The Importance of #GivingTuesday
…of our 21 active advocacy campaigns in defense of our neighborhoods? That is substantial support and generosity of time and effort! And we are so grateful for each and every…
Read More…of our 21 active advocacy campaigns in defense of our neighborhoods? That is substantial support and generosity of time and effort! And we are so grateful for each and every…
Read More…can help? CLICK HERE. Want to find out more about the NYU proposal and why it would be so devastating to the Village and surrounding neighborhoods? Read the below op-ed…
Read MoreVillage Preservation has published an op-ed in the Village Sun outlining how the last City Council redistricting process left much of our neighborhoods with 20–30% less voting power and representation…
Read More…writer/director/activist John Cameron Mitchell Honoring and protecting LGBTQ+ and all civil rights history in our neighborhoods has been a special part of Village Preservation’s mission, and the organization has proposed…
Read MoreThe buildings we pass in our neighborhoods can offer windows into some rather specific aspects of New York history, and the interesting and sometimes complicated figures involved in the city’s…
Read More…rezoning, and since it presumably is against its own progressive principles that the Caucus — which includes the Councilmembers of all the directly affected neighborhoods — will consider the City’s…
Read MoreStores and commercial spaces provide important services, products, jobs, and character to our neighborhoods and communities. Small businesses in landmarked buildings and historic districts have many wonderful assets, while also…
Read More…add immeasurably to our neighborhoods’ diversity and cultural vitality while they serve the public. Here is a list of some of the wonderful LGBT businesses and groups in our neighborhoods…
Read More…Box of overdevelopment in neighborhoods. The Mayor is seeking to lift caps on how large residential development can go in our neighborhoods. The Mayor continues to block our proposed rezoning…
Read More…in their own neighborhoods. Places like the Bowery were known for their lower-class denizens but also for their vibrant, exciting atmospheres. So middle-class New Yorkers, exoticising lives that were different…
Read MoreProponents of upzoning SoHo and NoHo have restarted a campaign to get the City to turn the process of re-examining zoning and other regulations in these neighborhoods, undertaken in 2019 by the…
Read More…development. That proposal would have let New York City change zoning to permit construction in residential neighborhoods of any size. Village Preservation helped lead a campaign by neighborhood, housing/tenant, and…
Read MoreThe roots of LGBTQ+ life in our neighborhoods are deeper than we even know. In the documentary PS. Burn This Letter Please, which premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival…
Read More…may not be familiar with this law, its impact and legacy in neighborhoods like Greenwich Village and the East Village cannot be understated, as some of the most distinctive and…
Read More…a couple of the best craft beer stores in town, both of which happen to be in our neighborhoods, Good Beer (422 E. 9th Street) and Carmine Street Beers (52…
Read More…chose to rezone to allow them. Not only would such a plan destroy the scale and character of neighborhoods — it would also strongly incentivize the destruction of existing housing,…
Read More…Village this is reflected in both the architecture and remaining and past cultural enclaves. People from all over the world come to our neighborhoods, adding to the vibrancy and life…
Read More…unnecessary 32-ft.-tall towers on sidewalks in our neighborhoods to house equipment for future 5G service. In many cases these are planned for narrow sidewalks where the enormous towers will be…
Read More…neighborhoods! In July and August we offered our first Rock Tours of the year and the demand was overwhelming– so we’re bringing it back in September the second run of our…
Read More…We’re fortunate that our neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo have been home to so many remarkable and transformative women, as well as the scene of innumerable…
Read More…that the 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…
Read More…and new construction on landmarked sites in our neighborhoods (Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo). It also lets you know how you can weigh in on the decision of…
Read More…contains, it remains clear it includes at least two extremely troubling provisions for our neighborhoods: (1) It would strip away hard-fought-for zoning protections for our neighborhoods that limit the size…
Read MoreWhat makes our neighborhoods special to you? Whether it is Greenwich Village, NoHo, or the East Village, we all have a place, person, business, or organization that means the world…
Read More…a few beyond). Born out of our young country’s desire to find a style that represented our democratic ideals, the Greek Revival style flourished in our neighborhoods starting around 1830,…
Read More…Greenwich Village, NoHo, and the East Village. You will have an opportunity to learn more about the history of arts and culture in our neighborhoods, as well as participate in…
Read MoreThe City’s rezoning proposals ‘Zoning for Quality and Affordability’ (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) are making their way through the public review process. If approved, each would profoundly impact our neighborhoods and…
Read More…neighborhoods. During NYC Pride celebrations, we’ll share at least 5 pairings of businesses to support alongside sites of note throughout our neighborhoods. This program will begin with a kick-off event where…
Read More…Ah ha! Pretty much the only places in New York City that were fashionable in the early 1830s and had not become either working class/immigrant neighborhoods or industrial neighborhoods by…
Read MoreToday we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo…
Read More…every vote especially counts. City Councilmembers play a tremendously important role in shaping development and preservation in our neighborhoods, as well as impacting a variety of other intersecting issues such…
Read More…around the city, and it began in and around our neighborhoods in Lower Manhattan. It existed as a counterculture movement, critiquing, at the time, New York City’s very regimented art…
Read More…of the year and the demand was overwhelming– so we’re bringing it back in August with Parts 1 and 2. Rock n’ roll has been deeply rooted in our neighborhoods…
Read More…movements of our neighborhoods, and the people who gave voice to them. Using the streets of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo as our stage, we tie the past…
Read MoreThis February is African American History Month, a time to highlight and celebrate the rich history of African American struggle, success, and life in our neighborhoods over the last four…
Read More…read more about the equine history of our neighborhoods. It is incredible to discover just how many structures originally built as stables survive in our neighborhoods. These charming survivors provide…
Read More…our neighborhoods and our city, increasing the size and amount of allowable development. And while both have received overwhelming disapproval from community boards and Borough Presidents, the Mayor insists they…
Read MoreButterfield House at 37 West 12th Street (r.) Though nineteenth and early twentieth century townhouses and tenements seem to dominate the East and West Villages, the neighborhoods do house their…
Read More…by a small group of tireless volunteers and interns, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation has taken groundbreaking steps to research and document the history of the neighborhoods of…
Read MoreAs we continue to work through the reality of this new era in our lives, it’s important to remember the creative people in our world and our neighborhoods. They are…
Read More…dear about our neighborhoods and our city, so its future builds on the best of its past. We’ve secured landmark designation for over 1,250 buildings and zoning protections for nearly…
Read More…supporters who continue to learn about and explore our neighborhoods’ wonderful history with us. The original logo for Off The Grid. On February 25th, 2011 our first two posts premiered…
Read More…city. The plan is a general outline with greater detail regarding how it will be implemented — and how it would affect our neighborhoods — still to be determined. The…
Read More…roughly even. While some fairly substantial changes are proposed to district boundary lines in other parts of the city, those currently proposed for our neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, the East…
Read MoreVillage Preservation’s website is chock full of a vast array of resources that offer insights into and illuminating views of our neighborhoods and their histories. One of the great ones…
Read More…of The Public Theater. And its journey and legacy is a fascinating one which, fortunately for our neighborhoods and all downtown New York, arrived and lives on gloriously in its…
Read More…a great way to explore different neighborhoods, too. Anthony Bellov takes you on a virtual tour from the comfort of your home to these landmarks in our neighborhoods and beyond…
Read MoreCivil Rights History and Diversity Village Preservation has long made a priority of elevating, preserving, and celebrating the histories and contributions of underrepresented groups in our neighborhoods including African Americans,…
Read More…in shaping development and preservation in our neighborhoods, as well as impacting a variety of other intersecting issues such as small business retention, affordable housing preservation and creation, and more….
Read More…is also so prevalent in, and strongly associated with, our neighborhoods. The Greek Revival style dominated the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo for much of the…
Read More…Map. Did you know that the original Empire State Building was located in our neighborhoods, and still stands? That the Metropolitan Museum of Art was once located here, and the…
Read More…expansion plan, and to recommend its denial. A large crowd of local residents, NYU faculty, students, alumni and tenants, community groups from around the city, and many others came out…
Read More…to have an event to introduce the bookshop and the tenants in a celebratory way. A resident there since 2004, she has gotten to know the relatively small development very…
Read More…to the destruction of rent regulated affordable housing and historic buildings, displacing lower-income tenants and tenants of color (especially Asian American); would result in grossly oversized development; would make these…
Read More…the original building of tenants, many of whom were long-terms rent stabilized tenants, living in affordable rent-regulated apartments. The new building, though more than four times the height of the…
Read More…Canvass for Greitzer and Lanigan, profile of Rudolf Castore chairman of Verrazano Street tenants association. Page 7-8: July 1961, VID News, Noferi and Sullivan enter race, Lanigan calls for local…
Read More…the buildings without complying with aspects of the Multiple Dwelling Law created more than 80 years ago to protect tenants and the fire and rescue personnel who come to their…
Read MoreIthiel Town, born on October 3, 1784, transformed American architecture, as well as the landscape of our neighborhoods. A significant figure in beginning the Greek and Gothic Revivals in this…
Read More…Greenwich Village is blessed with many remarkable female preservationists who not only advanced the cause of historic preservation but quite tangibly helped save our neighborhoods. And Village Preservation is blessed…
Read More…Local businesses are vanishing at an alarming rate, but Twilight showcases how neighborhoods can counteract this trend. Next we will see The Vanishing City. Told through the eyes of tenants,…
Read More…multiple affordable housing, small business, and local community groups called for the protections for the surrounding neighborhoods as a component of the plan. Such zoning or landmark protections are necessary…
Read More…house. There are literally scores of these hidden structures throughout the older neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan like Greenwich Village and the East Village. But because they are generally invisible from…
Read MoreThere have been multiple reports in recent weeks about the purchase of all the buildings on historic Patchin Place by a real estate investment firm. The tiny street, surrounded by…
Read More…conditions and quality of life in our cities and urban decay. Many had been carved up mercilessly into multiple units, and the neighborhoods in which they were concentrated had become…
Read More…Village Houses, multiple NYCHA developments, and several church properties in our neighborhoods, among other locations, without providing any clarity on what this would mean in practice or how it would…
Read More…East Village icon, helped define performance art in the 1980s. All artists have multiple levels and evolve over time. Penny’s approach to her work is one of the reasons she…
Read More…of this event. This includes many preservation efforts in our neighborhoods pre-dating the protest. That said, it is a crystallizing moment in preservation history to commemorate and explore — as…
Read More…buildings as flexible spaces to produce and display contemporary arts. Within our neighborhoods, the Ideas Warehouse in the Meatpacking District, Westbeth in the Far West Village, and 10 Bleecker Street…
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 MoreSpoilers ahead for the first and second season of “Russian Doll” limited TV series Natasha Lyonne in Netflix’s “Russian Doll.” (Photograph sourced from Netflix’s “Russian Doll”) Our neighborhoods have long…
Read More…in residential neighborhoods across our city, vastly increasing the size of allowable development. The current cap, which is incredibly generous, still allows new buildings of 1,000 feet in height or even…
Read MoreVillage Preservation is pleased to announce the launch of VILLAGE VOICES, an outdoor exhibition celebrating people, places, and moments from our neighborhoods’ history. VILLAGE VOICES will be an engaging installation…
Read More…of the year and the demand was overwhelming– so we’re bringing it back in August with Parts 1 and 2. Rock n’ roll has been deeply rooted in our neighborhoods…
Read More…important date. In our neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo there’s a rich history connected to the AIDS crisis and pandemic, those who suffered from it, and…
Read More…and here).] Contextual zoning also applies to areas around 14th Street, most of Hudson Square and Chelsea, and throughout neighborhoods like the Upper East and West Sides and Tribeca. But…
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…have been demolished or repurposed, leaving no record of what they were, how they shaped music scenes or their impact on the neighborhoods around them. Traditional music history tells us…
Read More…to define our neighborhoods and some of its most enduring architectural landmarks, including “The Row” on Washington Square North, Lafayette Street’s Colonnade Row, and beautiful churches like St. Joseph’s, the…
Read More…Map of our neighborhoods. Explore the whole map for many more stories of African American, women’s, LGBTQ+, immigrant, Latinx, Asian American, and other civil rights struggles connected to our neighborhoods….
Read MoreHere at Village Preservation we strive to highlight the lives and contributions of the many artists who lived, dreamed, and created profound works of art in our neighborhoods. Now, we’re…
Read More…for other neighborhoods like Greenwich Village and the East Village. And from the West Village to East, developers continued to put forward plans that would destroy our history and replace…
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…neighborhoods. In your story, you mention having a link to Greenwich Village through your Uncle John and Uncle Nick, who lived there. What was it like to have a family…
Read More…neighborhoods. Each includes the experiences and insights of leaders or long-time participants in the arts, culture, preservation, business, or civic life. Colette Smith Douglas, born November 19, 1926, lived in…
Read More…between the neighborhoods of consumers and the neighborhoods of producers. The large protests at Union Square garnered national media attention, inspiring the movement to grow across the country. Labor Day…
Read MoreEach year, Village Preservation honors the invaluable people, businesses, and organizations that make a special contribution to our neighborhoods at our Annual Meeting and Village Awards. This year, on June 16th,…
Read More…as all rules and regulations that limit NYU’s ability to ceaselessly expand throughout our neighborhoods. DONATE if you’d like to support our ongoing efforts like these to preserve our neighborhoods….
Read More…landmarked properties in our neighborhoods, ranging from the Meatpacking District to the South Village and NoHo, and from minor changes to dramatic proposed makeovers. You can find information about the…
Read More…the architectural integrity of this building, but the neighborhood’s history as a center of small business. Well, all hope is not lost. Having learned that the sign on the storefront…
Read More…broad implications beyond these neighborhoods. The City has indicated that if successful here, they intend to implement similar changes to other historic neighborhoods throughout New York. Learn from Village Preservation…
Read More…immigrant neighborhoods and sought to remedy poverty. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, settlement houses could be found in neighborhoods populated with recent immigrants who, in most cases,…
Read More…the original New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade began and ended in our neighborhoods, to the incredibly rich legacy of churches, politicians, writers, literary watering holes, artists, and so many…
Read More…Residential Neighborhoods Throughout NYC The State Legislature will soon decide whether or not to lift the long-standing cap on the allowable size of residential developments in New York City, which…
Read More…Record Show. Watch our book talk with Schulman for a look at our neighborhoods’ history of HIV/AIDS activism and the stories and lessons of ACT UP New York. Walking Manhattan…
Read More…qualities of our neighborhoods. The built environment of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo is something to cherish and fight for. With your help, we protect our neighborhoods, keeping…
Read More…own culture. Learn about Black Americans from our neighborhoods who fought in the Civil War, participated in the Underground Railroad, and were members of the abolitionist movement. As we move…
Read More…Rock Tour: Part 2, including a celebration of East Village history and Jane Jacob’s legacy with Jane’s Walk 2023. Rock n’ roll has been deeply rooted in our neighborhoods since…
Read MoreArchiving is one of the many ways that Village Preservation ensures the preservation of our neighborhoods. By keeping records and files of images, stories, and the processes of preservation since…
Read More…gay-friendly neighborhoods. I’ll admit — I’m a bit of a census geek (see prior post HERE, and full disclosure — I was a census worker in 1990). But some recently-released…
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