…the third floor. Interested in learning more about the St. Mark’s Historic District? Read 1969 NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission designation report for the St. Mark’s Historic District here or read…
Read MoreOn January 14, 1969, the St. Mark’s Historic District was designated. The district was one of the first historic district designations by the newly created Landmarks Preservation Commission. The district…
Read More…Designation Report St. Mark’s Historic District State and National Register Report St. Mark’s Historic District State and National Register Photos St. Mark’s Historic District Extension St. Mark’s Historic District Extension…
Read More…private courtyard garden. St. Mark’s Historic District — 1969 The first district to extend protections into a portion of the East Village, the St. Mark’s Historic District includes Manhattan’s oldest…
Read More…the St. Mark’s Historic District Extension. The St. Mark’s Historic District Extension was designated 15 years after the St. Mark’s Historic District on June 19, 1984, and only consists of two…
Read More…Landmark Hamilton Fish House, 21 Stuyvesant Street, Individual Landmark Hamilton-Holly House, 4 St. Mark’s Place, Individual Landmark 131 Charles Street, Individual Landmark Old Merchant’s House, 29 East 4th Street, Individual…
Read More…style houses at 127, 129, and 131 MacDougal Street and 4 St. Mark’s Place as individual landmarks which we proposed for designation. 2003 The Gansevoort Market Historic District, which we…
Read More…of the St. Mark’s Historic District Extension. Today we are going to look at the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension, designated in 2006. This was the first-ever expansion of the…
Read MoreSt. Mark’s Historic District Extension identified here with red lines The St. Mark’s Historic District Extension was designated 15 years after the St. Mark’s Historic District and only consists of…
Read More…following 1969’s St. Mark’s Historic District, and followed later that year by the designation of the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, the neighborhood’s third and (so far) final historic…
Read More…of two buildings included in the St. Mark’s Historic District Extension Twenty-eight years ago, on June 19 1984, the St. Mark’s Historic District Extension was designated. This tiny extension to…
Read More…Market historic district. Today’s designation is the first expansion of historic district protections in Greenwich Village since 1969. About 1/3 of Greenwich Village is currently designated a historic district. “Given…
Read More…the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension and the St. Mark’s Historic District Extension. Today we are going to look at the NoHo Historic District Extension, designated May 13, 2008. Following…
Read More…Village Historic District Video and photos 1/28/19 Learn and experience more online here. And, join us in our celebration of the Greenwich Village Historic District – and all historic districts. …
Read More…Weehawken Street Historic District, in 2010 by the South Village expansion of the Greenwich Village Historic District, in 2012 by the East 10th Street Historic District, and again in 2012…
Read More…an expansion three blocks west of the existing Greenwich Village Historic District, and the creation of a new Weehawken Street Historic District, covering a total of five blocks and about…
Read More…an expansion three blocks west of the existing Greenwich Village Historic District, and the creation of a new Weehawken Street Historic District, covering a total of five blocks and about…
Read MoreThe new street signs. Click to enlarge. The Sullivan-Thompson Historic District is the Village’s most recently designated historic district, and was designated in record time. We’re happy to report that…
Read More…to begin consideration of our proposed 38-block South Village Historic District, starting with the area west of 6th Avenue. In 2009, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) holds hearing on first…
Read More…voted unanimously today to landmark the third and final phase of GVSHP’s proposed South Village Historic District, called the Sullivan Thompson Historic District! Landmark designation takes immediate effect, covering nearly…
Read More…Village Historic District. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the designation, and we’re marking this golden anniversary with programs throughout the year addressing the district’s history, preservation, architecture, culture,…
Read More…historic district extensions, and several dozen individual landmarks. About 625 of those landmarked buildings are located within the three designated historic districts of GVSHP’s proposed South Village Historic District. Find…
Read More…Chair, Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC); President, Municipal Art Society (MAS); co-founder Historic Districts Council Ronda Wist, President at Wist Preservation Associates, former LPC Executive Director, and MAS Vice President Frank…
Read MoreLPC contemplates Far West Village landmark designations at May 2nd meeting. LPC Commissioner Roberta Gratz puts forward the resolution for approval of the Far West Village historic districts, which was…
Read MoreOn September 9, 2003, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Gansevoort Market Historic District. GVSHP led the fight to protect the important historically significant buildings in this neighborhood, and…
Read More…celebrations. The Greenwich Village Historic District is one of New York’s oldest historic districts. As we approach the 50th anniversary of its designation, we’re taking time to celebrate the district’s…
Read More…the Gansevoort Market Historic District. The first new district to be enacted in the Village since the first Greenwich Village Historic District in 1969, Gansevoort Market was designated as a…
Read More…for Historic Preservation, the Gansevoort Market district was determined eligible for listing on the State and National register of Historic Places because the district was found to be “historically and architecturally significant.”…
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Read More…history that permeates its streets.” Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Report You can find a list of all the historic districts and individual landmarks in our neighborhoods with links to…
Read More…on Paint Colors in Historic Districts Brooklyn Heights Historic District Maps for Proposed Greenwich Village Historic District Support for Designation of one large contiguous Greenwich Village Historic District (aka “Proposal…
Read More…them can be just as intriguing. Particularly in an area as historically rich as the Greenwich Village Historic District, we find houses steeped in art, literature, music, business, and other…
Read More…Lady of Pompeii Church in the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II The Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II is located along the southwest boundary of the Greenwich Village Historic…
Read More…are often asked why a historic district border looks so jagged. In the case of the new South Village Historic District, the southern border of the district along Houston Street…
Read More…Save 14th St ‘Godfather’ Hospital, Patch, August 8 Stakeholders hope to save storied Mt. Sinai infirmary in Manhattan, Gothamist, August 8 Protest planned to save historic NYC hospital from wrecking…
Read More…that are National Historic Landmarks. As proposed by GVSHP and other groups, the Stonewall District was first listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places in 1999 and…
Read More…local sites that are National Historic Landmarks. As proposed by GVSHP and other groups, the Stonewall District was first listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places in 1999 and…
Read More…St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery The most significant structure in the district is the historic St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery. The church was designated an individual landmark earlier, in 1966. At the time, the…
Read More…Historic District boundary and therefore is not subject to landmarks review. Village Preservation felt strongly that this was an unacceptable compromise of the historic district we proposed and fought so hard to…
Read MoreHappy 50th Anniversary, St. Mark’s Historic District! Panel, Poetry, Celebration On January 14th, 1969, the St. Mark’s Historic District was designated, marking the area that was owned by Petrus Stuyvesant,…
Read More…the National Register of Historic Places. This was the first new historic district in Greenwich Village to be determined eligible for the prestigious State and National Registers of Historic Places…
Read More…Christopher St., Suite 2B (betw. Greenwich & Washington St) 2pm Special Living History: Spend time with The Rev. Mark E. Erson, Pastor at St. John’s Lutheran Church St. John’s Evangelical…
Read More…pictured below. 125-115 7th Avenue South Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Photo ca. 1967 West 11th Street Several buildings along West 11th Street near Seventh Avenue South were included in…
Read More…York Landmarks Conservancy The Oldest Building in the District The oldest building in NoHo Historic District exemplifies the Federal-style. The residence at 58 Bleecker Street, near Lafayette Street, was built…
Read More…for years to come,” stated State Senator Tom Duane, who supported the nomination to the NY State Historic Preservation Board. GVSHP’s nomination of the Meatpacking District for the State and…
Read MoreGreenwich Village Historic District 50th: The Work Behind the District’s Designation In 1969, Greenwich Village preservationists, activists, and neighbors celebrated the victory of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic…
Read MoreView of Second Avenue and East 5th Street. Photo by Chris Hedick. Last Tuesday, October 9th, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District. Stretching…
Read More…architecture make sure to check out our collection of Landmark Designation Reports, including those for the NoHo Historic District, the NoHo East Historic District, and the NoHo Historic District Extension. …
Read More…the State and National designation report for the South Village. GVSHP compiles links to the very useful designation reports for all NYC landmarks, NYC historic districts, and State and National…
Read More…oldest and largest historic districts, it covers much but not all of Greenwich Village between University Place and Washington Street, 13th Street and West 4th Street/St. Luke’s Place. Its continuing…
Read MoreAvenue of the Americas in the GVHD Extension II This past Wednesday marks six years since the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II (click HERE for the…
Read More…striking Richardsonian Romanesque Building that has stood for nearly 120 years at the corner of Second Avenue and 13th Street, and served generations of those with hearing and vision disabilities…
Read More…in the 1980s, the St. Marks Historic District Extension, was created to include just two houses, Nos. 102 and 104 East 10th Street, which were left out of the original…
Read More…commercial, institutional buildings. Slideshow of buildings included in the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District History of some of the buildings in the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District At…
Read More…775 Jane Street Triangle Jefferson Market Library LGBTQ Sites St. Vincent’s Small Business Greenwich Village Historic District Resources Journey through Our Interactive Greenwich Village Historic District Map Explore Our 50th…
Read MoreThe Greenwich Village Historic District, one of New York City’s oldest and largest historic districts, was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) on April 29, 1969,…
Read More…– Edna St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay in Washington Square Park (left) and her home at 75 1/2 Bedford Street Edna St. Vincent Millay lived in “the narrowest…
Read More…of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Council districts. These districts encompass the Village, East Village, and NoHo, among many other downtown and West Side neighborhoods, and each of these districts…
Read More…Village Historic District (just shy of the Washington Street boundary), the house itself has seen a number of residents, and various incarnations, over its nearly two centuries — first as…
Read MoreApril 29 of this week marks the anniversary in 1969 of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District — the city’s largest and one of its first landmarked districts,…
Read More…a historic district by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). The district was subsequently listed on the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark…
Read More…District Leader, took representatives from the newly formed Landmarks Preservation Commission on a tour of different sites within the West Village, to assess them for potential landmark designation. Members of…
Read More…new historic districts and historic district extensions, and several dozen individual landmarks. About 625 of those landmarked buildings are located within the three designated historic districts of GVSHP’s proposed South…
Read More…such designs approved in the Greenwich Village Historic District. The Greenwich Village Historic District was designated on April 29, 1969 — the city’s largest and one of its first landmarked districts….
Read More…While walking along West 4th Street between Bank Street and West 11th Street, one probably wouldn’t think twice about the contextual, historic-looking structures at 293 and 295 West 4th Street….
Read More…named after St. Vincent de Paul, a seventeenth-century French priest, St. Vincent’s became NYC’s third oldest hospital. It was originally located on 11th St. between 7th Ave. and Greenwich. In…
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Read More…included in the landmarked district. For four decades it was the city’s largest historic district, covering hundreds of buildings in one of New York’s oldest neighborhoods. Greenwich Village Historic District…
Read MoreGreenwich Village Historic District 50th Anniversary Celebration! 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District, and we celebrated! Throughout the year, we conducted programs and…
Read MoreHistoric Homes of the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District On August 16th, 1966, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District. This small but distinct neighborhood is part of the…
Read More…Designation as a New York City landmark or historic district is a type of local regulation for historic structures. The Landmarks law came into being in 1965 and subjects locally…
Read MoreNoHo East Historic District map. Source: Landmarks Preservation Commission. Today, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will be holding a public hearing on the proposed South Village Historic District. Yesterday, the NoHo…
Read More…Gansevoort Market, the Bronx Terminal Market, and the First Avenue Retail Market. The First Avenue Market was opened by LaGuardia himself in 1938 on First Avenue between East 9th and…
Read More1904 Sanborn Map Source: NYPL This is the second part of a three part series on the Weehawken Street Historic District. This small historic district is comprised of only fourteen…
Read More…unique ecosystem of independent shops that keep the Sullivan-Thompson neighborhood alive and distinctive. Map of the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District The Sullivan-Thompson Historic District, designated in 2016 after years of advocacy…
Read More…East Village/LES Historic District. Encompassing 325 buildings and 15 blocks, centering along Second Avenue and stretching between East 2nd Street and St. Mark’s Place, it is by far the largest…
Read More…consideration for landmark designation. Other LGBT historic sites Village Preservation has helped landmark (from top l.): 101 Avenue A; the Stonewall Inn, 51-53 Christopher Street; 129 MacDougal Street (Eve Adams’…
Read More…New York to finally designate this building, constructed in stages between 1856 and 1903, as the city’s first landmark honoring disabled history, a request first made two-and-a-half years ago. The…
Read More…included in the landmarked district. For four decades it was the city’s largest historic district, covering hundreds of buildings in one of New York’s oldest neighborhoods. Greenwich Village Historic District…
Read More…also produced a historic district report, describing the 2,000 or so buildings and the broader neighborhood included in the landmarked district. For four decades it was the city’s largest historic…
Read More…it designated as the Cast Iron Historic District. Those are really great highlights to look back on fifty years ago.” The Greenwich Village Historic District, designated in 1969 Levine earned…
Read MoreWeehawken Street Historic District map This is the first part of a three part series on the Weehawken Street Historic District. This small historic district is comprised of only fourteen…
Read More…Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II, the South Village Historic District, and the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District) and four individual landmark designations, protecting about 650 buildings and more than 30 blocks….
Read MoreThe Weehawken Street Historic District (designated May 2, 2006) consists of a small area on three blocks around West, Christopher, and 10th Streets. Although primarily known for its relation to…
Read More…Flemish-style structure of 1888, which still stands at 251 West 13th Street, and is now a private residence. Christopher Park, where Christopher and Grove Streets meet in Sheridan Square, dates…
Read More…As you can see in the above historic district map, the extension connects the NoHo Historic District and the NoHo East Historic District. For the most part, the 56 buildings…
Read More…After a hard-fought, ten-year campaign led by GVSHP, three new historic districts were created including the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II in 2010, the South Village Historic District in 2013, and the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District…
Read MoreWest Washington Market, 1936. Courtesy of NYPL Digital Collection On this day in 1954, the West Washington Market, which stood on the west side of West Street at Gansevoort Street…
Read More…share a little history about the district. Designated August 16, 1966, the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District is unique in its concentration of early Federal-style homes and is well known as the…
Read More4 Weehawken Street, 1929. Source: NYLP This is the third part of a three part series on the Weehawken Street Historic District. This small historic district is comprised of only…
Read More…still owned and maintained by the Shearith Israel congregation, now located on the Upper West Side. Blauvelt House, 232 W. 10th St. Blauvelt House, 232 W. 10th St. Photo…
Read More…on the building, marking the very first meeting of what would become PFLAG, which had taken place there 40 years earlier. St. John’s Evangelical Church, 81 Christopher Street St. John’s…
Read More…an overall timeline and map of the buildings making for a comprehensive study of a historic district which is nearly as old as the New York City Landmarks Law itself,…
Read More…the Greenwich Village Historic District. The map includes themed tours and an updated “Then and Now” map of the district witth photos from the 1960s when landmark designation was first…
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