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Looking north along Greenwich Street across Spring Street, with 315 Spring Street on the right and the Ninth Avenue El on the left, c. 1900
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Posted December 15, 2020
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396 and 398 West Street (l. to r., still extant), along with the rest of West Street north of 10th Street to Charles Lane, 1927
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Posted September 14, 2021
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14-18 Christopher Street, c. 1940 tax photo (l. to r., left); 8-20 Christopher Street, c. 1969 Greenwich Village Historic District designation photo (l. to r., middle); and 14 Christopher Street, c. 1980 tax photo (right)
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Posted June 2, 2020
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83-91 Christopher Street and 329 Bleecker Street (r. to l.), with 85 Christopher Street outlined, c. 1980
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Posted October 1, 2020
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Campaign Update
From Pioneering Women Artists in Greenwich Village to Preservation Battles and More: New Programs for August 2023
…explore the origins and future of the project and the extraordinary role Greenwich Village women played in advancing 20th century art. Click here to register for this zoom webinar The…
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Ken Had a Dreamhouse, Too — In Greenwich Village
…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…
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Spring Inspires Poetry in Greenwich Village
…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…
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Top Five Greenwich Village Moments in Fourteenth Amendment History
…has compiled a map of sites of significance in the history of civil rights and social justice movements in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. View it at www.gvshp.org/civilrightsmap….
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James Baldwin Leaves an Enduring Legacy in Greenwich Village
…Baldwin 1963 Born and raised in Harlem, Baldwin moved to Greenwich Village in 1943. He first stayed with modernist painter Beauford Delaney at his 181 Greene Street apartment/studio (now demolished). Delaney,…
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John Guare Oral History: a Writer of the Theater, and of Greenwich Village
Village Preservation shares our oral history collection with the public, highlighting some of the people and stories that make Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo such unique and vibrant…
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The Delightful Dormers of the Greenwich Village Historic District
…in the Greenwich Village Historic District. Grove Street row of dormers. Dormer windows perch elegantly on some of the older buildings in the district. A dormer is a small structure…
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New Buildings Approved for Construction Within the Greenwich Village Historic District Since Designation
…such designs approved in the Greenwich Village Historic District. The Greenwich Village Historic District was designated on April 29, 1969 — the city’s largest and one of its first landmarked districts….
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My Greenwich Village Story
This 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…
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Oral History: Dining in Greenwich Village with Mimi Sheraton
Village Preservation shares our oral history collection with the public, highlighting some of the people and stories that make Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo such unique and vibrant…
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The Beatles Arrive in Greenwich Village
…what was undoubtedly a small Village space. The mural at the beginning of this post could be found on the West 3rd Street facade of 125 MacDougal Street. This building…
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The East Village Eye: Chronicling the Spirit of the East Village
The East Village Eye was only in publication for eight years, but the magazine left a huge mark on the neighborhood it chronicled. The East Village Eye, nicknamed the Eye,…
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Echoes of Eldridge Street Synagogue on East Eleventh Street
…in the Lower East Side, unlike the Congregation Mezritch Synagogue at 415 East 6th Street and the Sixth Street Community Synagogue in the proposed East Village/Lower East Side Historic District,…
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One Street, Many Great Local Businesses: Bleecker Street
…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…
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African American History, Greenwich Village and Beyond
…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…
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Greenwich Village in the 1960s: The Photography of Robert Otter
…Greenwich Village. Robert Otter prints and copies of Greenwich Village Stories will be available for sale. If you’d like to purchase a copy of Greenwich Village Stories now, click here…
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Black History in Greenwich Village: Session 2 – Arts, Culture, and Activism of Black Communities 1776 – 1870
Session 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…
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Cary Grant Before He Was Cary Grant, in Greenwich Village
…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…
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The Greenwich Village Comedians Who Created A Hollywood Comedy Blockbuster
…image of Greenwich Village resident John Belushi on Bleecker Street between Perry and Charles Streets was taken on July 14, 1975. This was just a few months before he started…
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Kerouac and Catholicism in Greenwich Village
…the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II, which Village Preservation helped secure landmark designation for as part of our South Village campaign. Thanks to that effort, at least one of…
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“Where Are the Women?” A Mother-Daughter Greenwich Village Pair Tell Us
…mother and daughter. Rose Pascale. Photo Courtesy of the Villager. In 1969, Rose was appointed by Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton as community liaison to the Greenwich Village community board….
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The Firsts of Greenwich Village
…To find out more about some of these historic firsts that came out of Greenwich Village, check out Pioneers of Greenwich Village with author Laurie Lewis on Thursday, July 27….
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Howard Johnson’s in Greenwich Village
The 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…
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Take a Virtual Walk! Visit the Homes of Greenwich Village’s Social Change Champions
Greenwich 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…
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Tales from the Crypt: Greenwich Village as seen through its burial sites
…Street Presbyterian Church Although not in Greenwich Village, the Spring Street Presbyterian Church was a bit of an anomaly in terms of its views, which is also reflected in their…
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Churches of the Greenwich Village Historic District
…Here is an exhaustive survey of every church in the Greenwich Village Historic District. St. Lukes-in-the-Fields ST. LUKE’S-IN-THE-FIELDS, 479-485 Hudson Street Starting with the oldest and the farthest west, this…
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Village Awards: Your Nominations Help Celebrate Our Neighborhoods
…his contributions to the Jefferson Market Library and the Greenwich Village community, Frank Collerius was awarded a Village Preservation Annual Village Award in 2017. Village Preservation is very grateful to…
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Business of the Month: Berber Street Food, 35 Carmine 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, the East Village,…
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Nineteenth Century Dwelling Houses of Greenwich Village
…guidebook to the architectural styles of Greenwich Village rowhouses, titled Nineteenth Century Dwelling Houses of Greenwich Village. We were contacted several weeks ago by a longtime Association member after she…
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Holiday Cheer, and Gifts, in Greenwich Village
…No Greenwich Village holiday walk would be complete without stopping by the Washington Square Park tree. Villagers have been treated to the brilliance of a lit tree since 1924, although…
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Edna St. Vincent Millay: Greenwich Village Was In Her Blood
…Millay and about many other transformative women of Greenwich Village, as well as many other areas of interest, including transformational theater venues, on our interactive Greenwich Village Historic District: Then…
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Greenwich Village Stories Contributor Q&A with Karen Cooper
…in the Village? My home on the last piece West 4th Street, as it segues into West 13th Street, is my refuge. What has changed in the Village since…
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Go inside 7 landmarked houses in Greenwich Village this weekend
…fundraiser for Village Preservation, allowing us to conduct hundreds of educational programs throughout the year and work to protect the irreplaceable history and architecture of Greenwich Village, the East Village,…
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LGBT History in All Corners of the Village: The West Village
…course of this month we’re focusing on four areas of our neighborhood — the West Village, East Village, South Village, and NoHo — to highlight important locations, either long gone…
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End of Summer Reading: Greenwich Village Stories
…landmarked sign of the Village Gate across from the very spot on Thompson and Bleecker, where the taxi first dropped me [when I first arrived in Greenwich Village at 16],…
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E.B. White and his Greenwich Village
…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…
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Cappuccino: Introduced to America in Greenwich Village, Still Going Strong
…Porto Rico Importing: Founded in 1907 Porto Rico Importing at 201 Bleecker Street This 2007 Village Awardee has several locations in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and surrounding areas. They…
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East Village Building Blocks Tour: the LGBTQ East Village
…as abundant and gritty as the East Village itself. Lady Bunny, Larry T, RuPaul, and Lahoma Van Zandt celebrate in the East Village Allen Ginsberg Residence, 174 East 2nd Street…
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LGBT History in All Corners of the Village: East Village
…the West Village, East Village, South Village, and NoHo. All of these sites can also be found on our Village Preservation Civil Rights and Social Justice Map, and we encourage…
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A Video Campaign to “Save the South Village”
…business in the South Village and lived in the South Village for years. He and his family have now decamped to a home in the Greenwich Village Historic District, but…
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38-42 West 8th Street aka 179-181 MacDougal Street
…there is more height on West 8th Street than acknowledged by the Commission (For example. The Sheridan on 9th Street has an entrance on 8th Street). She agreed with Bland…
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Celebrating The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan’s Greenwich Village
…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…
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North America’s First Free Black Settlement In Our Neighborhoods
…of present-day Greenwich Village, NoHo, and the South Village, and parts of the Lower East Side and East Village. This settlement was comprised of individual landholdings, many of which belonged…
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Touring Bleecker Street’s Diverse History
…of the Greenwich Village Historic District. In total, we traversed four New York City historic districts including the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II, the South Village Historic District, the NoHo…
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Historic Storefronts of the Village and East Village
…Carmine Street in 1937 between Bleecker and 6th Avenue Bleecker Street near West 10th Street Also in the Greenwich Village Historic District are two unique store windows attached to very…
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A Specialty Food Shop in the Village: 2011 Village Awardee
…Some of these have been Italian shops located in the South Village. Popular cheese shops Murray’s Cheese on Bleecker Street and Joe’s Dairy on Sullivan Street earned Village Awards in…
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A Stroll Down West 14th Street: Commerce and Industry
…also a border street, separating Greenwich Village to the south from Chelsea to the north. Save Chelsea’s President Laurence Frommer and I teamed up for a walking tour of this…
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Happy Landmark Anniversary: 144 West 14th Street & 22-26 East 14th Street
…now serves as the school’s Manhattan campus.” 22-26 East 14th Street Otherwise known as the Baumann Brothers Furniture and Carpets Store, 22-26 East 14th Street (aka 19-25 East 13th Street)…
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What’s in a name? Gay Street
Southward view of Gay Street via Wiki Commons Gay Street is one of the most charming and picturesque streets in Greenwich Village, an icon of the historic neighborhood’s anachronistic character. But…
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The Flatirons of the Village and the East Village
…here). 234 West 13th Street, aka 110-118 Greenwich Avenue. Just down Greenwich Avenue at the corner of 11th Street lies another red brick “mini-flatiron,” 70-74 Greenwich Avenue/160 West 11th Street,…
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Business of the Month: Big Gay Ice Cream Shop, 125 East 7th Street & 61 Grove Street
…looked to open an actual storefront. The vibrancy of the East Village beckoned, particularly East 7th Street. Co-owner/founder Doug Quint says “East 7th Street between 1st Ave and Ave A…
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25 Great Jones Street (aka 22 Bond Street)
…trees along the streetwall to provide privacy for the courtyard. Bond Street (south) side: On the Bond Street side, the building entrance would be set back slightly. At the streetwall,…
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Village Remains Tops for Artists in NYC
…of the equations and we were just comparing Community Board #2 (Greenwich Village, SoHo, NoHo, Little Italy) to Community Board #7 (Upper West Side), or even just Greenwich Village vs….
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Village Power-House Female Chefs: 2011 Village Awardee
…Village restaurant Annisa is one of our 2011 Village Awardees! Power-chef Anita Lo rides her bike each morning to her highly popular Barrow Street restaurant which serves up dishes that…
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The 35th Village Preservation Annual Meeting and 25th Presentation of the Village Awards
The 35th Village Preservation Annual Meeting and 25th Presentation of the Village Awards Village Preservation will present its 25th Annual Village Awards this year at our Annual Meeting on Wednesday,…
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2020 Village Preservation Public Programs Roundup
…some lists of and links to our 2020 programs by category: Top attended Tour Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo Books to read 2020-specific Women’s and Women’s Suffrage centennial-focused…
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The Lasting Imprint of Stuyvesant Street
…11th Street/304-310 East 12th Street. The street was filled in for the old St. Mark’s cemetery, which had a diagonal boundary which reflected the path of Stuyvesant Street (people were…
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O Pioneers! Two Remarkable Women of Bank Street: Willa Cather and Lucy Sprague Mitchell
…quintessential Jane Jacobs Greenwich Village block, the quintessential urban street” (Jacobs herself lived just feet away from Bank Street, on Hudson between Perry and 10th). It is no wonder then…
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Business of the Month: Carmine Street Guitars, 42 Carmine Street
…and proximity to musicians narrowed his choice to Greenwich Village and the East Village. On Carmine Street, however, he found an ideal spot located mid-block, which meant lower rents, and…
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Rooftop Additions, 315 East 10th Street and 514-516 East 6th Street
…Standards and Appeals is holding a hearing about illegal penthouse additions at 514-516 East 6th Street, constructed by the same developer who plans to build atop 315 East 10th Street…
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Village Preservation Does Jane’s Walk: A Walking Tour of the East Village
Village Preservation Does Jane’s Walk A Walking Tour of the East Village Just as Jane Jacobs fought to save her beloved Greenwich Village, so too is Village Preservation working to…
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Village Preservation Annual Meeting and Village Awards
Village Preservation Annual Meeting and Village Awards Each June Village Preservation holds its Annual Meeting and Village Awards presentation. The Annual Village Awards are in recognition of those people, places,…
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The 34th Village Preservation Annual Meeting and Presentation of the Village Awards
…year to protect the architectural heritage and cultural history of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. Current Village Preservation members will vote on a slate of new and renewing…
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The Birth of The Committee to Save the West Village, Led By Jane Jacobs
…brilliant tactics, they succeeded. Committee to Save the West Village Newsletter Issue 1 Masthead, dated March 10, 1962, from Village Preservation’s Preservation History Archive Saving the West Village The concerns…
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The Children’s Aid Society’s Deep Roots in Greenwich Village and the East Village
…Aid Society Annual Report. Former Sullivan Street Industrial School, 2017. Photo courtesy of Google Streetview. The Sixth Street Industrial School at 630-634 East 6th Street was built in 1889 by…
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Iconic album covers of Greenwich Village and the East Village: Then and now
…image of him earnestly walking down a frozen Jones Street with then-girlfriend Suze Rotolo on his arm, seemingly ready to take on the world. Google Street View of Jones Street…
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Rallying To Save The South Village
…South Village Historic District (map), a two hundred forty-building, thirteen-block section of Greenwich Village south of Washington Square Park, and the second phase of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic…
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Press Conference to Save 186 Spring Street: Press Release and pictures
…186 Spring Street. GVSHP Executive Director Andrew Berman, at podium, lead the press conference. Manhattan – Today the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP) was joined by openly gay…
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New December Programs and Final November Programs from Village Preservation
…waiting outside the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society on Lafayette Street, both located in neighborhoods that were distinct at that time from Greenwich Village. Deborah Dash Moore is Frederick G.L. Huetwell…
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2014 Village Award winner: Village Community Boathouse
…are so important to the history and development of Greenwich Village and all of New York City — Village Community Boathouse does all New Yorkers a great service. And that…
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East Village Building Blocks and Village Preservation’s Morrone Report
East Village Building Blocks/ Morrone Report Talk at Little Missionary Day School Learn about Village Preservation’s effort to raise awareness and appreciation of the East Village’s rich history, and to…
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“Our Village is Star in an Uptown Exhibit” — September 26, 1990
…three main roads of present-day Gansevoort Street, Christopher Street, and Greenwich Street, had a new name yet again: Greenwich. During this time, the border of land and water was located…
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Great News Regarding Proposed 32-ft.-Tall 5G Towers in the West Village, Saving Charas/Former P.S. 64 at 605 East 9th Street, and Bleecker Street Morton Williams Supermarket
…towers proposed for our neighborhoods. Following our urging that the proposed 32-ft.-tall metallic 5G towers at 771 Greenwich/99 Bank Street, 100 Horatio Street, and 100 Jane Street be rejected based…
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Small Business EVERY-Day: Mercer Street Books & Records, 206 Mercer Street
…that make Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo so special. One of our favorite local bookstores is Mercer Street Books & Records. The shop opened on September 19, 1990,…
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The Architecture South of Union Square
…East 12th Street 47 East 12th Street 58 East 11th Street 60 East 11th Street 64-66 East 11th Street 67 East 11th Street/801-07 Broadway 34-36 East 10th Street 38-58 East…
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What was here before the West Coast (95 Horatio Street)?
…Street), 104-108 Gansevoort Street (aka 533-535 West Street ), 94-98 Gansevoort Street, 90-92 Gansevoort Street, 84-88 Gansevoort Street, 802-816 Washington Street (aka 76-82 Gansevoort Street and 91-95 Horatio Street), 105-107…
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59 Bleecker Street – Art Deco in NoHo
…Street, 1931 Site Survey, from proposal by Beyer Blinder Belle 59 Bleecker Street parapet 59 Bleecker Street, c. 1940, NYC tax photo. The store along Bleecker Street was…
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Theater for the New City: A history from the West Village to the East Village, with founder Crystal Field
Theater for the New City: A history from the West Village to the East Village, with founder Crystal Field From its early West Village days in the 1970s to present…
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Eight Abandoned East Village Buildings’ Second Acts As Beacons of Culture
…Village Preservation. Sixth Street Community Center, 638 East 6th Street The colorful building at 638 East 6th Street was erected as a brick dwelling in 1846. By 1870, it had…
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Village Preservation East Village Oral History: Marilyn Appleberg
Village Preservation is excited to share our oral history collection with the public, and hope they will shed more light on what makes Greenwich Village and the East Village such…
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