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48 Ninth Avenue, 44 Ninth Avenue, and 351-353 West 14th Street, c. 1940 tax photos
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Posted June 2, 2020
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Loew’s Avenue B Theater, 62-66 Avenue B, southwest corner of 5th Street, demolished 1968 (2)
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Posted June 2, 2020
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Looking northwest along Greenwich Avenue, showing 26-70 Greenwich Avenue (r. to l.), with the Loew’s Theater and the old St. Vincent’s Hospital (demolished) visible in the background
The four-story building in the center, five buildings from the right, is the old PS 41, demolished in the 1950s to make way for the new PS 41 and its…
Posted September 14, 2020
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VILLAGE VOICES 2022 Highlights the Extraordinary History of 70 Fifth Avenue
…powerful 20 ft. high installation in the window’s ground floor building facing Fifth Avenue highlighting its remarkable civil rights history. Village Voices Installation at 70 Fifth Avenue The NAACP As…
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Why Isn’t This Landmarked? 70 Fifth Avenue
…“A MAN WAS LYNCHED YESTERDAY” outside their office window on Fifth Avenue following each such act of racist terror. At the same time, 70 Fifth Avenue housed The Crisis Magazine,…
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New April and May 2024 Programs: Walking Tours, Histories of Fifth Avenue and The Village Voice, and More
…6 pm In-person Pre-registration required Free Location: Jefferson Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue Since the early 20th century, Greenwich Village has been a sanctuary for writers, artists, academics, and activists alike….
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23 Third Avenue: An Interesting History and Uncertain Future
…23 Third Avenue. By 1876, 23 Third Avenue was home to the Astor Place Hotel. Suffice it to say that the Astor Hotel had a somewhat less than wholesome reputation,…
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From Civil War generals to Oscar winners: 7 historical figures who called 14-16 Fifth Avenue home
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Civil Rights, the NAACP, and W.E.B. DuBois: The African American history tied to 70 Fifth Avenue
…running in Democratic primaries, which were tantamount to the general election in those states. Cover of The Crisis’ first issue, via Wikimedia Commons Also located at 70 Fifth Avenue during…
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Why Isn’t This Landmarked?: 55 Fifth Avenue
…Fifth Avenue, and the Sohmer Piano Building at 170 Fifth Avenue. What makes 55 Fifth Avenue even more significant than its architecture, however, is its history as a home to…
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Many Layers of History at 7th Street and 2nd Avenue
…align with some neighborhood intersections. In honor of today’s date, we are taking a look at some of the buildings and history around the intersection of 7th Street and 2nd Avenue ….
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What’s In a Name?: Pear Tree Place, 105 Third Avenue
…the company was located at 105 Third Avenue until 1958, moving then to 107 Third Avenue for fear of 105 Third Avenue being demolished. Thankfully, this did not happen. The…
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The Preservationist’s Progress: Mark Twain and 21 Fifth Avenue
…parcel of land in Redding, CT in 1907 and, once the home on that property was finished, he moved from 21 Fifth Avenue to Connecticut and resided there until his…
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Tragedy on Second Avenue
…2009. 110 Second Avenue 1940s tax photo via NYC Municipal Archives 112-114 Second Avenue 112-114 Second Avenue This Gothic Revival-style church was built in 1891-92 and designed by architect Samuel…
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Then & Now: A Home Fit for Fifth Avenue (and Mark Twain)
c. 1908 view of Fifth Avenue from Washington Square Arch. Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York Collections Portal. For most, lower Fifth Avenue conjures up images…
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Then & Now: 3rd Avenue & East 10th Street, Part 3
Last week we talked about the history of the building at 48 3rd Avenue and left you wondering about the rest of the block of 3rd Avenue between 10th &…
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April 2024 Programs: Vanished Mansions, the Birth of Seventh Avenue South, and More
…Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue (at 12th Street) Co-sponsored by the Salmagundi Club Library Committee. Opened in 1824, Fifth Avenue originally vied with several other locations for social supremacy, including…
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From Banking to Biscuits: 143-145 Avenue D, Part 5
…parts one, two, three and four. 143-145 Avenue D If you’ve been following our forays into the rich and storied history of 143-145 Avenue D, you’re aware of its transformation…
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The Decline of the Dry Dock District: 143-145 Avenue D, Part 3
…the functioning of the shipbuilding industry that once lined this portion of the East River. 143-145 Avenue D 143-145 Avenue D But by 1848, 143-145 Avenue D had ceased to…
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Another Landmarked Building in Greenwich Village Endangered Due to City-Approved Work at 10 Fifth Avenue
10, 12, and 14-16 Fifth Avenue (left to right) prior to demolition On Saturday, city-approved work for the construction of a condo-tower at 14-16 Fifth Avenue caused serious damage to…
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Movie Theaters of the East Village: Loew’s Avenue B
…on nearby Second Avenue in 1927, the Avenue B venue began to lose this new local competition for moviegoers. Unable to compete with multi-screen movie theaters with the space and…
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Why Isn’t This Landmarked?: 112 Fourth Avenue
…is today known as Partners for Progressive Israel. PPI advocates for peace between Israel and its neighbors, an independent Palestinian state, and a more just and equitable society in Israel,…
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Second Avenue Mansions of Yesteryear
Woah! Can you believe the corner of St. Marks Place and Second Avenue once looked like this? 1903 photo of the mansion, courtesy Museum of the City of New York…
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101 Avenue A: From German Bars to DayGlo Stars
101 Avenue A. Photo by Barry Munger. On June 19, 2008, 101 Avenue A, home to the Pyramid Club, was found eligible for listing on the State and National Registers…
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Why Isn’t This Landmarked? 64-66 5th Avenue
…Avenue in 1924. The Playhouse Arguably the first art movie house in America, the Fifth Avenue Playhouse opened at 66 Fifth Avenue on December 16, 1925 showing The Cabinet of…
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Alabaster Bookshop & the Bibliographic Legacy of Fourth Avenue
In honor of Small Business Week, we’re delving into the history of Alabaster Books, at 122 Fourth Avenue. Alabaster Books shines as a cultural remnant of Fourth Avenue Book Row…
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The Strange Case of Seventh Avenue South
…story in 1933. As further described in the designation report, “Seventh Avenue was extended southward in 1919 from Greenwich Avenue by cutting through the blocks to the south of it….
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Why Isn’t This Landmarked?: 60 Fifth Avenue
…design the Empire State Building. 60 Fifth Avenue combined streamlined Beaux-Arts detailing with steel-cage construction to help the commercial building fit into the residential precincts of lower Fifth Avenue, winning…
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The NAACP and National Board of Review Confront “The Birth of a Nation’” Racism from 70 Fifth Avenue
…Fifth Avenue. This structure, in the unprotected area south of Union Square for which Village Preservation is seeking landmark protections, housed a large number of progressive organizations that propelled, and collaborated around, some…
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First Avenue Estates Win A Big Victory for Preservation Everywhere
…20th, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to deny a “hardship” application filed to allow a developer to demolish two buildings from the First Avenue Estates, a complex of model tenements…
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Why Isn’t This Landmarked?: 72 Fifth Avenue, Appleton & Co. Headquarters
…Landmarks Preservation Commission has failed to do so. Today, we take a closer look at 72 Fifth Avenue, and ask: why isn’t this landmarked? History In 1893 Marx and Moses…
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Retracing The East Village’s Historic Little Italy
…43 Second Avenue Lanza’s restaurant was opened in 1904 by Sicilian-born Michael Lanza, an immigrant who was rumored to have served as chef to the Italian King Vittorio Emmanuel III,…
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The Architecture South of Union Square
…78 Fifth Avenue 72 Fifth Avenue 64-66, 68, and 70 Fifth Avenue 64-68 Fifth Avenue 64-68 Fifth Avenue 68-70 Fifth Avenue 70 Fifth Avenue 60-62 Fifth Avenue 59 and 57…
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Many Layers of History at 9th Street and 5th Avenue
…popular in European society. It would set the pace for social events of high society for the rest of the century. 24 Fifth Avenue built as the Fifth Avenue Hotel…
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Why Isn’t This Landmarked?: 80 Fifth Avenue
…landmarked. 80 Fifth Avenue, an elaborately-detailed Renaissance Revival style office building constructed in 1907-1908 by the architecture firm of Buchman and Fox, has been a striking presence at the southwest…
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149 Second Avenue
…oldest building on its blockfront, Second Avenue between East 9th & East 10th Street, and one of the only early houses on the avenue to retain its original stoop and…
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Groundbreaking Gadgets on 4th Avenue
…13th Street facade, which has had significant ornamentation removed; R: the 4th Avenue facade, which is very much intact The Fourth Avenue facade is more elaborate than its 13th Street…
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49-51 Fifth Avenue: Trailblazing History Behind a Genteel Facade
…Here is a quiet, refined 1920s apartment building, and yet behind that genteel facade it has some really surprising and interesting history. 49-51 Fifth Avenue A new building permit was…
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Honoring and Preserving 101 Avenue A, Home of the Pyramid Club
On October 30, 2007, GVSHP submitted a request to the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission that they consider 101 Avenue A (6th/7th Streets) in the East Village as an individual New…
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The Second Avenue El
…than 60 years. First Avenue & 11th Street, courtesy NYPL We know what you’re thinking: Isn’t this a photo of First Avenue? Yes indeed. Despite its name, the elevated actually…
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Many Layers of History at 6th Avenue and 11th Street
…descendants of the first Portuguese Jews. One of these is the tiny triangle with twenty headstones familiar to Greenwich Villagers, on Eleventh Street, east of Sixth Avenue. The cemetery of…
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The Voice of Italian Anti-Fascism at 80 Fourth Avenue
…founded and published by a prominent member of the Democratic Socialist Party of Italy. 80 Fourth Avenue, 2020. The eight-story loft building at 80 Fourth Avenue was designed in 1898…
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Stranger’s Hospital: 143-145 Avenue D, Part 4
…parts one, two and three) 143-145 Avenue D It’s been a while since we’ve shown some love to one of our favorite buildings over at 143-145 Avenue D, the oldest…
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What’s In a Name?: The Petersfield, 113-119 Fourth Avenue
…other parts of the city as well. The Fish Building at 113-119 Fourth Avenue, a structural steel loft building with Renaissance-style entrance on Fourth Avenue and brick detailed parapet, lent…
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Business of the Month
Every month, Village Preservation combs through nominations from the public and other resources to choose a special independent store to honor in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo. Please…
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Many Layers of History at St. Marks and 2nd Avenue!
…Polyclinic (135-137 Second Avenue) Ottendorfer Library-German Dispensary. In 1884 architect William Schickel designed the New York Public Library and the German Dispensary. The Ottendorfer Library is the oldest branch library…
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Beyond the Village and Back: New York Public Library Main Branch, Steven A. Schwartzman Building, Fifth Avenue
…The library’s steps from Fifth Avenue bring visitors past the stone lions designed by Edward Clark Potter and then up to the terrace, raised from street level to lift visitors…
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Many Layers of History at 7th Avenue and 11th Street
…Mulry Square,, occupying the former MTA parking lot. Photo courtesy of the Villager. 70-74 Greenwich Avenue/160 West 11th Street 70-74 Greenwich Avenue/160 West 11th Street. Just down Greenwich Avenue at…
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Socialists, Communists, and Revolutionaries on Fifth Avenue #SouthOfUnionSquare
New York’s Fifth Avenue rarely conjures up images of radicals or revolutionaries; it’s more commonly associated with high-end shopping, well-heeled cultural institutions, and corporate headquarters. But cross 14th Street, and…
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After 2 1/2 Year Campaign, City Agrees to Consider 70 Fifth Avenue, South of Union Square, For Landmark Designation
…3rd Avenue to west of 5th Avenue, 9th to 14th Streets for which we have proposed and are fighting for landmark designation via a historic district. After 2 1/2 years,…
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First Avenue Retail Market: Then & Now
…moved to the Jane Hotel In 1977, TNC moved East to the Tabernacle Baptist Church at 156 2nd Avenue where it continued its tradition of presenting radical works and experimental…
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After 2 1/2 Year Campaign, City Agrees to Consider 70 Fifth Avenue, South of Union Square, For Landmark Designation
…Avenue to west of 5th Avenue, 9th to 14th Streets for which we have proposed and are fighting for landmark designation via a historic district. After 2 1/2 years, this…
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Then & Now: 3rd Avenue & East 10th Street, Part 2
…extraordinarily elegant Romanesque Revival building, which was unusual for tenements. 48 Third Avenue Samuel Thorne from King’s Notable New Yorkers 1896-1899 Built in 1886 by Samuel Thorne and S….
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Throwback Thursday: First Avenue Market Scenes
…El train. This track is actually part of the Second Avenue El, which ran from 1875 to 1942; north-bound trains ran along First Avenue from Houston to 23rd Street. Just…
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Lost Theaters Of The East Village: Loew’s Avenue B
…corner of Avenue B and East 5th Street – the site of the tenement building in which he grew up. Avenue B facade, courtesy of mcny.org Designed in 1912 by…
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One Year After the Second Avenue Explosion
Second Avenue and 7th Street, the site of the explosion. Tomorrow will mark one year since the tragic gas explosion on Second Avenue and 7th Street street that killed two…
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Honorary Street Names: 1st Avenue
Our latest examination of honorific street names takes us further into the East Village to 1st Avenue. From 14th Street all the way to Houston, 3 honorifics exist along this avenue:…
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Book Talk – A Walk Down Fifth Avenue
Tuesday, October 18 6:00pm – 7:30pm Book signing to follow Location: Salmagundi Club, Skylight Gallery, 47 Fifth Avenue at Twelfth Street, New York, NY, 10003 In-Person Free and open to the…
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Then & Now: 117 7th Avenue South
…7th Avenue South, corner of West 11th Street. It will replace a one-story structure. This is the second of two new buildings that the LPC has approved on 7th Avenue…
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Bret Harte and 14-16 Fifth Avenue
…Photo of General Daniel Edgar Sickles courtesy of the Library of Congress, and photo of Celeste Holm via public domain — also residents of 14-16 Fifth Avenue. Many of Harte’s works were…
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Fighting for Civil Rights at 80 Fifth Avenue
For its entire existence over twenty years, the International Worker’s Order’s (IWO) New York City headquarters was located at 80 Fifth Avenue. 80 Fifth Avenue, at 14th Street, is located…
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12 historic Italian-American sites of the East Village
…Second Avenue Lanza’s restaurant was opened in 1904 by Sicilian-born Michael Lanza, an immigrant who was rumored to have served as chef to the Italian King Vittorio Emmanuel III and…
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Groundbreaking Gadgets on 4th Avenue
…which has had significant ornamentation removed; R: the 4th Avenue facade, which is very much intact The Fourth Avenue facade is more elaborate than its 13th Street counterpart, as it…
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Fifth Avenue and 12th Street, Then & Now
…Avenue and Ninth Street. At the time the article was written, that mansion had already been knocked down some three years prior, and was replaced by the Fifth Avenue Hotel….
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The Dry Dock Banking House: 143-145 Avenue D, Part 2
…part one. 143-145 Avenue D As we mentioned in our first post in this series, certain elements on the facade of 143-145 Avenue D initially gave us a hunch we…
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Business of the Month: Barnyard Cheese, Meats and Fine Foods, 168 Avenue B
…Gutierrez opened Barnyard 12 years ago, first on Avenue C, with a short move to Avenue B in 2016, because she knew here in the East Village was a place…
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Lewis Morris Rutherfurd: The Stargazer on Second Avenue
…mansion on Second Avenue and Eleventh Street for use by himself and his second wife, Helena Rutherfurd. With Margaret as his only child, Gerard Stuyvesant, concerned about the continuation of…
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Victory! 70 Fifth Avenue Landmarked; Continue the Fight for South of Union Square
Yesterday the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to landmark 70 Fifth Avenue (2-6 West 13th Street), a 1912 Beaux Arts-style office building that is among several critical civil rights sites…
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A family business lives on at 15 8th Avenue
Harry Yormark took over his family’s shoe business at 15 8th Avenue from his uncle Jacob Yormark sometime after 1907. In September of 2011, Off the Grid reported the discovery…
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Victory! 70 Fifth Avenue Landmarked; Continue the Fight for South of Union Square
…70 Fifth Avenue makes the construction of such a building here all but impossible. Visualization of the supertall that could be built where 70 Fifth Avenue stands without landmarking. Village…
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72 Fifth Avenue, Then & Now
…occupied three floors of the space, totaling 15,000 square feet. 72 Fifth Avenue today. Source: Google Maps. Philip Morris relocated to 5th Avenue and 19th Street in 1938, where they…
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59 Fifth Avenue and a Century of Philanthropic and Cultural Leaders in NYC
…north of the museum at Fifth Avenue and 85th Street. The Osborns left 59 Fifth Avenue by 1870, but that does not make the contributions of the New Yorkers associated…
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Many Layers of History between 3rd and 2nd Avenues
…limb and talked about 2nd Avenue and 2nd Street in honor of February 2nd (2/2), but today, March 2nd (3/2) we’re expanding our focus. Both 3rd and 2nd Avenues run through the…
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The International Workers Order’s Fight to Protect All Americans, from 80 Fifth Avenue
For twenty four years, the entire existence of the organization, the International Workers Order (IWO) was headquartered at 80 Fifth Avenue (southeast corner of 14th Street), an elaborately-detailed Renaissance Revival…
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Changing Views on Seventh Avenue South
…Seventh Avenue South was formerly the site of six-story factory that was razed when Seventh Avenue South was cut through and extended southward. Terra cotta ornaments on the Seventh Avenue…
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Business of the Month: Mikey Likes It Ice Cream, 199 Avenue A
…Cream at 199 Avenue A (12th/13th Streets) is that local entrepreneur, and his establishment is our August Business of the Month. Michael “Mikey” Cole is the founder and owner of…
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Speakers Announced for Tuesday 6 pm Plaque Unveiling at 70 Fifth Avenue Honoring the NAACP and Early 20th Century Social Justice Organizations
Please join Village Preservation and The New School at 6 pm next Tuesday, May 10, for the unveiling of our 20th plaque at 70 Fifth Avenue, the former headquarters of…
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Plaque Unveiling Tuesday May 10 at 70 Fifth Avenue, Former NAACP Headquarters and Center for Social Justice Activism
Please join Village Preservation and The New School at 6 pm on May 10 for the unveiling of our 20th plaque at 70 Fifth Avenue, the former headquarters of the…
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McKim, Mead & White on Avenue D
Here’s an unassuming building with some interesting connections to one of our country’s premiere architectural firms — McKim, Mead & White. Meet 119 Avenue D, which at first glance may…
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The Birth and Life of Seventh Avenue South
For just over a hundred years now, Seventh Avenue South has run through the heart of Greenwich Village. And yet, very little is known today about the context of the…
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Then & Now: 3rd Avenue & 10th Street
…the city’s past. Northwest corner of 3rd Avenue and East 10th Street in 1937 (courtesy of the New York Public Library) In 1937 Berenice Abbott took this captivating photo of…
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Business of the Month: Fresco Gelateria, 138 Second Avenue
…well-placed in New York society — as much so as Daniel Leroy (the son-in-law of Elizabeth Stuyvesant and Nicholas Fish, and brother-in-law of Senator Daniel Webster) of 20 St. Mark’s…
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Big Changes in Store for East Village’s Second Avenue Funeral Home
152 Second Avenue We had a hunch this day was coming. The owners of the former Sigmund Schwartz Gramercy Park Chapel, at 152 Second Avenue, have applied to make substantial…
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Business of the Month: Dö Kham, 117 First Avenue
…compel you to go in and check it out. Walking along First Avenue, one such colorful storefront is sure to pique your curiosity. With traditional Tibetan colors adorning the sign…
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Plaque Unveiled at 70 Fifth Avenue Honoring Civil Rights History: Video and Photos
…painter Jean-Michel Basquiat to “Picasso of Dance” Martha Graham (next door to 70 Fifth at 64-66 Fifth Avenue, another New School building), and many more. Explore all our plaques HERE….
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VILLAGE VOICES: 70 Fifth Avenue
…Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free” Village Preservation · 70 Fifth Avenue Village Voices Audio To return to all the exhibits for VILLAGE VOICES, click here….
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The Golden Age of 2nd Avenue Screening
The Golden Age of 2nd Avenue Screening A film by Morton Silverstein, “The Golden Age of 2nd Avenue” celebrates Yiddish Theater in America from the Bowery to its 2nd Avenue…
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The Golden Age of Second Avenue film screening
The Golden Age of Second Avenue film screening In this dazzling 1969 film, documentarian Morton Silverstein celebrates Yiddish Theater in America from its Bowery roots to its Second Avenue heyday….
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Fifth Avenue, Architecture and Society: History of America’s Street of Dreams with Professor Mosette Broderick
Fifth Avenue, which begins at Washington Square, was born in 1824, and quickly became New York’s premiere residential address. Its development began at its southern end, where the grandest mansions…
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Many Layers of History on Second Avenue and Second Street
…day of the second month, we thought we’d take a closer look at just one of those intersections, Second Avenue and Second Street. It may not he the “nexus of…
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Vanished Mansions of Lower Fifth Avenue: Celebrating the Iconic Street at 200
…social supremacy, including St. John’s Park, Lafayette Place, and Second Avenue. By the Civil War, Fifth had become “The Avenue” superseding all other addresses in which to flaunt you had arrived. In…
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