…Devonshire Wednesday, March 26 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. Free; reservations required Village Community School, 272-278 West 10th Street, between Washington and Greenwich Streets Greenwich Village is celebrated for its beautiful…
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Read MoreGreenwich Village Historic District’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Thank you for making Village Preservation’s Greenwich Village Historic District 50th Anniversary Celebration and Open House Weekend a Great Success! See our photographs…
Read MoreVillage Preservation: Advocacy and Accomplishments Founded in 1980, Village Preservation works to document, celebrate, and preserve the special architectural and cultural heritage of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. See what…
Read More…— all from our “Homes and Haunts of Great Writers” tour on our Greenwich Village Historic District Map + Tours. Streetview of 81 Horatio Street, where Baldwin lived from 1958…
Read MoreEvery month, Village Preservation combs through nominations from the public and other resources to choose a special independent store to honor in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo. Please…
Read More…Street, and 86 Greenwich Avenue Born in 1892, Djuna Barnes first came to Greenwich Village in 1915, soon becoming a central figure of the burgeoning bohemian and feminist community. Barnes…
Read More…housing in Greenwich Village, Republicans set primary for September 15th, Lehman finds problem with DeSapio acting as a boss Page 37: Fight for new Junior High school in Greenwich Village,…
Read More…Dominick Street 36 Dominick Street NYC LPC Designation Report 486 Greenwich Street 486 Greenwich Street NYC LPC Designation Report 488 Greenwich Street 488 Greenwich Street NYC LPC Designation…
Read MoreVillage Preservation provides an ongoing record of all applications for changes to landmarked properties in our neighborhoods (Greenwich Village, NoHo, Gansevoort Market, the South Village, and the East Village) that…
Read More…Washington is the ninth most popular non-numbered street name in America. There are 4,974 streets in the country named Washington. Greenwich Ave & Greenwich Street Greenwich Street was one of…
Read More…South Village Historic District which Village Preservation proposed. 2. Church of the Village/Founding of PFLAG, 201 West 13th Street Google Street View of the Church of the Village The first meeting…
Read More…675 Hudson Street. Funny Face – a 1950s Greenwich Village Bookstore (Prime) Fred Astaire, in the Greenwich Village bookstore, caught in the timeless thrall of Audrey Hepburn Funny Face…
Read More…the snow-covered streets of Greenwich Village. And that inspiration will forever inextricably link Moore, and Cushman Row, to Greenwich Village. ‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’ (l.), and Clement Clarke Moore…
Read More…renamed Skinner Road Christopher Street, which makes Christopher Street one of the oldest streets if not the oldest street in the Village. He also named Charles Street after himself. Some…
Read MoreVillage Preservation provides an ongoing record of all applications for changes to landmarked properties in our neighborhoods (Greenwich Village, NoHo, Gansevoort Market, the South Village, and the East Village) that…
Read More…and NoHo. The Association of Village Homeowners Collection Evelyn G. Haynes Collection Greenwich Village Trust/Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation Collection Otis Pratt Pearsall Collection Manhattan Promenade Proposal Village Independent…
Read More…photographed site in Greenwich Village and its historic district is the delightfully surprising Grove Court. Like many streets in the Village, Grove Street east of Hudson Street bends, thus leaving…
Read More…the Greenwich Village Historic District. Click here to check out our year-long activities and celebrations. Few places on earth have attracted as many creative, mold-shattering, transformative women as Greenwich Village,…
Read More…Toby Cox, owner of Three Lives & Company, one of the West Village’s most beloved bookstores. Toby sat on the editorial committee of Greenwich Village Stories, and he and Three…
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Tribeca resident Richard Corman documented the horrific destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, from his roof at 335 Greenwich Street, and the surrounding area in the…
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Read MoreVillage Preservation provides an ongoing record of all applications for changes to landmarked properties in our neighborhoods (Greenwich Village, NoHo, Gansevoort Market, the South Village, and the East Village) that…
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Read More…known to sleep on the streets of Greenwich Village and the East Village, to sell copies of the SCUM Manifesto on the streets of Greenwich Village, and by some accounts…
Read More…Christopher Street (Washington/Greenwich Streets) was built in 1890 to serve the growing Irish American population along the Greenwich Village waterfront. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Hudson…
Read More…Christopher Street (Washington/Greenwich Streets) was built in 1890 to serve the growing Irish American population along the Greenwich Village waterfront. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Hudson…
Read More…the Greenwich Village Historic District. Click here to check out our year-long activities and celebrations. Trying to limit oneself to just 10 of the most charming spots in the Greenwich Village…
Read More…celebrations. The streets, parks, and squares of the Greenwich Village Historic District are named for a unique collection of historical figures. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Greenwich…
Read More…Street Mapped in 1799, some believe that Commerce Street was one of four local streets named for French Revolution virtues along with Art Street (now part of 8th Street), Science…
Read More…extent of Housing discrimination in Greenwich Village. View the entire report here. Over the course of four months, several Greenwich Village Real estate brokers were tested in order to see…
Read More…Movement, 1940-Present 3.5 Greenwich Village LGBTQ History Exploring the Village Trailblazing Women of the Village Bob Dylan Map Neighborhood Surveys Far West Village Tour Historic Gansevoort Market Walking Tour South…
Read More…its streets.” Now who are we to argue with that? Grove Street, within the Greenwich Village Historic District, 1994. From the Susan De Vries Architecture Collection in Village Preservation’s Historic…
Read MoreGreenwich Village Historic District 50: The Making of the Greenwich Village Historic District In 1969, Greenwich Village preservationists, activists, and neighbors celebrated the victory of the designation of the Greenwich…
Read More…South Village Black Rabbit (183 Bleecker Street) 183 Bleecker Street, former site of the Black Rabbit In the 1890s, the Black Rabbit, located at 183 Bleecker Street in the building still standing…
Read More…Greenwich Village Historic District, or more interesting facts about and sites within the Greenwich Village Historic District? Check out our Greenwich Village Historic District 1969-2019 Map and Tours at www.gvshp.org/GVHD50tour….
Read More…is seen protesting outside the newly-built P.S. 41 on West 11th Street in Greenwich Village – the school which both of McDarrah’s children later attended. Her picture-friendly posterboard was a signature…
Read MoreThe Greenwich Village Historic District, which was designated (landmarked) on April 29, 1969, holds some of the loveliest bits of Greenwich Village within its bounds — from Washington Square to…
Read More…Irish who settled in Greenwich Village. These first residents largely came to serve as domestic servants or to work on the construction of buildings. Greenwich Village’s population rapidly expanded in…
Read MoreVillage Preservation & The New School Present: Greenwich Village Artists Series “I and the Village:” Jackson Pollock’s Downtown Years, A Lecture by Larissa Bailiff Jackson Pollock moved to New York by…
Read More…time to read long books.) GREENWICH VILLAGE STORIES: A Collection of Memories, edited by Judith Stonehill. A love letter to Greenwich Village, written by artists, writers, musicians, restaurateurs, and other…
Read More…Manhattan street grid Photo courtesy of Village Preservation Ironically, the very geometric and regular Manhattan Street Grid was born within the very irregular and eccentric streets of Greenwich Village. More…
Read More…locations are in the East Village and Greenwich Village. Learn all about East Village Jewish historic sites on Village Preservation’s East Village Building Blocks Yiddish Rialto and Synagogues of the…
Read More…small businesses that make Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo the extraordinary places they are. Mercer Street Books is most definitely one of the kinds of establishments that gives…
Read MoreWho doesn’t like an opportunity to celebrate? The Greenwich Village Historic District, which was designated (landmarked) on April 29, 1969, holds some of the loveliest bits of Greenwich Village within…
Read More…West Coast. And while nearby neighborhoods like Chinatown or the Lower East Side may have been much more prominent hubs for Asian-Americans, Greenwich Village and the East Village nevertheless can…
Read More…WiFi towers planned for West Village, Village Sun, January 14 Madison Secures $105M Loan for Greenwich Village Condos, Globest, January 13 Dropping the hammer: Preservationists battle developer’s landmark renovation plan,…
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Tribeca resident Richard Corman documented the horrific destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, from his roof at 335 Greenwich Street, and the surrounding area in the…
Posted September 8, 2021
Read More…Street Tech Hub approvals. Today the city released its plan to add a requirement that new hotels in Greenwich Village and the East Village south of Union Square must receive a…
Read MoreAPPROVED 06/05/2012 Gansevoort Market Historic District Block bounded by Horatio, West, Gansevoort and Washington Streets APPLICATION: From the LPC agenda: Two Classical Revival style warehouses designed by Lansing C. Holden…
Read More…ET Session 3 of Village Preservation’s new series, Black History in Greenwich Village, will focus on how the demographic changes of the Great Migration fueled Greenwich Village’s role as a…
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Posted June 2, 2020
Read More…credited to the first Irish who settled in Greenwich Village. These first residents largely came to serve as domestic servants or to work on the construction of buildings. Greenwich Village’s…
Read More…Gross Foundation in collaboration with Village Preservation, this program will discuss Greenwich Village as a space of collective memory and an important site of preservation in New York City. Greenwich…
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Read MoreVillage Preservation provides an ongoing record of all applications for changes to landmarked properties in our neighborhoods (Greenwich Village, NoHo, Gansevoort Market, the South Village, and the East Village) that…
Read MoreVillage Preservation provides an ongoing record of all applications for changes to landmarked properties in our neighborhoods (Greenwich Village, NoHo, Gansevoort Market, the South Village, and the East Village) that…
Read More…the Village during this time. Twin Peaks is located within the Greenwich Village Historic District. 45 Grove Street Just west of Bleecker Street, on 45 Grove Street, stands an originally…
Read More…vintage resellers within the Greenwich Village, East Village, and NoHo: The East Village: The East Village has more vintage, secondhand, and thrift stores than anywhere in New York City (maybe…
Read MoreThis is the latest installment of Off the Grid’s series, “Greenwich Village Stories,” in which we highlight the people, places and events featured in our upcoming book release Greenwich Village…
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 MoreIn our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate…
Read More…Washington Place was just east of the Greenwich Village Historic District). To find out more about the Greenwich Village Historic District’s 50th anniversary, its history, and celebrations, go to www.gvshp.org/GVHD50….
Read More…preservation. Looking up at an altered 1847 Greek Revival house from a previous tour. The Greenwich Village Historic District The original Greenwich Village Historic District covers only a portion of…
Read More…found in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and Noho. The main antecedents of the NYPL which formed the foundation of today’s system— the Astor Library, the Lenox Library, and the…
Read More…streetscapes. Village Preservation nurtures the community of people (residents and non-residents) who care about Greenwich Village. Also, Village Preservation advocates for Greenwich Village effectively at every turn. I am proud…
Read More…Lady of Pompeii Church in the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II The Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II is located along the southwest boundary of the Greenwich Village Historic…
Read More…sidewalks swell with Village natives, NYU students, and tourists. With Greenwich Village Stories as your unofficial guidebook, you can tour the neighborhood as some of its most well-known residents have,…
Read More…on the streets in his adopted neighborhoods of Greenwich Village and the East Village. He founded DEF Jam Recordings when he was a sophomore living in room 712 at Weinstein…
Read More…Garnet and the Village A History of the Spring Street Presbyterian Church Thaddeus Hyatt: Trailblazing Greenwich Village Abolitionist and Inventor 14 Historic Sites of the Abolitionist Movement in Greenwich Village…
Read More…Greenwich Village, Greenwich Village Extension II, Carnegie Hill, Tribeca North, Tribeca West and East Village/Lower East Side Historic Districts. No. 114 was constructed next in 1889 and was designed by…
Read More…then moved to 68 Carmine Street to start a family because, as Claire Tankel stated in her oral history with Village Preservation, “Greenwich Village represented all the kind of unique people…
Read More…at various Greenwich Village establishments including the San Remo Cafe (see here). Edgar Allan Poe — the famously reclusive poet made his home in Greenwich Village at 85 West 3rd…
Read MoreThe City is hoping its new hotel special permit requirement will help generate more office tower development in Greenwich Village and the East Village south of Union Square, like these…
Read More…Greenwich Villge Of his early work in Greenwich Village, Levine said: “Following the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District, it was probably one of the most productive times I…
Read More…Lower East Side and Upper West Side in close proximity, Greenwich Village, and more specifically the Greenwich Village Historic District, is not one of the first places in New York…
Read More…to be a caretaker and watchdog for the Greenwich Village Historic District. That mission has since expanded to include the rest of Greenwich Village, the East Village, the Meatpacking District,…
Read More…conference are available at flickr.com/gvshp and youtube.com/villagepreservation. Manhattan — Village Preservation (the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation) was joined today by Borough President Gale Brewer, State Senator Brad Hoylman,…
Read More…Voice” by 50 Years/50 Covers – Front pages to remember, The Village Voice. On October 4, 1959, Edwin Fancher, a co-founder of the Village Voice and Greenwich Village resident, spoke…
Read MoreRose Mendez proclaimed December 2, 2010 to be Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation Day! City Council Member Rosie Mendez recognized the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation in its…
Read More…Village, East Village, and NoHo’s cultural heritage and built environment. And last week, as part of our free public programs, we started a series about theaters of Greenwich Village and the…
Read More…Session 3 of our Black History in Greenwich Village series will focus on how the demographic changes of the Great Migration fueled Greenwich Village’s role as a hotbed for the…
Read More…Greenwich Village Historic District, and only the second new historic district in Greenwich Village since 1969. As early as 1963, Jane Jacobs wrote to the chair of the New York…
Read More…world. With your input, we’re going to select the twenty-five most impactful. Below are seventy extraordinary women of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, who made their marks in…
Read More…With your input, we’re going to select our Top 25 list. Below are seventy of the most impactful women of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, who made their…
Read More…world. With your input, we’re going to select the 25 most impactful. Below are 70 extraordinary women of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, who made their marks in…
Read More8th 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…to tackling the area’s healthcare needs. These efforts were recognized in 2001 when Village Apothecary was presented the Legends of the Village Award by Village Care. To date, Village Apothecary…
Read More…Historic District abuts Washington Square Park, and its borders contain many streets that most would deem essential to the broader definition of “Greenwich Village” – consider Cornelia Street, Downing Street,…
Read More…oldest and largest historic districts, it covers much but not all of Greenwich Village between University Place and Washington Street, 13th Street and West 4th Street/St. Luke’s Place. Its continuing…
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