…world. With your input, we’re going to select the 25 most impactful. Below are 70 extraordinary women of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, who made their marks in…
Read MoreVeniero’s Owner Robert Zerilli Village Preservation is excited to share our oral history collection with the public, and hope they will shed more light on what makes Greenwich Village and…
Read MoreVirtual event This September, Village Preservation is thrilled to be launching Village Voices, an engaging installation of exhibit boxes displayed throughout our neighborhoods featuring photographs, artifacts, and recorded narration that…
Read MoreThe Village on Film Presents: Wait Until Dark A Village Preservation Film Series Following our May screening of Next Stop, Greenwich Village, Village Preservation presents Part Two of our Village…
Read More…The Village and East Village, which were once country north of New York City, have more than their fair share of former burial grounds. Many New Yorkers are aware that…
Read MoreRedistricting in the 2022 Election Cycle and Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo: An Expert Evaluation by the League of Women Voters Thursday, July 21, 6:00pm – 7:15pm ET…
Read More…will illuminate many examples of adaptive reuse in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and Noho: the Westbeth artists’ residence; the Jefferson Market Library; and the 1900 St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery Rectory, designed by…
Read More…world. With your input, we’re going to select the twenty-five most impactful. Below are seventy extraordinary women of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, who made their marks in…
Read MoreExploring Village Preservation’s East Village Building Blocks Village Preservation celebrates the release of East Village Building Blocks with a special talk by Village Preservation’s Director of Research and Preservation Sarah…
Read More…With your input, we’re going to select our Top 25 list. Below are seventy of the most impactful women of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, who made their…
Read MoreLandmarking the East Village: A Lecture with Village Preservation Director of Preservation and Research Elizabeth Finkelstein Part of Village Preservation’s 30th Anniversary Staff Past and Present Series From its early…
Read MoreEach year at our Annual Meeting and Village Awards ceremony, Village Preservation presents one unique award: the Regina Kellerman Award, named in honor of Village Preservation’s first Executive Director. Regina…
Read More…Village Awards are open now, and will be accepted through March 1. To submit a nomination for the Village Awards, CLICK HERE To download a printable version of the nomination…
Read More…presents one special Village Awardee with the Regina Kellerman Award. Regina Kellerman was Village Preservation’s first Executive Director, and a passionate advocate for historic preservation. The 2019 Regina Kellerman Award…
Read More…We hope you can join us as we honor Bob Holman and the other awardees at our Village Awards and Annual Meeting tonight at 6:30 at the Village Community School….
Read More…and African-American history, and so much more can be found and are embodied in this district. Images from Village Preservation’s Greenwich Village Historic District 50th Celebration In 2019, Village Preservation…
Read More…was anything but a dull decade. We launched our Annual Village Awards, formed our preservation committee to review important preservation issues in our neighborhood, began our Oral History Project, and…
Read MoreFoods of Greenwich Village: A Walking (and Eating!) Tour Presented by Foods of New York for Village Preservation Space is limited. Advance payment required for reservation. $25 Village Preservation members;…
Read More…for the whole family. The Village Halloween Parade The early years of the Village Halloween parade at Westbeth. Photo courtesy of Shelley Seccombe. The Village Halloween Parade will take place…
Read More…in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, as downtown and uptown mixed, to help launch the ubiquitous genre we know today. To salute and celebrate that history, Village Preservation…
Read More…the artistic capital of the world. Join Village Preservation and the Salmagundi Club (one of those institutions which has contributed immeasurably to that legacy) for an illustrated talk with Village…
Read MoreVillage Preservation continues its research on the unprotected and potentially endangered buildings in our area, particularly the section of Greenwich Village and the East Village south of Union Square we have proposed for…
Read MoreVillage Preservation & The New School Present: Artists and Greenwich Village Series Jean-Michel Basquiat: Graffiti and Glory Brooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat (d. 1988) began spray-painting graffiti art on New York City…
Read MoreThe East Village Preserved: Breakfast Walking Tours of the Proposed East Village Historic Districts Join Village Preservation’s Director of Preservation & Research Elizabeth Finkelstein for a breakfast walk around the…
Read More…shaped LBGT culture in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo over the last century and a quarter — some clandestine and illicit, others shiny and open. The Saint, 105…
Read More…and innovative arts programming to artists of all kinds and the community at large. More info about the building can be found in our East Village Building Blocks page. …
Read MoreVillage Preservation Members Assembly: Presentations and Reception with Village Preservation Staff and Members What are the latest preservation battles? What are some of the most recent victories? What new tools…
Read More…Village, and NoHo: Bea Arthur Residence: 2018 Regina Kellerman Award Winner The Bea Arthur Residence for homeless LGBTQ youth, named for “Golden Girl” Bea Arthur, was born of a partnership…
Read More…Place, 201 West 13th Street Yara Arts Group Regina Kellerman Award: La Ma Ma – Restoration of 74A East 4th Street Thank you to our hosts; to Tom and Jason…
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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…
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Read More…and nominate your favorite Village fixtures for this year’s Village Awards! The Restoration at First Presbyterian Church The Gothic Revival interior of First Presbyterian Church (12 West 12th Street) We’re…
Read More…ET Session 3 of Village Preservation’s new series, Black History in Greenwich Village, will focus on how the demographic changes of the Great Migration fueled Greenwich Village’s role as a…
Read More…Lorraine Hansberry. Village Preservation’s celebratory map of the Greenwich Village Historic District, created especially for our celebration by the artist Barbara Macfarlane, represented by the Rebecca Hossack Gallery 121 Charles…
Read MoreBooks About Greenwich Village Make Great Holiday Gifts: A Book Fair with authors and their books about the Village Together in one room, we are happy to assemble a collection…
Read More…of Women Voters of the City of New York to speak about the process of redistricting and how it has impacted our neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and…
Read MoreOn May 2, 2006, two new historic districts were designated in the Far West Village, the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension and the Weehawken Street Historic District, as part of…
Read More…for yourself! La Palapa La Palapa Cocina Mexicana at 77 St. Mark’s Place and La Palapa Taco Bar are owned by Barbara Sibley, a chef, artist, and consummate East Villager. Barbara…
Read MoreVillage Preservation Brokers Partnership Celebrate the richness of the South Village & Washington Square Park End your day enjoying a glass of wine and hors d’oeuvres in the solarium garden…
Read MoreVillage Preservation is honored to be named, along with MusiCares, the beneficiary of the November 19 “Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s” concert at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall….
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 MoreSnapshots in Storefronts: Historic Photos of the Village from the Village Preservation Collection This self-guided exhibit featuring images from the Village Preservation photograph collection explores archival images of the Village’s…
Read MoreThe Village on Film A Village Preservation Film Series Presents: Pollock $8; reservations required. Part Three of our ongoing Village on Film Series featuring film historian and professor Lenny Quart….
Read More…Village Awards recognize the people, places, and organizations which make a significant contribution to the quality of life in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. The Awards and Annual…
Read More…Annual Awards, along with fighting for legislation and regulations that help support small businesses. But now we’ve launched a new program aimed at welcoming and supporting new small independent businesses…
Read MoreIt Takes a Village: Greenwich Village a Hundred Years Ago with Mike Wallace Mike Wallace, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, brings us…
Read MoreAll killer, no filler! This virtual tour presents the very best ghost stories of the East Village and Greenwich Village. With tales hand-picked by our expert guide, Andrea Janes, we will ring…
Read More…zoning protections for the neighborhood, [the Tech Hub] would lead to acceleration in out of scale development for the surrounding residential neighborhood.”) The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation and…
Read MoreEast Village: Lens on the Lower East Side – A book talk with East Village photographers LESPI’s mission is to preserve the Lower East Side through historic district designation; the…
Read More…Village residents, denizens, and those with deep connections to Greenwich Village. With the heady air of half-century nostalgia all around us, we thought we’d take a closer look at the…
Read MoreGreenwich Village and the East Village Rock Tour Thursday, July 14 at 6:00pm ET Free In-Person, pre-registration is required. Limited spaces remain. Starting and ending location will be shared with…
Read More…the case, however. For decades, it was libraries and their books that provided such knowledge. In Greenwich Village, several fantastic libraries provided neighborhood residents the chance to learn. The former…
Read More…looking at their significance to African-American history and the Civil Rights Movement. Little Africa undated photo Probably the area most associated with Black History in the Village is the former…
Read More…Lady of Pompeii Church in the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II The Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II is located along the southwest boundary of the Greenwich Village Historic…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read More…Manhattan street grid Photo courtesy of Village Preservation Ironically, the very geometric and regular Manhattan Street Grid was born within the very irregular and eccentric streets of Greenwich Village. More…
Read More…visit eBird. If you’re interested in other ways to connect with the nature of the Village, check out one of the many community gardens the East Village has to offer!…
Read MoreFaint Voices from Greenwich Village: Carl Jung’s Visit to the Village Only months after splitting with Freud over New Year’s 1913, Carl Jung made an eye-opening trip to New York….
Read More…history in our neighborhood. Below find a detailed description for each tour so you can choose the one that most appeals to you. Follow the Village Preservation team as we…
Read MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read MoreWe’re proud to release two video tours of the amazingly rich but often overlooked African American history of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. The videos look at the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Read More…we remained until 1999. A great new home. And Regina Kellerman was named the Executive Director: Regina M. Kellerman, architectural historian and a founding advisor of the Greenwich Village Trust,…
Read More…when he shot his Academy Award-nominated film Ragtime, itself a Village-related story, on the streets of the East Village. The extraordinary story of this artist and one of his most…
Read More…Shop, with our Annual Village Awards Conducted over 75 programs about the rich history and present of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo Top photo: Washington Square Park Conservancy…
Read More…century Greenwich Village. Fred W. McDarrah was the primary (and often only) photographer for the Village Voice newspaper for decades, since the newspaper’s inception in 1955. He covered the Village counterculture, Gay…
Read More…Voice” by 50 Years/50 Covers – Front pages to remember, The Village Voice. On October 4, 1959, Edwin Fancher, a co-founder of the Village Voice and Greenwich Village resident, spoke…
Read More…conference are available at flickr.com/gvshp and youtube.com/villagepreservation. Manhattan — Village Preservation (the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation) was joined today by Borough President Gale Brewer, State Senator Brad Hoylman,…
Read More…look than the East Village. Veselka Veselka, at 144 2nd Avenue, has been feeding New Yorkers and visitors alike since 1954. Veselka was a 2010 Village Award winner! Known for…
Read MoreCommunity Conference: The Village Past, Present, and Future with Village Preservation Executive Director Andrew Berman The Jefferson Market Library has served as a center for creativity, intellectualism, and civic engagement…
Read More…accounts had become quite squalid and seedy, and a source of crime and frequent complaint in the Village. But it was during this period that Art D’Lugoff’s Village Gate was…
Read MoreHistoric German Buildings of the East Village A walking tour with GVSHP’s Ted Mineau The German immigrant community shaped what is now known as the East Village in many ways….
Read MoreVILLAGE VOICES II BENEFIT DAY VILLAGE BENEFIT BALL SEPTEMBER 18 You Helped Us Make History Last Year! Let’s Do It Again! Visionary $10,000 You may pay for your support at…
Read MoreOp-Ed from The Villager newspaper, April 25, 2012 http://thevillager.com/2013/04/25/quinn-and-city-cant-omit-3-key-south-village-sites/ Quinn and City Must Not Omit Three Key Sites From South Village Landmarking (if you want to help, write the City…
Read More…1, 1967. Photo from the Fred W. McDarrah: Iconic Images of the Village & East Village, Part 2 Collection of Village Preservation’s Historic Image Archive. Observing what she called the…
Read More…changed the West Village. It’s apparent from the images just how much more industrial, and gritty the Far West Village was in those days. But it also shows how the…
Read MoreDuring the pandemic we continue to conduct research and gather support for our efforts to secure landmark protections for the area of Greenwich Village and the East Village south of Union Square. Our recent research has…
Read MoreVillage Preservation has been offering an East Village Rock Tour, which has met with great enthusiasm and large groups gathering to learn more about the history of Rock ‘n Roll…
Read More…forty-building, thirteen-block section of Greenwich Village south of Washington Square Park, and the second phase of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation’s (GVSHP) proposed South Village Historic District. GVSHP…
Read More…Greenwich Village since 1969. Map of the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II The Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II is located along the southwest…
Read More…Regina Kellerman, Village Preservation’s first Executive Director. Without these women, and many others not mentioned, our understanding of our neighborhoods’ histories as well as the quality and character of the…
Read More…Bid on season tickets to the Classic Stage Company, the East Village powerhouse Off-Broadway theater and winner of Village Preservation’s coveted Village Awards! Classic Stage Company (known as CSC amongst…
Read More…the Village during this time. Twin Peaks is located within the Greenwich Village Historic District. 45 Grove Street Just west of Bleecker Street, on 45 Grove Street, stands an originally…
Read More…East Village through East Village Building Blocks. Today we’re venturing west into the Greenwich Village Historic District for another musical tour. Map of the Greenwich Village Historic District Village Vanguard…
Read More…one of Village Preservation’s 2018 Village Awardees. The establishment is also located within the South Village Historic District. Learn more about our work to protect the South Village here. The…
Read MoreVillage Preservation continues our research efforts to demonstrate the incredible history of the area south of Union Square which lacks landmark protections, and to fight for its preservation. Our latest…
Read More…bit of a Sophie’s Choice to decide which of these incredibly important commemorations to focus on, but we at Village Preservation have solved that problem. Fortunately the Greenwich Village Historic…
Read MoreZinc Bar: A Historic Greenwich Village Venue Village Preservation is very proud to honor Zinc Bar as a Village Awardee in 2022. Join us in recognizing Zinc Bar and these…
Read More…and cozy vibe make this celebrated venue as famous as its long list of headliners. This Bitter End was honored this year at Village Preservation’s 2019 Village Awards. The establishment…
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Read MoreLocated in the heart of the South Village and the South Village Historic District is the oldest continuing South Village Italian organization, Tiro a Segno, today located at 77 MacDougal…
Read More…the East Village’s once-thriving Italian community are all around. In the second half of the 19th century, the East Village was a vibrant checkerboard of ethnic enclaves. Germans were by far…
Read More…around Mulberry Street or Bleecker and Carmine Street in the South Village, if you look closely, or know where to dig, vestiges of the East Village’s once-thriving Italian community are…
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