…between 11th and 12th Streets in our proposed South of Union Square Historic District’s, and a collection of buildings including 519 and 523-27 Sixth Avenue/100 West 14th Street, as well…
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Folk musician David Rosario founded the band Lower East Side, which commonly performed in the streets of downtown New York City. He was known as “David Peel” in reference to…
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Read More…Friday, February 16, 2024 Watch video here Researching the History of Your NYC Building Monday, February 26, 2024 Watch video here Artists’ Homes & Haunts South of Union Square Wednesday,…
Read More…long north/south street between Bleecker and Houston Street, roughly where today’s Sixth Avenue extension runs (but much narrower and shorter) called Hancock Street. While the Sixth Avenue south extension mostly…
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…of Erik Hawkins and Martha Graham, who both had studios in the neighborhood south of Union Square. Lewis founded her company in 1968. Protect the Neighborhood South of Union Square…
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 MoreIsabel Bishop, Virgil and Dante in Union Square, 1932. Image via Radford.edu. “South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the built environment…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More…neighborhood south of Union Square were recreated for The Gilded Age in Troy, NY. The neighborhood south of Union Square was at the front lines of this demographic shift. From…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More…initiatives about the area South of Union Square. To learn more about the neighborhood, check out our new and frequently updated Virtual South of Union Square Map and Tours. Village…
Read More…click on the link below that. Explore South of Union Square Map + Tours Send a letter supporting landmark designation of this and other historic buildings south of Union Square…
Read More…Union Square. 22 East 12th Street The area south of Union Square was home to many people who changed the course of history with their life’s work. People like Terrance…
Read More…Hudson Square, and to enact needed and long-promised landmark protections for the neighboring proposed South Village Historic District. WITHOUT THESE LANDMARK PROTECTIONS, THE SOUTH VILLAGE WILL FACE INCREASED DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE…
Read More…area we had called for being landmarked, with another significant chunk having already been landmarked in 2010. Unfortunately, the southern third of GVSHP’s proposed South Village Historic District was not approved…
Read More…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…
Read More…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…
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 MoreFifth Avenue, one of New York’s defining thoroughfares, stretches from Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, kicked off (or terminated, depending upon your perspective) by Washington Square Arch. It stretches…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More…Union Square, as shown on our interactive map South of Union Square Map. These figures and organizations include one of the largest and most influential women’s groups in the country,…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of the…
Read MoreYesterday, in anticipation of the vote on the Hudson Square rezoning, we took a look at some of the sites currently threatened or recently lost in the South Village. Today,…
Read More…effort to secure landmark protections for the South Village, including the final piece, the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District, in 2016. The South Village is one of New York and America’s great…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More…is clear that the architectural variety and vibrancy in the area South of Union Square are part of what makes the neighborhood so unique and vital. Amidst all this diversity,…
Read MoreThe 14th Street/Union Square Station is one of the busiest in the New York City Subway system. It is also one of the oldest, with the station first opening as…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More…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 and Washington Square Park Tour, learn interesting…
Read More…a Village intersection. Jackson Square Park is located at 8th Avenue and 13th Street, and has had an interesting and varied life as an unimproved public rallying place, a classic…
Read MoreView down Seventh Avenue South from West 11th Street, 1970s. (Author’s collection) When I was home recently I looked through one of my parents’ photo albums and happened to find…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More…buildings south of Union Square. The Hotel Albert – 65-67 University Place The Hotel Albert is one building South of Union Square with an especially impressive history of musical residents. This magnificent…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More…neighborhood. To send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square, click here. Explore the Virtual Village – South of Union Square Map…
Read More“The Handsomest Square in the City:” Washington Square Park Just a few short months following the designation of Greenwich Village as a historic district in April of 1969, NYC Parks…
Read More“The Handsomest Square in the City:” Washington Square Park 2 Just a few short months following the designation of Greenwich Village as a historic district in April of 1969, NYC…
Read MoreFor 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…
Read More…impressive architecture. To learn more about the many prominent German residents and businesses located South of Union Square, explore our German History tour on our South of Union Square map….
Read More“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of…
Read More…South of Union Square. To learn more about the neighborhood, check out our new and frequently updated South of Union Square Map and Tours. Village Preservation has recently received a…
Read More…two buildings are in the heart of Village Preservation’s proposed South of Union Square Historic District. While 813 and 815 are some of the smaller buildings on this stretch of…
Read MoreToday we’re celebrating the accomplishments of some historic lenspeople who made their mark in the neighborhood South of Union Square. Photography was one of the many creative industries shaped and…
Read More…Village” tool. To send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square, click here. Explore the “Virtual Village” — South of Union Square…
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 MoreThe Hebrew Actors Union and Second Avenue: Caretakers of Yiddish Theater A Lecture by David Freeland During the 1920s and 30s, Second Avenue south of 14th Street was the spine…
Read More…Village — South of Union Square Leftist and Labor Tour, 2021. Igal Roodenko is one of many printers, activists, and leftists who called the neighborhood South of Union Square home….
Read More…of Union Square. To learn more about the neighborhood, check out our new and frequently updated South of Union Square Map and Tours. Village Preservation has recently received a series…
Read More…and other historic buildings south of Union Square. Towards the end of the 19th century, the area just south of 14th Street began developing into a vital center for the…
Read More…of Purdy & Henderson at 78 Fifth Avenue, between 13th and 14th Streets, south of Union Square. She soon went to work on helping design and construct one of the…
Read More…losses and demolitions. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of extant historic buildings south of Union Square. Explore the Virtual Village – South of Union Square Map…
Read More814 Broadway, once known as Fenian Hall and home to the Fenian Brotherhood in August 2022 In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the neighborhood South of Union Square was…
Read More…Village” tool. To send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square, click here. Explore the “Virtual Village” — South of Union Square…
Read More80 Fifth Avenue, today (left) and in 1942 (center), via MCNY Digital Collections Did you know that at the beginning of the 20th century, the neighborhood South of Union Square…
Read MoreVillage Preservation just released an incredible new tool, our #SouthOfUnion*]}*Square “Virtual Village” site, which is an interactive map highlighting the architecture and histories of the area South of Union Square.…
Read More…south-facing signage was acceptable but could be smaller. Michael Goldblum and Jeanne Lutfy said this signage was not acceptable nor necessary. Signage facing 7th Avenue South: Kim Vaus, Diana Chapin,…
Read More(l.) 99 Seventh Avenue South ca. 1940 (image via NYPL) and (r.) recently. The site at 99 Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village today houses the Garage restaurant, but seventy-five…
Read More…fascinating oral history. Click here to help preserve this area south of Union Square. Click here to explore the history of the area south of Union Square on our interactive map….
Read More…rezoning, and very importantly, if the City will commit to long-promised landmark protections for the South Village. Without landmark protections, the South Village will be gravely endangered by the rezoning,…
Read More…and Affordability’ (ZQA) and ‘Mandatory Inclusionary Housing’ effort passed, diverse groups, from South Village to South Bronx, from Northern Manhattan to Chinatown, are spearheading their own local planning visions. https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/…
Read More…the end of 2006, GVSHP submitted a proposal to the City for landmark designation of the South Village, the area south of Washington Square Park and West 4th Street which was…
Read More…back and would not be visible from Seventh Avenue South. The rear of the building would be clad in stucco. At the May 11th meeting, the Commissioners indicated that they…
Read More…letters from individuals across the world, expressing support for our campaign to landmark a historic district south of Union Square. To help landmark 72 through 80 Fifth Avenue and other buildings in…
Read More…on the history of these and other buildings South of Union Square, click here. See all Architecture of South of Union Square photos here. Photo by Dylan Chandler Previous Next…
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 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 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…the Monday before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. Greenwich Village Historic District Sixth Avenue between Waverly Place and Greenwich Avenue —- APPLICATION INFORMATION…
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