On Monday, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation hosted a program on the oral histories of the East Village, highlighting our commitment to the stories of our neighborhood and…
Read More…to the South Village. In 2007, GVSHP released a report all about the Italians of the South Village, which can be read here. The Butchery on Bond Street Image courtesy of…
Read MoreSong from the original Greenwich Village Follies, courtesy NYPL October has arrived, which means it’s time for another round of the Greenwich Village Follies, playing at The Duplex every Sunday…
Read More…was finally secured in September, 2003, but several key sites were left out by the City, and the remainder of the Far West Village, and Greenwich Village waterfront to the…
Read More…of the Church of the Village On Wednesday, June 21st, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation attended a plaque unveiling at the Church of the Village to honor former…
Read MoreOn January 3rd, 2017, Village Preservation released the first version of our report: New Buildings Approved for Construction within the Greenwich Village Historic District Since Designation. The report has been…
Read MoreThis is the latest installment of the Off the Grid series in which we highlight the people, places and events featured in our new book Greenwich Village Stories, available for…
Read More…the story of keeping the Village the Village. As the great-granddaughter of abolitionist and National Anti-Slavery Standard editor Sydney Howard Gay, and the granddaughter of noted suffragist Mary Otis Gay…
Read MoreIn 2021 and 2022, Village Preservation developed an innovative outdoor public art exhibition, VILLAGE VOICES. Exhibits throughout Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo featured photographs, artifacts, and soundscape recordings…
Read MoreThis is one in a series of posts marking the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District. Check out our year-long activities and celebrations at gvshp.org/GVHD50….
Read More…1969) Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Report Greenwich Village Historic District NYC LPC Map Greenwich Village Historic District State and National Register Report Greenwich Village Historic District State and National…
Read More…early, fleeting days of spring than poets, so many of whom have lived in Greenwich Village? Village Preservation’s “Homes and Haunts of Great Writers” tour on our “Greenwich Village Historic…
Read More…the Giants won the Superbowl! But perhaps most notably, on June 10, 1991, Village Preservation held its first Annual Village Awards! Since 1991, we have held the Awards each year…
Read MoreEach year, Village Preservation honors the invaluable people, businesses, and organizations that make a special contribution to our neighborhoods at our Annual Meeting and Village Awards. On June 17th, 2020…
Read More…celebrations. On April 29th, 2019, we launched our new interactive map, Greenwich Village Historic District, 1969-2019: Photos and Tours, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Greenwich Village Historic District….
Read MoreEach year, Village Preservation hosts more than sixty public programs. They cover our neighborhoods from the western edge of Greenwich Village to the easternmost reaches of the East Village. Topics…
Read More…you want. Village Tannery has been a staple of small business in the Village for years and specializes in custom leather goods. All of the leather they work with is…
Read More…District! Greenwich Village Historic District Designation Reports Explore Greenwich Village Oral Histories Preservation History Archive Greenwich Village Historic District LPC Applications Read Blog Posts about the Greenwich Village Historic District…
Read More…housing in more recent decades. However, a recent Department of Buildings filing may indicate what appears to be a first for the South Village, the historic center of the Village’s…
Read More…figures, sites, and events of the Greenwich Village Historic District, explore our Greenwich Village Historic District Map+Tours. Hans Hofmann, born on March 21, 1880, was one of the foremost figures…
Read More…artist who moved to New York’s East Village in 1966, has lived in this townhouse at 166 Avenue A since 1971 and has been carefully documenting the East Village since…
Read More…Month and Women’s History Month. So central to the history of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, these subjects are near and dear to Village Preservation. Today we take…
Read More…within the Greenwich Village Historic District, visit our Greenwich Village Historic District Map + Tours here, and be sure to click on the dropdown menu for the alphabetical listing of…
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again…time for Village Preservation’s Annual Meeting and Village Awards! The Village Awards recognize and honor some of the businesses, organizations, and institutions that make our…
Read More…marriage equality legislation, which carried over into the annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride March that ends in Greenwich Village. Of course the Village and East Village hold a…
Read MoreIn 2021 and 2022, Village Preservation developed an innovative outdoor public art exhibition that was displayed throughout Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. VILLAGE VOICES featured photographs, artifacts, and…
Read More…to her oral history here), and Grover Van Dexter, and The Pope of Greenwich Village. Many of the bars and clubs highlighted in our Old Village Matchbooks post are located…
Read More…6 Weeks” (Gothamist) On 10th Street, Towers that Never Were (The Local East Village) Die, Die, My Darling Mars Bar (NY Observer) East Village Rape Cops’ Previous Incident (Village Voice)…
Read More…into the momentous heritage of our neighborhoods. We created VILLAGE VOICES 2022 to benefit Village Preservation and as a tribute to the community to celebrate and honor our neighborhoods. VILLAGE…
Read More…Heights, he was certainly a frequent fixture at many Village gathering spots in the 1950’s and 1960’s. And it may have been from this time spent in the Village that…
Read More…Remember the Village Romana and Andrew both remember the Village as it was, and reflected on how it has changed as of today. “The one thing I would comment about…
Read More…come to Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, adding to the vibrancy, creativity, and life. Illustration of 19th-century immigrants first arriving to New York On April 29th, 2019, we…
Read More…homes in the Greenwich Village Historic District on our online tour, Greenwich Village Historic District: Then and Now Photos and Tours, which includes information about and images of every one…
Read More…his Village haunts for The Village Trip A composer, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist, Amram began his life as a musician in 1951 playing the French horn for the National Symphony Orchestra….
Read More…1950’s by the construction of Washington Square Village just to the north. The future University Village, like Washington Square Village, was built on one of the three “super blocks” created…
Read More…Village Scavenger Hunt Students will be given a list of places, spaces, buildings, and architectural details drawn from the full Black History in Greenwich Village curriculum to identify & photograph…
Read More…and reclaim it as a term of empowerment. In the article, entitled “THE SUMMER OF GAY POWER AND THE VILLAGE VOICE EXPOSED,” the activists write: “The Village Voice and its writers have once…
Read More…had actually spent their entire lives there. Some say that Greenwich Village, unlike most other New York City neighborhoods, really is like a little village in some ways. It seems…
Read MoreSession 2 – Arts, Culture, and Activism of Black Communities 1776 – 1870 Join Village Preservation for the return of our popular Black History in Greenwich Village Series. First developed…
Read More…date and location! Past awardees, employees or trustees of Village Preservation, and entities located outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo are not eligible. See our list of…
Read More…Krawchuk’s “On Edge: the West Village Waterfront,” a 134-page study and preservation proposal — CLICK HERE Have historic images or materials you’d like to donate to Village Preservation? Email info@villagepreservation.org….
Read More…various oddballs, Otter’s lens caught it all. His photographs were recently featured in Village Preservation’s Greenwich Village Stories, a collection of vignettes and images by Villagers about the Village. More…
Read More…East Village Building Blocks further here. Click here to read more about our neighborhood’s gardens. Click here to see photos from our 2018 summertime East Village Community Gardens walking tour….
Read More…Village, the East Village, and NoHo. Celebrate the life and work of this Icon with Village Preservation right between his birthday and release of this memorable album. Join Village Preservation…
Read MoreThe streets, parks, and squares of Greenwich Village are named for a unique collection of historical figures. Last year in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Greenwich Village Historic…
Read More…Westbeth’s Bell Telephone History Village Presevation Westbeth Oral Histories Village Preservation Westbeth News Village Preservation Westbeth Blog Posts Recap of, information about , and pictures of Village Preservation and Westbeth’s Artist Loft Tour…
Read More…Village. The enforcement of Prohibition posed a threat not only to these establishments but also to the freewheeling spirit of Greenwich Village. Today, we’ll explore the histories of these targeted…
Read MorePolitics and rallies have always been an integral part of the DNA of Greenwich Village. One particularly significant rally of note took place on June 13, 1959. Dubbed “Village Rallies…
Read More…Village. With tour guide Joyce Gold, GVSHP and our partners at Village Alliance, Washington Square Park Conservancy, and many local businesses, celebrated the holiday cheer and local atmosphere that is…
Read More…moved to the Village when she was three years old. Needless to say, the Village played a vital role in shaping her thought process and career. In a 1988 interview,…
Read More…Village Preservation, let us know! Email Sam Moskowitz to ask about adding your photos to Village Preservation’s Historic Image Archive. Prints from the archive are also available for purchase here….
Read More…1/2 Bedford Street, the narrowest house in Greenwich Village. For Grant, then known as Archie Leach, Greenwich Village was a generative and varied stepping stone on his way from West…
Read More…here). Where else can you find sixty-six reminiscences about the Village and East Village from some of the great musicians, politicians, performers, artists, writers, actors, activists, chefs, and designers of…
Read MoreVillage Preservation is very proud to honor Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis and Middle Collegiate Church as a Village Awardee in 2022. Join us in recognizing Rev. Dr. Lewis and Middle…
Read More…Haunts” tour within Village Preservation’s Greenwich Village Historic District: Then & Now map, which includes photographs and histories of many of the people and places who created their art in…
Read More…also as part of the exhibition, recognizing the womens’ rights activists throughout Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. You can view Village Voices through 10/30/22 at the locations listed…
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 MoreThe show Mad Men reminded us all that Howard Johnson’s, that slice of mass-produced Americana, had a home in Greenwich Village in the mid-20th century, even as Greenwich Village was…
Read More…a New Jersey native who started coming to the Village in 1977. What began as a sideline job for Todd giving food tours of the Village to New Yorkers on…
Read More…places in the Village along the way, and spent the last 30 years of her life at 55 East 9th Street. Lora epitomized the Village lifestyle, always connecting people to…
Read More…back to Greenwich Village to a furnished apartment on West 11th Street. Within a week of being back in his beloved Village, he wrote Village Revisited (A Cheerful lament in…
Read More…A Villager, as only Villagers can be? Definitely. Let’s explore. Solanas was born in 1936 in Ventnor City, New Jersey to an immigrant family from Spain and Italy. Her parents…
Read More…vault by Washington Square Park, we here at the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation would like to take some time to discuss how different burial sites are reflective of…
Read MoreNominations open today for the 2024 Annual Village Awards. Called “the Oscars of the Village,” these awards showcase the small businesses, local institutions, and outstanding individuals and organizations, and places…
Read More…and 12th Streets St. Vincent’s Hospital Probably the most well-known of the Village Saints, St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center, was a Village fixture for 161 years before its closing in…
Read More…round model. In recent years, Cooper Union’s Foundation Building was the site of Village Preservation’s Annual Village Awards and Annual Members Meeting. The First Night Court in the Nation: The…
Read MoreVillage Voices box honoring Billie Holiday (left); and Councilmember Erik Bottcher, Village Voices co-curator Leslie Mason, and State Senator Brad Hoylman atop A Monument to Choice in Gansevoort Plaza Village…
Read More…final phase of that area. And importantly, as many of you know, the South Village was also the neighborhood of one of the most celebrated South Village residents: Nobel Prize…
Read More…most historically significant sites relating to the Italian-American experience in New York can be found in the Greenwich Village blocks known as the South Village–from the first church in America…
Read More…the British Museum’s BBC radio series and book.” Of course, we couldn’t resist compiling our own list in reference to the Village. Here, we look at the East Village through…
Read More…Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo. And since the Greenwich Village Society sponsors these awards, employees and Trustees (even though we are awesome) are not eligible. You can submit…
Read More…of our Annual Village Awards. Click here to RSVP to the 2018 Village Awards. Click here to read about the other 2018 Village Awardees TNC’s 2013 summer street theater tour…
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again…time for Village Preservation’s Annual Meeting and Village Awards! The Village Awards recognize and honor some of the businesses, organizations, and institutions that make our…
Read More…businesses are too-often transient. Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo contain many small, independent businesses, and they are among the features that make these neighborhoods so special. Village Preservation…
Read More…Village? Check out our South Village oral history collection, watch our Save the South Village videos, or read about Italians of the South Village, Our Lady of Pompeii, and Father…
Read More…Valentina. Photo courtesy of Andrew Marttila. In a more positive turn of events, and shifting away from the East Village, Reminiscence in the West Village has their very own shop…
Read MoreGreenwich Village has long been the home of many of history’s most important social change champions. Now, using Village Preservation’s interactive map of the Greenwich Village Historic District, we can…
Read More…Paine’s home. Want to learn about scores more important historic social change champions of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo? Check out our Civil Rights and Social Justice Map…
Read More…“The Village Barn” immediately caught my eye. I had no idea what this place was and, intrigued, I of course, consulted Facebook. Turns out that when the Village Barn closed…
Read More…at hbubbins@gvshp.org. Read the resolution below: East Village Special Commercial District” Resolution WHEREAS, the East Village has historically been a diverse residential community, known as a first stopping place for immigrants…
Read MoreIconic corners in three of the South Village’s historic districts (l. to r.): Our Lady of Pompeii Church (Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II — designated 2010; MacDougal Street and…
Read MoreA 1965 paperback edition of Greenwich Village: 1920-1930 available in the GVSHP library. For those familiar with the history of Greenwich Village, the name of author Jane Jacobs is quite…
Read More…homes and business opportunities in the South Village, forming a second prominent neighborhood for Italian culture and life. The new residents of the South Village quickly started to form institutions…
Read More…Village Preservation’s House Tour Benefit in 2016. See other historic homes on this year’s House Tour. This year’s tour features homes exclusively within the Greenwich Village Historic District. Francis Russell,…
Read More…the Village, East Village, and NoHo are blessed with so many incredible people, sites, businesses, and institutions worthy of honoring that it often takes several years to get to even…
Read More…Lane Theatre. For more Jewish history of the Greenwich Village Historic District, read here or see the Jewish History tour on our Greenwich Village Historic District 50th Anniversary map at…
Read MoreVillage Preservation is pleased to announce the launch of VILLAGE VOICES, an outdoor exhibition celebrating people, places, and moments from our neighborhoods’ history. VILLAGE VOICES will be an engaging installation…
Read MoreVillagers celebrate marriage equality in New York State As one-time Villager Bob Dylan famously called it, the Times, They Are A-Changing. This Sunday New York State will begin issuing marriage…
Read MoreWelcome to February, and African American History Month! Village Preservation has long documented the stories behind the streets, buildings and people of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. Those…
Read More…the country, at the time when the United States was the largest beer producing country in the world). Nonetheless, Greenwich Village and the East Village contained about a dozen breweries…
Read MoreShirley Jackson and son Laurence in Greenwich Village. Courtesy of Laurence Jackson Hyman. Halloween is right around the corner, so for this installment of Village People, let’s take a look…
Read More…Village Homeowners in 1968 and reprinted in 1969. You can view it here. The Association of Village Homeowners was a community group founded in 1960 in response to development within…
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