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The Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua
…of St. Anthony of Padua, will present a slideshow and history of the church and the parish. Our previous programs in this series were The First Presbyterian Church, on April…
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Mary Help of Christians Church
Mary Help of Christians Church Read Blog Posts about Mary Help of Christians Church Village Preservation led the charge to try to landmark and save this 1917 church, whose design…
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Come Out to Weigh In on East Village Landmarks
Tomorrow, July 12th, marks a big day for landmark review in the East Village. That’s because Community Board 3‘s Landmarks Subcommittee will be holding its first public hearing regarding proposed…
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Reaching Out to Mayor de Blasio on Housing Plan, Improving the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)
…to suggest ways in which the LPC could work better with the public, improve the accessibility of information about landmarks applications and the status of landmarks complaints, make attending public hearings…
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Open House New York in Greenwich Village: The history of three unique sites
…with the easternmost and the oldest of the structures, Grace Church was built in 1846-47 by famed architect James Renwick, who also designed such landmarks as St. Patrick’s Cathedral and…
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Let Freedom Ring: The East Village’s (Older) Liberty Bell
…Middle Dutch Church. That building was abandoned in 1877; the bell was then housed in the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas on Fifth Avenue in Midtown until that building was…
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Application to Demolish Fire-Damaged Facade of Landmarked Middle Collegiate Church, 112 Second Avenue, To Be Heard Next Tuesday
Next Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will hear an application by Middle Collegiate Church to demolish the remaining fire-damaged facade of their landmarked 1894 church. The church suffered a devastating…
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Embodying Sanctuary: Faith, Activism, and Creativity at Judson Memorial Church
…House board of directors Rev. Michael Ellick, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Director of Public Engagement, former Minister, Judson Memorial Church, and Occupy Faith NYC organizer Abigail Hastings, Judson Memorial Church…
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15 things you didn’t know about the East Village
…Hungarian Reformed Church, the Christian Orthodox Catholic Church of the Eastern Confession in North America, and the Church of St. Peter & St. Paul Russian Orthodox Church. The San Isidoro y…
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OMG!: Churches and Synagogues of Greenwich Village First Ukrainian Assembly of God: Community Center for the East VillageA history and tour with Reverend Pete Armstrong
OMG!: Churches and Synagogues of Greenwich Village First Ukrainian Assembly of God: Community Center for the East Village A history and tour with Reverend Pete Armstrong The Ukrainian community in…
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OMG!: Churches and Synagogues of Greenwich Village
OMG!: Churches and Synagogues of Greenwich Village Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua: A lecture by Father Joseph Lorenzo, O.F. M. The Shrine Church of Saint Anthony of Padua…
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Landmarks Pushes Back on Troubling Gansevoort Market Historic District Plan For 44-54 Ninth Avenue/351-355 West 14th Street
…Landmarks Preservation Commission opposing the plan in just one day. We’re happy to report that the Landmarks Preservation Commission appeared to agree. They expressed broad criticisms of the extent of demolition…
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Our Newest Federal-Era Landmarks
At their March 27th public meeting, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated four individual landmarks located in Hudson Square. These new landmarks – 32 Dominick Street, 34 Dominick Street, 36 Dominick…
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One More Reason to Check Out Our Landmarks Applications Webpage: Cool Old Pictures
A while ago I wrote about a wonderful resource on the GVSHP website, the GVSHP Landmarks Application webpage. This page contains all upcoming, pending and closed applications for alterations, demolitions,…
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A Building Blocks Tour of East Village Landmarks
…This tour takes you through the thirty individual New York City landmarks in the East Village — one of the highest concentrations in New York City. These include a public…
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Three Landmarks in the East Village
Walking through the East Village means walking through history. The neighborhood features 30 individual landmarks, one of the highest concentrations in the city, that offer a unique view of our…
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Many Layers of History at St. Marks and 2nd Avenue!
“Man pulling piano down street, St. Marks Place just west of 2nd Avenue,” Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation Image Archive, part of Carole Teller’s Changing New York collection. This…
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What an Electrifying Past: 19-25 St. Marks Place
…City Landmarks in the same block, the Hamilton Holly House at 4 St. Marks Place (a federal house which GVSHP helped get landmarked in 2003) and the Daniel Le Roy…
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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OMG!: Churches and Synagogues of Greenwich Village
OMG!: Churches and Synagogues of Greenwich Village St. John’s Lutheran Church St. John ’s Lutheran Church at 81 Christopher Street has been a fixture of the West Village since 1821….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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Cemeteries of The East Village, Part III
…gone St. Mark’s Cemetery. These two cemeteries both belonged to St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery. The vaults beneath the Church still exist and remain the final resting place for many prominent…
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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Village People: Frederic Church
Frederic Church was a central figure of the Hudson River School, and kept a studio at the 10th Street Studio Building. (This post is part of a series called Village…
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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Support Grows for Landmarking Effort to Save Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and Theatre 80
…West 14th Street, the first Spanish church in the New York archdiocese, and Theatre 80 at 78-80 St. Mark’s Place, a font of New York culture housed in one of…
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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St. Ann’s Church, 110-120 East 12th Street. Demolished 2005.
…as an Armenian National Shrine for the Roman Catholic Church. The demolished rectory (blue brick building) dated to the 1840’s. Click here to read about the former St. Ann’s Church….
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Plan for Oversized Addition to 827-831 Broadway Returns to Landmarks Preservation Commission 12/8
…East 12th Street is returning to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for a public hearing on Tuesday, December 8. We oppose the plan and urge you too as well. Background: In…
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Preservation Organizations Unite to Oppose Landmarks Budget Cuts, but Mayor Proposes Even Deeper Reductions
Earlier this spring, Mayor Adams proposed budget cuts to the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) that would result in fewer landmark designations, weaker oversight of existing landmarks, and longer wait times…
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City Finally Releases Plan to Prevent Destruction of Landmarks, with Many Specifics Lacking
…be an equally important goal of this administration. TO HELP: Tell City officials the new landmarks plan needs teeth and specifics to truly protect vulnerable historic landmarks — CLICK HERE…
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“Hidden Figures” #SouthOfUnionSquare: The Unsung Female Engineers Who Built Some of NYC’s Greatest Landmarks
…annex was connected, both of which are now New York City landmarks. Municipal Building, c. 1910 These women, responsible for the design that made many of our landmarks possible and…
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Landmarks 50: Merchant’s House Museum
photo source: wikipedia All this year we have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the New York City landmarks law, and today we focus on one of the very first…
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Business of the Month — Theatre 80, 80 St. Marks Place
…80 St. Marks Place, our December Business of the Month. Theater 80 St. Marks. Photo courtesy of panoramio.com. This unique building is a grand amalgam of space, histories, and uses….
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Deadline for “Last Chance Landmarks” This Thursday
Earlier this month Village Preservation and many of our supporters testified to urge the Landmarks Preservation Commission to finally designate four “last chance” landmarks – historic buildings that have been…
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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Landmarks Law
…(Buildings such as Grand Central Station, and the Merchant’s House Museum on East 3rd Street are individually landmarked.) There are also over 117 interior landmarks and 10 scenic landmarks. Some…
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City Council Considers Mayor’s Proposal to Slash Landmarks Preservation Commission Budget
Last week the City Council held preliminary hearings on budget items, including the Mayor’s proposal to slash the budget of the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The LPC is already the city’s…
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Lafayette’s Local Legacy: A Street Brimming With Landmarks
…landmarks law in 1965, and they were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. You can read their designation report here. Present day Colonnade Row. Only 4…
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A Move To Allow New York City To Save Its Landmarks
On April 6, 1965, the New York City Council approved the bill granting the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission the power to designate and preserve New York City’s landmarks.…
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Spring Street Presbyterian Church
…immediately called in to investigate. The remains were part of the Spring Street Presbyterian Church, which had once existed at the site. Established in 1810, the Spring Street Church has…
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Snapshot of the old Our Lady of Pompei Church, from the corner of Bleecker and Downing Street (demolished 1926).
This building was erected as the Third Unitarian Universalist church in 1833. In 1883, the Unitarians sold the building to the fledgling African-American Roman Catholic congregation of Saint Benedict the…
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Urgent: New State Bill Would Strip Landmark Protections from Historic Churches and Religious Properties — WRITE NOW!
l. to r.: Grace Church, First Presbyterian Church, St. Luke’s-in-the-Field, and St. Mark’s-in-the-Bowery — just a few of the landmarked churches and religious properties that could be altered or destroyed…
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A Tour of St. Brigid’s Church in the East Village
A Tour of St. Brigid’s Church in the East Village Join architect Mick Doyle of Acheson Doyle Partners Architects for a behind-the-scenes tour of this historic church that was saved…
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Responding to City’s Troubling Dismissal of Landmarking Our Lady of Guadalupe, City’s First Spanish Church, and Hispanic History
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in 2023 (l.) and 1904 Village Preservation has been leading an effort to save and seek landmark designation for the original Our Lady of Guadalupe…
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2020 Village Preservation Year in Review: Landmarks Applications
This has certainly been a challenging year, to say the least. In spite of that, Village Preservation, the Community Boards, and the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) have…
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With #Stonewall50 Underway, Will City Protect LGBT Landmarks?
…LGBT rights movement. In 2014, Village Preservation began a campaign to get the City to finally recognize and protect LGBT landmarks in our city, of which none received explicit recognition…
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Accomplishments
…house at 4 St. Mark’s Place which would have allowed a new office building at St. Mark’s Place and 3rd Avenue to grow 20% larger than zoning allows. We spearheaded…
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Landmarks Hearing 11/5 on Sites Proposed for ‘De-Calendaring’
…a plan very much in line with what we called for, which includes these upcoming hearings.. About the buildings: 57 Sullivan Street (Broome Street), 138 Second Avenue (St. Mark’s Place)…
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The Female Trailblazer Who Helped Build New York’s Landmarks #SouthOfUnionSquare
…and left behind some of its most beloved landmarks. 78 Fifth Avenue, c. 1940, courtesy of Municipal Archives 78 Fifth Avenue is a Neo-Rennasiance style loft building constructed in 1896…
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Stonewall Landmarks Hearing Next Tuesday at 10AM
…23rd at 10 am at the Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing room, Municipal Building, One Centre Street (at Chambers St.), 9th floor. Bring photo ID. Testify and urge the Commission to landmark the…
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Where Hip Vintage in NYC Got its Start: Limbo on St. Marks Place
…was first located at 24 St. Mark’s Place, and by 1967, made its home at 4 St. Mark’s Place. This second-hand shop, initially appealing to hippies, rebellious teens, and young…
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47 West 8th’s Run-In with the Landmarks Law
…when we noticed the property had violated the Landmarks Law by not filing for a Certificate of Appropriateness (C of A) application before it made changes to the building. The…
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St Marks is Dead: A book talk with author Ada Calhoun
…St. Marks native Ada Calhoun traces the 400-year history of the area—organized around pivotal moments when yet another group of denizens declared, “St. Marks is Dead.” And yet, Calhoun shows…
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Ten Years as Landmarks for Two Nearly Two Hundred Year Old Houses
…Rohr family were designated landmarks by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. These two houses were among thirteen federal houses which GVSHP and the New York Landmarks Conservancy proposed…
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The Trio of Landmarks on Dominick Street
On March 27, 2012, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated as landmarks three of Manhattan’s oldest homes, all of which are gathered in a row on Dominick Street. Nos. 32, 34,…
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Pride Month: Fighting for LGBTQ+ Landmarks #SouthOfUnionSquare
Village Preservation has called upon the Landmarks Preservation Commission to finally landmark our proposed historic district South of Union Square, highlighting more than a dozen sites critical to LGBTQ+ history…
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Landmarks of a Capital of Jazz
A sign of the times, present and past. Photo by Dorkys Ramos for the NEA. It’s been a heavy spring so far, with troubling news around the world, the nation,…
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Facing Broad Opposition, Landmarks Balks at Plan for Massive Excavation and Alterations at 131 and 131 1/2 Charles Street
Exterior of 131 Charles Street (left), and proposed alterations to the site We’re happy to report that at today’s Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing on the troubling and potentially dangerous proposed…
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Mayor Again Proposes Cuts to the Landmarks Preservation Commission Budget, Threatening Preservation
Mayor Adams preliminary proposed budget once again slashes funding to the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission. Reduced funding means less oversight to prevent the growing plague of the destruction of historic…
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City Fails to Protect Public Safety, Landmarks at 14-18 Gay Street/16-20 Christopher Streets
…penalized and strongly disincentivized. However, following a recent meeting with the NYC Department of Buildings and the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) arranged by Councilmember Erik Bottcher, we learned just…
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