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Study: City’s Proposed SoHo/NoHo Upzoning Would Make Neighborhoods Richer, Whiter, and More Expensive
Plan would likely only create 1/5 of projected Affordable Housing, push out Asian American and lower income residents would likely destroy more Affordable Housing than it creates….
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Help Oppose The Upzoning of SoHo and NoHo
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The Artistic Tradition in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
Greenwich 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…
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770 Broadway, with corner of East 9th Street and Lafayette Street on the right, 1999 NoHo Historic District designation photo
For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this image, click here….
Posted October 1, 2020
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Abolitionist History in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
Underground Railroad Church Once Located in Greenwich Village Led Abolitionist Cause John Brown and Edmonia Lewis: Civil Rights Crusaders Who Intersected in Greenwich Village Why Isn’t This Landmarked?: 814 Broadway…
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Landmark Designation Reports
…NoHo Historic District NoHo Historic District NYC LPC Designation Report NoHo Historic District NYC LPC Map NoHo Historic District Extension NoHo Historic District Extension NYC LPC Designation Report NoHo Historic…
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Accomplishments
Village Preservation: Advocacy and Accomplishments Founded in 1980, Village Preservation works to document, celebrate, and preserve the special architectural and cultural heritage of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. See what…
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Elected Officials, Preservationists, Tenant Advocates Condemn Plan by Madison Realty Capital to Demolish Landmarked 1848 Greenwich Village Building for 244 ft. Tall Pied-a-Terre Tower for Super-Rich
…Young of Tenants Taking Control, a coalition of tenants in buildings owned by Madison Realty Capital, said: “Tenants Taking Control has been dealing with Madison Realty Capital for over four years,…
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Business of the Month
Every month, Village Preservation combs through nominations from the public and other resources to choose a special independent store to honor in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo. Please…
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Lafayette Street- Urban Planning That Still Resonates Today
…Lafayette Street. Located in both the NoHo Historic District and the NoHo Historic District Extension, Lafayette Street was built in order to accommodate New York’s ever expanding transportation demands. The…
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South Village Tenement to Become Single-Family Mansion?
…buildings have been a cause of increasing complaints in Manhattan, with many tenants claiming owners place illegal hotels in their buildings to make it difficult or impossible for tenants to…
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Village Remains Tops for Artists in NYC
From the Center for An Urban Future Report Greenwich Village has long enjoyed a reputation as a mecca for artists. The same can be said of nearby NoHo and SoHo,…
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2014 Year In Review: GVSHP Programs
…Village, the East Village, and NoHo. Current GVSHP members will vote on a slate of new and renewing trustees. The Village Awards were established 23 years ago to honor the…
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Germania Fire Insurance Company Bowery Building
…tenants from the time of its opening, and by 1880, its residents included Irish, German, and Chinese immigrants. Between 1900 and 1920, industrial tenants displaced its residents. The 1905 New…
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The Never-Built Verrazano Street: Community Organizing at its Best
…fell into disrepair, with some residents even losing access to utilities. In order to protest these conditions, a tenants organization was founded. One tenant, Rudy Castore, a truck driver who…
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“Preservationists Call REBNY’s Bluff On Landmarking and Affordability”
…the economic and racial diversity of New York’s residents. More pictures from the press conference are here. (l to r.) Harvey Epstein, Urban Justice Center; Michael McKee, Tenants Political Action Committee;…
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Village Preservation in the Press
…tells New York City’s rich Hispanic history, NBC News, December 12 City of ‘Oops!’ Next-door construction leaves E. 14th St. tenants homeless, Village Sun, December 9 32-Foot LinkNYC 5G Towers…
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The Glittering and Gritty History of 24 Bond
…iron and brick of a traditional NoHo facade. Celebratory and airy, they’re a delightful addition to the heavy, industrial look of the rest of the area. Who do we have…
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Big Changes Proposed For What Was Once A Federal Rowhouse
25 Bleecker Street, courtesy of Google Maps 25 Bleecker Street is one of nine extant buildings originally constructed as Federal style row houses in the NoHo East Historic District. It…
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Business of the Month: Screaming Mimi’s, 382 Lafayette Street
…Greenwich Village, the East Village or NoHo: just click here to vote for your favorite. Want to help support small businesses? Share this post with friends. The downtown scene has…
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What Style Is It? Mid-to-Late19th Century
Greenwich Village, the East Village and NoHo offer a vast array of architectural styles that span their long histories. Through this series “What Style Is It?” we will explore the…
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Advocacy Reports
…and NoHo Community Alternative Zoning Plan for SoHo/NoHo Community Alternative Zoning Plan for SoHo/NoHo (in Mandarin) Picking Favorites: The 14th Street Tech Hub Finishing the Job A History of the…
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Beyond the Village and Back: New York Public Library Main Branch, Steven A. Schwartzman Building, Fifth Avenue
…at 36 Bond Street in NoHo (since demolished) in 1880, then down the block in 1883 to a full building at 49 Bond Street, still standing in the NoHo Historic…
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Happy Birthday to Four NYC Landmark Districts
…The NoHo Historic District was created on June 29, 1999 and the NoHo East District was born just nine years ago on June 24, 2003. The NoHo District, comprised of…
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2020 Village Preservation Public Programs Roundup
…the incredible Merchant’s House (video) (event description) NoHo’s History and Architecture Take a virtual stroll around NoHo’s streetscapes, delving into the architecture and stories that define the neighborhood (video) (event…
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South Village Reminiscing
…fixtures instead of electricity until 1950. That was the year that some of the tenants asked the landlady to call ConEd and have the building “wired”. She refused, so the…
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Op-Ed: Preservation Can Help Affordability
…1974. As in many New York City Housing Authority developments, residents often struggle to get needed repairs and maintenance. But GVSHP worked with the tenants association to use the complex’s…
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Demolition of Affordable Housing, and Landmarking
There are many tactics that developers may use to get rid of tenants, or to make conditions easier for them to push them out, in order to assist with demolition…
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2017 Village Awardee: GOLES
…community-based 501 (c)(3) committed to organizing low- and moderate-income tenants in Loisaida/Lower East Side and East Village rent-stabilized tenement buildings. During GOLES’ earliest years in the 1970’s and 1980’s, many landlords…
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The De Vinne Press Building: “A Tour-de-force of Bricklaying” at 393-399 Lafayette Street
…landmarks in New York City—and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is also part of the NoHo Historic District, designated in 1999. The De…
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The 2010 Census — Highs and Lows
…New York Times Nevertheless, the picture the 2010 Census paints of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo is much more mixed, and you can explore the census’ 2010 findings…
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The Changing Face of Astor Place and Cooper Square
…1925 picture was taken, and looks nearly the same today. Thankfully, it is part of the NoHo Historic District and enjoys landmarks protections. On the right is the iconic Cooper…
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Things We’re Grateful For: Federal Houses
…(1790-1835) houses in the Village, NoHo, and East Village, especially those we have been able to ensure will survive well into the future due to landmark and historic district designation….
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Happy Holidays from Village Preservation — You Make Our Work Possible
Dear Friend, Village Preservation’s mission is to document, celebrate, and preserve the special architectural and cultural heritage of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. That means everything from protecting…
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Make Sure Preservation Has a Future
…and NoHo that would allow massive oversized development and push out local small businesses for giant big box chain stores. City officials made clear they intend to replicate this plan…
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Remembering When: Skidmore House Landmarked
…the term “NoHo” was ever coined. photo source: daytonianinmanhattan.blogspot.com Want to know more about NoHo’s history? Click here. Want to access more designation reports for landmarks in the Village, East…
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Celebrating 51 Years of Landmarking
…districts in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, and just a handful of individual landmarks. Today there are sixteen historic districts or historic district extensions in these neighborhoods, and…
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Mid-Year Appeal: Help Us Do More When It’s Needed Most!
…social progress. DONATE! We’re doing that in so many ways — leading the effort to: Stop a disastrous upzoning of SoHo and NoHo, intended as a blueprint for similar changes…
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Business of the Month: Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street
…Street in NoHo, our February Business of the Month. Opened in 2005 by proprietor David Suttrell, Dashwood Books is on the cobblestoned Bond Street in the NoHo Historic District Extension,…
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My Favorite Things: 1 Astor Place
…verticality of the building, design elements so typical of structures in NoHo. Did you notice that the Astor Place facade curves ever so slightly to mirror the contour of the…
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Is a Housing “Shortage” Really the Cause of Unaffordability?
…Village, SoHo, NoHo, Hudson Square, Little Italy), it would house about 20 million people, or about 12 million more than it does now. If it were as dense with residents…
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Ghost Signs Abound in Our Historic Image Archive
…from view. Hand-painted signs are an advertising tool still used in certain locations today, especially in historically manufacturing areas such as Gansevoort, NoHo, and SoHo; perhaps those signs, too, will…
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Welcome to Off the Grid!
…about the Village, East Village, and NoHo, and to hear from you. We hope you’ll become an avid reader, and share with friends, neighbors, and family. Coincidental with our blog…
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14-16 Fifth Avenue
…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…
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NYU 2031: Crowd Calls on Stringer to Vote No
…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…
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A Historic New Home for St. Mark’s Bookshop
…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…
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Village Independent Democrats Collection: 1955-1969
…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…
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