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Have a drink! The historic public drinking fountains of the Village and East Village
I have often noticed these old drinking fountains on historic buildings – there is one at the Jefferson Market Library on the corner of 6th Avenue and 10th Street, one…
Read More12 historic Italian-American sites of the East Village
…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 MoreRetracing The East Village’s Historic Little Italy
…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…
Read More14-18 Gay Street and 14 Christopher Street, c. 1940 tax photo (l. to r., left); 16-18 Gay Street and 14 Christopher Street, c. 1969 Greenwich Village Historic District designation photo (l. to r., middle); and 16-18 Gay Street and 14 Christopher Street, c. 1969 Greenwich Village Historic District designation photo (l. to r., right)
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Posted June 2, 2020
Read MoreTiro a Segno, a Fixture in the Italian South Village
Located 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 MoreOctober 11, 2005: City Approves Far West Village Rezoning
…the Village. Here’s the story: Fighting to save the Far West Village April 2004 In early 2004, following our successful efforts to landmark the Meatpacking District, Village Preservation and allied…
Read MoreEast Village Street Art Lives On
…in the East Village. Baby Yoga (Second Avenue subway stop at Houston Street) The newest addition to the East Village’s long list of murals is the closing trend of 2019,…
Read MoreImmigration and the Village
This map humorously depicts some of the ethnic enclaves of the Village. Greenwich Village To Day. Map drawn by Robert Edwards, 1925. Image via the Harry Ransom Center. With all…
Read MoreCreating a Historic District in Greenwich Village
…parking. In response, Bergier and several other Greenwich Village residents formed the Save the Village Committee, a community based organization that worked to alter the area’s zoning laws to protect…
Read MoreThe Legacy of Italian-American Entertainment Venues in the South Village
…here where we see the historic Italian and LGBTQ communitites in the Village meeting, handing off spaces, and likely overlapping to some extent. According to Village Preservation’s “The South Village:…
Read MoreBeyond the Village and Back: Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street
In 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 their…
Read MoreComing Soon — Greenwich Village Stories
…GVSHP will publish Greenwich Village Stories — a collection of personal reminiscences about the Village and East Village by more than sixty great artists, musicians, writers, directors, designers, restaurateurs, and…
Read MoreAFTER FIVE YEAR CAMPAIGN BY VILLAGE PRESERVATION, CITY LANDMARKS LGBT HISTORIC SITES Sites are City’s First LGBT Landmarks Since Successful 2015 Campaign to Landmark Stonewall Inn
…the Caffe Cino at 31 Cornelia Street, also in Greenwich Village, was landmarked in 2010 as part of an extension of the Greenwich Village Historic District proposed by Village Preservation which included…
Read MoreEd Koch (1924-2013) and the Village
…leader, Koch endeared himself to Village constituents with his strong opposition to “police brutality, air pollution, sidewalk narrowing, the bulldozer approach to urban renewal, the invasion of the Village by…
Read MoreRoundup of posts on immigration and the Village
…Fire Insurance Company Bowery Building The Synagogues of East 6th Street Looking Up: The Stuyvesant Polyclinic The Libraries of Greenwich Village and the East Village Looking Up: East Village Target…
Read MoreTell Us Your Greenwich Village Story
…15th. Selected Shorts: Greenwich Village Stories will feature Village residents Parker Posey and Jane Curtin reading fiction set in the Village alongside Greenwich Village Stories contributors Dave Hill, Penny Arcade,…
Read MoreCelebrating the Greenwich Village Historic District’s 50th Anniversary
…to be a caretaker and watchdog for the Greenwich Village Historic District. That mission has since expanded to include the rest of Greenwich Village, the East Village, the Meatpacking District,…
Read MorePast Village Awardees Inspire New Nominations
…resilience of our communities of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, Village Preservation encourages residents and visitors to take a few moments to visit Village Preservation’s website and submit…
Read MoreJohn Guare Oral History: a Writer of the Theater, and of Greenwich Village
Village Preservation shares our oral history collection with the public, highlighting some of the people and stories that make Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo such unique and vibrant…
Read MoreMapping the Italian South Village
…we had already had….. The demarcated section of this 1919 map points out the South Village as an Italian-American enclave Greenwich Village was designated as an historic district in 1969,…
Read MoreNaming a Neighborhood: The East Village
…them advertising rooms for “$40 and down” – are increasingly referring to the area as Village East or East Village.” In 1958 the Orpheum Theatre took over the old Player’s…
Read MoreEchoes of Bastille Day in Greenwich Village
…in the Village? The answer is at our very own authentic Parisian bakery and 2017 Village Award Winner, Patisserie Claude. As one of the very few independent patisseries left in…
Read MoreGreenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation Day Declared!
Rose Mendez proclaimed December 2, 2010 to be Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation Day! City Council Member Rosie Mendez recognized the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation in its…
Read More11 landmarks of immigration in Greenwich Village
…credited to the first Irish who settled in Greenwich Village. These first residents largely came to serve as domestic servants or to work on the construction of buildings. Greenwich Village’s…
Read MoreMore is More: Greenwich Village Historic District Extension
…Greenwich Village Historic District, and only the second new historic district in Greenwich Village since 1969. As early as 1963, Jane Jacobs wrote to the chair of the New York…
Read MoreCarol Greitzer: Helping Defeat Tammany Hall & Saving Greenwich Village
…activist and longtime member of the Village Preservation Board of Advisors. During her decades-long career, much of which took place within Greenwich Village, Greitzer has had a significant impact upon…
Read MoreThree Takeaways from Escape from New York: The 1822 Yellow Fever Outbreak and the Creation of Greenwich Village
…Village from farmland to urban community, crossroads of the world, and home of Village Preservation! In this program, James Nevius took us through a tour of Greenwich Village, the East…
Read MoreBeyond the Village and Back: Architecture in Prospect Lefferts Gardens
In 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 MoreOral History: Calvin Trillin’s ‘West Village’
Calvin Trillin, photo by Richard Drew/AP Village Preservation shares our oral history collection with the public, highlighting some of the people and stories that make Greenwich Village, the East Village,…
Read MoreYour chance to recognize a Village treasure!
Nominations are now open for the 2013 Village Awards. Since 1991, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation has presented awards to members of our community as our way of…
Read MoreExploring Virtual Village Voices, Part 6: Larry Kramer, Helen Levitt, and Edna St. Vincent Millay
In 2021 and 2022, Village Preservation developed an innovative outdoor public art exhibition that was displayed throughout Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. VILLAGE VOICES featured photographs, artifacts, and…
Read MoreVillage Pride & LGBT Establishments
…2016, Julius’ also received a Village Awardfrom Village Preservation. Check out more about our upcoming Village Awards here. Julius’ is closed at this time due to COVID precautions, but that may change…
Read MoreThis Day in 1984: The Pope of Greenwich Village
…York’s criminal underworld. And in the meantime, we get some nice peeks at the Greenwich Village of the mid-1980s. credit: Abe Books The Pope of Greenwich Village began as a…
Read MoreMae West learned “the best way to behave is to misbehave” in Greenwich Village
…14. West would spend her life on the stage and in film, constantly courting controversy and pushing boundaries. Village Vaudeville and the Greenwich Village Theatre Vaudeville is a genre of…
Read MoreNew April and May 2024 Programs: Walking Tours, Histories of Fifth Avenue and The Village Voice, and More
…event Spots Still Available Impressions of Great Establishments of Greenwich Village: An Evening with Artist Lily Annabelle Caleakav, Village Preservation, and the LGBT Historic Sites Project Tuesday, April 16, 2024…
Read MoreMarch 2024 Programs: Black History in Greenwich Village, Berenice Abbott, Jane Jacobs, and More
…Session 3 of our Black History in Greenwich Village series will focus on how the demographic changes of the Great Migration fueled Greenwich Village’s role as a hotbed for the…
Read MoreExploring Virtual Village Voices, Part 4: Bob Dylan, Martha Graham, and Lorraine Hansberry
…of Village Preservation, Greenwich Village resident, and townhouse real estate specialist for Douglas Elliman. https://soundcloud.com/villagepreservation/martha-graham-village-voices-audio?si=711f59832c164ba8bd69613409ab20f6&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Lorraine Hansberry Lorraine Hansberry was a staple of the progressive, creative scene in Greenwich Village…
Read MoreSix Degrees of Kevin Bacon: Greenwich Village Edition
…and most of its building demolished over the protests of Village Preservation in 2004). That was almost too easy. Here are some other Kevin Bacon-Greenwich Village connections: Kevin Bacon’s first…
Read MoreThis Columbus Day, Save the South Village
…out of the Greenwich Village Historic District (read Village Preservation’s history and report, “The South Village: A Proposal for Historic District Designation“). After years of effort, in 2010 the first…
Read MoreThe Oldest Building in the Village?
…buildings we researched while tracking down the oldest in the Village Fortunately for us as we attempt to answer this question, the Village has been well researched. We know the…
Read MoreThe Oldest Building in the Village?
…we researched while tracking down the oldest in the Village Fortunately for us as we attempt to answer this question, the Village has been well researched. We know the histories…
Read MoreNew Interactive ‘Beyond The Village and Back’ Maps Showcase Great Landmarks Throughout NYC and Their Local Connections
…landmarks, and their often hidden connections to Greenwich Village and the East Village. Beyond the Village and Back: Manhattan Below 72nd Street and Beyond the Village and Back: Manhattan Above…
Read MoreGVHD50 and Stonewall50 – LGBTQ Sites of the Greenwich Village Historic District
…Greenwich Village Historic District on Village Preservation’s Civil Rights and Social Justice Map, and from the LGBT Historic Sites Project. Village Preservation’s Stonewall50 Programs lineup can be found online here….
Read MoreMichael E. Levine Oral History: How the Greenwich Village Historic District, SoHo, and Stonewall Happened
Village Preservation shares our oral history collection with the public, highlighting some of the people and stories that make Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo such unique and vibrant…
Read MoreGrowing up Alongside the West Village Waterfront of the 1990s
…on Barrow Street and then Bank Street, both between Washington and West Streets, and both within the West Village Houses complex. West Village Houses along west side of Washington Street…
Read MoreThe Village Independent Democrats Fight NYU
…Greenwich Village Blocks before Demolition. Source: New York Times, 1954. The plan arrived to the dismay of many Village residents, who did not consider the area to be a “slum,”…
Read MoreThe Oldest Building in the Village?
…Fortunately for us as we attempt to answer this question, the Village has been well researched. We know the histories of many West Village buildings because a large number of…
Read MoreThe 10 most charming spots in the Greenwich Village Historic District
…the Greenwich Village Historic District. Click here to check out our year-long activities and celebrations. The Greenwich Village Historic District literally oozes with charm; so much so, it’s virtually impossible…
Read MoreA Five Year Milestone for Far West Village Landmarking
…Village neighborhood in which she lived. However, in 1969, when the LPC did finally designate the Greenwich Village Historic District, it left out the entire Greenwich Village waterfront and almost…
Read MoreThe Village, through the lyrics of Taylor Swift
…date, and Greenwich Village and the East Village are among the few, if not the only, New York City neighborhoods she references explicitly in her music. No matter your musical…
Read MoreJewish History of the Greenwich Village Historic District
…Lower East Side and Upper West Side in close proximity, Greenwich Village, and more specifically the Greenwich Village Historic District, is not one of the first places in New York…
Read MoreFew Republicans, And One Big Political Paradox, in the Village
…almost the entirety of the neighborhoods GVSHP covers — the Village, East Village, Hudson Square, NoHo, and the Meatpacking District — are a broad swath of the lightest pink, which…
Read More2021 Village Awardee: Bon Yagi
It’s that time of year again…time for Village Preservation’s Annual Meeting and Village Awards! The Village Awards recognize and honor some of the businesses, organizations, and institutions that make our…
Read More2021 Village Award Winner: Mercer Street Books and Records, 206 Mercer Street
Each year, Village Preservation honors the invaluable people, businesses, and organizations that make a special contribution to our neighborhoods at our Annual Meeting and Village Awards. This year, on June 16th,…
Read MoreWayne Shorter: a jazz legend who will be missed in Greenwich Village and beyond
…Greenwich Village, it is only right to memorialize this legend by learning more about his background, ties to Greenwich Village, and his enduring legacy. As Shorter’s bandleader, collaborator, and influence,…
Read MoreHistoric Victory: Far West Village landmark districts unanimously approved!
…have been her 90th birthday on May 4th. Going at least as far back as 1963, Jane fought to preserve the Far West Village, urging it be included in the Greenwich Village…
Read MoreThe East Village’s ‘Queen of Bohemia:” Zoe Anderson Norris
…New Yorker profile. Eve Kahn shares the private spaces of The Grolier Club’s with Village Preservation guests. Over the course of 4 sessions, Eve has brought Village Preservation members and…
Read MorePreserving the Past for the Future: A Journey Through the Greenwich Village Historic District
…Village Preservation, we celebrate April as “Greenwich Village Historic District Month,” since it was on April 29, 1969 that the district was landmarked, culminating a years-long battle to achieve this…
Read MoreA Poet, A Bookseller, and the Father of Social of Social Security: New Additions to the Greenwich Village Historic District 1969-2019 Photos and Tours Map
…celebrations. On April 29th, 2019, we launched our new interactive map, Greenwich Village Historic District, 1969-2019: Photos and Tours, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Greenwich Village Historic District….
Read MoreJames Baldwin Leaves an Enduring Legacy in Greenwich Village
…which he had begun in 1948. The book, set in late 1950s Greenwich Village, included vivid descriptions of life in the Village: “They reached the park. Old, slatternly women from…
Read MoreSneak Preview of September Village Preservation Events (and Some August Programs Still Open)
…at a club/concert hall in the East Village? Did you know that rappers like Mos Def and Biggie got their start at an open mic show in the West Village? …
Read MoreThe Italian Cafés of the South Village
…in the South Village, an area which in the early 1900s was a predominantly Italian neighborhood, and one near and dear to Village Preservation’s heart, as we led the successful…
Read MoreCity Councilmember Rosie Mendez: 2012 Village Award Winner
…Greenwich Village. GVSHP’s 2012 Annual Meeting will also honor seven other awardees for their contributions to the Village. Check out Off the Grid’s posts on all the 2012 Village award winners….
Read MoreA Rebuilt Corner, a Carpenter House, and an Art Deco Beauty: New Additions to Our Greenwich Village Historic District Map
…celebrations. On April 29th, 2019, we launched our new interactive map, Greenwich Village Historic District, 1969-2019: Photos and Tours, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Greenwich Village Historic District….
Read MoreTranslation and Transformation: Carl Jung, Beatrice Hinkle, and Greenwich Village Bohemia
…Voices from Greenwich Village: Carl Jung’s Visit to the Village,” with the historian Jay Sherry from Village Preservation’s program archives. For more information about the radical topography of the Village,…
Read MoreEven More Charm Added to Greenwich Village Historic District Tour
…we launched our new interactive map, Greenwich Village Historic District, 1969-2019: Photos and Tours, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Greenwich Village Historic District. In the months since we…
Read MoreEchoes of Silence: New American Cinema’s Take On Life in Greenwich Village
In 1965, Village Voice writer Jonas Mekas — founder of the Anthology Film Archive, Village Awardee, and subject of a Village Preservation oral history — wrote: “It is not very…
Read MoreVillage Firehouses Past and Present
…beautiful historic buildings in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. Empire Hose Company No. 40, 70 Barrow Street One of the oldest firehouses in New York, this structure was…
Read More2024 Village Awardee: Penny Arcade
Village Preservation is very proud to honor Penny Arcade as a 2024 Village Awardee! Join us in recognizing Penny and five other amazing awardees at Village Preservation’s Annual Meeting and Village…
Read MoreHappy Holidays from Village Preservation — You Make Our Work Possible
Village Preservation’s mission is to document, celebrate, and preserve the special architectural and cultural heritage of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. That means everything from protecting historic buildings…
Read MoreLady Gaga’s Greenwich Village
…Preservation’s 2019 Village Awards. The establishment is also located within the South Village Historic District. Learn more about our work to protect the South Village here. Electric Lady Studios …
Read MoreRetracing the Stories and Homes of Early Village Preservationists
…efforts in Greenwich Village. They met in college, traveled around Europe together after graduation, and then moved to the Village: first to 68 Carmine Street, and later settling at 37…
Read MoreNew York in Four Maps – Walking the Village of the Past
…East Village and New York history by including the dry dock district along the East Village waterfront. The docks of the East Village are shown in orange and reflect the…
Read MoreEdward Hopper’s Village: Early Sunday Morning on Bleecker Street
…1969 and the subsequent landmarking of the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension I in 2006, the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II in 2010, and the South Village Historic District…
Read MoreTop Five Greenwich Village Moments in Fourteenth Amendment History
…Friedan joined forces with Villager Bella Abzug, congresswoman and leader of the Women’s movement, who lived at 2 Fifth Avenue in the Village. Together with Gloria Steinem and Shirley Chisholm,…
Read MoreBusiness of the Month: Village Works, 12 St. Mark’s Place
Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — help us to select the next. Tell us which independent store you love in Greenwich Village, the East Village,…
Read MoreExploring Virtual Village Voices, Part 5: Billie Holiday, Edward Hopper, and Jane Jacobs
In 2021 and 2022, Village Preservation developed an innovative outdoor public art exhibition that was displayed throughout Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. VILLAGE VOICES featured photographs, artifacts, and…
Read MoreExploring Virtual Village Voices, Part 7: Joan Mitchell, Joe Papp, and Charlie Parker
…Place. Narrating the audio is Leslie Mason, a member of Village Preservation’s Board of Trustees and co-curator of VILLAGE VOICES. https://soundcloud.com/villagepreservation/joan-mitchell-village-voices-audio?utm_source=clipboard&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fvillagepreservation%252Fjoan-mitchell-village-voices-audio Click here to read more about Joan Mitchell. Joe…
Read More15 Sites of Critical African American History in Greenwich Village
…Greenwich Village in “Notes of a Native Son,” among other pieces, and was a regular at Greenwich Village literary haunts like the San Remo Café on MacDougal Street. Jean-Michel Basquiat…
Read MoreA First for Recognizing LGBT History in the South Village
…And to the surprise of many, the South Village was once the center of the world for LGBT New Yorkers. In fact, a century ago, the South Village one of…
Read MoreExploring Jewish Heritage, Beyond the Village and Back
…synagogue in Greenwich Village or the East Village, leapfrogging over these neighborhoods in their 19th-century uptown migration. So what’s the connection to the Village? One could argue that they owe…
Read MoreDecades of Spooky Splendor: Celebrating the Village Halloween Parade
…Village Halloween parade history? Check out Village Halloween Parade founder Ralph Lee’s first-person accounting of the event’s beginnings in his Village Preservation oral history, video of our program with Ralph…
Read MoreGreat Modernist Thinker and Critic Kenneth Burke Calls Ten Village Addresses Home
…on Burke himself. To learn more about the history of writers in Greenwich Village, check out the “Homes and Haunts of Great Writers” tour in our interactive map: Greenwich Village…
Read MoreEdward Hopper’s Village Muses
…the Village intimately connected to Edward Hopper and his paintings, some of which also still stand today. Map showing Hopper-related sites throughout Greenwich Village Edward Hopper was born in Nyack,…
Read MoreVILLAGE VOICES II Launches September 18th
Village Preservation is pleased to announce the 2nd year of VILLAGE VOICES, an outdoor public art exhibition produced by Village Preservation that celebrates and illuminates the artistic, social, political, and cultural…
Read MoreExploring Virtual Village Voices, Part 6: Larry Kramer, Helen Levitt, and Edna St. Vincent Millay
…Co-Chair of the Benefit Committee, and Curator of Village Voices. https://soundcloud.com/villagepreservation/edna-st-vincent-millay-village-voices-audio?utm_source=clipboard&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fvillagepreservation%252Fedna-st-vincent-millay-village-voices-audio Click here to read more about Edna St. Vincent Millay. Click here to access all 31 Village Voices exhibits….
Read MoreThe Beatles Arrive in Greenwich Village
…Dylan’s connection to this area in past Off the Grid posts and in the designation report for the South Village Historic District. Another Beatles/Village connection comes in the form of…
Read MoreA Village Song: “Bazooka Joe Don’t Live There Anymore”
…Cecere’s Something Special. Something Special, legendary South Village shop Of the song, Marshall said: “Bazooka Joe” was inspired by a neighborhood hero I knew in New York’s Greenwich Village back…
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