Trump SoHo under construction Last November, we showed how — to our amazement — the City’s own “Community Profile” of Community Board #2 categorized the Trump SoHo “Condo-Hotel” as a…
Read More…as the NYC Department of City Planning’s Community Board #2 (Greenwich Village, SoHo, NoHo, Little Italy, Hudson Square) liaison beginning in the 1960s, and was intimately involved in the landmark…
Read More…the designation of the NoHo Historic District in 1999, GVSHP was a staunch advocate for extending landmark protections to the remainder of the NoHo neighborhood, as were many long-time neighborhood residents. …
Read More…changes to the SoHo/NoHo rezoning, eliminating some of the most egregious elements of the upzoning + displacement plan. We staged our first “Village Voices” fundraiser and exhibit, our weeks-long multi-site,…
Read More…been taken to protect our neighborhoods, often thanks to efforts led by Village Preservation. This year, we will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the NoHo Historic District, designated on June…
Read More…the East Village, and NoHo played key roles in the women’s suffrage movement. These neighborhoods have long been centers of political ferment and progressive social change, and women and men…
Read MoreOur neighborhoods are renowned for their rich cultural history and storied past. While often associated with artistic bohemia and progressive movements, our streets hold a lesser-known narrative that significantly shaped…
Read More…you can imagine, much (but not all) of our neighborhoods did not fare well on this scale at this time. The neighborhoods were graded on a scale of A, B,…
Read More…and abuts the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, which was designated on August 14, 1973. But the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, our historic neighbor to the south and east, is nevertheless a…
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…series, focusing on NoHo. Be sure to read our other posts about the West Village LGBT historic sites here, those in the East Village here, and the South Village here. NoHo…
Read More…to allow businesses to expand more easily (including in residential neighborhoods) and to facilitate denser housing development in city neighborhoods. While not all the vaguely outlined goals and means of…
Read More…activism, and certainly not new to our neighborhoods. The neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo were cradles of this ‘intersectional’ approach to activism (we have a number…
Read More…our neighborhoods are among the primary factors that make our city and neighborhoods so fascinating. Our city and our neighborhoods are made richer by the traditions, culture, and expertise that…
Read More…and notable exceptions). This is especially true of our neighborhoods, which have attracted immigrants of all stripes for centuries. Immigration and the diversity of our neighborhoods are among the primary…
Read MoreEdward LaGrassa was an architecture student in 1969 when he photographed hundreds of cast iron buildings and structures, largely in SoHo and Tribeca, but also in Harlem and Upper Manhattan….
Read MoreSoHo architecture photo source: nypap.org Here at Off the Grid we are primarily concerned with Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, but tomorrow we will be happy to help…
Read More…broad efforts in our neighborhoods to combat chain store proliferation and the support residents show for local, independent, home-grown businesses is part of the reason our neighborhoods have contributed to…
Read MoreThere’s no doubt that summertime in our New York City neighborhoods is sizzling hot! And as thermometers continue to tick upward and Independence Day celebrations approach, we recommend that you…
Read More…America, located in our neighborhoods Learn more about the history of abolition in our neighborhoods HERE Learn more about African American and other civil rights history in our neighborhoods HERE…
Read More…SoHo Condo-Hotel.” GVSHP and many neighbors and community groups opposed having this 46-story monument to ego and self-promotion in their midst, but unfortunately the zoning for this area — Hudson…
Read MoreAs Mayor de Blasio moves towards an early May certification for his massive SoHo/NoHo Upzoning plan, which promises to bring huge oversized commercial and condo developments and vertical enlargements and…
Read MoreThrift shopping is one of the favorite past-times in our neighborhoods, whether by longtime locals, newcomers, or visitors. Who could possibly resist the allure of spending a weekend browsing the…
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…and SoHo neighborhoods, then in Greenwich Village at 33-35 South 5th Avenue (now LaGuardia Place between Bleecker and West 3rd Streets), and his last in what we today call NoHo…
Read More…celebrate the people and organizations that make our neighborhoods special. By nominating someone, you can help to strengthen the sense of community and pride in our neighborhoods. Promoting awareness. By…
Read More…City. How would it do that? Largely by making it easier for them to expand in residential neighborhoods, in ways and places previously not allowed. The proposal would let many…
Read MoreChildren on swings, 1943 Approved as part or the New Deal on April 8th, 1935, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) had a significant impact on our neighborhoods’ social resources and…
Read MoreEdward LaGrassa was an architecture student in 1969 when he took these photos of cast iron buildings and structures, largely in SoHo and Tribeca, as well as in Harlem and…
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Edward LaGrassa was an architecture student in 1969 when he took these photos of cast iron buildings and structures, largely in SoHo and Tribeca, as well as in Harlem and…
Posted April 12, 2021
Read More…NoHo Historic District and next to the Bayard Condict Building, and so today we will look into the history and architecture of this structure beyond the description in the designation…
Read More…1979 and 1984, when it was transformed from an underground phenomenon to a style encompassing multiple “pillars” that gained worldwide exposure. And many key elements of that transformation took place…
Read More…course of this month we’re focusing on four areas of our neighborhood — the West Village, East Village, NoHo, and South Village — to highlight important locations, either long gone…
Read More…found in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and Noho. The main antecedents of the NYPL which formed the foundation of today’s system— the Astor Library, the Lenox Library, and the…
Read More…three crucial stages of our zoning, by looking at some classic examples in our neighborhoods. The 1916 Zoning Resolution Hugh Ferriss’ renderings from the early 1920s show the outlines of…
Read MoreNew York is renowned for its vibrant immigrant history, and the many diverse neighborhoods born out of years of heavy immigration in the 19th and early 20th-centuries. But for all…
Read MoreBasquiat and NoHo In the late 1980’s, Jean-Michel Basquiat lived and worked at 57 Great Jones Street in Manhattan. This studio space owned by Andy Warhol served as a kind…
Read More…influenced by NoHo and downtown neighborhoods, but he forever changed them too. As Patti Astor described, Basquiat and artists like him were so important to the neighborhood, their talent and…
Read MoreOn January 3, 2017, we launched our Civil Rights and Social Justice Map, a unique online resource that marks more than 200 sites in our neighborhoods significant to the history…
Read More…has impacted our neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. The 2022 election cycle in New York has been rocked by unprecedented upheaval resulting from last-minute court-ordered redistricting…
Read MoreFrom left: recent Business of the Month Carmine Street Guitars, and new businesses Bronx Brewery and Via della Scrofa Supporting the independent businesses of our neighborhoods has long been part…
Read MoreMap of the newly drawn 10th Congressional District, covering almost all of our neighborhoods and Lower Manhattan, as well as much of northwest Brooklyn. Village Preservation has invited the League…
Read More…Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, our programs bring together community members from various walks of life to connect and learn from one another. Whether it is participants sharing…
Read More…were over 1,500 pizza establishments in the city, and well over a hundred in our neighborhoods. Today, we will focus on four that we consider delicious representatives of their respective…
Read More…the public about the remarkable history of neighborhoods, memorializing individuals, movements, and venues that played a major role in changing our world. Our 22nd plaque will honor jazz great Charles…
Read More…regarding development throughout New York City, some with citywide ramifications, some with applications very limited to specific areas. But at least two provisions could have huge implications for our neighborhoods,…
Read MoreVillage Preservation has long made a priority of elevating, preserving, and celebrating the histories and contributions of underrepresented and marginalized communities in our neighborhoods. We also advocate for policies for…
Read More…over 90,000 of these mini-libraries located in countries throughout the world — including a few in and around our neighborhoods. Little Free Libraries can also be a perfect way to…
Read MoreTrump SoHo “Condo-Hotel” Village Preservation’s work opposing Donald Trump’s massive “Condo-Hotel” project on Spring and Varick Streets in SoHo. Read Blog Posts About Trump SoHo “Condo-Hotel”…
Read MoreOpen Forum: The NYU 2031 Plan What will it mean for our neighborhoods? NYU is scheduled to finalize its 2031 Plan later this year ― a blueprint for growth over…
Read MoreIndependent small businesses are one of the cornerstones of our neighborhoods. They don’t just provide services and goods, they respond to the particular tastes and needs of their community. Fashioned…
Read MoreBetween Two Villages: A Walking Tour of NoHo with Architectural Historian Matt Postal Tickets: $10 Village Preservation members; $15 all others Join architectural historian Matt Postal as you explore NoHo,…
Read MoreMoving westward across the Village through our Cemeteries of the Village series, today we explore one former cemetery site in NoHo and one just north of the NoHo corridor, both…
Read More…will give walking tours of 19th century landmark treasures of the NoHo Historic District. On this 90-minute walking tour of the NoHo Historic District, we will see eleven buildings designated…
Read MoreGreenwich Village and surrounding neighborhoods have perhaps the strongest and deepest artistic traditions of any communities on earth. That legacy dates back to the 19th century when this area was…
Read More…design used a unique H-shaped plan that created central courtyards, providing pupils with light, air, and places to play in neighborhoods severely lacking such necessities. The schools were also built…
Read More…1830. At the same time, an ocean away, Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo were rapidly developing. During this period, architects and builders in the neighborhood turned to Ancient…
Read More…almost inconsequential. Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, however, have played an important role in dozens of horror films, both popular and rarely available. Today we highlight a few…
Read More…released, which make relatively minor changes to the boundaries in our neighborhoods, but make a big change in terms of (mostly) correcting a long-standing wrong from the last decade’s redistricting….
Read MoreNew York City’s trees shade us in the summer, beautify our neighborhoods, help reduce noise, clean our air, counteract heat islands, absorb rainwater, and support important urban wildlife, among an…
Read MoreCurious about the life and legacy of Surrealist & Dadaist artists in our neighborhoods? Check out this incredible research resource created by Paul McRandle and featured on his blog Surrealist NYC. …
Read More…from carrying out their mission to advocate for our city’s history, character, and neighborhoods. Help us continue to stand tall, and defend what we love about our city and neighborhoods….
Read More…our neighborhoods (including many of the most vulnerable areas), and 96% of New York City, lie outside of historic districts. And the “affordability” requirements would still allow these massively larger…
Read More…1820s; and Congressmember Bella Abzug Yesterday’s news of the historic vote in the U.S. Senate to recognize same-sex marriages has deep roots in our neighborhoods. In fact, many of the…
Read More…This new plan thus locks in place for another decade the underrepresentation of downtown residents, which is likely to only increase over the next 10 years as these neighborhoods are…
Read More…neighborhoods, visit GVSHP’s Civil Rights and Social Justice map. The neighborhoods are teeming with places to go to commemorate the people and the movements that have moved our society forward….
Read MorePreserving the Fabric of Our Neighborhoods The second Saving Place public program at the Museum of the City of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has chosen to make affordable…
Read MoreFoods of the South Village and SoHo: A Walking (and Eating) Tour Come with us as we travel back in time through the central and southern Village and northern SoHo….
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The label “D. D. Badger & Co.” likely refers to founder Daniel D. Badger, who operated Badger’s Architectural Iron Works. According to the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District designation report, Daniel…
Posted April 4, 2021
Read More…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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The label “D. D. Badger & Co.” likely refers to founder Daniel D. Badger, who operated Badger’s Architectural Iron Works. According to the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District designation report, Daniel…
Posted April 4, 2021
Read More…Village/Financial District” is actually the combined Community Boards 1 and 2 in Manhattan, which includes the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, NoHo, SoHo, Little Italy, Tribeca, the Financial District, the South…
Read MoreMarch is Women’s History Month, and we’re taking a good long look at just some of the incredible women of our neighborhoods who had the deepest impact upon our world….
Read MoreMarch is Women’s History Month. To mark the occasion, we’re taking a look at just some of the incredible women of our neighborhoods who had the deepest impact upon our…
Read MoreMarch is Women’s History Month. To mark the occasion, we’re taking a look at just some of the incredible women of our neighborhoods who had the deepest impact upon our…
Read MoreA Copy of Joan’s “The Evolution of a Neighborhood – NoHo” can be purchased from the author directly by contacting her at joan_melnick@fitnyc.edu Joan Melnick’s The Evolution of a Neighborhood:…
Read MoreA Walking Tour of Historic 19th Century NoHo Join us for a journey back in time to the elite ‘Bond Street area,’ home to Astors, Vanderbilts, Delanos, and the Tredwells,…
Read MoreNoHo represents a significant period of New York City’s commercial history from the early 1850s to the 1910s, when this section prospered as one of its major retail and wholesale…
Read More5G Towers in Our Neighborhoods Write City Officials Tell them to stop siting unnecessary and ungainly 5G towers in our community, and rethink the program to enable true public input…
Read More…the health and well-being of our country and our very own neighborhoods. In Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, we have a bounty of terrific farmer’s markets, and a…
Read More…patrons.” Another important echo of the Communard’s legacy in our neighborhoods was the Paris Commune bistro at 99 Bank Street. The restaurant originally opened on Bleecker Street in 1979 and relocated to Bank Street after a forced eviction—eventually closing…
Read More…figures or struggles for LGBT civil rights. Village Preservation argued that this was all the more troubling for Greenwich Village and its surrounding neighborhoods, which house, and have been transformed…
Read More…the 12 FAR cap opens a potential Pandora’s Box of overdevelopment in New York City neighborhoods, and should not be approved. Earlier this month, Governor Hochul proposed eliminating the longstanding,…
Read More…NoHo, and their influence on our neighborhoods’ development. Francis Morrone is an architectural historian and a writer. He is the author of 13 books including Guide to New York City Urban…
Read MoreYou never know what you may find when doing historic research in our neighborhoods, and it often raises more questions than it answers. I was recently looking into the history…
Read More…at its Annual Meeting and Village Awards. This fun and free public event highlights and celebrates those that make our neighborhoods some of the most interesting and exceptional in the…
Read More…of our neighborhoods. Did you know that the oldest intact Catholic church in New York was one built by and for Irish immigrants in our neighborhood? That the St. Patrick’s…
Read MoreToday we’re looking at the historic plaques that Village Preservation has placed throughout our neighborhoods commemorating some of the amazing women who have lived, worked, and changed history here. Historic…
Read More…middle at Sixth Avenue. Either move would negatively impact our neighborhoods and give us a less-than-equal voice at City Hall. More details are here. It’s critical that the Commission and…
Read MoreOur neighborhoods have been the home of many of history’s most important civil rights and social justice leaders, as documented in Village Preservation’s Civil Rights and Social Justice Map. Three…
Read More…and putting his Pan-African activist theories into action. Other Connections to Our Neighborhoods W.E.B. Du Bois accomplished tremendous feats while in our neighborhoods, but his legacy reverberates in even more…
Read MoreThis February, we invite you to explore our neighborhoods’ rich African American history, and to join us in advocating to honor and protect significant historic sites, many of them endangered….
Read MoreThis Sunday will be the 21st anniversary of the deadly September 11th terror attacks. Our city was devastated by those events, and our neighborhoods were especially affected, due to proximity…
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The label “Patented Nov 12. 1845” likely refers to inventor Thaddeus Hyatt’s method for making iron vault covers with glass lights. According to the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District designation report,…
Posted April 4, 2021
Read More…#2 liaison beginning in the 1960s, and was intimately involved in the landmark designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District as well as pioneering zoning and landmark designations for SoHo….
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The label “Patented Nov 12. 1845” likely refers to inventor Thaddeus Hyatt’s method for making iron vault covers with glass lights. According to the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District designation report,…
Posted April 4, 2021
Read More…appear to own condo units in the building: NY Trump Soho 2102 Corp. and NY Trump Soho 2306 Corp.” Excerpt from Occupancy Report with Unit 2306 appearing. Although the 2017…
Read More…landscape of our neighborhoods. From a preservation perspective, this process is a creative way to preserve historic buildings while updating them for living and working. Village Preservation’s Sarah Bean Apmann…
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