…the height of his career, having achieved considerable success and renown as the co-founder of bebop, the modern jazz style that he and trumpeter Dizzy Gillispie created in New York…
Read More…professor William Strunk Jr., and published Trumpet of the Swan in 1970. White received the National Medal for Literature in 1971, and two years later was elected to the American Academy of…
Read More…and East Village, and will be expanding to SoHo, the Lower East Side, Chelsea, TriBeCa, Midtown, Upper East Side, Upper West Side, and Harlem. On This Spot NYC aims to…
Read More…play with at the venue, was also a regular. So was revered trumpeter Hot Lips Page, who recorded a version of the 1924 classic “When My Sugar Walks Down the…
Read More…pizza tattoo, locally made silver jewelry, books on neighborhood history, socks that give back, a banana protector, stylish bags or hats, or a Trump coloring book? At Exit9 Gift Emporium,…
Read More…the legislation that further investigation is needed to conclusively prove this — especially given that state legislation trumps New York City zoning rules, and it is those city zoning rules…
Read More…operates) boasts a storied past that is treasured and trumpeted by bar owner Helen Buford and Julius’ historian Tom Bernadin. Located just a block away from the famous Stonewall Inn,…
Read More…the business owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner — is buying many buildings, including the one Fanny’s is in. And Westminster’s management style doesn’t exactly inspire confidence: Blackmer said…
Read More…trumpet; Alex Silver, tenor saxophone; Idan Morim, guitar; Antonio Mazzei Ocampo, piano; Daniel Durst, bass; Michael Dei Cont; bass; and Carter Bales, drums. GVSHP’s Karen Loew will moderate a panel…
Read More…building in which it operates) boasts a storied past that is treasured and trumpeted by bar owner Helen Buford and Julius’ historian Tom Bernadin. Julius’ is perhaps best known for…
Read MoreIt seems that President-elect Donald Trump is having a difficult time filling the roster for his inauguration ceremony. In previous years, the inauguration festivities have included extensive and star-studded ceremonies…
Read More…for over 50 years. At age seven, he started piano lessons, tried trumpet and tuba before settling on French horn. He attended Oberlin Conservatory of Music for a year, and…
Read More…as the co-founder of bebop, the modem jazz style that he and trumpeter Dizzy Gillispie created in New York City during the mid-1940s. While living on Avenue B, Parker enjoyed…
Read MoreInside Greenwich Village’s Savannah Club, once located at 68 West 3rd Street (just east of LaGuardia Place), there was glamour and glitter, trumpets blaring and jazz blazing, movie stars throwing…
Read MoreIn late April of last year, President Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at reviewing all National Monuments created under the Antiquities Act since 1996. As the Stonewall National Monument,…
Read More…Music, directed by Jane Ira Bloom. The Ornette Coleman Ensemble features: Allison Philips, trumpet; Alex Silver, tenor saxophone; Idan Morim, guitar; Antonio Mazzei Ocampo, piano; Daniel Durst, bass; Michael Dei…
Read More…1644, he was granted eight acres of land by the Council of New Amsterdam. His settlement stood adjacent to those of fellow manumitted slaves Manuel Trumpeter and Anthony Portuguese, with…
Read More…alto saxophonist and jazz composer, Charlie Parker, called “Bird.” He first came to New York City in the late 1930s, and along with trumpeter Dizzy Gillispie created the modern jazz…
Read MoreWhen people hear the name E.B. White, most immediately think of the much-adored children’s’ classics, Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little, and Trumpet of the Swan. However, his work extended far beyond…
Read More…made silver jewelry, books on neighborhood history, socks that give back, a banana protector, stylish bags or hats, or a Trump coloring book? Caffe Vivaldi, 32 Jones Street Where can…
Read More…of what had only recently come to be known as Soho. The empty firehouse soon became the home of boisterous parties, meetings, and political organizing when the Gay Activists Alliance,…
Read More…lived and Hamilton ultimately died. And it’s in Greenwich Village, and the nearby East Village and Soho, where many reminders of these two titanic figures of early American politics can…
Read More…43-47 East 10th Street was designed by Richard Berger in 1891. Berger was a distinguished architect of cast-iron fronted structures, many of whose works can be found in the SoHo…
Read More…rich but often overlooked civil rights and social justice history of our neighborhoods, and to fight the city’s plan to upzone SoHo and NoHo, which is clearly the nose of…
Read More…the Dutch colony of New Netherland. By 1655, the Land of the Blacks was over twice the size of SoHo today and it continued to exist after the English took…
Read More…the landmark designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District as well as pioneering zoning and landmark designations for SoHo. Born and raised in Brooklyn and a resident of Greenwich Village…
Read MoreOn February 2, 1860, a terrible fire broke out in a tenement at 142 Elm Street (today Lafayette Street, just north of Howard Street in SoHo). The building was occupied…
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…pre-1900 bicycles together with paper ephemera. His desire to share the wonders of bicycle history led to his first exhibition at Soho’s O.K. Harris Gallery in 1983, Antique Bicycles and Related…
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Read More…(and from what I can tell they’ve been like that for years!). The food is good and very reasonably priced! It’s nice to find healthy options near SoHo (where I…
Read More…Lower East Side, and SoHo, were former African slaves of the New Netherland colony who formed the first free black settlement in North America. Starting in 1643, just over two…
Read More…store of E.V. Haughwout & Co. department store at 488 Broadway in what is now SoHo. The elevator carried customers between the store’s five floors. The Haughwout Building was built…
Read More…of freed blacks in North America ran up the center of the island, covering parts of today’s Tribeca, Soho, Chinatown, the Lower East Side, the East Village, and Greenwich Village….
Read More…Schoolhouse as a child to witnessing her husband fight the proposed Lower Manhattan Expressway that would have destroyed the neighborhoods of SoHo, Little Italy, and the South Village. Later on…
Read More…Moore’s romantic horror movie Ghost is rooted in its infamous pottery scene when it was released on July 13th, 1990, but their SoHo loft at 102 Prince Street was the…
Read More…foreground figures; the artist Rene’s “I am the best artist” mural in SoHo; and a street artist producing his wares on the sidewalk. An Italian-American New York Bocce Court at…
Read More…aforementioned LGBT movement, with Wojtowicz participating in meetings of the Gay Activists Alliance at the nearby GAA Firehouse in Soho. Both Wojtowicz and Arons faced their challenges. Arons was seeking…
Read More…nearby 827-831 Broadway are individual NYC landmarks, and his work is well represented in designated historic districts in SoHo, NoHo, Tribeca, and Ladies Mile. Austere in its design, No. 112…
Read MoreIn the world photographer Meredith Marciano captured on film, the Twin Towers juxtapose with a graffitied Washington Square Park Arch; vintage signs in the East Village, ghost lettering in SoHo, and forgotten…
Read More…Board 2 (Greenwich Village/SoHo/NoHo), where a standing-room-only, overflow crowd expressed unanimous opposition to the plan. Neither Community Board voted but will continue to examine the proposal, which will begin the…
Read More…only historic house museum in the Greenwich Village/Soho/NoHo neighborhoods, and of course, we love it. Anthony Bellov holds a Bachelor’s in Architecture from Pratt Institute and a Graduate in Museum Leadership…
Read More…East Village History Project Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts Landmark West! The SoHo Alliance Friends of Terra Cotta Historic Districts Council Municipal Art Society Historic House Trust…
Read More…Library) and creating the SoHo Cast Iron Historic District. Village Preservation’s Oral History with Margot Gayle The New York Times Obituary The Villager Obituary Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006 After the death…
Read More…the surrounding West Village, Hudson Square, and SoHo neighborhoods, and attract an almost-entirely tourist clientele which would arrive largely by automobile. While Village Preservation has historically not gotten involved in…
Read More…Director, Village Preservation); David Gruber (Chair, Institutions Committee Community Board 2), and Sean Sweeney (Director, SoHo Alliance) will discuss the old and new Village in a program moderated by Anthony…
Read More…remains an inspiration to us and our work. She helped save the West Village and SoHo from destruction, got cars out of Washington Square, and showed how communities typically know…
Read More…around the streets of SoHo, the East Village, the West Village.” He also remarked that Joey always responded appreciatively and never condescended to his fans. That same article had this…
Read More…neighborhoods — even beyond the ludicrously oversized proportions allowed by the recent SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning. And contrary to what advocates for this change (including big real estate interests) say, it would…
Read More…in the South Village/SoHo in 1995 and has been using her creative intuition to help build a community network for local artists and residents. After 9/11, Linda helped to organize…
Read More…that developers have long eyed. The recent developer giveaway SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown rezoning included allowances for up to 12 FAR in all three neighborhoods; if the cap were lifted, no doubt the…
Read More…handsome, distinctive, historic buildings (104-06 West 14th Street was an elegant cast-iron building worthy of the SoHo and NoHo historic districts until its architectural butchering). Village Preservation works tirelessly to…
Read More…an auditorium and rooftop playground. Additionally, the school has undergone several small scale upgrades and renovations over its lifespan. (Read more at Yukie Otha’s SoHo Memory Project about her experience…
Read More…in 1983 as an entity independent from the New School, and it rented and renovated the first two floors of the Astor Building at 583 Broadway in SoHo. Now it’s…
Read More…the SoHo Weekly, Village Voice, and other papers from the mid 1970s to his unexpected death in 2000. He left behind an extraordinary archive, which his family and friends placed…
Read More…South Village and SoHo. The church itself was founded in 1886 and was one of the first churches to serve the South Village’s growing population of Italian immigrants during the…
Read More…to Dieu Donne, a contemporary art gallery and independent paper mill, then located in SoHo (now located in Brooklyn’s Navy Yard), where she further honed her craft. While there, she…
Read More…helped engineer the nearby SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan, which similarly violated pledges made to the community about what that plan would and would not entail. Tell Councilmember Rivera to…
Read More…Katz — a pro-upzoning zealot who consistently spread lies about Village Preservation and other community organizations during the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning fight, and who tried to falsely smear opponents of the…
Read More…north. Today’s East Village, Greenwich Village, SoHo, and surrounding neighborhoods were then referred to as “The Land of the Blacks.” While no sites from that era remain, there are important…
Read More…Greenwich Village, the East Village; SoHo and NoHo now stand. This settlement was comprised of individual landholdings, many of which belonged to former “company slaves” of the Dutch West India…
Read More…the right with a section of the South Tower on the left. This 1977 view south across the rooftops of Soho was taken by acclaimed Village Voice photographer Fred W….
Read More…Jones on the same subject that will be on view at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in SoHo from April 3-May 12. The exhibition will include…
Read More…with a residential FAR of 10), allowing New York City to zone above 12 FAR for new residential development anywhere it wished. The recent developer-giveaway SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown rezoning included multiple areas…
Read More…Corey Johnson. It was a lively and informative discussion in which candidates shared their views and positions on preservation, development, affordable housing, outdoor dining, helping small businesses, the Mayor’s SoHo/NoHo…
Read More…of SoHo, Greenwich Village, and large sections of Lower Manhattan today) made him quite wealthy, allowing him to commit time and resources to social and political causes. Following the passage…
Read More…generous rules allow. The recent SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning, for example, allowed new development at up to the legally allowable limit of 12 FAR. Had it not been for the limit, the…
Read More…politicized foil to the SoHo and Uptown art scenes. Glueck describes the gallery and its then-new exhibition of Wajnarowicz’s work as “violent, erotic, and political, [featuring] stirring images painted over…
Read More…the publisher of High Times magazine met Jim and asked him to run New Morning, a countercultural bookstore that he wanted to open in SoHo. Jim accepted the offer and…
Read More…for decades. Parisi Bakery, Alps Provisions, and SoHo Wines have also been supplying Raffetto’s with bread, sausage, and wine for decades. Some families have been getting their pasta at Raffetto’s…
Read More…local, such as Alchemist’s Kitchen in SoHo and an.mé in the East Village. In an ironic twist of fate, one of those retailers is Exit 9 (August 2016 Business of…
Read More…produced, premiered at the Barr-Albee-Wilder Playwrights Unit of the Vandam Theater (at 15 Van Dam Street, now the SoHo Playhouse) in December of 1963. During that same stretch of time,…
Read More…assisted with our adult educational programming, and actively participated in our campaign in opposition to the City’s SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown upzoning plan. As our administrator, Hew will continue these responsibilities and assist…
Read More…Watch here: https://youtu.be/vpL9ku7kBiI Michael E. Levine’s Greenwich Village, SoHo, Stonewall, and Beyond: an Oral History Celebration — To celebrate the release of Michael E. Levine’s Village Preservation Oral History, Village…
Read More…our City Council candidate forums, City Council candidate questionnaires, and critical statements made by Mayoral, Borough President, and City Council candidates on defining issues like the proposed SoHo/NoHo rezoning. CLICK…
Read MoreWe’ve added new information to our Election 2021 webpage about statements by Manhattan Borough President candidates regarding the Mayor’s proposed SoHo/NoHo Upzoning, as well as statements by City Council District…
Read More…saying about important issues like the proposed SoHo/NoHo upzoning, as well as reaching out to them about important preservation issues via our citywide preservation petition and other means, and so…
Read More…saying about important issues like the proposed SoHo/NoHo upzoning, as well as reaching out to them about important preservation issues via our citywide preservation petition and other means, and so…
Read More…the Friends of Cast Iron Architecture, designating the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, establishing the Victorian Society in America, and saving the Jefferson Market Courthouse. She fought for protection of historic…
Read More…corridors. Now for the good news. The 10012 zip code, which includes much of the Village south of Washington Square, northern SoHo, and NoLIta, actually saw a 5% decrease in…
Read More…begun showing at the Annina Nosei Gallery in SoHo. While living in the East Village, Basquiat immersed himself in the downtown arts scene, including New Wave music and film as…
Read More…Bleecker Street. GVSHP, I.M. Pei, Sylvette David (the model for the original sculpture) and many others successfully opposed that outrageous plan, and NYU withdrew it. Silver Towers, photo source: sohomemory.com…
Read More…In November we’ll visit the New Ohio Theater, located in the Archives Building on Christopher Street. This company operated out of a SoHo location for many years, but they are…
Read More…Sullivan Gardens, the St. Mark’s Historic District, SoHo, and Westbeth, as well as districts as diverse as Bedford-Stuyvesant and the Grand Concourse, Jackson Heights and Park Slope. Without landmark designation, many…
Read More…and working in studios created from obsolete industrial space, a development that had recently begun, in an illegal manner, in post-industrial sections of New York, such as SoHo. The success…
Read More…clear. The artists and galleries of the collaborative block heralded the SoHo and Chelsea gallery scenes and proved that artists of all kinds could live, work, and operate together, inspiring…
Read More…Inc., Lower Manhattan Neighbors’ Organization, SoHo Alliance, Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, NoHo Neighborhood Association, Assembly Member Deborah Glick and 10 other individuals, filed suit against the City and State’s approvals…
Read More…a successful grassroots campaign to save the Jefferson Market Courthouse Building and transformed the building into a library. Gayle was also an important advocate in the creation of SoHo Cast…
Read More…a cast-iron structure in New York, which ultimately paved the way for the residential conversions of many of SoHo’s cast-iron gems. Five ornate brackets just below the cornice show where…
Read More…painted yellow, Nose is softspoken but engaging, and seems to be a natural at business. She has also had other shops in the East Village and SoHo selling gadgets and…
Read More…the map to be “SoHo”, the blocks of MacDougal, Sullivan, and Thompson Streets south of Houston have always been considered part of the Village. Previous blog posts on this subject…
Read More…Carmine Street location. He had previously operated a store in Brooklyn called the Unknown Obscure Little Bookshop as well as the celebrated New Morning Bookstore on Spring Street in SoHo…
Read More…New York, they tend to go shopping on Broadway in Soho, or on Fifth Avenue, but I feel like if I’m going to take someone shopping, this would be the…
Read More…pursuits that occupy those buildings?” That’s the next frontier. For the most part, meatpackers are mostly gone from the Meatpacking District, few struggling artists still paint in Soho lofts, and…
Read More…lies between Houston Street and Washington Square, roughly bounded by Sixth Avenue and LaGuardia Place. Phase III is south of Houston Street, between Sixth Avenue and the SoHo Historic District,…
Read More…south of Washington Square, northern SoHo, and NoLIta, saw no net change in the number of chains. 10011, which includes much of the central and west Village between 5th and…
Read More…also active in the neighborhoods now known as SoHo and Tribeca. 316-318 Bowery, looking uptown. The Bouwerie Lane Theater (an individual NYC Landmark) is visible at right. Photo from Google…
Read More…district to roughly split between the 3rd and 1st Council Districts. A few low-population blocks at the southern end of Hudson Square/SoHo would also move from the 3rd to the…
Read More…Democratic Club, named for his former partner Jim Owles, one of the history-making residents of 186 Spring Street. “In 1970, when the neighborhood we now call Soho was still a…
Read More…Robert Moses’ plans to extend 5th Avenue through Washington Square Park and build a Lower Manhattan Expressway, which would have wiped out a large piece of SoHo. Among his neighborhood…
Read More…9A. Beat Keerl, representing the SoHo Alliance. Peter Rea, associate professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Silver Towers resident. Wayne Conti, local small business owner. Anne Hearn,…
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