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From Banking to Biscuits: 143-145 Avenue D, Part 5

…the East Village’s story has been overlooked. We are thrilled that the Landmarks Preservation Commission is taking action to designate two historic districts in the East Village, but hope this…

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Bread and Puppet Theater Parade on Bleecker Street looking northwest from Christopher Street, L-R: 95 Christopher Street, 342-346 & 350 Bleecker Street Visible

Posted June 2, 2020

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East 1st Street looking west towards the Bowery

Posted June 2, 2020

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High Line looking north up Washington Street at Little West 12th Street

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Posted October 13, 2021

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Looking east across West Street between Bank and West 11th Streets, with 166 Bank (l.) and 377 W. 11th St.

Posted April 8, 2024

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Washington Square Park looking east.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking east across 14th Street from West Street with High Line

Posted April 8, 2024

Campaign Update

FIGHT TO SAVE 1866 CAST-IRON BUILDINGS HEATS UP, WITH NY TIMES OP-ED and POSITIVE SIGNS ON POTENTIAL LANDMARKING FOR FORMER DE KOONING HOME

(l. to r.) 47 E. 12th Street and 827 and 831 Broadway. For well over a year, GVSHP has been fighting to save the beautiful, century-and-a-half old cast-iron and masonry…

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Looking south across 15th Street at 436 West 15th Street, demolished 2017.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Preservationists pressure Quinn to broker downtown landmarking deal

Mar 12, 2013

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Open fire hydrant in summer in front of 112 East 4th Street, looking west

Posted June 2, 2020

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High Line at 17th Street looking northwest

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Posted October 13, 2021

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TALKING POINT: Hudson Square rezoning not the win-win we hoped for

Apr 4, 2013

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Bocce Court at First Park, from northwest corner of Houston and 1st Avenue, looking northwest; 64 to 40 East 1st Street (right to left) visible

Posted June 2, 2020

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MEAT MARKET; Seeking to Preserve a Gritty Past So It Meshes With the City’s Future

Dec 18, 2002

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Chicken, vendors, and shoppers on Canal Street between Mulberry and Walker, looking east.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Grove Street, Looking West from Bleecker Street

Posted June 2, 2020

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Man reading newspaper on a couch on 2nd Avenue between 3rd & 4th Streets, looking northwest

Posted June 2, 2020

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Crane Working Through Smoke with 22 Cortlandt St in the Back

This image is part of the Louis “Sonny” DeLuccy collection, which is dedicated in memory of Sonny and to honor him and others as heroes for their sacrifice. This image…

Posted September 8, 2021

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Looking west on West 13th Street from 8th Avenue

Posted August 8, 2023

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Mother and child standing on north side of East 4th Street, east of 2nd Avenue looking west. 93-105 East 4th and 91 East 4th visible on right. 84-60 East 4th visible on left

Posted June 2, 2020

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“Fried Dumpling House” and “Papaya King,” 200 W. 14th St, April 13, 2008

Posted January 3, 2022

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Fifth Avenue at 12th Street looking south.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking north on the High Line from 14th Street with Nabisco Factory (now Chelsea Market), 99 10th Ave., and connector aerial bridge visible

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Posted October 13, 2021

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New York in Four Maps – Walking the Village of the Past

…made it into reality, and so this map must be read not as how the city was, but rather as the aspirations of these government-commissioned leaders. The most striking difference…

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Aerial View from 335 Greenwich Street of Crane and Digger Working on Destroyed WTC3

Posted September 8, 2021

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West 13th Street Looking West to Pier 54, Master Purveyor, and the High Line

Posted June 2, 2020

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South Side of West 10th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues looking west (l.) and east (r.).

5/2/17 LPC hearing date. For more information about this application, click here….

Posted June 2, 2020

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Washington Square Park looking east.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking South on Fifth Avenue Towards the Smoke Rising at Ground Zero

Professional photographer Robert A. Ripps took these images of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and of Ground Zero and its surroundings in the days and weeks following…

Posted September 8, 2021

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Iron Worker working on a Steel Beam at Ground Zero

This image is part of the Louis “Sonny” DeLuccy collection, which is dedicated in memory of Sonny and to honor him and others as heroes for their sacrifice. This image…

Posted September 8, 2021

Campaign Update

BREAKING: CITY MOVES TO LANDMARK ENDANGERED 1866 CAST-IRON BUILDINGS AT 827-831 BROADWAY WHICH GVSHP FOUGHT TO SAVE!

Buildings once housed Willem de Kooning home & studio, faced wrecking ball & planned replacement by 300 ft. tall office tower We’re thrilled to report that after a year-and-a-half campaign…

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HISTORIC VILLAGE MAKING A ‘MARK’

Jun 23, 2009

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NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: MEATPACKING DISTRICT; Battered Cobblestones, Bruised Feelings

Jan 26, 2003

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10-Story Glass Building to Go Up in Meat Packing District

Nov 25, 2009

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West Village Waterfront and the Meatpacking District in the Early 1990s — New Additions to Our Historic Image and Preservation History Archives

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South side of West 10th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues looking west, with 38-40 West 10th Street in center

5/2/17 LPC hearing date. For more information about this application, click here….

Posted June 2, 2020

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Riding the bus up Madison Avenue looking north from 56th Street

Posted June 2, 2020

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Edward Esteves Packing Corp Chorizos, 632 Hudson Street

More on the history of this building click here….

Posted August 9, 2023

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Cobblestones of the Meatpacking District (Possibly Gansevoort Street)

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking east across Christopher Street from West Street

Posted April 8, 2024

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Looking east on West 10th Street toward Greenwich Avenue and Sixth Avenue, showing (r. to l.) 134-130 West 10th Street, 21 Greenwich Avenue, Jefferson Market Courthouse (now library) at 421 Sixth Avenue, and 442-448 Sixth Avenue

For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this image, click here….

Posted June 2, 2020

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Unidentified Lower Manhattan Intersection, believed to be Canal Street looking west from Mulberry Street

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking south across 16th Street at 422-428 West 16th Street, part of Chelsea Market.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Bulldozers and Excavators at 6th Avenue and Grand Street, Looking South

Professional photographer Robert A. Ripps took these images of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and of Ground Zero and its surroundings in the days and weeks following…

Posted September 8, 2021

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Crane and Digger Working in the Smoke and Debris at Ground Zero

This image is part of the Louis “Sonny” DeLuccy collection, which is dedicated in memory of Sonny and to honor him and others as heroes for their sacrifice. This image…

Posted September 8, 2021

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Looking South from 404 Broadway below Canal Street

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking south across 15th Street at 366-372 West 15th Street/ 62-64 Ninth Avenue warehouse (now Porter House residences).

Posted June 2, 2020

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East of 1st Avenue, looking east towards Hunter College Brookdale Campus and Waterside Towers

Posted June 2, 2020

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Chicken, vendors, and shoppers on Canal Street between Mulberry and Walker, looking east.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking south across 15th Street at 412-416 West 15th Street, demolished 2009-11.

Posted June 2, 2020

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High Line looking north from Jane Street as it goes through former Manhattan Refrigeration Co. Building (now West Coast Apartments) at Horatio Street

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Posted October 13, 2021

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Looking northwest along Greenwich Avenue, showing 26-70 Greenwich Avenue (r. to l.), with the Loew’s Theater and the old St. Vincent’s Hospital (demolished) visible in the background

The four-story building in the center, five buildings from the right, is the old PS 41, demolished in the 1950s to make way for the new PS 41 and its…

Posted September 14, 2020

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View northeast from High Line between 13th and Little West 12th Street looking towards the Empire State Building

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Posted October 13, 2021

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View from the High Line looking east on 14th Street

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Posted October 13, 2021

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5th Avenue & 8th Street in summer from southwest corner, looking east

Posted June 2, 2020

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8th Avenue looking north from 30th Street to Winston Cigarette sign at 34th Street

Posted June 2, 2020

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Shutters on 44-54 Ninth Avenue, btw. 14th and 15th Streets, ca. late 19th c, looking south

Posted January 26, 2022

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Looking north from Astor Place between Cooper Square & Lafayette, with Alamo and flea market, 4th Avenue from Astor Place to 12th Street, and Con Edison headquarters

Posted June 2, 2020

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Two Cranes working at Ground Zero

This image is part of the Louis “Sonny” DeLuccy collection, which is dedicated in memory of Sonny and to honor him and others as heroes for their sacrifice. This image…

Posted September 8, 2021

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Two Men Working with Large Marchinery at Ground Zero

Two Men Working with Large Machinery at Ground Zero

This image is part of the Louis “Sonny” DeLuccy collection, which is dedicated in memory of Sonny and to honor him and others as heroes for their sacrifice. This image…

Posted September 8, 2021

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Bocce Players in First Park, south side of 1st Street east of 1st Avenue, looking northwest with 64 (right) to 34 (left) East 1st Street visible (2)

Posted June 2, 2020

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Bocce Players in First Park, south side of 1st Street east of 1st Avenue, looking northwest with 64 (right) to 34 (left) East 1st Street visible

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking northeast up 10th Avenue at 80-92 Tenth Avenue (part of Chelsea Market), with aerial bridges and High Line pre-conversion to park.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Northeast corner of Broadway and Chambers Street looking east down Chambers to the Municipal Building, with Sun Building Clock

Posted June 2, 2020

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Cops and Pedestrian, intersection of 5th Street & 2nd Avenue, looking northeast; 88 2nd Avenue visible

Posted June 2, 2020

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Art vendor on 8th Street, north side looking southwest from just east of University Place

Posted June 2, 2020

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High Line from north of 17th Street at what is now the 10th Avenue viewing platform, looking south towards the former Nabisco Factory (now Chelsea Market)

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Posted October 13, 2021

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Quinn holds the cards on rezoning and landmarking

Feb 14, 2013

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Looking east across West Street at Perry Street (2)

Posted March 26, 2024

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Greenwich Village waterfront looking south from end of Christopher St. Pier, incl. Archives Bldg. (l.)

Posted April 8, 2024

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Looking west across 15th Street at 401-407 West 15th Street/75 Ninth Avenue, with aerial bridges (Chelsea Market).

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking north across 14th Street at 401-403 West 14th Street/47-59 Ninth Avenue, Western Beef (now Apple Store).

Posted June 2, 2020

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Bocce Court at First Park, west side of 1st Avenue between 1st and Houston Streets, looking west

Posted June 2, 2020

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43 to 37 King Street

6/13/17 LPC hearing date. For more information about this application, click here….

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking west over rooftops of (L-R) 11, 13, 15 Avenue A, west side between 1st & 2nd Streets

Posted June 2, 2020

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Preservationists attempt to landmark Manhattan church buildings; site served NYC’s first Spanish-speaking congregation

Sep 15, 2023

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View on the High Line (demolished) looking south from Bethune Street through Westbeth (former Bell Telephone Labs) to West Village Houses

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Posted October 13, 2021

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Thank You To Our Members — Making 40 Years of Village Preservation Possible

It’s Village Preservation’s 40th birthday this year. In honor of this auspicious occasion, we recently released a story map that details our efforts documenting, celebrating, and advocating for the preservation…

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Crane working through smoke with the Woolworth Building in the back

This image is part of the Louis “Sonny” DeLuccy collection, which is dedicated in memory of Sonny and to honor him and others as heroes for their sacrifice. This image…

Posted September 8, 2021

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Walking Towards Falling WTC7 North of Warren Street

Professional photographer Robert A. Ripps took these images of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and of Ground Zero and its surroundings in the days and weeks following…

Posted September 8, 2021

Campaign Update

Overwhelming Support at 827-831 Broadway Landmarking Hearing; Decision Oct. 31

…formerly home to Willem de Kooning and other art world luminaries, had faced the wrecking ball. Read GVSHP’s testimony here; watch video of the hearing here (this item begins at…

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Landmarks Requests Rethinking of Plan to Redevelop 2 Buildings into a 1-Family Home

Jul 19, 2016

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Little Singer Building, 561 Broadway (detail), looking up

Posted April 5, 2021

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Looking South on Bedford Street from Commerce Street

Posted July 18, 2023

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South side of Broome Street looking west from Mercer Street to Greene Street

Posted April 5, 2021

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Hillary Clinton Talking to Unknown People at Ground Zero

This image is part of the Louis “Sonny” DeLuccy collection, which is dedicated in memory of Sonny and to honor him and others as heroes for their sacrifice. This image…

Posted September 8, 2021

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Washington Square Park at Arch looking east from Fifth Avenue.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking north on Minetta Street to Minetta Lane

Minetta Street via Google Streetview….

Posted May 16, 2023

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Emergency Workers and Onlookers Walking Down Greenwich Street Towards Fallen 7 WTC

Professional photographer Robert A. Ripps took these images of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and of Ground Zero and its surroundings in the days and weeks following…

Posted September 8, 2021

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Crane working in the smoke at ground zero

This image is part of the Louis “Sonny” DeLuccy collection, which is dedicated in memory of Sonny and to honor him and others as heroes for their sacrifice. This image…

Posted September 8, 2021

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Looking up east side of Washington Street from Christopher Street to 277 West 10th Street

8/12/2014 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….

Posted June 2, 2020

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Orchard Street signs, looking north from just north of Delancey Street

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking south across 16th Street at 436 West 16th Street (“Lobster Place”), part of Chelsea Market.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Looking south across 15th Street at 422-430 West 15th Street.

Posted June 2, 2020

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Crane and Men Working with the Falling Structure of the WTC

This image is part of the Louis “Sonny” DeLuccy collection, which is dedicated in memory of Sonny and to honor him and others as heroes for their sacrifice. This image…

Posted September 8, 2021

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