’s residents had been pushed out or moved Uptown (the extension of Sixth…
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James Varick, the Village, and Zion AME Church
…now lie in the crypt of the Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Harlem. The current church- Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, also known as “Mother Zion”, located…
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Honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
…East Village. Take Our African American History Tour of the Greenwich Village Historic District The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written here. The first Broadway play by an African American woman was…
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Underground Railroad Church Once Located in Greenwich Village Led Abolitionist Cause
The Shiloh Presbyterian Church is one of many African American churches once found in Greenwich Village, when nearly all the city’s leading African American churches were located in this neighborhood….
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The Flatirons of the Village and the East Village
…9th Avenue and 14th Street in Meatpacking District. Little Flatiron Built in 1849 and often referred to as “the Little Flatiron Building,” it pre-dates its better known cousin, completed in…
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#SouthOfUnionSquare Tour — Musical Heritage and History
…most popular compositions include “Hi-Fly,” “Little Niles,” and “Blue Moses.” Weston was also a key political figure in global civil rights activism. As African countries fought for freedom from colonial…
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North America’s First Freed Black Settlement Right in our Neighborhood
…farms in Manhattan in the Stokes’ book as well as the information in Moore’s book, we were able to map out the location of each African landholder. African landholdings in…
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Business of the Month: Berber Street Food, 35 Carmine Street
…using African spices injected with an Asian flair. Because Africa is a vast place and African food so diverse (and all the more if you include the diaspora), the menu…
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A First for Recognizing LGBT History in the South Village
…was once home to “Little Africa,” New York’s largest African-American community), to its Italian-American immigrant history, to its artistic and bohemian history. But this designation report also broke new ground…
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Slavery, Gentrification, and the Last Execution in Washington Square
…a thriving free-black community known as “Little Africa” located near the Minetta Stream (now Minetta Lane), which is on the edge of Washington Square. Though impoverished, and with poor sanitary…
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If Beale Street Could Talk’s West Village Scenes
…African-American neighborhood, called “Little Africa,” which was centered around the area of Minetta. Tish and Fonny make the decision to to turn their lifelong friendship into romance one evening in…
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What Was Here Before Bagatelle?
1 Little West 12th Street Many people know the restaurant Bagatelle located at 1 Little West 12th Street for their lavish brunch parties, where as one recent brunch reviewer stated…
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(Even More) Artists, Theaters, and Advocates for Civil Rights and Social Justice in Our Neighborhoods
…Social Justice Map covering Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. This map is consistently being updated as new information rises to the surface, expanding our documentation of the African American, Women’s,…
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W.E.B. Du Bois Makes – and Teaches – History at the New School, September 27, 1948
…W.E.B. Du Bois, began teaching the very first African-American history and culture class ever taught at a university, at Greenwich Village’s New School for Social Research. This history-making event appears…
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Even More Charm Added to Greenwich Village Historic District Tour
…in the Village. The house is now New York University’s Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life. The Little Half House at No. 35 West 12th Street Walking by…
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A Concert In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
…past Off the Grid posts: A Civil Rights Activist and the Café Society The 1863 Draft Riots and Abigail Hopper Gibbons Little Africa: Tracing African Americans in the South Village…
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