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Business of the Month: Myers of Keswick, 634 Hudson Street

Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — help us to select the next. Tell us which independent store you love in Greenwich Village,…

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Business of the Month: Makari

Your input is needed! Today we kick off our new “Business of the Month” feature on independent stores in Greenwich Village, the East Village and NoHo. Tell us which store…

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Business of the Month: Sullivan Street Tea & Spice Company

Your input is needed! Today we feature our second “Business of the Month” — the first one selected by YOUR votes! Now tell us which independent store you love in…

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Business of the Month: Mercer Street Books, 206 Mercer Street

Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — and we need your help selecting the next. Tell us which independent store you love in…

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Business of the Month: Three Lives Books, 154 West 10th Street

Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — help us to select the next. Tell us which independent store you love in Greenwich Village,…

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Business of the Month: Cobblestones, 314 East 9th Street

Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — and we need your help selecting the next. Tell us which independent store you love in…

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Business of the Month: Matt Umanov Guitars

Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — and we need your help selecting the next. Tell us which independent store you love in…

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Business of the Month: Greenwich Locksmiths

Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — and we need your help selecting the next. Tell us which independent store you love in…

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Business of the Month: Chess Forum, 219 Thompson Street

Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — help us to select the next. Tell us which independent store you love in Greenwich Village,…

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Business of the Month — Theatre 80, 80 St. Marks Place

Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — help us to select the next. Tell us which independent store you love in Greenwich Village,…

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Business of the Month: Barnyard Cheese, Meats and Fine Foods, 168 Avenue B

Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — help us to select the next. Tell us which independent store you love in Greenwich Village,…

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Business of the Month: Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, 67 East 11th Street

Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — help us to select the next. Tell us which independent store you love in Greenwich Village,…

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Business of the Month: La Bonbonniere

Your input is needed! Today we feature our third “Business of the Month” — and we need your help selecting the next. Tell us which independent store you love in…

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Business of the Month: New York City Pharmacy, 206 1st Avenue

…sacrifice, and all his pharmacy continues to do, New York City Pharmacy is our June Business of the Month.Read more here. Check out all of our Businesses of the Month:…

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Business of the Month: The Silversmith, 184 3/4 West 4th Street

Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — and we need your help selecting the next. Tell us which independent store you love in…

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Business of the Month: Caravan of Dreams, 405 East 6th Street

…small business would you like to see featured next? Just click here to nominate our next one. Thank you! #shoplocalnyc And here is a map of all our Businesses of the Month:…

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Business of the Month: Integral Yoga Institute, 227 West 13th Street

The welcoming outside of Integral Yoga Institute. Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — help us to select the next. Tell us which…

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Business of the Month: Newsbar Café, 107 University Place

Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — help us to select the next. Tell us which independent store you love in Greenwich Village, the East…

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Business of the Month: Casa Adela, 66 Avenue C

Traditional Puerto Rican food at a longstanding neighborhood institution. Your input is needed! Today we feature our latest Business of the Month — and we need your help selecting the…

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#ShopLocal Village Preservation Business of the Month Quiz

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A Celebration of One Hundred Businesses of the Month

…NoHo: click here to nominate your favorite. Want to help support small businesses? Share this post with friends. In November 2014, we started our popular Business of the Month program with the…

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Celebrating One Hundred Businesses of the Month

This month we named our 100th Business of the Month: McNulty’s Tea and Coffee, located at 109 Christopher Street and founded in 1895. Our Business of the Month program, launched…

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One Street, Many Great Local Businesses: Bleecker Street

…upstate New York. Read more about Village Tannery here. #ShopBleecker is a month-long initiative seeking to revitalize businesses on and adjacent to Bleecker Street. Throughout the month, there will be…

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Small Business, Big History: Celebrating and Advocating

We continue to advocate for small businesses and to add new local independent businesses to our “Small Business/Big History” signage program, in which we are partnering with great local businesses to…

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Supporting Small Business in our Neighborhoods

…on behalf of particular businesses facing unfair evictions; others have consisted of ongoing programs to support all local small businesses. In November 2014, we launched our Business of the Month…

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Small Business

…Nominate a business for our “Business of the Month” program here, and spread the word about some great local businesses. Celebrating 100 Businesses of the Month On February 24, 2023, Village Preservation…

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Preservation History Archive

…5/19/1970 4 Monthly Membership Meeting 6/23/1970 5 Monthly Membership Meeting 9/22/1970 6 Monthly Membership Meeting 10/27/1970 7 Monthly Membership Meeting 12/8/1970 8 Monthly Membership Meeting 1/19/1971 9-11 Election Notice to…

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The Small Business Spring of 2015

…we continue to recognize outstanding small businesses through our Business of the Month program and the annual Village Awards – both selected by you! Nominate a favorite business here or…

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Saving Our Small Businesses

…is to shop there. To help with this, GVSHP has a ‘Business of the Month’ program, in which we celebrate a different local small business each month, highlighting the special…

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Small Businesses Meeting the Challenges of Today

…add new local independent businesses to our “Small Business/Big History” signage program, in which we are partnering with great local businesses to promote neighborhood history and the wonderful services and products…

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Support Small Businesses, Today at City Hall

…Month program seeks to promote local small independent businesses in Greenwich Village, NoHo and the East Village by nomination from the public. Nominate your favorite one here! Formula retail or…

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Welcoming New Small Businesses to Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo

From left: recent Business of the Month Carmine Street Guitars, and new businesses Bronx Brewery and Via della Scrofa Supporting the independent businesses of our neighborhoods has long been part…

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Small Business EVERY-Day: Mercer Street Books & Records, 206 Mercer Street

…Street Books & Records was a Village Preservation Business of the Month in September, 2015. Read more here or and submit your nomination for your favorite business for Business of…

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Small Businesses in the Historic Image Archive

…focusing on our local storefronts via our Small Business campaign, including the aforementioned Businesses of the Month, our “Welcome to the Neighborhood” series, and our Small Business, Big History map….

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“Welcome to the Neighborhood”: Supporting New Local Independent Businesses

…small, independent businesses in our neighborhoods via our Business of the Month program, our Small Business, Big History program, and our Annual Awards, along with fighting for legislation and regulations…

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Celebrating Black-Owned Businesses in Our Neighborhoods

August is Black Business Month. So we’re showcasing some of the many amazing Black-owned businesses in our neighborhood. Like all our great independently-owned businesses, you can patronize all year round…

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Celebrating Ice Cream (and small businesses) in our neighborhoods

…in the West (61 Grove Street.) Big Gay Ice Cream was our June 2019 Business of the Month. What special small business would you like to see featured next? Just click here to…

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Shop Local; Small Business Saturday

…on that classic strip and are attending the small business forum tomorrow being convened by Senator Holyman. Today we are doing a round up of some of our Business of…

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Spotlight on Small Businesses: La Sirena, 27 East 3rd Street

…walked on East 3rd Street will recognize is La Sirena. A former Village Preservation Business of the Month in 2017, owner Dina Leor celebrates two decades of being in business….

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It’s National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day!

…a full-service locksmith operation from a key-bedecked shack since 1980. Explore the rest of our Business of the Month map and learn about some of the many business owners that…

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“Not Another Starbucks” Rally Today

…City Council supporting SBJSA by clicking here. Another way we work to support local shops is with our “Business of the Month” program. Each month, a local, independent business is featured…

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Op-Ed: Small Businesses and Landmarking Can Help Each Other

…needs to be done to help small businesses in our neighborhoods. That’s why Village Preservation runs our “Business of the Month” program, and why we are advocating for measures that…

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A New Plan to Preserve the Small Businesses We Love and Need

…Business of the Month program and support of the Small Business Jobs Survival Act.) The Economic Development Committee of Community Board 3, encompassing the East Village, has been pursuing a…

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2022 Small Business Holiday Gift Guide!

…few of the many unique, character-filled businesses our neighborhoods have to offer. To learn what else is out there, check out our Business of the Month and Small Business, Big…

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Preserving, Adapting, Reusing: Good for Buildings, Good for Clothing, Good for Small Business

…environment. It’s also good for the many small businesses in our neighborhood which sell them, and preserving small businesses is another key part of Village Preservation’s mission. So on National…

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Happy Birthday Romana Raffetto- Support Your Local Small Businesses!

…about the GVSHP Business of the Month program here and nominate your favorite local business here. (Raffetto’s was awarded a GVSHP Village Award in 2004). The Raffetto’s building, located at 144 West…

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May is Jewish American Heritage Month and Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month — Explore Both With VP!

…both Jewish American Heritage Month and Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and Village Preservation has a bevy of resources to help you explore both groups’ histories in and connections to…

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May Is Jewish History Month and Asian American/Pacific Islander History Month

…change. May is also both Jewish History and Asian American/Pacific Islander History Month, and we have lots of resources to help explore important sites connected to both. While the nearby…

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Supporting Small Businesses

…COVID-affected small businesses and property owners when storefront businesses can’t pay the full rent, splitting the burden between the business, the property owner, and the government to cover the shortfall….

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Eat Vegan and Support Local Businesses!

…Dreams, 405 East 6th Street Patatas Bravas with Local Fingerlings Our Business of the Month in April 2021, Caravan of Dreams was founded by Spanish ex-pat Angel Moreno in October…

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Celebrating One Hundred Businesses of the Month

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De Blasio’s Plan for SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Small Business: Replace Them With Big Box Chain Stores

…an area would seek to not only preserve existing independent businesses, but also encourage new neighborhood businesses that might serve current and future residents. And the Mayor’s plan claims it…

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Stonewall Landmarks Hearing Next Tuesday at 10AM

…a personal interest in the people that walk in and out of her establishment.” With Village Preservation’s “Business of the Month” program, each month a local, independent business is featured…

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Support Local Small Businesses, and Learn Some History While You’re At It!

…allows them to stay afloat? This is especially true for sales-based businesses like bookstores. So please consider supporting neighborhood small businesses this time of year, especially during this challenging time…

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Small Business, Big History, and More

…independent businesses to our “Small Business/Big History” signage program, in which we are partnering with great local businesses to promote neighborhood history and the wonderful services and products they offer. Carmine…

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Exploring ‘Queer Money Project’ and Local LGBTQ+-owned Businesses

…LGBTQIA2S+ businesses and businesss owners. The Queer Money Project is a completely free resource. It was born out of its founder Victoria’s experience of life transition and years of making…

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More Small Business With Big History

…our “Small Business/Big History” signage program, in which we are partnering with great local businesses to promote neighborhood history and the wonderful services and products they offer. The Love Child at…

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Village Pride & LGBT Establishments

…during the month of June. You can show some love this Pride Month to our local LGBT establishments by watching their virtual content and patronizing businesses and supporting local organizations….

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The Antique Business District South of Union Square: Seidenberg Antiques, 36 East 12th Street

…dealing has since dispersed, and more than a few of the businesses that once formed the district have moved away or ceased operations, displaced by high rents or brought to…

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The Small-Business-Saving Squad of the East Village

…models from the Austin Independent Business Alliance to a newly forming merchants association in the Bronx. It’s focused on representing the needs of independently owned businesses in the East Village…

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Another Local Institution Will Close, But All Is Not Lost For Small Businesses

…Jobs Survival Act The Small Business Jobs Survival Act will help even the playing field and give small businesses a greater opportunity to remain in place and secure reasonable rents…

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The Antique Business District South of Union Square: Charles Cheriff Galleries, 84 University Place

…a dozen antique businesses. Very few of them, however, can claim to have lived through the transformation of the neighborhood and of the antique industry over the past hundred years….

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Good News on Chain Stores for the New Year

…help? Here are four quick ways: Sign the petition to create an East Village Special Retail District. Nominate a “Business of the Month”, spread the word about our past Businesses of…

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Social Media Tour: Supporting Queer-Owned Business with the Queer Money Project

…as provide members looking to support LGBTQIA2S+ businesses and businesss owners. The Queer Money Project is curated by Victoria Rey and is a completely free resource. QMP was born out…

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Small Business Roundtable: Support, Protect, and Shop!

Small businesses have been on everyone’s mind, and it’s no secret that Village Preservation is working hard to support our local small businesses — from our Small Business/Big History campaign,…

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Small Business/Big History Program Expands – More Stores, More Stories

…businesses you can support and ways to help small businesses survive in our neighborhoods. CLICK HERE for more information on our small business preservation efforts and some great local businesses…

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Small Business/Big History Program Expands – More Stores, More Stories

…businesses you can support and ways to help small businesses survive in our neighborhoods. CLICK HERE for more information on our small business preservation efforts and some great local businesses…

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Advocacy Made Easy On Our New Website

…support, promote, and protect small independent businesses in our neighborhoods. We do this through our Business of the Month Program and our Annual Village Awards. We have advocated for businesses…

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James and Karla Murray Love GVSHP!

…Act, which would provide stability to neighborhoods by helping small business owners attain fair lease renewal terms. We also recognized eleven small businesses as part of our business of the month…

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Village businesses step up

…to work. Businesses are not required to pay hourly employees when they are closed for business. So we here at Off the Grid had to applaud the Village businesses we…

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Small Business EVERYday

…the big box stores. A few years ago, “Small Business Saturday” was created, to promote the independent retailers and other businesses. That’s nice, but maybe one day is not enough….

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Mixed But Positive News on Chain Stores for the New Year

…District this year. Working to preserve small, independent businesses is a top priority for GVSHP in 2017. Want to help? We’ve got lots of ways: Nominate a “Business of the Month”,…

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Shop ’til You Drop on Bleecker Street!

On Saturday, November 23rd, get a jump on your holiday shopping and support small business at this year’s #ShopBleecker Day as part of the month-long promotion of small businesses along…

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Immigrant Heritage Day – Taking a Walk to the Immigrant East Village

…visiting and supporting GVSHP Businesses of the Month on Immigrant Heritage Day. Learn more about our Business of the Month initiative, and support the Small Business Jobs Survival Act! Tell…

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Small Business, Big History: Mapping Neighborhood Stores and Stories, Past and Present

…help you find both, we created the Small Business, Big History map a few years ago. It was intended to help aid local small businesses, and to offer the public…

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Honor Local Business in November

New York Originals Promoting and celebrating local, small businesses in the neighborhood has always been a top priority for GVSHP. Such establishments create a valuable and unique presence in our…

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Expanding Our ‘Small Business, Big History’ Map and Program

…history. So hop on the map, learn a little more about some incredible local history, and support these irreplaceable neighborhood businesses — online or in person. Access the “Small Business,…

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Explore More Local Small Businesses With Big History!

…of local history, and while you’re at it, support a local business that needs your patronage now more than ever.Are you a local business interested in placing a sign in…

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Explore More Local Small Businesses With Big History!

…and while you’re at it, support a local business that needs your patronage now more than ever. Are you a local business interested in placing a sign in your window?…

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2021 Village Awardee: Linda Pagan

…businesses and the history and character of her neighborhood! The one and only Linda Pagan Linda Pagan is the proprietor of The Hat Shop—a 2016 Business of the Month–which opened…

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Get Involved

…up: monthly Patron : $83.34+ – monthly Benefactor : $208.34 and up:monthly Founder : $416.67 and up: monthly Landmark : $833.33 and up: monthly *All donations will come with a…

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Join Us: Support the ‘Save Our Storefronts’ Campaign and Legislation for Small Business Relief

The plight of local small businesses and non-profit institutions right now is devastating. Forced to close or limit access due to the pandemic, many have lost income and shut down permanently. Storefronts…

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Join Us: Support the ‘Save Our Storefronts’ Campaign and Legislation for Small Business Relief

The plight of local small businesses and non-profit institutions right now is devastating. Forced to close or limit access due to the pandemic, many have lost income and shut down permanently. Storefronts…

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Explore Local Small Businesses and Discover Big Local History

…and updated Small Business/Big History Map, your guide to some incredible local small businesses and the fascinating history connected to their buildings, blocks, and vicinities. The map allows you to…

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Preserving Small Businesses with the Murrays

…preserved scores of Village locales (and thousands of NYC locales). Over 80% of the businesses featured in their first book have gone out of business since its publication in 2008. Their photographs…

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From Fulton Market to Gansevoort Street: One Granddaughter’s Remembrance of Her Family’s Storied NYC Meat Business

…West 12th Street (and the business that preceded it in Fulton Market), providing architectural, historical, cultural, and personal perspectives on NYC’s meaty past, her family’s business and the lasting contribution…

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Explore Local Small Businesses and Discover Big Local History

…and updated Small Business/Big History Map, your guide to some incredible local small businesses and the fascinating history connected to their buildings, blocks, and vicinities. The map allows you to…

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Black History Month 2018 – Learn and Celebrate with Us!

…for all this month has to offer. Black History Month was created by historian Carter G. Woodson, starting off as Negro History Week in 1925. Woodson’s hope was to raise awareness…

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Pride Month in NYC: More Historic LGBT sites to visit in our neighborhoods

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT Pride Month) is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village. The…

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Next Month, Everyone’s a Historian

…to individuals and organizations in the East Village, Little Italy, Chinatown, and surrounds, to participate in the first-ever Lower East Side History Month, the response grew and grew. (Maybe being…

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Village Businesses of the 1930s

…also recognize outstanding local businesses as part of our Annnual Village Awards ceremony every June. Today we thought we’d take a look at some local businesses in our neighborhoods from…

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Hailing Local Small Business Heroes Who Helped Capture Subway Terror Suspect

We all know that local small businesses add immeasurably to our lives, and that Jane Jacob’s adage about “eyes on the street” making communities safer is a truism never to…

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Rallying for Small Businesses Relief

…of local small businesses during COVID-19 and the need for immediate relief to prevent further small businesses losses. CLICK HERE for images from the rally. Village Preservation and our allies in the Save Our…

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Help a Village small business post-Hurricane Sandy

…worth of business. I was not disappointed. The bagel was crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside, clearly hand rolled, and delicious. Helping out small businesses hurt by…

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Small Stores Thrive in Landmark Districts

…small businesses, we also runs a Business of the Month program, and have been advocating for passage of the Small Business Jobs Survival Act and adoption of Formula Retail Zoning,…

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Mostly Good News on Chain Stores in Our Neighborhoods

…Working to preserve small, independent businesses is a top priority for GVSHP in 2020. Want to help? We’ve got lots of ways: Nominate a “Business of the Month”, spread the…

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Accomplishments

…support dozens of small businesses throughout our neighborhoods, we co-produced the Crisis and Adaptation report analyzing retail trends and challenges in the East Village, and grew our Business of the…

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A Preservation Agenda For Landmarking’s 50th Birthday

…heard. GVSHP ‘Business of the Month’ La Bonbonniere. 5. Saving Small Businesses. Local, independent businesses are under pressure like never before. Rapidly rising rents and the spread of chain stores…

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Chalk Up The East Village-Lower East Side! Part of Lower East Side History Month

Chalk Up The East Village-Lower East Side! Part of Lower East Side History Month In honor of Lower East Side History Month, join Village Preservation staffers as we fan out…

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February: GVSHP celebrates African-American History Month

undated photo Since 1976, the United States has celebrated Black History Month, also called African-American History Month, in February. Some of our upcoming public programs will join in this celebration….

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