We recently added a new collection to our historic image archive, Noah Greenberg’s “Manhattan Promenade” Proposal. This collection dates from 1979, and includes shots of what we now know as…
Read More…the formation of the first free black community in North America, located in our neighborhoods, starting around 1643, whose residents included Manuel Groot, or Big Manuel, Simon Congo, and Manuel…
Read More…Murray. Each year we honor one winner with the distinction of the Regina Kellerman Award. Regina was the first Executive Director of GVSHP with a long list of preservation accomplishments…
Read More…been successful for 30, 50, 80 years – until they were lost to the cycle of hyper-gentrification and speculation. James and Karla Murray are influential artists and small business advocates who were awarded…
Read MoreCapturing the Disappearing Storefronts of Greenwich Village and the East Village With photographers and authors James & Karla Murray East Village-based photographers and authors James and Karla Murray will share…
Read MoreAndrew Berman, Executive Director of GVSHP This post is part of a series about our favorite things in and about the Village. Andrew Berman, GVSHP’s Executive Director since 2002, has…
Read MoreTenement Chic: A walking tour of East Village tenements with Barry Feldman Garish grotesques, mythical beasts, beautiful botanicals, ornate cornices, columns and pilasters are a few examples of architectural ornamentation…
Read More…and repression. Hagen, outspoken on political and human rights issues, was one of many figures in the entertainment industry to be blacklisted in Hollywood at this time. In her 1991…
Read More…selected and designed by world-renowned visual artist Jenny Holzer, and features selections from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself. “ “Song of Myself” is included in Whitman’s work Leaves of Grass….
Read More…then look at how it’s connected to our neighborhoods. But today we’re looking at two great New York City landmarks: 1083 Fifth Avenue, a beautiful Second Empire–style mansion located in…
Read More…in its community for the past 50 years. This conference seeks to celebrate that history by connecting a diverse array of Villagers in conversation. At 4:00pm, Executive Director Andrew Berman…
Read More…Walking Manhattan Sideways, and building on that success, she followed up with The Art of Walking Manhattan Sideways: Hidden Gems on the Side Streets – forthcoming in fall 2021 –…
Read MoreChurch of the Ascension Tour with Leo Blackman Join preservation architect Leo Blackman on an insider’s tour of the renovation of the Church of the Ascension. The current building is…
Read More…buildings have been a cause of increasing complaints in Manhattan, with many tenants claiming owners place illegal hotels in their buildings to make it difficult or impossible for tenants to…
Read MoreVillage Preservation Brokers Partnership Presents: The Andy Statman Trio plays the Museum at Eldridge Street Join us for a special night featuring renowned musician Andy Statman and the Andy Statman…
Read MoreDaytonian in Manhattan: Favorite Places in Greenwich Village A slideshow and lecture by historian and blogger Tom Miller In the first decades of the 20th century, Greenwich Village became Manhattan’s…
Read MoreMarcel Duchamp in the Village – 50 Years Later Artist Serkan Ozkaya in conversation with poet Robert Fitterman For twenty years, Marcel Duchamp secretly worked on his final art piece,…
Read More…one of our own. Victoria Woodhull by Matthew Brady, 1870 Born Victoria California Claflin in 1838 in Ohio, Woodhull’s father was a con man and a snake oil salesman who…
Read More…stories as she went along. The project took nearly six years to complete. The Manhattan Sideways website and podcasts chronicle many of her experiences, but at the beginning of the pandemic, she…
Read MoreDaytonian in Manhattan: New York’s Kleindeutschland Historian and blogger (Daytonian in Manhattan) Tom Miller explores the fascinating history of New York’s Kleindeutschland, or Little Germany, through stories of a few…
Read More…Anniversary to one of our favorite things in the Village! Blue Man Group was the creation of Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton and Chris Wink, who “went blue” around 1998 but…
Read More…Eldridge Street. Join us for a special night featuring renowned musician Andy Statman and the Andy Statman Trio. In the stunning sanctuary of the Eldridge Street Synagogue, they will perform…
Read More…largest losses of life in NYC history (second only to 9/11), General Slocum the man was also an important figure in his own right, having served prominent in the Civil…
Read MoreEat the City: A Lecture by Robin Shulman Hear surprising tales of the meat and sugar industry of Greenwich Village, as Robin Shulman, author of Eat the City, takes a…
Read MoreWhy Are We Pushing Housing Policies That Harm Affordability and Preservation? A Lecture and Discussion with Andrew Berman At every level of city and state government, moves are afoot to…
Read MoreInez Milholland, wearing a white cape while seated on white horse, at the National American Woman Suffrage Association parade, March 3, 1913. (Credit: F A Archive/REX/Shutterstock) The 19th Amendment to…
Read More…slowly declined. Over time, it became a haven for an eclectic and increasingly less elegant array of businesses. At the Fourteenth Street Theater at 143 East 14th Street (demolished), owner…
Read More…years in Los Angeles, California, where he focused on the upcoming computer age. The materials tell an invaluable story of man who was called both “the most dangerous man in…
Read MoreDid you know that Village Preservation members receive advance notice of many of our public programs? Our tours and other programs sometimes offer limited seating or spaces. By becoming a…
Read MoreVillage Preservation Brokers Partnership Presents: The Andy Statman Trio at Eldridge Street Synagogue Join us for a special night featuring renowned musican Andy Statman and the Andy Statman Trio performing…
Read More…and often suffocating society she portrayed so brilliantly. Writer, lecturer and tour guide Carl Raymond will share a unique view inside that world with sites past and present, including the Fifth Avenue…
Read MoreJames and Karla Murray speak about their newly published collection of popular and critically acclaimed photos that celebrate New York City’s unique history and culture—from long-disappeared icons to still-thriving favorite…
Read MoreStreetscapes and Beyond:A Memorial for Chris Gray Please join in a memorial event to recall the contributions of Chris Gray to New York, its buildings, and our history. Speakers will…
Read MoreNew York Nights: A Panel Discussion with Authors/ Photographers James & Karla Murray In 2009, Village Preservation teamed up with James and Karla Murray to discuss their book Store Front—the…
Read More…and tour guide Carl Raymond will share a unique view inside that world with sites past and present, including the Fifth Avenue Hotel, the Academy of Music on 14th Street, Wallack’s Theatre…
Read More…Carl Raymond is a writer, lecturer, food and social historian, host of the upcoming new podcast “The Gilded Gentleman” (produced by the Bowery Boys), and licensed New York City tour…
Read MoreStorefronts of New York II Images and Anecdotes: Book Talk with James and Karla Murray Take a photographic journey exploring the Village, as we turn our sights to New York’s…
Read MoreBohemian Melting Pot: The South Village A Walking Tour with Andrew Berman Visit this historic yet unprotected link to New York’s immigrant and bohemian past. Largely surrounded by designated historic…
Read More…12th and Jane Streets, the Lenape gave themselves access to many different species to hunt, therefore never overhunting one particular type of animal. Ironically, in the early 20th century, many…
Read MoreWhen a Woman Gets the Blues: A Book Reading & Presentation by Rory Block Considered one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists, Rory Block has committed her life and…
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Richard Corman is a lifelong New Yorker who has lived in Lower Manhattan for most of his adult life. In recent years he has been focused on community, environmental, and…
Posted September 8, 2021
Read More…she worked as a research associate intern for Village Preservation before joining our full-time staff. During her Village Preservation tenure from 1994 to 1999, there were many projects she took…
Read MoreVillage Preservation Executive Director Andrew Berman is best known for his tireless work advocating for the preservation and protection of our neighborhoods. But did you know that he is also…
Read More…memory. It is possible also that Halpert was written out of American art history, like so many others, because she was a Jewish immigrant, and a woman. The reason may…
Read More…a collateral effect on beloved East Village folk art: the removal of lightpole mosaics by “Mosaic Man” Jim Power. Lightpoles that Power had decorated with his local, colorful, historical designs…
Read MoreGreening NYC’s Historic Buildings: Green Rowhouse Manual This program will explore the overarching reasons for creating the Green Rowhouse Manual—the first of its kind in the city—as well as offer…
Read MoreA Night With The Andy Statman Trio at the Historic Eldridge Street Synagogue Andy Statman is “One of the most influential musicians in modern acustic music… he helped invent the…
Read MoreHaunts of Dylan Thomas walking tour with Poet Bob Holman Join your fellow Village Preservation members and Bob Holman for a guided tour of the Greenwich Village sites that are…
Read More…in length, deviates from that patriarchal trend. It was named after a woman who was exceptional in her philanthropic and educational work, Joanna Graham Bethune (1770-1860). Bethune and her mother…
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…City starting in 1933. In 1979, Noah proposed an elevated park be built upon the structural remains of the abandoned rail line, which he dubbed “the Manhattan Promenade.” This collection…
Posted October 13, 2021
Read More…stepped up to lend a hand in the fight. As the strike wore on, Lemlich continued to lead and inspire, along with Emma Goldman and many others. These women made it…
Read MoreThe Life and Art of William Glackens: A lecture and slideshow with art historian Avis Berman William Glackens was an American realist painter who was essential to the development of…
Read MoreThe Wild Wild West Side A tour of Manhattan along the Hudson Follow the leaders of the Greenwich Village Community Taskforce as they as they discuss the history and future…
Read More…work by Daniel Chester French includes The Minute Man statue (1871–75) at the Minuteman National Historic Park; the John Harvard statue (1883-84) at Harvard University ; the memorial of Dr….
Read MoreThe Lost Waterfront: The Decline and Rebirth of Manhattan’s Western Shore: A Slide Lecture with Shelley Seccombe Shelley Seccombe’s photographs show it like it was—a dilapidated waterfront where once-handsome structures…
Read MoreCelebrating the Public at 50 with a showing of Illyria and talkback with Village Preservation Executive Director Andrew Berman Join The Public and VP for a matinee performance of Illyria,…
Read More…this talk, part of our celebration of the thoroughfare’s 200th anniversary, we’ll explore some of the early mansions constructed on Fifth Avenue below 14th Street in the years prior to achieving…
Read MoreThe New Yorkers: A book by photographer Robert Herman “The New Yorkers” is Robert Herman’s astounding collection of photographs of New York City, shot between 1978-2005 on Kodachrome. The book…
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…organization until 1999. Among the many projects she undertook were invaluable photo surveys of early 19th century architecture in Lower Manhattan, which helped form the basis for later landmarking campaigns…
Posted April 12, 2023
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In 1839-40, Don Alonzo Cushman (more here), b. 1792, d. 1875, built the red-brick Greek Revival rowhouses at 406-418 West 20th Street. Don contributed a great deal to the development…
Posted June 1, 2020
Read MoreButchery on Bond Street: A lecture and slideshow with author Benjamin Feldman On the morning of January 31, 1857, Harvey Burdell’s body was found on the floor of his dentistry…
Read MoreOn Saturday, at the age of 69, Clarence Clemons, aka the Big Man, passed away in Palm Beach, Florida. Known best for his role as the unbelievably talented saxophonist in…
Read More5 Dutch Days Lecture: Manhattan’s Indians A Lecture with Karen Kupperman Indians in the settlement of Sapokanican located in what is now the West Village, in the rest of the…
Read More…long-time, retirement-ready owners sold the business to Manish (Manny) Goswami, a pharmacist from Gujarat, India who had moved to the city in 2008. For Manny, this was the culmination of…
Read MoreInterview about the State of Historic Preservation with Executive Director Andrew Berman Join Executive Director Andrew Berman as he is interviewed by Catherine Perebinossoff of Let’s Travel, an Internet radio…
Read More…in the care of Marymount Manhattan College. His papers have much to say about theater history, the changing downtown neighborhoods, and the advent of AIDS in the community. Mary Elizabeth…
Read MoreImage courtesy of Northwestern. On November 14, 1851, Herman Melville’s magnum opus, Moby-Dick, was published. Unlike the search for a white whale, it isn’t difficult to find Melville’s deep connection…
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In 1839-40, Don Alonzo Cushman (b. 1792, d. 1875) built the red-brick Greek Revival rowhouses at 406-418 West 20th Street. Don contributed a great deal to the development of the…
Posted June 1, 2020
Read More…institutions, governments, and individuals who stood in the way of AIDS treatment for all. For over two decades, Sarah Schulman has worked to document and preserve this history, most recently…
Read More…infinitely easier. Executive Director Andrew Berman will delve into all of this and more, as we look back at the last forty years, as well as the years ahead. Andrew Berman has been…
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As documented by the Historic Districts Council: “The Laing Stores (1848-49), also known as the Bogardus Building, was initially located at the northwest corner of Washington and Murray Streets, an…
Posted April 5, 2021
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As documented by the Historic Districts Council: “The Laing Stores (1848-49), also known as the Bogardus Building, was initially located at the northwest corner of Washington and Murray Streets, an…
Posted April 5, 2021
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As documented by the Historic Districts Council: “The Laing Stores (1848-49), also known as the Bogardus Building, was initially located at the northwest corner of Washington and Murray Streets, an…
Posted April 5, 2021
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As documented by the Historic Districts Council: “The Laing Stores (1848-49), also known as the Bogardus Building, was initially located at the northwest corner of Washington and Murray Streets, an…
Posted April 5, 2021
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As documented by the Historic Districts Council: “The Laing Stores (1848-49), also known as the Bogardus Building, was initially located at the northwest corner of Washington and Murray Streets, an…
Posted April 5, 2021
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Luigi Raybaut directed Our Lady of Pompei’s Passion Plays and took the role of Judas in them from 1923 to about 1931. Inscribed to Our Lady of Pompei’s pastor, Antonio…
Posted June 2, 2020
Read MoreSTORE FRONT II – A History Preserved: A book program with photodocumentarians James & Karla Murray In this visual presentation, the Murrays take the audience on a new photographic journey…
Read MoreEnslaved and Free Africans in Lower Manhattan, 1613-1741 with Sylviane A. Diouf This talk will explore the early slave trade, Africans’ ownership of land during Dutch rule, slave revolts, and…
Read More…Commission. Be sure to send them your comments before the hearing dates indicated above. DESIGNATION REPORT CLIP: The designation report for the Bauman Brothers Furniture Store can be found HERE….
Read More…an attractive and kindly man of leisure from a similar social background. However, he had none of her artistic or intellectual interests, and their marriage was unhappy. They managed to…
Read MoreToday, we welcome David Herman to our staff as Communications Manager. David is a graphic designer, editor, and photographer, as well as a longtime activist focusing on livable streets, better…
Read MoreJoin us as Michael David MacBride discusses his book, The Great Clivette: Renaissance Man, Artist, Magician, Acrobat, Shadowgraphist, Mindreader and so much more, which comes out this month. A resident of 1…
Read MoreA surprising number of pre- and post-Revolutionary structures survive in ‘the city that’s never finished.’ From grand country mansions to taverns, townhouses, churches, and the earliest park in New York City,…
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…to turn this plot of land into a garden. Village Preservation’s then-Executive Director, Regina Kellerman, heard about these plans and thought it would be the perfect spot to conduct an…
Posted June 2, 2020
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…to turn this plot of land into a garden. Village Preservation’s then-Executive Director, Regina Kellerman, heard about these plans and thought it would be the perfect spot to conduct an…
Posted June 2, 2020
Read More…charged with violating state and federal Comstock laws and, of course, many of them were Villagers. Amy Sohn will bring these stories to life, including the first woman presidential candidate,…
Read MoreWe’ve added new information to our Election 2021 webpage about statements by Manhattan Borough President candidates regarding the Mayor’s proposed SoHo/NoHo Upzoning, as well as statements by City Council District…
Read More…his neighborhood into a “park in the sky” called “Manhattan Promenade.” While the proposal was well received at the time, it of course never came to fruition; it would not…
Read More…Commission (LPC) from 1974-1982. At the LPC, Spatt was the first woman to hold the Chair position, which she did from 1974-1978. The 1973 Amendments to the New York City…
Read MoreAthens in Manhattan: The Role of Greek Revival Architecture in Early New York City Walking Tour & Garden Reception at the Merchant’s House Museum America turns two hundred forty-two this…
Read MoreNorman Redlich (1925-2011) was the former Dean of the NYU School of Law. This oral history interview serves as a follow-up to a lecture Redlich gave to a preservation course…
Read MoreWe understand that the Manhattan Borough President’s public hearing on the Mayor’s SoHo/NoHo rezoning plan will be held during the day of Monday, August 23. As soon as we know…
Read More…Today known as the Steven A. Schwartzman Building, this central library was designated a New York City landmark in 1967, with the Landmarks Preservation Commission calling it “a magnificent civic…
Read More…children to prominent neighborhood residents such as Eleanor Roosevelt. Moses, arguably the most powerful man in New York at the time, having amassed vast bureaucratic powers in the state, planned to…
Read More…passerby. Woman Crush Wednesday is our day to celebrate and highlight the trailblazing and inspiring women who changed the world from our neighborhoods. Today’s object of admiration is Beatrix Farrand. …
Read MoreFourth Arts Block Did you know that Manhattan’s only designated cultural district is right here in the East Village? The Fourth Arts Block (FAB) will be one of eight recipients…
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…to turn this plot of land into a garden. Village Preservation’s then-Executive Director, Regina Kellerman, heard about these plans and thought it would be the perfect spot to conduct an…
Posted June 2, 2020
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These photos were taken by Nat Kaufman between 1950 and 1956. Nat bought most of his photography equipment and supplies at Coloute’s camera store on Christopher Street between Bleeker and…
Posted June 1, 2020
Read More…started their own club in Greenwich Village, the Woman’s Art Club of New York. Its members and artists who participated in the Club’s exhibitions included Mary Cassatt, Suzanne Valadon, Rosa…
Read More…his neighborhood into a “park in the sky” called “Manhattan Promenade.” While the proposal was well received at the time, it of course never came to fruition; it would not…
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