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The Legacy of the Stonewall Riots
Stonewall, 1969 (image via LPC) The infamous raid on the Stonewall Inn occurred at 3am on June 28th, 1969, and was followed by five nights of ongoing protests. These events came…
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New Oral History with Michael Levine Explores Roots of Greenwich Village Historic District, SoHo, Stonewall Riots, and More
We’ve just added our first new oral history of 2021. Michael E. Levine is an urban planner who worked as the NYC Department of City Planning’s Community Board #2 liaison beginning in…
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The long road to landmark: How NYC’s Stonewall Inn became a symbol of civil rights
Via NPCA on Flickr Millions converge in New York City each year in late June to celebrate events which took place in and outside of a Greenwich Village bar in 1969. The Stonewall Riots are not…
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Landmarks vs. National Monuments: How Safe is the Stonewall Inn?
…have the Stonewall Inn was designated a NYC landmark. In addition to gaining the protections mentioned above, the Stonewall also became recognized as the first ever NYC Landmark designated based upon LGBT…
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The Mob and the Roots of the Stonewall Uprising
On June 24, 1969, the Stonewall Inn was raided by New York City Police, four nights before the infamous raids that sparked the Stonewall Riots. This was not the first…
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The Mattachine Society, and the Post-Stonewall Shift
…LGBTQ rights movement, which burst into prominence in our neighborhood on June 28, 1969 with the Stonewall Riots, leading to a new, much more aggressive phase in what was then…
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Why “Double Designate” Stonewall?
…pages dedicated solely to the Stonewall uprising/rebellion/riot. Another two pages discuss “Gay Power and Gay Pride: The Legacy of the Stonewall Rebellion”. Without the critical information regarding Stonewall’s history as…
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The Stonewall National Monument
…Christopher Street, Christopher Park, and other streets and sidewalks where the Stonewall Riots took place in 1969. President Obama announced the designation of the Stonewall National Monument on June 24th,…
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GVHD50 and Stonewall50 – LGBTQ Sites of the Greenwich Village Historic District
…Stonewall Riots, which took place in 1969, the same year that the historic district was designated. At a bar which is – very proudly – quite centrally located in the…
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Letter to the LPC about Designating The Stonewall Inn
…Uprising, the need for this city designation was then more urgent and timely. “The Stonewall Inn, the site of the Stonewall riots which are internationally recognized as the catalyst of…
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Stonewall 45: Windows into LGBT History
…gay, bisexual, and transgender community and its struggle for equality. Stonewall 45 is made up of panels that combine text and imagery to tell the story of the Stonewall Riots…
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17 LGBT landmarks of Greenwich Village
Last year’s Pride Parade outside the Stonewall Inn, via Wiki Commons In late June, New York is in the throes of celebrating the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, three nights of…
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With #Stonewall50 Underway, Will City Protect LGBT Landmarks?
Celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots have begun at Village Preservation and across the globe, commemorating a half-century since the tumultuous events which led to the birth of the modern…
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The Stonewall National Historic Landmark: 1969, 1999, and Beyond
The Stonewall National Historic Landmark: 1969, 1999, and Beyond In 1999, Village Preservation co-sponsored the nomination of a Stonewall Historic District to the National Register of Historic Places, which made…
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Michael E. Levine’s Greenwich Village, SoHo, Stonewall, and Beyond: an Oral History Celebration
…explore the roots of the Greenwich Village Historic District; SoHo; the Stonewall Riots and its legacies; his life with Congregation Beit Simchat Torah; and much more. Michael E. Levine is an…
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Stonewall50 and Jane’s Walk: Queer History Walk with the Whitney
Stonewall50 and Jane’s Walk: Queer History Walk with the Whitney In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, join us for a free walking tour that explores the…
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This Day in Greenwich Village: The Stonewall Riot
Today marks the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, a series of riotous protests at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village that many scholars consider the launching pad for the modern…
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Stonewall Inn: State and National Register Pioneer
…Stonewall Inn, was designated by the City (which Village Preservation also originally proposed and campaigned for), and within days of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Stonewall Inn at…
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Stonewall National Monument: Marking Nearly 60 Years of Pride and Resilience
…landmark for its importance in LGBTQIA+ history. The Stonewall Inn in 2016 after the designation of the Stonewall national Monument Stonewall continues to make history beyond the June 28, 1969,…
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African American, Feminist, & LGBTQ Solidarity at the Women’s House of Detention
…Stonewall Inn, 1969, taken by Diana Davies. Photo courtesy of the NYPL Digital Collections. Almost exactly two years before the prison closed, the Stonewall Riots erupted just down the street…
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LGBTQ+ Heritage Will Always Be Integral to the Greenwich Village Story
…The Stonewall Inn In the case of Stonewall, that “outstanding aspect” of history was its crucial role in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. These nominations represented two pivotal moments in…
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FOLLOWING YEAR AND HALF CAMPAIGN, CITY AGREES TO CONSIDER STONEWALL INN FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION, NYC’S FIRST LGBT LANDMARK
Following a year and a half campaignspearheaded by Village Preservation, today the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission announced that they will consider the Stonewall for landmark designation, which would make it New York…
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Stonewall Gains Federal Recognition on its 30th Anniversary
…the addition of the site of the Stonewall Uprising to the National Register of Historic Places. This is the first site listed on the National Register for its association with…
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The 1863 Draft Riots and Abigail Hopper Gibbons
…the infamous riots. 339 West 29th Street, a stop on the underground railroad and target of the 1863 draft riots, is still under scaffolding as the city investigates an illegal…
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Michael E. Levine Oral History: How the Greenwich Village Historic District, SoHo, and Stonewall Happened
…active member of that congregation ever since. And I trace all of this back to Stonewall. And I say all of this has been possible to happen because of Stonewall.” …
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Dave Van Ronk: Ally at the Stonewall Uprising
…from the Stonewall Inn. His apartment was a gathering place for both established as well as up-and-coming folk singers. On June 28th, 1969, the night the Stonewall Inn was raided…
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On This Day: New York City Draft Riots
…Draft Riots. These civil disturbances rocked New York City and revealed a deep racial and class divide that existed in New York City in 1863, one that was particularly visible…
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June is Gay Pride; But July is Gay Liberation
…far-reaching social impact. The Stonewall Riots were not a one-night occurrence, but a five-day series of protests between June 28 and July 3rd. These riots marked a pivotal transition from…
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Landmarks Preservation Commission Celebrates Gay Pride, Doesn’t Designate Gay Landmarks
…again in 2000, the federal government recognized the Stonewall Riots’ significance by naming Stonewall and the surrounding area to the State and National Registers of Historic Places, and then a…
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Beyond the Village and Back: “Becoming Visible” and The Legacy of Stonewall at the NYPL
…parts of the exhibition was a section dedicated to Stonewall, which included a blue neon “Stonewall” sign and banks of public telephones, at which visitors could hear oral recollections of…
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AFTER FIVE YEAR CAMPAIGN BY VILLAGE PRESERVATION, CITY LANDMARKS LGBT HISTORIC SITES Sites are City’s First LGBT Landmarks Since Successful 2015 Campaign to Landmark Stonewall Inn
…Firehouse at 99 Wooster Street. In 2014, Village Preservation proposed these sites along with the Stonewall Inn for landmark designation as the city’s first individual landmarks recognizing LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and…
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The Tompkins Square Park Riots of 1988
…the form of protest and riots in Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. These protests reflected somewhat the shifting nature of the park and the neighborhood at the time….
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The Civil War Draft Riots and the Mayor’s House
…target of the mobs on the first day of the riots was the home of Mayor George Opdyke at Fifth Avenue near 14th Street. “As a Republican,” wrote Barnet Schechter…
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2014 Year In Review: GVSHP Programs
…transgender community and its struggle for equality. Stonewall 45 is made up of panels that combine text and imagery to tell the story of the Stonewall Riots and their significance:…
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The Fight to Recognize LGBT Civil Rights History in Our Neighborhoods
…at 159 West 10th Streets be recognized for their connection to LGBT history. The Stonewall Inn, the site of the Stonewall riots which are internationally recognized as the catalyst for…
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Village Pride & LGBT Establishments
…on the Stonewall Inn. The riots that followed over the course of three days are widely considered to be the single most important event leading to the modern gay, lesbian,…
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Stonewall Landmarked! Continue the Fight for LGBT History
History was made and preserved today, as the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to approve landmark designation of the Stonewall Inn at 51-53 Christopher Street, the first such site the Commission…
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Stonewall Landmarks Hearing Next Tuesday at 10AM
Capping a year-and-a-half campaignspearheaded by GVSHP, next Tuesday, June 23rd at 10 am, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposal to landmark the Stonewall Inn, a site connected…
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Celebrating Walt Whitman’s 200th and Village Gay Bars from Stonewall to Pfaff’s
Stonewall50: Celebrating Walt Whitman’s 200th and Village Gay Bars from Stonewall to Pfaff’s In an unfinished poem from the early 1860’s, Walt Whitman memorialized the Vault at Pfaff’s, home to…
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The Attica Prison Riots and the Village
The Attica Prison Riots, which took place September 9th through 13th, 1971, rocked the entire country. The bloodiest prison disturbance in recent American history, the riot was unplanned but ignited…
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Draft Riots in the Village: A Lecture by Dr. Durahn Taylor
Draft Riots in the Village: A Lecture by Dr. Durahn Taylor Part of the 2013 Program Series: Marking the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation Dr. Durahn Taylor, Assistant Professor…
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Hearing On Stonewall National Monument Plan May 9
Village Preservation has been working with a coalition of community groups and elected officials spearheaded by the National Parks Conservation Alliance seeking to make the Stonewall Inn, considered the birthplace of the modern…
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Irish Parade Riots
…conflict resolution: holiday parade riots. Specifically, Irish immigrants clashed with opposing political forces at parades. While parades may seem a strange venue for physical confrontations, Irish parades have long been…
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Black History Month in the Village: African-American & LGBT Historic Sites
…to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Stonewall Inn and Stonewall Riots, 53 Christopher Street Stonewall Inn This site and the disturbances which surrounded it are considered the…
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NOW MORE THAN EVER, CITY MUST RECOGNIZE AND PROTECT LGBT HISTORIC LANDMARKS
…Stonewall Riots, the 50th anniversary of which will take place in June and be marked by hundreds of events in New York City and hundreds of thousands of visitors participating in…
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From Beebo Brinker to the Daughters of Bilitis: Lesbian Life in Greenwich Village Before StonewallA Lecture with Marcia Gallo
From Beebo Brinker to the Daughters of Bilitis: Lesbian Life in Greenwich Village Before Stonewall A Lecture with Marcia Gallo Wildly popular fictional as well as real-life gay women made…
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Marsha P. Johnson: Trans-activist, Stonewall Revolutionary, Village Resident
In the wake of the Stonewall anniversary last month, it’s a good time to look back at some of the inspiring figures that were involved with the uprising that helped…
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Stonewall50 Walking Tour: Where Have All the Dyke Bars Gone?
Stonewall50 Walking Tour: Where Have All the Dyke Bars Gone? The NYC Dyke Bar Takeover crew and Village Preservation are partnering to share some queer history/herstory/hystory of our Village streets….
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From Washington Square to Stonewall: A Walk Through the LGBT History of Greenwich Village
…presence in the Bohemian Village and hear about the places and people from the 1890s through the post-Stonewall LGBT civil rights movement and their lasting impact on American culture. Stops…
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Stonewall50: Historic Preservation and LGBT History
Stonewall50: Historic Preservation and LGBT History The history of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) people has been bulldozed – literally and figuratively – and given almost no due….
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Demons of Discord: Two NY Riots from Five Points to Astor PlaceA Lecture by Kathleen Hulser
Demons of Discord: Two NY Riots from Five Points to Astor Place A Lecture by Kathleen Hulser Join Kathleen Hulser, public historian and senior curator of history at the New…
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Before Stonewall: The “Sip In” at Julius’
…to serve homosexuals, took place three years before the historic Stonewall Rebellion. While there are many resources for those looking into the LGBT history of the West Village, there is…
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LGBTQ+ Pride Programs Roundup
…Cather, and many more! Individually and together, these writers helped shape Greenwich Village into one of the most iconic neighborhoods in the world. Watch here! Featuring Stonewall and Post-Stonewall Celebrations…
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Officials Stonewall on Information Regarding Condition of Nine Landmarked Meatpacking District Houses, OK Demolition
The nine landmarked 1840s houses as they appeared before work began (top), and as they were projected to look with approved work and new construction (below). City agencies have continued…
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Officials Stonewall on Information Regarding Condition of Nine Landmarked Meatpacking District Houses, OK Demolition
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13 places in Greenwich Village where the course of history was changed
…later copied throughout the world. 2. Stonewall Riots/Birth of the modern LGBT rights movement At the time, it was derisively referred to as the “hairpin drop heard around the world”…
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Intersectionality and the Past, Present, and Future of Activism in Our Neighborhoods
…particular geographic area. Stonewall Riots As we celebrate Pride in New York City, we are reminded of its beginnings at the Stonewall Inn. Some of the key the leaders of…
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The Most Picturesque Sites in The Village
…Stonewall happens to be one of the few places where tourists come to take a picture due to the history of the establishment. Many know the story behind Stonewall riots….
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Neighborhood History
…in 2014 and was finally landmarked in June, 2019. Almost exactly six months after the Stonewall Riots, the group was founded by Marty Robinson, Jim Owles, and Arthur Evans, as…
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A Peek Back at the Village’s LGBT History
…special, even unique, place in the long struggle for lesbian and gay rights, with the June 1969 riots against police at the Stonewall Inn, a bar in the West Village,…
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Out of the Broom Closet: Gay Activist & Village Wiccan Leo Martello
…riots of 1969, Martello, who identified as gay, attended an organizing meeting of the Mattachine Society. While the group had gained increasing popularity among mostly gay men after Stonewall, Martello soon realized his differences with…
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Sylvia Rivera: A Fierce Fighter for Trans and Queer Liberation
…and the Black Panthers. A young Sylvia Rivera poses in front of the camera. Photo source: Seattle Pride Stonewall Riots Just days before her eighteenth birthday, Rivera participated in the…
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Protesting the Federal Government’s Erasure of Transgender History in Our Neighborhood
The Stonewall Inn (l.), and trans rights activist Sylvia Rivera (r., center), who helped lead the Stonewall Riots (Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery) Responding to an executive order from President Trump,…
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An Intersectional Black History Month Roundup
…were involved in the Stonewall Riots and movements in the Village to care for LGBTQ folks who were living on the margins. Sylvia Rivera recalled the Stonewall Riots, saying that…
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Historic Senate Vote Had Roots in Village House
…Thompson and Sullivan Streets from 1824 to 2012. Following the 1969 Stonewall Riots, the house became a “gay commune” of sorts in which some of the most important activist figures…
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