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The Forgotten Fifth Avenue South of Washington Square Park

…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,…

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Campaign Update
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South of Union Square

…of Union Square with Photos by Dylan Chandler Preserve + Protect Women’s History Landmarks South of Union Square Recognize and protect more than 20 women’s history sites South of Union

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Union Square: Activism by Design

Union Square is known today as a site of public gathering and for expressions of discontent. This is built upon Union Square’s rich, multi-layered history as a public space in…

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2014 Year In Review: GVSHP Programs

…a tour of Washington Square Park and the South Village…Do you know what event the Washington Square Arch commemorates or who’s buried at Washington Square Park? On the South Village…

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Corner of Ninth Avenue and Little West 12th Street, looking north, with 2 Ninth Avenue on the right and 29-75 Ninth Avenue on the left (l. to r.). The Ninth Avenue El being demolished and the National Biscuit Company building are visible on the left, c. 1940

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…

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LPC Application

470 Sixth Avenue (466 to 470 Sixth Avenue)

APPROVED 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:…

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The Empress of Blues, South of Union Square

…series of extraordinary letters from individuals across the world, expressing support for our campaign to landmark a historic district south of Union Square. To help landmark 55 Fifth Avenue and other buildings…

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LPC Application

Southwest Corner of Sixth Avenue and Waverly Place

APPROVED 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…

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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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