8th Street: Greenwich Village’s Once and Future Main Street A Panel Discussion Part One of our Small Business Series. Historically, Eighth Street has been the heart of Greenwich Village, connecting…
Read More…Assembly District South. VID’s candidates were Carol Greitzer and James Lanigan, who this year finally defeated DeSapio and running mate Elsie Gleason Mattura. Also on the ticket for this district…
Read MoreGVHD50 Walking Tour: Jewels of the Historic District The Greenwich Village Historic District is one of New York’s earliest landmarked communities. On quirky angled streets lie 1920s speakeasies, literary hang-outs,…
Read MoreGVHD50 Walking Tour: Jewels of the Historic District with Joyce Gold The Greenwich Village Historic District is one of New York’s earliest landmarked communities. On quirky angled streets lie 1920s…
Read MoreHappy 50th Anniversary, St. Mark’s Historic District! Panel, Poetry, Celebration On January 14th, 1969, the St. Mark’s Historic District was designated, marking the area that was owned by Petrus Stuyvesant,…
Read MoreGVHD50: Bike Tour of the Greenwich Village Historic District This exciting ride celebrates the charming buildings and off-the-grid streets of the Greenwich Village Historic District. We’ll take riders on a…
Read More…Street), 104-108 Gansevoort Street (aka 533-535 West Street ), 94-98 Gansevoort Street, 90-92 Gansevoort Street, 84-88 Gansevoort Street, 802-816 Washington Street (aka 76-82 Gansevoort Street and 91-95 Horatio Street), 105-107…
Read MoreSouthward view of Gay Street via Wiki Commons Gay Street is one of the most charming and picturesque streets in Greenwich Village, an icon of the historic neighborhood’s anachronistic character. But…
Read More…towers proposed for our neighborhoods. Following our urging that the proposed 32-ft.-tall metallic 5G towers at 771 Greenwich/99 Bank Street, 100 Horatio Street, and 100 Jane Street be rejected based…
Read More…the Month here. And most importantly, go visit Wayne and Mercer Street Books & Records at 206 Mercer Street, just south of Bleecker Street and one block east of Broadway…
Read More…East 12th Street 47 East 12th Street 58 East 11th Street 60 East 11th Street 64-66 East 11th Street 67 East 11th Street/801-07 Broadway 34-36 East 10th Street 38-58 East…
Read MoreMonday we held a lively forum for candidates running to represent City Council District 2 in the June 27 primary election. That district will now include all of Greenwich Village…
Read More…iconic streets like Bond, Great Jones, and Lafayette Street had been left out of the original NoHo Historic District. As noted in the district’s designation report, REBNY lobbied to have…
Read More…East Village/Lower East Side Historic District. The buildings contained within this newly-designated district represent several important eras in East Village history, illustrating its growth from an elite residential neighborhood, to…
Read More…East Side Historic District. The buildings contained within this newly-designated district represent several important eras in East Village history, illustrating its growth from an elite residential neighborhood, to an immigrant…
Read More…East Village/Lower East Side Historic District. The buildings contained within this newly-designated district represent several important eras in East Village history, illustrating its growth from an elite residential neighborhood, to…
Read More…area, the Landmarks Preservation Commission finds that the St. Mark’s Historic District contains buildings and other improvements which have a special character and special historical and aesthetic interest and value…
Read MoreThis is one in a series of posts marking the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Click here to check out our year-long activities and…
Read More…the East Village or NoHo: click here to nominate your favorite. Want to help support small businesses? Share this post with friends. Strolling the neighborhood of our newest proposed historic district there…
Read More…the voiceless. 23. Allen Ginsberg Residences – 404 East 14th Street, 170 East 2nd Street, 406-408 East 10th Street, 206 East 7th Street, and 437-439 East 12th Street The now-demolished…
Read More…be landmarked. Read on to find out why. 4 East 12th Street 4 East 12th Street is nearly identical in appearance to 6 East 12th Street, making these two buildings…
Read More…Niro, Sr.. When the couple later split up, Admiral and her son lived at 521 Hudson Street (in the Greenwich Village Historic District), before moving to a more upscale top-floor…
Read MoreGreenwich Village Historic District TheaterJam Greenwich Village has been a hot-bed for creative theatrical minds since at least the beginning of the 20th century. Some of the most important movements…
Read More…unique architectural features that are mentioned in the Greenwich Village Historic District designation report (all text is from the report unless otherwise noted). 127 West 11th Street pineapple “Federal details,…
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 MoreDesignation Celebration: East 10th Street and East Village/Lower East Side Historic Districts Join us for refreshments and camaraderie with East Village/Lower East Side neighbors and supporters as we celebrate the…
Read MoreBenefit Brunch Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Greenwich Village Historic District Village Preservation and Pravda restaurant present a Benefit Brunch marking the 40th Anniversary of the Greenwich Village Historic…
Read MoreWe are very pleased to share that our proposed South of Union Square Historic District has been named one of 2022-2023’s “Seven to Save” — the biannual list of the…
Read More…our ongoing process to landmark the district and to learn more about its irreplaceable contribution to neighborhoods’ historical narrative. Anna Marcum is VP’s Director of Research and Preservation. She is…
Read More…Street/99 Bank Street Historic Property Address: 771 Greenwich Street/99 Bank Street Suggested comments to describe the effect: I oppose the siting of a 32-ft.-tall 5G tower at 771 Greenwich Street/99…
Read MoreApplication did not return for review by LPC CB2 hearing: 04/29/2013 LPC hearing: 05/14/2013 LPC meeting: TBD NoHo East Historic District Between Mott Street and Elizabeth Street Image courtesy of…
Read MoreWest 14th Street has a multilayered history preserved in its architecture which reflects the development of the surrounding area as well as New York City itself. West 14th Street is…
Read MorePresent and Future at the LGBT Center This year, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Join Village Preservation Executive Director Andrew Berman for a town…
Read More…consider the rest of the proposed South of Union Square Historic District, which contains many more buildings with similar architectural and historic significance. 70 Fifth Avenue (1912, SW corner of…
Read More…district in the East Village. Today the original Greenwich Village Historic District has been expanded twice, the St. Mark’s Historic District expanded once, and new historic districts added in the…
Read More…Save” fortified our efforts to protect these historic and endangered areas. 2002: GANSEVOORT MARKET The Gansevoort Market Historic District. The Gansevoort Market Historic District is an architecturally and culturally rich…
Read MoreFollowing the death late last year of Edith O’Hara, the founder of the 13th Street Repertory Theatre, Village Preservation urged the Landmarks Preservation Commission to consider landmark designation of 50 West 13th Street, the…
Read More…East Village today, in the empty lot next to 220 East 4th Street. Above the entrance-way to the lot a large sign was erected reading “Carmine Street Garage.” When the…
Read More…Historic District, landmarked by the city last December. Looking north along MacDougal Street from under the elevated on West 3rd Street. Image via NYPL. These several blocks of West 3rd…
Read More…was inspired by the Carmine Street Church, once located on the north side of Carmine Street, just east of its intersection with Varick Street. In 1848, under the leadership of…
Read MoreFollowing the death late last year of Edith O’Hara, the founder of the 13th Street Repertory Theatre, Village Preservation urged the Landmarks Preservation Commission to consider landmark designation of 50 West 13th Street, the more…
Read More…re-election (district map here). This diverse district includes all of the East Village and most of Greenwich Village east of Fifth Avenue, as well as parts of NoHo, the Lower…
Read MoreVillage Preservation and fellow preservation groups will be holding a forum with candidates for the 1st City Council District, currently occupied by term-limited City Councilmember Margaret Chin (district map here)….
Read More…in point, Safavieh at 150 Thompson Street (near the corner of Thompson and Houston), to get the official checklist of participating shops. Co-Sponsored by the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District Business Association…
Read MoreWalking the Greenwich Village Historic District! Forgotten Villagers of the Greenwich Village Historic District No neighborhood has such a varied and influential history as Greenwich Village in Manhattan. It was…
Read More…Historic District, which will be considered by the Landmarks Preservation Commission next Tuesday, July 20. The monotonous, single-pane windowed, concrete paneled design bears no relationship to the surrounding historic buildings…
Read MoreNew York State has determined that Village Preservation’s proposed South of Union Square Historic District is eligible for the State and National Registers of Historic Places, saying: “The district and…
Read More…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…
Read More…in the Greenwich Village Historic District designation report). Gay Street stands out, even in the quirky tangle of West Village streets. Notable later residents of Gay Street included writer Ruth…
Read More…it: Mercer Street Books and Records, our Business of the Month for September. “It’s like a little oasis for your brain. Or like a temple,” says Wayne Conti, who has…
Read MoreAPPROVED 01/09/2018 CB2 hearing: 12/14/2017 LPC hearing: 01/09/2018 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 4th Street and Gansevoort Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is…
Read More…before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. NoHo Historic District Lafayette Street between Bleecker Street and Bond Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2…
Read More…this scene is East 7th Street. With our program tomorrow evening on the social history of East 7th Street, we thought it only made sense to explore this street and…
Read MoreRestoring/Renovating Ironwork in a Historic District: A discussion with Robin Key and Richie Lodato Landscape architect Robin Key, winner of Village Preservation’s 2006 Front Stoop Award, and ironworker Richie Lodato…
Read More…Landmarks Preservation Commission’s proposed East Village Historic District. Centered primarily around lower Second Avenue, the buildings contained within the proposed district represent a number of significant eras in the history…
Read MoreHistoric District Council’s 25th Annual Perservation Conference, co-sponsored by Village Preservation Join the Historic Districts Council for Open to the Public: A Participant-Driven Preservation Conference! This day-long conference will dive…
Read MoreAPPROVED 02/07/2017 CB2 hearing: 01/12/2017 LPC hearing: 02/07/2017 Click HERE for GVSHP testimony Greenwich Village Historic District Between Washington Street and Greenwich Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the…
Read MoreAPPROVED 11/10/2015 CB2 hearing: N/A LPC hearing: 11/10/2015 Greenwich Village Historic District Between 12th Street and Horatio Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: Application is to…
Read MoreAPPROVED This application is now closed NoHo Historic District Between Broadway and Lafayette Street APPLICATION: From the LPC agenda: An altered factory building built circa 1920, and a one-story garage…
Read More…the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II At the Corner of Clarkson Street and Varick Street/7th Ave S —- APPLICATION INFORMATION…
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications 06/25/2019 CB2 hearing: 06/13/2019 LPC hearing: 06/25/2019 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 10th Street and Christopher Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda:…
Read MoreAPPROVED 02/09/2015 APPROVED amendment 03/19/2019 CB2 hearing: 01/19/2016 LPC hearing: 02/02/2016 (see NY Yimby article) LPC meeting: 02/09/2016 LPC meeting for amendment: 03/19/2019 Noho Historic District Between Broadway and Lafayette…
Read More…West Third and Fourth Streets were also home to a number of ‘gay’ establishments, particularly where they intersected MacDougal Street. In 1955-1956, the FBI made a list of places of…
Read More…Greenwich Streets,” 1936, courtesy New York Public Library Digital Collections The Christopher Street express station at Greenwich Street — the route the Ninth Avenue line followed in Greenwich Village —…
Read MoreWITHDRAWN Individual Landmark 545-547 East 11th Street Image courtesy of Google Street View —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Gothic-Revival style church designed by William Field…
Read More…West 10th Street and Christopher Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application to install a bracket sign replicating a historic neon sign for ground floor storefront….
Read More…the National Register of Historic Places. This was the first new historic district in Greenwich Village to be determined eligible for the prestigious State and National Registers of Historic Places…
Read MoreThe streets, parks, and squares of the Greenwich Village Historic District (GVHD) are named for a unique collection of historical figures. Beginning with our 2019 celebration of the 50th anniversary…
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….
Read MoreIf you have ever noticed the beautiful row houses along MacDougal Street and Sullivan Street between Houston Street and Bleecker Street, these are part of the MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District….
Read More… What is an historic district? An historic district is an area where a group of buildings and sites have a distinct sense of place or character….
Read More…New York City Marble Cemetery What is an historic district? An historic district is an area where a group of buildings and…
Read More…the numbered streets directly above them. Starting at 207th Street, you stop at 125th Street in Harlem, 59th Street welcomes you to Midtown, and 14th Street is the station before…
Read More…and a dormitory facing West 13th Street (the latter of which is included in the Greenwich Village Historic District). All employ concrete, buff-colored brick, and cast stone trim. Together they…
Read More…Historic District shaped 20th century American art. Jackson Pollock kept studios at 49 East 10th Street, 46 Carmine Street, and 47 Horatio Street; Willem de Kooning had studios at 827-831…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 12/10/2013 Greenwich Village Historic District Entire block between Hudson, Bank, Greenwich, and Bethune Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A loft building designed by…
Read More…the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. NoHo Historic District West Houston between Broadway and Mercer Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is…
Read More…before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. NoHo Historic District Broadway from East 8th to East 9th to Lafayette Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From…
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications on 04/07/2015 CB2 hearing: 03/16/2015 LPC hearing: 04/07/2015 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Bank and West 11th Streets Image courtesy of Google Street View —- APPLICATION INFORMATION…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 07/20/2010 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Sixth & Seventh Avenues City & Country School Application: Eight Greek Revival style rowhouses built in the 1840s, and altered in the…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 11/18/2014 CB2 hearing: 11/10/2014 LPC hearing: 11/18/2014 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Greenwich and Hudson Streets Image courtesy of Google Street View —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From…
Read More116 -120 East 11th Street As both we and the media have recently reported, two months ago GVSHP requested the landmark designation of a potential historic district on East 11th…
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…MacDougal) landmarked as part of the South Village Historic District in 2013, and listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places also in 2013. Over Village Preservation’s protest,…
Posted April 12, 2023
Read MoreAPPLICATION APPROVED on 07/09/2013 NoHo Historic District Extension Between East 4th and Great Jones Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A parking lot. Application is to…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 06/04/2013 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Little West 12th and Gansevoort Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Queen Anne style French Flat building…
Read MoreAPPROVED at 05/08/2012 LPC hearing Greenwich Village Historic District Between Charles and West 10th Streets APPLICATION: From the LPC agenda: An apartment building designed by Samuel Roth and built in…
Read More…as they are expensive) but the South Village Historic District street signs have started to appear in the western third of the district. Unveiling of the marker for the Gansevoort…
Read More…they did not admit women until 1971. © Estate of Fred W. McDarrah This image of Greenwich Village resident John Belushi on Bleecker Street between Perry and Charles Streets was…
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Visible in the background are the Hudson Terminal Buildings at 30-50 Church Street, which were demolished to make way for the World Trade Center and are approximately where the Santiago…
Posted June 2, 2020
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This collection of images shows the South Street Seaport area before its restoration and rebuilding in the 1980s, when many of these buildings that were among the oldest in New…
Posted January 20, 2023
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Edward LaGrassa had a particular interest in buildings designed by architect James Bogardus, including 254 Canal Street (built 1856-57)….
Posted April 5, 2021
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…proposed for landmark designation in 2002. It is among the 10 of the 13 which were landmarked, designated as an individual landmark in 2005. 67 Greenwich Street via Google Streetview….
Posted March 31, 2023
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…Extension of the Greenwich Village Historic District in 2010, and got the buildings listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places in 2013. Bleecker Street via Google Streetview….
Posted April 12, 2023
Read More…Kooning, and the center of the 10th Street Galleries. Willem de Kooning in the doorway of 88 East 10th Street. April 5, 1959. Photo © Estate of Fred W. McDarrah…
Read More…this case ‘Chelsea Square,’ the campus of the General Theological Seminary) at the heart of their historic district, in this case the Chelsea Historic District. But Cushman Row’s connections to…
Read MoreAPPLICATION APPROVED Greenwich Village Historic District Between Perry and Charles Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda:Four rowhouses, built in the early 19th Century and remodeled in…
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