…landmark designation of MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens, GVSHP held a walk and draw tour of MacDougal Sullivans Historic District. Read more about the district’s history here. Read about some of the most famous…
Read More…February 27, 1790, when the land upon which MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens now stands was first put up for sale as building lots. Of course the history of MacDougal Sullivan Gardens goes…
Read MoreIf you have ever noticed the beautiful row houses along MacDougal Street and Sullivan Street between Houston Street and Bleecker Street, these are part of the MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District….
Read MoreWalk and Draw: MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens On August 2nd, the MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens celebrates its 50th anniversary as a historic district! This 21-building district, including a private courtyard garden, is uniquely small…
Read MoreOn Saturday, GVSHP held a second Walk & Draw event, this time to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens historic district. Artist Nick Golebiewski led participants down the…
Read More…Sullivan’s brilliant juxtaposition of geometric and curvilinear forms of nature. Not even this final burst of brilliance could save Sullivan, however. While the store opened in 1922, Sullivan did not…
Read More…of MacDougal Sullivan Gardens, the entire blockfront of Houston Street between MacDougal and Sullivan Street and are not included in the LPC’s proposed district. While all of these four story…
Read More…6th Avenue, then you’ll cross 3 alphabetical streets: MacDougal, Sullivan, and Thompson…” But by simply crossing these 3 streets you are doing yourself a disservice. Explore them instead! Named for…
Read MoreA Walking Tour of East Village Community Gardens Co-sponsored by L.U.N.G.S. (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens) Join us on a tour of distinct community gardens that showcase the plants, people, and…
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Village Preservation got the 1829 rowhouse at 131 MacDougal Street individually landmarked in 2004, and the 1889 French Flats at 39 1/2 Washington Sq. So. and their surroundings (incl. 131…
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Read More(This post is the first of a series on the history of the LGBTQ community in Greenwich Village.) MacDougal Street It is easy to assume, in the aftermath of the…
Read More…blocks, peaked roof, molded cornice, and pedimented double dormers. 127-129 and 131 MacDougal Street 1940s Tax Photos. In 1867, 125 MacDougal Street was significantly altered to four stories from the…
Read More…the adjacent, historic MacDougal Sullivan Gardens. The full-block Vanderbilt Hall on Washington Square South between MacDougal and Sullivan Sts., also excluded, was built in 1950, but quite intentionally looks considerably…
Read More…daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com) Read the 83 Sullivan Street Individual Landmark Designation Report here, the 85 Sullivan Street Individual Landmark Designation Report here, and the Sullivan Thompson Historic District Designation report here. Read…
Read More…Map of Community Gardens, created by LUNGS: Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens One significant challenge faced by Orchard Alley and other community gardens is the issue of ownership and permanence. In…
Read MoreCommunity gardens offer a unique intimacy, and personality, among the city’s green spaces. Not so long ago, there were 57 community gardens sprinkled along the streets of the East Village…
Read More… MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens NYC LPC Designation Report MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens NYC LPC Map MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens State and National Register Report MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens State and National Register Photos…
Read MoreThe Sullivan Street Playhouse before (left) and after (right) The final performance of the off-Broadway hit The Fantasticks took place at the Sullivan Street Playhouse at 181 Sullivan Street in…
Read More…MacDougal Street on June 3, 2014. The facades on King and MacDougal Streets were in such distressed condition that the LPC approved a complete rebuilding of both sides. 43 MacDougal…
Read More57 Sullivan Street. Courtesy: Tom Miller As one of the oldest surviving houses in Manhattan, 57 Sullivan Street has born witness to and participated in the story of the evolution…
Read MoreEmerging from the quaint MacDougal Alley, one of the first buildings one sees is the four-story row house at 175 MacDougal Street. Tucked between two taller structures, the building stands…
Read More…1916. 181 MacDougal Street is the building at the corner, 179 MacDougal Street is the building directly to the left, and 175 MacDougal Street is two buildings left of No….
Read More…for every building in the district. So I quickly located the entry for 114 MacDougal. The entry tells me that 114 MacDougal was built in 1900 as a tenement building…
Read More…already been landmarked). In 2009 the Commission heard 57 Sullivan Street again, but did not vote. In 2013, VP successfully nominated 57 Sullivan Street for the State and National Registers…
Read More…mid-19th century and known as “Little Africa.” The newly designated Sullivan-Thompson Historic District included part of “Little Africa,” and in looking at the recently published designation report for the Sullivan-Thompson…
Read MoreMacDougal Alley looking west, 1936. No. 33 MacDougal Alley was located at the end of the alley. Photo by Berenice Abbot. Source: Museum of the City of New York. MacDougal…
Read More…their special histories, and reveal their (sometimes hidden) connections to the Village. Is that Flatbush, or is it Greenwich Village? The Prospect Lefferts Gardens Historic District was designated in 1979…
Read More…artist studio attics added on top, and tenements were rehabilitated and joined together to form communal courtyards and gardens (this was partly inspired by nearby MacDougal–Sullivan Gardens, located within the…
Read MoreEast Village Gardens Walking Tour The East Village/Lower East Side boasts fifty-three community gardens, each with its own personality. This neighborhood, considered the birthplace of the modern American community garden…
Read More…Building is the only Sullivan-designed building in New York City, and expertly manifests the architect’s motto of the skyscraper as a “proud and soaring thing.” Sullivan was an important leader…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 06/14/2011 MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Between Bleecker & West Houston Streets APPLICATION: A rowhouse built in 1844 and remodeled in the neo-Federal style by Hyde and Joannes in…
Read More…lovely little oasis at 16 East 2nd Street, and is one of the 39 (yes, 39!) community gardens found within the modest confines of the East Village. Per the garden’s website,…
Read More…garden, as well as the Wilmer Jennings Gallery. This past Saturday morning, after a cooling rain shower, a gaggle of curious people went traipsing around a handful of community gardens…
Read MoreA Walking Tour of East Village/Lower East Side Community Gardens Join us on a tour of distinct community gardens that showcase the plants, people, and cultures that make these East…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 12/14/2010 MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Between Bleecker & West Houston Streets APPLICATION: A rowhouse built in 1844 and remodeled in the neo-Federal style by Hyde and Joannes in…
Read More…MacDougal Street has been greatly altered, but, as you can see in the 1910 photograph, when built it resembled its neighbor at 127 MacDougal Street, a federal era rowhouse which…
Read More…at 43 MacDougal Street For more information, view our webpage on 43 MacDougal Street, which chronicles our efforts to urge the City to take action. Or read an article on…
Read MoreEast Village Community Gardens Walking Tour The East Village boasts an impressive number of community gardens, and each one has its own personality and purpose. Join us on this walking…
Read MoreWalking the East Village! East Village Community Gardens Tour with Ayo Harrington The East Village/Lower East Side boasts fifty-three community gardens, each with its own personality. This neighborhood, considered the…
Read MoreA peek at Bleecker Gardens, courtesy Douglas Elliman. We’re excited to announce that individual tickets for our 17th annual house tour are now available for purchase! There are a number…
Read MoreWalking Tour of East Village Community Gardens Join us on a tour of distinct community gardens that showcase the plants, people, and cultures that make these East Village oases such…
Read MoreA Walking Tour of East Village Community Gardens, co-sponsored by Green Guerillas Join us on a tour of distinct community gardens that showcase the plants, people, and cultures that make…
Read MoreIt’s summer and the flowers are in bloom! We are so lucky to have so many parks and gardens in Greenwich Village and the East Village, where we can enjoy…
Read More…Greenwich Village, the East Village or NoHo: just click here to vote for your favorite. Last December, 208 Sullivan Street became part of the new South Village Historic District. No….
Read More…videos, 134 Sullivan Street (Architect Unknown, Owner Mills & Ryerson, built c. 1826) Photo: c. 1940 tax photo from the Sullivan-Thompson Designation Report The area experienced tremendous growth through the early…
Read MoreThe recently landmarked Sullivan-Thompson Historic District is one of the first historic districts in New York City so designated almost exclusively based upon its immigrant history and working-class architecture. As…
Read MoreGVSHP photo taken on December 9, 2013. Many longtime residents of the Village have wondered about the fate of 43 MacDougal Street, which has sat vacant for decades. Located at…
Read More…big city where you can see the blue sky instead of towers and the greenery of gardens and trees. Here are two special walking tours we recommend. Our own –…
Read MoreA Walking Tour of East Village Community Gardens Join us on a tour of distinct community gardens that showcase the plants, people, and cultures that make these East Village oases…
Read More…Gardens Preservation Includes Community Gardens, and More Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Flowers and books for a summer day When Greenwich Village was farmland This Weekend,…
Read More…our neighborhoods. MacDougal Sullivan Gardens Hammond moved to MacDougal Sullivan Gardens when he was 21. Life in Greenwich Village in the late 20s was a hotbed of bohemianism and leftist…
Read More…Revival style in 1844 and is part of MacDougal Sullivan Gardens. In the forward of the 1973 anniversary edition of her collection of stories, Averill recounts that they are based…
Read More…de riguer. Mamoun’s Falafel at 119 MacDougal Street is our January 2020 Business of the Month. Opened in 1971 by Syrian immigrant Mamoun Chater on the street to which his…
Read MoreFive years ago we wrote about the terrible, deteriorating conditions at 43 MacDougal Street, a landmarked, 1846 Greek Revival townhouse at the corner of King Street in the King-Charlton-VanDam Historic…
Read MoreEast Meets Green: A Walking Tour of East Village Community Gardens Join us on a tour of distinct community gardens that showcase the plants, people, and cultures that make these…
Read MoreEast Meets Green: A Walking Tour of East Village Community Gardens Part of the Encore Program Series. Miss it the first time around? You’ll receive preference for this event! Join…
Read MoreThe Gardens of Greenwich Village: A Lecture by Landscape Architect Robin Key Residents and visitors journey through Greenwich Village’s intimately scaled streets and are exposed to an abundance of lush…
Read MoreEast Meets Green A Walking Tour of East Village Community Gardens Co-sponsored by Green Guerillas & The Manhattan Land Trust Join us on this tour of three distinct East Village…
Read More…neighborhood by creating gardens and green spaces. She and the Green Guerillas pioneered the ‘seed bomb’ method of taking over vacant and abandoned lots––tossing balls of soil, fertilizer, and seeds…
Read MoreAPPROVED 05/07/2019 CB2 hearing: 04/11/2019 LPC hearing: 05/07/2019 MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Between Bleecker Street and West Houston Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 06/02/2015 CB2 hearing: 05/18/2015 LPC hearing: 06/02/2015 MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Between Houston and Bleecker Streets Image courtesy of Google Street View —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From…
Read MoreNeighbors, elected officials and fellow preservation groups turned out in droves yesterday at LPC with GVSHP to speak in favor of the designation of the Sullivan-Thompson historic district, the third…
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Built in 1816-17, 57 Sullivan Street is one of 13 federal style houses in Lower Manhattan which Village Preservation and the NY Landmarks Conservancy proposed for landmark designation in 2002….
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Read MoreChristmas is coming early this year! We have been told by the Landmarks Preservation Commission that the designation report for the newly landmarked Sullivan-Thompson historic district, aka phase III of…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 10/01/2013 MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District Between Houston and Bleecker Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Greek Revival style rowhouse built in 1844 and…
Read MoreGVSHP and neighbors have long suspected that there might be squatters living inside 43 MacDougal Street, the deteriorating, 1846 landmarked building about which we’ve blogged before. Yesterday neighbors woke up…
Read More43 MacDougal Street Read Blog Posts about 43 MacDougal Street 43 MacDougal Street is a Greek Revival rowhouse built in 1846 and located within the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District. For several…
Read More…Proposed front elevation Proposed front elevation close-up Proposed rooftop plan Proposed rooftop plan close-up Proposed sightline Proposed sightline close-up Mock-up view from MacDougal Street Mock-up view from MacDougal Street close-up…
Read More…that the windows of the two facades should not line up. Storefronts of 177 MacDougal Street and 38 West 8th Street: Fred Bland stated that the storefronts for all buildings…
Read More…their retail space. Although she initially wanted to stay on Thompson Street, a landlord on Sullivan Street won her over by offering to build out storage space in the basement…
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…among the 10 of the 13 which were landmarked, designated as both an individual landmark and as part of Sullivan Thompson Historic District (proposed by Village Preservation) in 2016. Through…
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…among the 10 of the 13 which were landmarked, designated as both an individual landmark and as part of Sullivan Thompson Historic District (proposed by Village Preservation) in 2016. Through…
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…among the 10 of the 13 which were landmarked, designated as both an individual landmark and as part of Sullivan Thompson Historic District (proposed by Village Preservation) in 2016. Through…
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These 1826-27 and 1841-42 houses were landmarked as part of the Sullivan Thompson Historic District (proposed by Village Preservation) in 2013. Through Village Preservation’s efforts, they were also listed on…
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Read More…his first cobbler shop on Sullivan Street a few years later, moving into the current location just a few years after that. He has six older brothers, all of whom…
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This ca. 1834 rowhouse housed the Sullivan Street Playhouse, where ‘The Fantasticks,’ the longest running play in history, was performed. Over Village Preservation’s objections, the building was demolished in the…
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Read More…240 Sullivan Street. Fany Gerson at La NewYorkina 240 Sullivan Street in the South Village Fany recently, and very graciously, offered to give a talk to some of the supporters…
Read More…only), and deliberation by the LPC commissioners. 5) View LPC Permits: 220 Sullivan – Available in PDF; 224 Sullivan – Available in PDF 6) View LPC Decision: Available in PDF….
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These 1826-27 and 1841-42 houses were landmarked as part of the Sullivan Thompson Historic District (proposed by Village Preservation) in 2013. Through Village Preservation’s efforts, they were also listed on…
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…of the Sullivan Thompson Historic District, and in 2013 had it and hundreds of surrounding buildings added to the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the…
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Read MoreHave some last-minute holiday shopping to do? Come down to the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District and take a stroll among its many wonderful independent stores and businesses while enjoying the festive…
Read MoreSullivan Street between Houston Street and Prince Street Sullivan-Thompson Historic District LPC Designation Report: Available in PDF Application is to legalize the installation of HVAC in front of a primary…
Read More…Hearings via Zoom MacDougal Sullivan Historic District Between Bleecker Street and West Houston Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is to add rooftop structure on…
Read MoreJust when we thought things couldn’t get any worse at 43 MacDougal Street, after reading Monday’s post on the building an anonymous neighbor sent us the following photos, which are…
Read More…Department of Puerto Rican and Latino studies at Brooklyn College, and has done fieldwork in Puerto Rico. Her book Power at the Roots: Gentrification, Community Gardens, and the Puerto Ricans…
Read More…rehabilitated residential buildings, and has led numerous efforts to transform abandoned lots into community gardens. In her oral history, Harrington also speaks about her involvement in educational reform issues, the…
Read More…arrangements, as hats are displayed nine to a rack. Linda was knowledgeable about and excited for the proposed Sullivan-Thompson Historic District, noting how this area is a “real neighborhood.” Everyone…
Read More…the 116 Sullivan Street landmark designation report HERE). 116 Sullivan Street, with close up of door details on right. 116 Sullivan Street, like 83 and 85 Sullivan Street, originally had…
Read More…the Sullivan Thompson Historic District Between Spring Street and Broome Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is to renovate interior and restore exterior, including rebuilding…
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications 06/02/2020 CB2 hearing: 04/22/2020 – see webinar registration link below LPC hearing: 06/02/2020 – see link below for instructions for Public Hearings via Zoom Sullivan Thompson Historic…
Read MoreThis Monday, Community Board 2 will hear a proposal to build an oversized and overbearing new seven-story plus penthouse structure at 182 Spring Street at Thompson Street in the Sullivan-Thompson…
Read More…wander down Sullivan Street between Houston and Prince Streets and into one of our neighborhood’s most recent additions, India & Purry, a home decor, stationery, and accessory store that will…
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Built in 1832, this house was landmarked as part of Sullivan Thompson Historic District (proposed by Village Preservation) in 2013. Through Village Preservation’s efforts, it was also listed on the…
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Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications – 02/21/2017 CB2 hearing: 02/09/2017 – POSTPONED CB2 hearing: 02/13/2017 LPC hearing: 02/21/2017 Sullivan-Thompson Historic District Between Prince Street and West Houston Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —-…
Read MoreCB2 hearing: 04/22/2020 -WITHDRAWN LPC hearing: NA Sullivan Thompson Historic District Between West Houston Street and Prince Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is to…
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…Preservation advocated for in 2013. Through Village Preservation’s efforts, it was also listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places in 2013. 129 MacDougal Street via Google Streetview….
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