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Read More…Sixth Avenue, 1923. The above map from 1923 shows that a number of buildings once stood on the site, presumably where the building outline originates. Waverly Place and Sixth Avenue,…
Read More…heavily rusticated details. 523-527 Sixth Avenue/104-106 West 14th Street circa 2014 523-527 Sixth Avenue/104-106 West 14th Street circa 2016 In 2010, all four buildings came under joint ownership. All lie…
Read More…spurring the birth of the “East Village.” Sixth Avenue El Sixth Avenue El station at West 8th Street, 1939. Photo courtesy of the NYPL Digital Collections. The Sixth Avenue El came…
Read More…Avenue) — they were actually built facing the no-longer-extant Hancock Street, and now faced (and used the address of) its much larger replacement, Sixth Avenue (in fact, 270 Sixth Avenue…
Read More…the “East Village”). IRT 6th Avenue El The Sixth Avenue El in Greenwich Village, 1935. Photo courtesy of Berenice Abbott. The Sixth Avenue El was constructed during the 1870s by…
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This image shows the Ninth Avenue El, NYC’s first elevated train line, being dismantled c. 1940. For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this…
Posted October 1, 2020
Read More…is to work with staff to increase the glazing on the storefront level at the Cornelia Street façade to better relate to the street context and add vertical muntins to…
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications on 07/08/2014 CB2 hearing: 06/30/2014 LPC hearing: 07/08/2014 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 11th and 12th Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda:…
Read More…of Sixth Avenue at Bleecker Street, looking north up the Avenue toward the elevated train that used to veer east on West 3rd Street. What used to be Max Moscowitz’s…
Read More(l to r.) 82 and 84 Fourth Avenue, Grace Church, Grace Church Rectory, 92-98 Fourth Avenue (Grace Church Houses), and 100 and 102 Fourth Avenue. For more information on the…
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3/7/2017 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here. Also included in 4/23/2013 application, here….
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Read More…Street and Sixth Avenue, and the west side of Broadway between 11th and 12th Streets. Plans have been filed to demolish the four buildings at 519 and 523-27 Sixth Avenue/100…
Read More(l.) Newly installed bracing for 12 Fifth Avenue at 14 Fifth Avenue constituting site; (r.) 10, 12, 14, and 20 Fifth Avenue (l. to r.) Village Preservation continues to press…
Read More…of Fifth Avenue’s development, Fifth Avenue Old and New 1824-1924. It was published by the Fifth Avenue Association, an organization that was formed in 1907 by residents, property owners, and…
Read More…Fifth Avenue Association (“Fifth Avenue Old and New 1824-1924” by Henry Collins Brown, published 1924) As we neared the Fifth Avenue bicentennial, Village Preservation was inspired to tell the full story…
Read More…Avenue). Samuel Weiser Bookstore, 117 Fourth Avenue 113-119 Fourth Avenue, 2018 Samuel Weiser began his career in bookselling as an apprentice at the bookstore Bentano’s. In the 1920s he began…
Read MoreSixth Avenue and West 11th Street Greenwich Village Historic District LPC Designation Report: Available as PDF. Application is to legalize facade renovations constructed without LPC permits and to install signage…
Read More(l.) 10 through 14 Fifth Avenue after the damaging work in February 2023; and (r.) close-up of the damage to 10 Fifth Avenue (via the Village Sun) We were deeply…
Read More…on Sixth Avenue at 10th Street free of charge for professionally curated six-week-long exhibitions, featuring the work of new artists. Manisha saw the program as a way to support both…
Read More…Thus, Fifth Avenue became the only avenue in Manhattan to never see streetcar or elevated rail service. Horse-drawn bus along Fifth Avenue Another quirk of the system was that its…
Read MorePizza Funhouse at 8th Street and Sixth Avenue, after the signage was removed following our complaints (l.) and before (r.). Village Preservation also filed complaints (as did many of you!)…
Read More…the Month, Waverly Diner (365 Sixth Avenue and Waverly Place). Since 1979, this corner spot has been serving delicious comfort food and serving as a laid back gathering spot for…
Read MoreWhat follows is first in a series of posts devoted to our research of the fascinating building at 143-145 Avenue D. 145-147 Avenue D Early last year, while surveying Alphabet…
Read MoreThe Ukrainian National Home at 140-142 Second Avenue presently. I recently wrote about the rich and interesting cultural history behind the Ukrainian National Home, located at 140-142 Second Avenue just…
Read More…hearings only), and deliberation by the LPC commissioners. 4) View LPC Decision: Available in PDF. 5) LPC designation report: Read these properties’ architectural/historical description: 323-25 Sixth Avenue; 327 Sixth Avenue;…
Read More…any length in advance of the hearing, click HERE. Greenwich Village Historic District Sixth Avenue between Waverly Place and Greenwich Avenue —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application to…
Read More…to a total stop shortly after the Second Avenue Station. Unused Center Track at Second Avenue Station Second Avenue Line As originally announced in 1929, the Second Avenue line would…
Read More…to drive that point home. The Locavore Variety Store (434 Sixth Avenue, at 10th Street) offers an exciting selection of everyday goods and specialty items, all manufactured within 100 miles…
Read More…As of 6/2/15: The final decision was that historically as the building had a signage on 6th Avenue, the proposal was approved with modifications. A proper master plan was asked…
Read More…Avenue, between W 8th and W9th Streets) has been just that kind of market for Greenwich Village for over thirty years. The story of LifeThyme Natural Market begins, improbably, with…
Read More…could find no better destination than our March 2022 Business of the Month, Stevdan Stationers (473 6th Avenue @ 12th Street), your neighborhood source for stationery, fine and every day…
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Read More…Broadway. Source: NY Metro Victorian Society of America. https://www.vicsocny.org/castironnyc/popup.php?id=27 422 West Broadway or 130 South Fifth Avenue. Source: https://www.mountainsoftravelphotos.com/USA%20-%20New%20York%20City/27%20SoHo/slides/27%20422%20W%20Broadway%20Has%20Its%20Original%20Street%20Address%20On%20The%20Cast-iron%20Columns%20-%20It%20Used%20To%20Be%20130%20South%20Fifth%20Avenue%20In%20SoHo%20New%20York%20City.jpg In 1896 South Fifth Avenue became part of West Broadway again,…
Read More(l. to r.) 99-103 Third Avenue and 97 Third Avenue. All of these five-story old-law tenements were built in 1881 by architect Henry J. Dudley for Samuel Simmons. Nos. 99-103…
Read MoreIn September of 1911, the Board of Estimate approved the extension of Seventh Avenue from Eleventh Street (its previous southern terminus), to Varick Street, connecting the two thoroughfares and creating…
Read MoreAPPROVED 03/20/2018 CB2 hearing: 03/15/2018 – omitted LPC hearing: 03/20/2018 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Greenwich Avenue and Washington Place —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application…
Read MoreAPPROVED 03/15/2016 CB2 hearing: 11/16/2015 – Laid Over CB2 hearing: 01/19/2016 LPC hearing: 03/15/2016 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Greenwich Avenue and Waverly Place —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From…
Read MoreAPPROVED 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…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 09/17/2013 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Greenwich Avenue and Waverly Place Image courtesy of Google Street View —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A commercial…
Read More…of Greenwich Avenue and West 13th Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is to 1) paint the existing brick areas of the 1stfloor façade along W. 13th St….
Read More…Fifth Avenue already had but to create an even more beautiful streetscape began to gain steam when he appointed the Fifth Avenue Commission. 72, 74-76, 78, 80 Fifth Avenue (r….
Read More…in at least one surprisingly similar way. 1083 Fifth Avenue (L), Our Lady of Lourdes Church (R), via Wikipedia 1083 Fifth Avenue Originally built in 1901-02 in the Beaux-Arts style…
Read More…District At the corner of 6th Avenue and 8th Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Proposal for new signage for a retail establishment. 2) View the application: 1/31/2023:…
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5/17/2016 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….
Posted June 2, 2020
Read MoreAPPROVED 01/08/2019 CB2 hearing: 10/11/2018 LPC hearing: 01/08/2019 Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II At the corner of Bedford Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application…
Read MoreScope revised and application approved at staff level. A previous version of the proposal was withdrawn by LPC staff. LPC hearing: 07/24/2018 – no action CB2 hearing: 07/12/2018 CB2 hearing:…
Read More…the Harlem River. Stephen Jumel and his wife Eliza purchased the house in 1810. Stephen Jumel died in 1832 and the following year Eliza married former Vice-President Aaron Burr. The…
Read MoreVillage Preservation provides an ongoing record of all applications for changes to landmarked properties in our neighborhoods (Greenwich Village, NoHo, Gansevoort Market, the South Village, and the East Village) that…
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12/04/2018 LPC hearing date. For more information regarding this application, click here….
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