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Business of the Month: Exit9 Gift Emporium, 51 Avenue A
…get a last minute gift for anyone of any age? Buy a pizza tattoo, locally made silver jewelry, books on neighborhood history, socks that give back, a banana protector, stylish…
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What’s Happening Here? Eighth Avenue and 13th Street
…Eighth Avenue and West 13th Street, the gas station and mini-market closed down in September 2011 and the lot has been covered by a construction wall since October. GVSHP has…
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Plans Filed for Demolition and Construction of 244 ft. tall Super Luxury Tower at 14-16 Fifth Avenue
…Fifth Avenue in the Greenwich Village Historic District is 140 feet; the proposed building exceeds that height by 75%. The average height of buildings on the block in which the…
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Business of the Month: New York City Pharmacy, 206 1st Avenue
…in business, there will always be up and downs, but you have to be very confident and honest. That philosophy is carried on by his caring family. According to his…
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Yiddish Art Theater, 189 2nd Avenue
…(now Village East City Cinemas) at Second Avenue and East 12th Street is the most prominent remaining survivor of what was once known as the “Yiddish Rialto” along Second Avenue….
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99-103, 97, and 87-91 Third Avenue
…Avenue is a five-story brick and terra cotta building constructed in 1902. The building was designed in the English neo-Classical style by Myron E. Evans of Ballantyne & Evans Architects….
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Business of the Month: Dual Specialty Store, 91 First Avenue
…teas, chutneys, grains, beans, rotis (flatbread), dried fruits, health and bodycare products, and incense from India and all around the world. And they also sell beer. Photo thanks to Gudrun Georges, gudrungeorges.blogspot.com…
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Recovering the Former 13th Avenue
The former 13th Avenue ran from the Meatpacking District to Chelsea Piers, and was demolished to make room for larger berthed ships, including the Titanic. Jeffrey Trask examines the development…
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87-91 Third Avenue
…neo-Classical style by Myron E. Evans of Ballantyne & Evans Architects. Trow’s Directory Printing and Book Binding Company, which was responsible for printing and binding the New York City Directories,…
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40-56 10th Avenue
…the construction of a building 34% larger than zoning allows on this site on the east side of 10th Avenue between 13th and 14th Street, known as 40-56 Tenth Avenue….
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117 Second Avenue
…a better way to seamlessly connect the second and third floors, perhaps by extending the second floor windows. They also felt that the stucco box should be removed. For the…
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173 Seventh Avenue South
…hearing: Adi Shamir-Baron said that she was convinced by the owner’s comments. John Gustafsson said that everything needed to be reduced. White paint: Fred Bland stated that he would not…
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Business of the Month: Paradis To Go, 114 Fourth Avenue
…breakfast, lunch, and snack items. Some, like the whole wheat blueberry scones and chocolate chip cookies, remain customer favorites to this day. Otherwise, the menu has been in a constant…
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64-68 Fifth Avenue
…Martha Graham. (r.) 68 Fifth Avenue is a Greek Revival row house constructed c. 1838-40 by John H. Cornell, believed to be a high-ranking officer at the Mechanics Banking Association…
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Many Layers of History at 1st Avenue and 3rd Street
…Village. In honor of today’s date, we are taking a look at the history and buildings around 1st Avenue and 3rd Street. To look back at some of the intersections…
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Bleecker Street and 6th Avenue
APPROVED on 08/11/2015 LPC meeting: 08/11/2015 CB2 hearing: TBD LPC hearing: 06/16/2015 South Village Historic District Bleecker Street and 6th Avenue Image courtesy of Google Street View —- APPLICATION INFORMATION…
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64-68 Fifth Avenue
…Martha Graham. (r.) 68 Fifth Avenue is a Greek Revival rowhouse constructed c. 1838-40 by John H. Cornell, believed to be a high-ranking officer at the Mechanics Banking Association on…
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Many Layers of History between 3rd and 2nd Avenues
…yard of 215 Second Avenue, 249 ½ East 13th Street was built in 1891 and designed by Max Schroff. The little building was built for sculptors Karl Bitter and Giuseppe, or…
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Business of the Month: Lovewild Design, 136 Avenue C
…lines of locally manufactured goods, such as printed tote bags from Brooklyn-based Maptote, scented candles hand-poured in Brooklyn by Queer Candle Co., and resin bundles by Incausa, a Greenpoint-based company…
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64-66, 68, and 70 Fifth Avenue
(l. to r.) 64-66, 68, and 70 Fifth Avenue. The striking 12-story Beaux Arts–style office building at 70 Fifth Avenue was constructed in 1912 for publisher George Plimpton. It housed…
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475 Sixth Avenue
…—- 1) From the LPC agenda: An apartment building designed by Horace Ginsbern & Associates and built in 1956. Application is to establish a Master Plan governing the future installation…
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101 Avenue A
101 Avenue A Read Blog Posts about 101 Avenue A Built in 1876 and designed by architect William Jose, this distinctive Neo-Grec design has an ornate cornice, fire escapes, and…
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Welcome to the Neighborhood: Eva Joan, 22 8th Avenue
…idea of becoming part of the local business community, beside longtime acquaintances at January 2015 Business of the Month La Bonbonniere and 2021 Village Awardee Casa Magazines, and bringing back,…
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44-54 Ninth Avenue, 341-45 West 14th Street
Village Preservation proposed and secured landmark designation for the Gansevoort Market Historic District, including these iconic buildings on the NE corner of 9th Avenue and 14th Street, in 2003, and…
Posted April 12, 2023
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115-125 Seventh Avenue South
…back and would not be visible from Seventh Avenue South. The rear of the building would be clad in stucco. At the May 11th meeting, the Commissioners indicated that they…
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76 Greenwich Avenue
APPROVED 11/27/2012 Amendment approved 02/02/2013 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 12th Street, Seventh Avenue and Greenwich Avenue —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A brick building…
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Business of the Month: Stevdan Stationers, 473 Sixth Avenue
…University Stationery eight years ago, operated both businesses. Stevdan’s manager, Aziz Boughroum, arrived in New York from Morocco with an engineering background but limited English skills not long after Ejaz…
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Business of the Month – The Ink Pad, 37 7th Avenue
…you can pretty much walk by and blink and you might miss it. Open for 19 years, The Ink Pad is one of those places, but missing it would be your loss. …
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Business of the Month: Gizmo Notion Corp., 160 First Avenue
…business, proved a great windfall, according to Hossein: The reason I’m in the business is because of my wife. She loves to sew, and she is a good sewer. In…
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Oversized and Out-of-Context Development Plans for 15 Greenwich Avenue, 182 Spring Street Get Landmarks Review Next Tuesday
…Thompson Historic District and 15 Greenwich Avenue (Christopher/10th Streets) in the Greenwich Village Historic District. Both designs were rejected by the local community board, and 15 Greenwich Avenue is appearing…
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Welcome to the Neighborhood: Francis Kite Club, 40 Avenue C
…residency by Bread and Puppet, bi-weekly gatherings hosted by a left-wing publisher, a self-managed abortion workshop, the performance of an original live score by The Flushing Remonstrance to Japanese silent…
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Hearing on Landmarking 70 Fifth Avenue Set for Tuesday 3/23 — Support Designation and Push for All of South of Union Square
…been providing in-depth research to buttress our push for landmark designation. The building has an extraordinary history as the former headquarters of the NACCP and the Crisis Magazine, as well…
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Demolition Planned for Blockfront on Third Avenue South of Union Square
…Gallery (read more about all the buildings’ histories here). No plans have yet been filed indicating what will be built there. The blockfront is located within our proposed South of…
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Support Grows for Saving Threatened 170-Year-Old Houses at 14-16 Fifth Avenue – Write City Officials Today To Preserve These Landmarked Buildings!
…and Borough President Gale Brewer, State Senator Brad Hoylman, State Assemblymembers Deborah Glick and Harvey Epstein, and a representative of City Council Speaker Corey Johnson. And we have been performing more…
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Plan for 14-16 Fifth Avenue Demolition and Tower Replacement Returns; Hearing Feb. 16
…high-rise tower, has returned and will be heard before Community Board 2’s Landmarks Committee on Tuesday, February 16 at 6:30pm. You can register for the Zoom meeting here (be sure to click on…
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9-19 Ninth Avenue
…more metal at the rooftop addition would be a better tie-in to the structural frame of the historic building below. However, some Commissioners expressed that they felt that a visible…
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Business of the Month: Echelon Cycles, 51 8th Avenue (Now at 151 West 19th Street)
…to two-wheeled options powered by human energy. In line with both trends, Echelon Cycles NYC on 8th Avenue and Horatio Street has been taking care of your biking needs since…
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Fourteenth Street and Fifth Avenue: A Window into the Development of the City
…described it as a “great brownstone house…in the midst of the bustle of one of New-York’s busiest retail business districts.” 21 East 14th, 1925 Martin Van Bueren, whose name was…
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391 Sixth Avenue
…the Monday before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. Greenwich Village Historic District Sixth Avenue between Waverly Place and Greenwich Avenue —- APPLICATION INFORMATION…
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2020 Village Awardee: Ray’s Candy Store, 113 Avenue A
…we will be celebrating nine outstanding awardees at our— RSVP here to participate virtually. Have you ever meandered into the bright little shop at 113 Avenue A between St. Marks Place…
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Landmarks Hearing On 70 Fifth Avenue in Proposed South of Union Square Historic District Tomorrow at 10am
The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) will hold its public hearing tomorrow at approximately 10am (join at 9:45am to be safe) on the proposed landmark designation of 70 Fifth Avenue, another…
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44-54 Ninth Avenue/351-355 West 14th Street
…the existing buildings and construction of a new nine-story commercial office in-fill behind the restored buildings and attached to them. 2) View the Application: Revised application 08/11/2020: Available in PDF;…
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105-109 Third Avenue
Originally two separate lots, these buildings have been combined. The larger Neo-Grec pre-law tenement building on the left was constructed in 1879 by architect M. Fornachen for P.J. Seiler or…
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Village Preservation Research Further Documents Historic Significance of 14-16 Fifth Avenue, Refuting Case for Demolition
…was constructed by one of the great builders of early New York, Henry Brevoort Jr., and that it housed the great writer Bret Harte, as well as a prominent Civil…
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21 Greenwich Avenue
…both in relation to 21 Greenwich Avenue and to the surrounding buildings. Some of the Commissioners felt that the new structure needed to be reduced by a floor and two…
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14-16 Fifth Avenue Plan Returns to LPC Tuesday; WRITE TODAY!
…building by 18 feet to 224 feet. Village Preservation continues to oppose the plan based upon the overwhelming historic significance of the building, as documented by our research submitted to…
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Documenting, Celebrating, & Preserving the History & Architecture of the East Village – 6th Street, Avenues B & C and Beyond
…evening will focus on, but not be limited to, the area around the 6th Street Community Center, our host for the evening, on 6th Street between Avenues B and C….
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109 Third Avenue
Learn more about 109 Third Avenue through our East Village Building Blocks. 109 Third Avenue via Google Streetview….
Posted May 11, 2023
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14 Horatio Street (aka 54-60 8th Avenue)
…1) From the LPC agenda: An apartment building built in 1959. Application is to replace storefront infill. 2) View the application: Available in PDF 3) View the video: A curated…
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2022 Village Awardee: Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis and Middle Collegiate Church, 112-114 Second Avenue
…new twist. We are Bach, Beatles, and Beethoven; we are jazz, hip-hop, and spirituals. We are inspired by Howard Thurman, Ruby Sales, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Martin Luther King. We…
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Building Profile: 32 Second Avenue (aka 43-45 East 2nd Street)
…bays on the second story have been partly infilled with brick. A corbelled brick and terra cotta beltcourse separates the two lower stories and the uppermost story is decorated with…
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14th Street and Ninth Avenue Meatmarket, (2000)
Village Preservation proposed and secured landmark designation for the Gansevoort Market Historic District, including all the buildings seen on the west side of 9th Avenue and 14th Street, in 2003,…
Posted April 12, 2023
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127-135 Fourth Avenue/100-104 East 13th Street
This seven-story Beaux Arts–style warehouse was designed by Marsh, Israels, & Harder and built in 1895 by George W. Levy. It housed New York’s first hardware store, Hammacher Schlemmer, which…
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6th Avenue and West 9th Street
Application approved on 02/07/2012 at LPC hearing Greenwich Village Historic District Northeast corner of 6th Avenue and West 9th Street APPLICATION: Binding Report for the northeast corner of 6th Avenue…
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14-16 Fifth Avenue Returns to LPC Tuesday, Send Letter Today
…building is WRONG, and the proposed replacement remains simply too tall. Tuesday’s discussion and possible vote by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on the revised application can be viewed by the…
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68-70 Fifth Avenue
…1838-40 by John H. Cornell, believed to be a high-ranking officer at the Mechanics Banking Association on Wall Street. It became the residence of N.H. Wolfe, owner of the oldest…
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76 Greenwich Avenue
APPROVED 12/06/2011 Greenwich Village Historic District Intersection of Seventh Avenue South, Greenwich Avenue and West 12th Street APPLICATION: A brick building built in the mid – 1980’s and designed by…
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Join us for 14-16 Fifth Avenue Demonstration and Press Conference this Friday at 11:30 am
Please join us Friday at 11:30 am on Fifth Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets for a demonstration and press conference opposing plans by Madison Realty Capital to tear down…
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45-47 Second Avenue
…CB 3 Meeting CB 3 approves the Certificate of Appropriateness application for a vertical enlargement at 45 and 47 Second Avenue with the following conditions: That the addition be set…
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New Historic Images Added to Archive From Landmarks Applications –Ninth Avenue El demo, and Pre-PS 41
…being torn down in 1940, and an 1898 image showing wooden houses at the corner of Sixth Avenue and 11th Street (with its own Elevated running overhead) and an unusual…
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Virtual Hearing on 14-16 Fifth Avenue Demolition and New Tower Plan Tues., 3/9
…next Tuesday. The approximate time of the virtual hearing is still TBD, but it will be during the day. When the time becomes available (likely Friday), we will post it here,…
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425 Sixth Avenue
APPROVED on 10/15/2013 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 10th Street and Greenwich Avenue —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A High Victorian style courthouse designed by…
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116 Second Avenue
…will also be tracked here. Please note that public testimony is taken at public hearings, but not at public meetings. STAY UPDATED! Click here for our e-alerts to be updated…
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Landmarks Preservation Commission Again Doesn’t OK Demolition of 14-16 Fifth Avenue, But Final Outcome To Be Determined
…of comfort with the newly proposed, shorter (by 18 feet) replacement should demolition be approved, with some saying it was fine as proposed, others saying it should still be reduced…
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59 Greenwich Avenue
APPROVED 11/14/2017 CB2 hearing: 09/14/2017 LPC hearing: 10/24/2017 – laid over LPC hearing: 11/14/2017 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Perry Street and Seventh Avenue South —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1)…
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Business of the Month — Casa Magazines, 22 Eighth Avenue
…corned building at the corner of West 12th Street and 8th Avenue is so special. It is the home of Casa Magazines, owned by Mohammed Ahmed, dubbed the”Last King of Print” by…
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39 Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue between 10th Street and 11th Street Greenwich Village Historic District LPC Designation Report: Available in PDF. Application is to install a rooftop arbor and canopy. PDF presentation links:…
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143-145 Avenue D, windows
These buildings were originally constructed ca. 1827. More info: https://buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org/building/143-5-avenue-d/…
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57 Greenwich Avenue
…meeting dates for this application will also be tracked here. Please note that public testimony is taken at public hearings, but not at public meetings. Please note: All LPC public…
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44-54 Ninth Avenue/351-355 West 14th Street
…on the Monday before the hearing. On the Friday afternoon before the hearing, the LPC schedule for the hearing date with approximate hearing time will be posted on the LPC’s website….
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Middle Collegiate Church – 112 2nd Avenue
…Historic District 2nd Avenue between East 6th Street and East 7th Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Gothic Revival style church building designed by Samuel Burrage…
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Business of the Month: Tea & Sympathy, 108 Greenwich Avenue
…babies that were being born over there, every day we would have people over here buying gifts for babies. Then all the gift shops went out of business, BOOM immediately,…
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2023 Village Awardee: Essex Card Shop, 47 Avenue A
…bought the store by Jay Patel. He runs the store with his brother and daughter Noreen. He was an employee of the store when it was owned by Patel. The…
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Save the East Village’s Historic and Endangered New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Second Avenue and 13th Street
…to the old Beth Israel campus several blocks north, and the fate of this historic building is in doubt. The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary is the oldest specialized…
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Business of the Month: Ray’s Candy Store, 113 Avenue A
…his beacon keeps blazing, because clearly, we need him. What special small business would you like to see featured next? Just click here to fill out a brief form. Thank…
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88-98 Third Avenue
(l. to r.) 88-98 Third Avenue. These are the oldest extant structures south of Union Square, constructed as houses when the area was first being developed, between 1835 and 1839….
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Starbucks on Avenue A? Rally this Thursday!
Join us to say “not another Starbucks!” Another Starbucks is planned for the huge storefront at 125 St. Mark’s Place at Avenue A. We don’t need more chains – we need…
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59 and 57 Fifth Avenue
(l. to r.) 59 and 57 Fifth Avenue. Both were built as houses in 1852-53 by industrialist, philanthropist, and bibliophile James Lenox. For generations from the time it was built,…
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88-90 7th Avenue South, aka 305-307 Bleecker Street
…Bleecker Street facade. See photos below. APPLICATION: From the LPC agenda: An Art Deco style building built in 1931. Application is to install storefront infill. PHOTOS OF THE APPLICATION: From…
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70 Fifth Avenue
…for an African-American audience, The Crisis, and for African-American children, The Brownies Book; and what would become the American Civil Liberties Union, among many other entities. The building was designated…
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Business of the Month: Divya’s Kitchen, 25 1st Avenue
…a balanced bowl of vegetables, grains, and lentils, with a side of cilantro-mint chutney. This is followed closely in popularity by their lasagna, which can be prepared “classically,” with mozzarella…
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112 Fourth Avenue
…these and other buildings South of Union Square, click here. See all Architecture of South of Union Square photos here. Photos by Dylan Chandler (l.) 112 Fourth Avenue Previous Next…
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Plan for 14-16 Fifth Avenue Demolition and Tower Replacement Returns; Hearing Feb. 16
…be heard before Community Board 2’s Landmarks Committee on Tuesday, February 16 at 6:30pm. You can register for the Zoom meeting here (be sure to click on the drop-down for the Feb. 16 meeting,…
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Suiting the World from Fourth Avenue: The International Tailoring Company Building
…history buff, she began researching the history of the 13-story building and its previous occupants, leading to the building’s re-branding and the restoration of its name as the “International Tailoring…
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70 Fifth Avenue Plaque Unveiling
…at the White House. Mr. Lewis has authored eleven books, including W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 (1993); W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963 (2000). W.E.B. Du…
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21-27 Ninth Avenue
APPROVED on 12/08/2009 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Little West 12th & West 13th Streets Application: A row of four Greek Revival style rowhouses, built circa 1844-1846 and altered in…
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LPC Rules 6-5 To Approve 14-16 Fifth Avenue Demolition and New (Shorter) Tower
…regulated units, to be replaced by a high rise pier-a-terre for the super rich with fewer units of housing than the modest but historic building that will be replaced by…
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9-19 Ninth Avenue
This building on the corner of Little West 12th Street was constructed in the 1880s for William Astor & John Jacob Astor IV. Village Preservation proposed and secured landmark designation…
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Nine Landmarked 1840s Houses at 44-54 Ninth Avenue/351-55 West 14th Street in Meatpacking District Face Demolition
…and 9th Avenue in the Gansevoort Market Historic District. In 2020, a developer sought permission to demolish all but the facades of these buildings to allow a tower to be…
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60, 64-66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76-78, and 80 Fifth Avenue
(l. to r.) 60, 64-66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76-78, and 80 Fifth Avenue, west side from 12th to 14th Street. This nearly perfectly intact ensemble of buildings dating from…
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445 6th Avenue
…noon on the Monday before the hearing. On the Friday afternoon before the hearing, the LPC schedule for the hearing date with approximate hearing time will be posted on the LPC’s…
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367 ft. tall Tower by Robert A.M. Stern Contemplated for 14 Fifth Avenue
…stories. While this plan has been reported in the press, no permits or applications have yet been filed. Because the site is located within the Greenwich Village Historic District, any such…
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Proposed New Building Design for 15 Greenwich Avenue in Historic District Must Go
…Historic District, which will be considered by the Landmarks Preservation Commission next Tuesday, July 20. The monotonous, single-pane windowed, concrete paneled design bears no relationship to the surrounding historic buildings…
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106-108 East 13th Street/127-135 Fourth Avenue
…Mayor James J. Walker was responsible for its construction. (r.) 127-135 Fourth Avenue/100-104 East 13th Street was designed by Marsh, Israels, & Harder. This seven-story Beaux Arts–style warehouse was built…
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119-121 Second Avenue
…application has been laid over (aka postponed). If applicable, LPC public meeting dates for this application will also be tracked here. Please note that public testimony is taken at public…
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Landmarks To Hear Troubling Plan For 44-54 Ninth Avenue/351-355 West 14th Street Tomorrow — WRITE TODAY
…all of these buildings besides the street-facing facades below the roofline, and construction of a large, approx. 135 ft. tall glass tower behind, about 55% of which would lie outside…
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