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Basquiat and NoHo
…Patti Astor is an American performer who was a key actress in New York City underground films of the 1970s, and the East Village art scene of the 1980s. Astor…
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Night Vision: The West Village at Night in the 1980’s A lecture and slideshow with photographer Efrain Gonzalez
…the streets and the people who made the city come alive at night. In the 1980’s he discovered the underground cultures and private clubs of Greenwich Village and the Meatpacking…
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The Lowline: An introduction to New York’s newest and most innovative park with James Ramsey
…Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal, just below Delancey Street. The result will be a stunning underground park, providing a beautiful respite and a cultural attraction in one of the world’s most…
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Eating Fire: A book talk with Kelly Cogswell
…put her Medusa-like powers to good use, first as a lesbian activist, and later, as an independent journalist and monger of extremely underground art. Now, a twenty year resident of…
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The Lost Stream of the Village: A Walking Tour of Minetta Brook Led by Steve Duncan
…watercourse, how it impacted the city’s development, and how it was altered underground. He will also point out manhole covers, street names, and other surface-level clues to what runs underfoot….
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The Lost Stream of the Village: A Walking Tour of Minetta Brook led by Steve Duncan
…watercourse, how it impacted the city’s development, and how it was altered underground. He will also point out manhole covers, street names, and other surface-level clues to what runs underfoot….
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Andy Warhol’s Greenwich VillageA Lecture by Thomas Kiedrowski & Robert Heide
…discussion on Warhol’s Greenwich Village. Explore the rock ‘n’ roll beginnings of the Velvet Underground, the filmic and theatrical interludes of Warhol’s Silver Factory productions, and become part of the…
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Psycho Killer! Qu’est-ce Que C’est? The Talking Heads at CBGB
…Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers.” The “Other Music” quickly outpaced the country, bluegrass, and blues, and CBGB became an influential incubator for underground groups in the punk rock scene. The…
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Welcome to the ‘Hood, Ars Nova!
…Collective, directed by Teddy Bergman; “Best New American Theatre Work” OBIE Award-winner, Underground Railroad Game by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard with Lightning Rod Special, directed by Taibi Magar…
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113 Years at the Corner of Prince and Thompson Streets
…the LPC voted unanimously to landmark this final segment of our proposed South Village Historic District — what had been, until now, the largest, unlandmarked section of the Village. As Brick Underground…
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Happy Birthday, Jane Freilicher!
…for Freilicher, in 1970 her home was damaged with the explosion of 18 W. 11th St. as a result of the property being used by the Weather Underground as a…
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The Cornelia Street Cafe: Nearing 40, And In Need of Help
…is accepting support for their Cornelia Street Underground initiative. It’s important to remember the cafe’s origins. In May 1977, three artists stumbled across a tiny storefront in the heart of…
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Sheridan Square Uncovered
…a bounty of early New York artifacts buried underneath. Dr. Anne Marie Cantwell, a professor at Rutgers, directed the excavation. Underground brickwork uncovered at the site. You can read about…
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When the South Village Was One of New York’s ‘Seven to Save’
…right on Washington Square The South Village is rich in architectural and cultural history and the work to honor this history continues: Support GVSHP at The Village Underground in the heart of…
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Announcing the 2017 Village Awardees!
…and ESL classes, The Jefferson Market Players Theater, The Little Underground Gallery, Your Village, Your Story: Greenwich Village Oral History Project, The Greenwich Village Ephemera Project, and The Urban Explorers Group. Regina Kellerman Award…
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2017 Village Award Winner: Frank Collerius
…On top of the JMU, Frank has also instituted GED and ESL classes, The Jefferson Market Players Theater, The Little Underground Gallery, Your Village, Your Story: Greenwich Village Oral History Project, The Greenwich…
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A History of the East Village in 10 Objects
…& OMFUG, which stood for “Country Bluegrass Blues and Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers” actually belied the club’s status as an incubator for underground groups in the punk and rock…
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GVSHP’s First Historic Plaque, On First Street
…center for the underground of revolution.” Schwab’s activism did not end with the riot at Tompkins Square Park. He became a member of the Socialist Labour Party, was an editor…
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Five Accomplished Writers and Thinkers Discuss Basquiat, NoHo & Identity
…and then took off. Patti was a key actress in New York City underground films of the 1970s and the East Village art scene of the 1980s. In 1981, Astor…
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All we want for the holidays is TO SAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD!
…a six-lane underground highway, was being proposed for the Far West Village. After being approved by the city, the plan was nixed for environmental concerns that centered around striped bass,…
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is a Visual Ode to the Village
…lower level (now filled with percussion instruments). It is here where Midge is introduced to the underground party records downstairs. Party records were a sub-genre of comedy filled with raunchier…
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Mapping Civil Rights and Social Justice — A Year Later
…information. But even we would not have guessed that the map would receive over 70,000 views in that time, with its praises sung in BrickUnderground, Curbed, 6sqft, Viewing NYC, and…
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Celebrating the 15th Amendment on Bleecker Street
…Street. The Mother AME Zion Church, also known as “Mother Zion”, remained on Church Street until 1864, and became a part of a network of Underground Railroad “stations.” In 1864,…
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Valerie Solanas: Questions, Context, and a Messy Legacy in the Village
…the face of an oppressive state and culture which bore arms itself. Just two years after Solanas shot Andy Warhol, the Weather Underground, active in the Village, blew up a…
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Announcing the 2018 Village Awardees
…morphed into several businesses including the Comedy Cellar, Olive Tree Cafe, and Cafe Wha, adding Village Underground and the Fat Black Pussycat in later years. Now run by Manny’s son…
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GVSHP’s First Plaque, On 1st Street
…regulars that they received there mail there. Samuel Gompers described the saloon as “the post office and information center for the underground of revolution.” Schwab’s activism did not end with…
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Beyond the Village and Back: Chicago’s “L” and the New York City “El”
…it was depressing business and property values. In 1936, work started on the underground Sixth Avenue Line. The El was officially closed on December 4, 1938 and razed during 1939;…
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A Tour of the Bowery, From GVSHP’s Historic Image Archive and Urban Archive
…street at 315 Bowery is the former home of CBGBs. From 1973 to 2006, CBGBs was an influential incubator for underground groups in the punk and rock scene. From the GVSHP Image…
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A ‘Riveting’ Historic Photo Mystery Solved!
…those on Second, Third, Sixth, and Ninth Avenues. Those original elevated trains were slower, smaller, and ran on old infrastructure while the underground subway was comparably sleek, new, and clean….
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Buy a Book Locally on Small Business Saturday
…As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating…
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Exploring Jewish Heritage, Beyond the Village and Back
…most important strains of the social and physical development of our city, with a special connection to the Underground Railroad, religious reconciliation and cooperation, and historic preservation. And one of…
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