…whose full name is “Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World,” was unveiled and dedicated in New York Harbor on October 28, 1886. Rendering of the opening day fireworks for the…
Read More…(Veteran’s Day actually began in 1919 as “Armistice Day,” commemorating the end of World War I on that date, and only became “Veterans Day after World War II). It was…
Read More…admitting hospital for those injured in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. Additionally, poet and notable Village resident Edna St. Vincent Millay received her middle name in…
Read More…in 1789. The basis for the “Cigar Store Indian,” it was said to be the best-known trademark in the world. Soon after construction, the buildings served as the headquarters and…
Read More…was in many ways the epicenter of the epicenter. For many years, Community Board #2, which includes Greenwich Village, led the city in terms of the number of AIDS cases…
Read More…use. The LGBT Community Services Center (208 West 13th Street) The Lesbian, Gay Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, known as The Center, acquired the three-story Italianate-style former school from the…
Read More…was a kind of “church” or “group therapy” center, a place to play music and dance, and enjoy each other’s company. It has been said that the epicenter of the…
Read More…level of success in the art world, and his work referenced issues of class and race and drew upon street art and graffiti art. Basquiat’s painting ‘Defacement (The Death of…
Read More…Young, officiated Matt’s (very Village, very Jewish) wedding — that’s a strong bond. Izzy’s world-famous Folklore Center, which was next door to Marc’s store, is where the wedding was held….
Read More…tower at the center of the building. Topping out at 1,046, the Chrysler building became the world’s tallest building and the first building to surpass the height of the Eiffel…
Read More…a horse auction mart for the city’s elite, the space then served as a women’s assembly-line training center during World War II. We memorialized this history and Stella’s work with…
Read More…enclave. Backyard on Tenth Street, 1956 Post World War II, New York supplanted Paris as the center of the art world. With the death of Jackson Pollock in 1956, de…
Read More…him playing Magnus Carlsen in the park. Carlsen is the Norwegian chess grandmaster and current World Chess Champion, World Rapid Chess Champion, and World Blitz Chess Champion. Many a luminary…
Read More…the new built form, the skyscraper. The Guaranty Building, Buffalo For this exciting technological marvel of the new world, Sullivan chose to eschew old world forms and thinking. The author…
Read More…art world on their head, creating works of staggering buzz and popularity that had no affiliation with the more formal art world of the time. Basquiat’s outsider status, combined with his…
Read More…the great schools, which beg to show us that, after all, there is a world of real people, both male and female—flesh, blood, elbows, facial expression, unbroken necks—a world that…
Read More…is credited with popularizing the picture book and helping to reimagine children’s literature by centering stories on a child’s reality rather than on fairy tales. 75 ½ Barrow Street…
Read More…an indictment. Anne Waldman / The World 1971 edition of The World Anne Waldman, East Village resident and director of the Poetry Project at St. Marks’ Church-in-the-Bowery, was the co-founder…
Read More…the Salmagundi became the backwater. The art world isn’t into us; they don’t know about Salmagundi, we might as well be Brigadoon. It is just another world, it is a…
Read More…States was rapidly beginning to overtake Europe as the center of the western art world. The Whitney Museum was founded in 1931 on West 8th Street, in a trio of…
Read More…great landmarks, and great institutions, of New York City, the nation, and the world. With more than 2 million objects in its collection, it is by far the largest museum…
Read More…unlikely site of the impromptu Tiles For America exhibit, one of our city’s most poignant and recognized memorials of the tragic World Trade Center terrorist attacks. MTA Emergency Vent at…
Read More…the author of From Windmills to the World Trade Center: A Walking Guide through Lower Manhattan History and From Trout Stream to Bohemia: A Walking Guide to Greenwich Village History….
Read More…the primary admitting hospital for those injured in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. Additionally, poet and notable Village resident Edna St. Vincent Millay received her middle…
Read More…to lease the millions of square feet of retail space scheduled to open in New York City in the next several years, everywhere from the World Trade Center to the…
Read More…the Encyclopedia of New York, she is the author of From Windmills to the World Trade Center: A Walking Guide through Lower Manhattan History and From Trout Stream to Bohemia:…
Read More…York history at New York University and the New School. A contributor to the Encyclopedia of New York, she is the author of From Windmills to the World Trade Center:…
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…the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11, Sonny put aside his routine, as did so many, and quietly joined forces to restore order to his city. He supervised…
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Read More…Proposed name for Rockefeller Plaza Page 51-52: Historic Zoning protections for Greenwich Village, efforts to close Women’s House of Detention Page 53: “Village Plan’s First Community Addicts’ Center, Tilden asks…
Read More…the Javits Center November 15-17 and follow them on Instagram here. Sample of games from www.instagram.com/videogamesnewyork Jack-of-all-trades Carlos Altamirano was behind the counter on a recent visit and had just…
Read More…India, attended architectural school in Texas and was involved in numerous projects in New York City and beyond, including the David Rubinstein Atrium at Lincoln Center and the World Trade…
Read More…gardens. The two organizations merged in 2008 to form Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Covered_path_at_Snug_Harbor_Cultural_Center_%26_Botanical_Garden,_Staten_Island,_NYC.jpg Ysmp bkln / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) According to Snug Harbor Cultural Center &…
Read More…Cafe Wha? In the 1950s it was the center of the Beat movement in NYC. In the 1950s and 60s it was the center of the folk revival in NYC. …
Read More…way for the extension of 6th Avenue in 1926. The Center for Migration Studies of New York is a think tank and educational institute devoted to the study of international…
Read More…Luciano, and (perhaps surprisingly) Geraldo Rivera. 2. Former P.S. 64/CHARAS-El Bohio Community Center, 605 East 9th Street Photo via Wikimedia One of the many manifestations of the Young Lords spirit…
Read More…Photo from the archives of the Neighborhood Preservation Center. We would also like to extend a thanks to the Neighborhood Preservation Center for providing these images of the sealing of…
Read More…education center serving the Loisaida community for more than two decades until it was auctioned off by the city in 1998. (You can watch Loisaida Center Director Libertad Guerra’s introductory…
Read More…stands out in reflecting the rich Puerto Rican culture and presence in the neighborhood during this period: P.S. 64, former home of the Charas/El Bohio Community Center. In many of…
Read More…not exactly contain a huge amount of historically significant material on their exteriors. Also excluded from the proposed historic district: (l.) NYU’s Kimmel Student Center, (m.) their Academic and Spiritual…
Read More…because it fronted on Broadway rather than Lincoln Center Plaza, connected only by a pedestrian bridge. The Juilliard School, by Ezra Stoller, from the collection of Lincoln Center “This hard-lined…
Read MoreNeighborhood Preservation Center Nearly four centuries ago, Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant, whose life has been the stuff of legend on account of his wooden leg and his role in losing…
Read More…remain standing, the Catholic Center and chapel were demolished in 2009 and replaced with a new NYU Spiritual Center. Former NYU Catholic Center, Eggers & Higgins, 1964 – via nycago.org…
Read MoreThe 1901 Beaux Arts Ernest Flagg Rectory that houses the Neighborhood Preservation Center. Preservation is a very vital component of sustainability, so it is no surprise that GVSHP’s office is…
Read More…of countries around the world. The Fountain House, with thousands of active members, remains the largest center of its kind in the world. The Fountain House historically helped members find…
Read More…World, set to be released in theaters on February 23. Watch the film’s trailer here. Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World is the story…
Read More…were established in the area including the Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection. Previous to World War I, the Russian Orthodox Church was under the jurisdiction of Russia. Following World…
Read More…succeed as an artist herself, Halpert wanted to open a gallery. And so, right in the middle of the burgeoning center of the art world, Edith Gregor Halpert opened the…
Read More…helped the world to discover artists from Billie Holiday to Bob Dylan and scores more in between. Hammond was absolutely one of the most transformative figures in 20th-century popular music….
Read More…around the world, with the effects felt swiftly and pervasively. That’s because, in the 21st century, news can reach virtually anywhere almost instantaneously, and our economies are so utterly intertwined…
Read More…Village Music World– 197 Bleecker Street –Business of the Month in November 2017 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village has always been at the center of the music world — a home for…
Read More…film is “an apocalyptic vision of the collision of two different worlds — urban life and technology versus the environment.” We usually perceive our world, our way of living, as…
Read More…give sight to those in need around the world. There are countless organizations, schools, and services for the blind in New York and around the world, that carry Keller’s name…
Read More…Bleecker Street –Business of the Month in November 2017 Village Music World Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village has always been at the center of the music world — a home…
Read MoreAssassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. On June 28, 1914, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, an event that led to the start of World War…
Read More…from 1931 until 1973 (and the tallest building in New York during that time and again from September 11, 2001 until 2013, when the new One World Trade Center was…
Read More…around New York City and visitors around the world. Tower Records, which opened at 692 Broadway in 1983, was the place to go to find new and old music on…
Read More…in the world, to finally its transformation to an epicenter for an artistic community.” Reading this statement, one would assume that the buildings also merited landmark designation by New York…
Read More…And to the surprise of many, the South Village was once the center of the world for LGBT New Yorkers. In fact, a century ago, the South Village one of…
Read More…was drafted into the army during World War I and World War II. He died in 1943 at home in the Bronx, according to the MCNY. His trade was listed…
Read MoreShow your love for community centers and spaces for a powerful and quick event next Tuesday. Join GVSHP, elected officials, community groups, and neighbors for a rally and press conference…
Read More…in one very tragic case, they were literally crumbling, too. And it all came tumbling down on August 3, 1973, when what was once one of the world’s grandest hotels…
Read More…Perrette led by Vicki Weiner, Director of Planning & Preservation at the Pratt Center for Community Development. This event is sponsored by the Neighborhood Preservation Center in partnership with the…
Read More…Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt Design Center. Michelle D. Commander is the associate director and curator of the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery at the Schomburg Center. She is…
Read More…the inside out, and re-opened in 1999 as the Neighborhood Preservation Center. GVSHP is one of the three resident partners of the Center, and we are proud and fortunate to…
Read More…welcoming our community back to in-person events with our partners at the Center! Our utmost priority is the health and safety of our staff, visitors, and community. The Center is…
Read More…the Little Red Schoolhouse. NYU’s Kevorkian Center What all these sites share in common is a modest, human scale; solid, masonry materials; and a tangible connection to the story of…
Read MoreThe Hamilton Fish Park today, featuring its 1900 Carrère and Hastings-designed, Beaux-Arts Style Recreation Center. In our blog series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great…
Read More…of the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center (formerly the Carmine Street Recreation Center), located on the corner of 7th Avenue South and Clarkson Street. At this intersection, it’s actually four different…
Read More…have made our headquarters for the last fourteen years. The celebration – tickets are still available – is a benefit for the center, which serves as a resource center that…
Read MoreEvery June, New Yorkers and people from around the world gather in our city to celebrate Pride Month and honor the memory of the Stonewall Riots, three nights in 1969…
Read More…meeting of Socialists, Anarchists, Rationalists, Libertarians and radicals in general.” The choice of location for their center was a logical one as this was the center for gatherings both in…
Read More…the SculptureCenter and relocated to 167 East 69th Street, where they spent years renovating the space to establish a gallery and workshops. Since then, SculptureCenter has expanded its operations, continuing…
Read More…also happens to have very little landmarking (according to the Furman Center just 2.8%, which includes a large park and recreation center and the Williamsburg Houses, a big NYCHA, low-income…
Read More…ago went through, especially Italian immigrants. Nicosia Graziano. © Center for Migration Studies of New York. www.archive.gvshp.org. This image is from the Center for Migration Studies Collection of our Historic…
Read More…what this empirical study shows is that pessimistic forecasts aside, the Village remains a potent center (arguably the center) for artists in New York. Of course these are for the…
Read More…— read or listen to it here. Richard Wandel at the LGBT Center at 208 W. 13th Street on June 8, 2016. Photograph by Liza Zapol. Richard Wandel is a…
Read More…bohemians. A coalition of freespeech activists, socialists, and anarchists opened the Ferrer Center on St. Mark’s Place. The center, named after Spanish freethinker and revolutionary Francisco Ferrer, was the home…
Read More…after the Pride March itself. Village Preservation is happily highlighting LGBTQ history in the Greenwich Village Historic District as the entire world comes together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the…
Read More…in this neighborhood that helped shift the center of the global art world to New York City. Joann Gedney, Landscape I, 1957. Joann Gedney at her 49 East 10th Street…
Read More…in the world. But this very uptown institution actually has some very strong roots downtown. The temple was designed by Robert D. Kohn on the former site of the Mrs….
Read More…Body, the Reuben Gallery is described as “a lively center for downtown art, especially as a crucible for Happenings.” Allan Kaprow’s first public ‘Happening,’ 18 Happenings in 6 Parts, was…
Read More…located in the heart of the “Chess District” of New York City and the world, in our very own South Village. Owner Imad Khachchan was an NYU PhD student in…
Read More…workforce for the first time. Many worked in critical roles in factories and shipyards. 128 East 13th Street was a women’s assembly-line training center during World War II and there,…
Read More…Gloves Middleweight Championship. Four years later, at age 21, Patterson became the youngest man to win the world heavyweight title and later became the first man to regain this title….
Read More…How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World This is the story of four visionaries who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Together,…
Read More…of the Golden Birds (1949), and Mister Dog (1951). Brown is credited with popularizing the picture book and helping to reimagine children’s literature by centering stories on a child’s reality rather than on…
Read More…popularizing the picture book and helping to reimagine children’s literature by centering stories on a child’s reality rather than on an imaginary reality. Streetview of 69 Bedford Street; Map data…
Read More…he would collaborate over the years, such as Buckmister Fuller, with whom he designed the experimental Dymaxion Car, which was exhibited at the 1933/34 World’s Fair in Chicago. Dymaxion Car…
Read More…those lost in World War I (Veteran’s Day actually began in 1919 as “Armistice Day,” commemorating the end of World War I on that date). It was reported that over…
Read MoreWoman Crush Wednesday is our day to celebrate and highlight the trailblazing and inspiring women who made all kinds of things happen in the world from right here in our…
Read More…create an eclectic culture and built environment in this neighborhood that helped shift the center of the global art world to New York City. Sonia Gechtoff with a painting by…
Read More…it. She taught in SUNY and CUNY and worked at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College. Her novel Under the Mink (2001, 2015) recreates the 1940s world of…
Read More…at the center of the American art world. After bouncing between numerous studios in the neighborhood, Bacon ultimately kept a studio at 20 East 13th Street, in Village Preservation’s proposed…
Read More…years of existence, this building was the site of a staggering array of political organizing and social activism, frequently intertwined with the world of publishing, as was common in the…
Read More…crystalized the image of New York in the mind of much of the world as a place of dynamic but fragile beauty. First trained as a sculptor, it was during…
Read More…so we trained during Covid in the digital space. This Black dreadlocked leader leading Middle Church is part of the way the Collegiate Church offers repair in the world for…
Read More…on to reshape and spread the gospel of modern dance across the world. As a performer, choreographer, and teacher, Sokolow had an extraordinary influence on the world of dance, drawing…
Read MorePoster for Day Without Art, 1989. World AIDS Day takes place on December 1 of every year. Designated in 1988 by the World Health Organization as part of a global…
Read More…the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and many others. Though they span different eras and fight for different causes, the Village’s social change champions are all united by…
Read More…to bring unprecedented attention to this longstanding and uncontrolled epidemic of violence in America. In the aftermath of the end of the First World War and the subsequent unrest and…
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