…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…
Read More…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…
Read More…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…
Read More…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,…
Read More…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…
Read MoreTheater 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…
Read MoreVillage 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…
Read More…Niro, Sr.. When the couple later split up, Admiral and her son lived at 521 Hudson Street (in the Greenwich Village Historic District), before moving to a more upscale top-floor…
Read More…be landmarked. Read on to find out why. 4 East 12th Street 4 East 12th Street is nearly identical in appearance to 6 East 12th Street, making these two buildings…
Read MoreYour 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,…
Read More…in the Greenwich Village Historic District designation report). Gay Street stands out, even in the quirky tangle of West Village streets. Notable later residents of Gay Street included writer Ruth…
Read MoreVillage Preservation Annual Meeting and Village Awards Each June VP holds a community-wide celebration, consisting of its Annual Meeting and Village Awards presentation. The Village Awards recognize the very special…
Read MoreExploring Village Preservation’s East Village Building Blocks Village Preservation celebrates the release of East Village Building Blocks with a special talk by Village Preservation’s Director of Research and Preservation Sarah…
Read MoreLandmarking the East Village: A Lecture with Village Preservation Director of Preservation and Research Elizabeth Finkelstein Part of Village Preservation’s 30th Anniversary Staff Past and Present Series From its early…
Read MoreVeniero’s Owner Robert Zerilli 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…
Read MoreThe Village on Film Presents: Wait Until Dark A Village Preservation Film Series Following our May screening of Next Stop, Greenwich Village, Village Preservation presents Part Two of our Village…
Read MoreVirtual event This September, Village Preservation is thrilled to be launching Village Voices, an engaging installation of exhibit boxes displayed throughout our neighborhoods featuring photographs, artifacts, and recorded narration that…
Read MoreApplication did not return for review by LPC CB2 hearing: 04/29/2013 LPC hearing: 05/14/2013 LPC meeting: TBD NoHo East Historic District Between Mott Street and Elizabeth Street Image courtesy of…
Read More…of the Village to West Street, particularly the area in and around Weekhawken Street. Although not part of the original Greenwich Village District, the Weehawken Street Historic District was finally…
Read More…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…
Read MoreVillage Preservation Members Assembly: Presentations and Reception with Village Preservation Staff and Members What are the latest preservation battles? What are some of the most recent victories? What new tools…
Read MoreThe East Village Preserved: Breakfast Walking Tours of the Proposed East Village Historic Districts Join Village Preservation’s Director of Preservation & Research Elizabeth Finkelstein for a breakfast walk around the…
Read MoreVillage Preservation & The New School Present: Artists and Greenwich Village Series Jean-Michel Basquiat: Graffiti and Glory Brooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat (d. 1988) began spray-painting graffiti art on New York City…
Read More…Greenwich Village Historic District. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District, and we are celebrating! Throughout the year, we’re conducting programs and…
Read MoreVillage Preservation’s 29 Annual Meeting and Presentation of the 19th Annual Village Awards All are invited to hear a presentation about Village Preservation’s activities for the past year and to…
Read MoreOff the Grid is highlighting the 2016 Village Awards winners in the lead up to the June 14th Annual Meeting & Award Ceremony. Click here for more information about the event and to RSVP….
Read More…along Sixth Avenue up to 59th Street. Much of this stretch of West 3rd Street where the line curved west was just included as part of the new South Village…
Read MoreFollowing the death late last year of Edith O’Hara, the founder of the 13th Street Repertory Theatre, Village Preservation urged the Landmarks Preservation Commission to consider landmark designation of 50 West 13th Street, the…
Read MoreFollowing the death late last year of Edith O’Hara, the founder of the 13th Street Repertory Theatre, Village Preservation urged the Landmarks Preservation Commission to consider landmark designation of 50 West 13th Street, the more…
Read More…East Village today, in the empty lot next to 220 East 4th Street. Above the entrance-way to the lot a large sign was erected reading “Carmine Street Garage.” When the…
Read More…Greenwich Village, and specifically the area south of Union Square (which we’re trying to get landmarked). “Scopes Monkey Trial” showing Clarence Darrow (standing) conducting an interrogation of William Jennings Bryan…
Read More(l.) The current 829 Greenwich Street; (r.) the rejected proposed alteration We are happy to report that a proposed radical redesign of a modernist townhouse at 829 Greenwich Street that…
Read More…swoop, but as a series of small triumphs. One such triumph was the recent reopening of the East Village’s Downtown Bakery, on First Avenue just north of 4th Street (69…
Read More…that have made a significant contribution to the special quality of life in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. Nominations are now open for the 2024 Village Awards! Through…
Read MoreVillage Preservation Brokers Partnership Celebrate the richness of the South Village & Washington Square Park End your day enjoying a glass of wine and hors d’oeuvres in the solarium garden…
Read MoreThe Village on Film A Village Preservation Film Series Presents: Pollock $8; reservations required. Part Three of our ongoing Village on Film Series featuring film historian and professor Lenny Quart….
Read MoreOn May 2, 2006, two new historic districts were designated in the Far West Village, the Greenwich Village Historic District Extension and the Weehawken Street Historic District, as part of…
Read MoreThe Village Awards recognize the people, places, and organizations which make a significant contribution to the quality of life in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. The 2019 Awards…
Read MoreSince the early 20th century, Greenwich Village has been a sanctuary for writers, artists, academics, and activists alike. As the century progressed, the charming tree-lined streets bore witness to the…
Read More…an extension of the Greenwich Village Historic District in 2010 — the largest expansion of landmark protections downtown since 1969. This made the Greenwich Village Historic District far and away…
Read MoreSnapshots in Storefronts: Historic Photos of the Village from the Village Preservation Collection This self-guided exhibit featuring images from the Village Preservation photograph collection explores archival images of the Village’s…
Read MoreAPPROVED 01/09/2018 CB2 hearing: 12/14/2017 LPC hearing: 01/09/2018 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 4th Street and Gansevoort Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is…
Read More…Greenwich Village, the East Village or NoHo: just click here to vote for your favorite. Want to help support small businesses? Share this post with friends. The tiny facade contains…
Read More…street, join us for tomorrow evening’s presentation, East 7th Street: Anatomy of an East Village Block, to learn all about the social and cultural history of this amazing street! …
Read More…before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. NoHo Historic District Lafayette Street between Bleecker Street and Bond Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2…
Read More…Lafayette Street. A recent landmarks application at 363 Lafayette Street shows just such a design challenge. Located on the east side of Lafayette Street between Great Jones Street and Bond…
Read More…century Greenwich Village. Fred W. McDarrah was the primary (and often only) photographer for the Village Voice newspaper for decades, since the newspaper’s inception in 1955. He covered the Village counterculture, Gay…
Read More…only way in which 57 Sullivan Street is unique. Unlike the other South Village landmark-limbo sites, 57 Sullivan Street is not within the northern section of the proposed South Village…
Read More…the Monday before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. Greenwich Village Historic District At the Corner of Greenwich Avenue and West 13th Street —-…
Read More…Upper West Side. Greenwich Village’s Oldest and Narrowest Houses (l.) 75 1/2 Bedford Street, the narrowest house in the Village, and 77 Bedford Street, the Hendricks-Issac House, the oldest house…
Read MoreLast week we were joined online by hundreds of friends and neighbors for our annual meeting and Village Awards presentation. Given the challenges we’re all facing right now, this year’s…
Read MoreIt Takes a Village: Greenwich Village a Hundred Years Ago with Mike Wallace Mike Wallace, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, brings us…
Read MoreGreenwich Village and the East Village Rock Tour Thursday, July 14 at 6:00pm ET Free In-Person, pre-registration is required. Limited spaces remain. Starting and ending location will be shared with…
Read MoreAll killer, no filler! This virtual tour presents the very best ghost stories of the East Village and Greenwich Village. With tales hand-picked by our expert guide, Andrea Janes, we will ring…
Read MoreWe’re proud to release two video tours of the amazingly rich but often overlooked African American history of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. The videos look at the…
Read More…work has helped make Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo the wonderful places they are. If you missed the event, or want to watch it again (minus minor technical…
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 MoreEast Village: Lens on the Lower East Side – A book talk with East Village photographers LESPI’s mission is to preserve the Lower East Side through historic district designation; the…
Read More…restorative day full of recreational sports and mindful birding. Jefferson Market Garden Scarlet tanager Jefferson Market Garden Jefferson Market Garden is one of the most beloved gardens Greenwich Village has…
Read More…work has helped make Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo the wonderful places they are. If you missed the event, or want to watch it again (minus minor technical…
Read More…W 3rd Street), Bleecker Street, Laurens Street (now LaGuardia Place), MacDougal Street, Thompson Street, and Sullivan Street. Lined with residential buildings and institutions like the Minetta Lane Theater and Italian…
Read MoreFaint Voices from Greenwich Village: Carl Jung’s Visit to the Village Only months after splitting with Freud over New Year’s 1913, Carl Jung made an eye-opening trip to New York….
Read More…about a year of organizational progress and accomplishment in the most trying of circumstances, but also see seven amazing honorees awarded for their outstanding contributions to Greenwich Village, the East…
Read More…altered by condo and commercial development. Directly across the street from BPC, the block between East Houston and 1st Street has been razed and rebuilt. Now the site of the…
Read More…Village Rock and Roll Tour: Part A This tour will begin at the NE corner of 4th Ave and 11th Street, in front of the Cooper Station Post Office and…
Read MoreWITHDRAWN Individual Landmark 545-547 East 11th Street Image courtesy of Google Street View —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Gothic-Revival style church designed by William Field…
Read More…Stonewall riots, that Greenwich Village’s LGBTQ history happened entirely on Christopher Street. Of course, there’s a lot more to LGBTQ history in the Village than Stonewall, just as there’s a…
Read MoreAPPROVED 11/10/2015 CB2 hearing: N/A LPC hearing: 11/10/2015 Greenwich Village Historic District Between 12th Street and Horatio Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: Application is to…
Read MoreAPPROVED This application is now closed NoHo Historic District Between Broadway and Lafayette Street APPLICATION: From the LPC agenda: An altered factory building built circa 1920, and a one-story garage…
Read More…Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is to modify the parapet and extend the 4th floor to Bond St., add a rooftop bulkhead for a…
Read More…a resolution to create a new Greenwich Market fronting West Street between Christopher and Amos Streets. Speculative New Yorkers bought lots on the east side of the planned Weehawken Street…
Read More…the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. Greenwich Village Historic District Extension II At the Corner of Clarkson Street and Varick Street/7th Ave S —- APPLICATION INFORMATION…
Read More…Greenwich Streets,” 1936, courtesy New York Public Library Digital Collections The Christopher Street express station at Greenwich Street — the route the Ninth Avenue line followed in Greenwich Village —…
Read MoreAPPROVED 06/23/2020 CB2 hearing: 06/11/2020 – see webinar registration link below LPC hearing: 06/23/2020 – see link below for instructions for Public Hearings via Zoom Greenwich Village Historic District Between…
Read MoreAPPROVED 02/07/2017 CB2 hearing: 01/12/2017 LPC hearing: 02/07/2017 Click HERE for GVSHP testimony Greenwich Village Historic District Between Washington Street and Greenwich Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the…
Read MoreAPPROVED with modifications 06/25/2019 CB2 hearing: 06/13/2019 LPC hearing: 06/25/2019 Greenwich Village Historic District Between West 10th Street and Christopher Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda:…
Read More…West Street. Peter Rabbit operated from 1972-’88 at 396-397 West Street. Dugout operated from 1985-2006 at 185 Christopher Street. And, not far away, the Keller Bar, New York’s oldest Leather…
Read MoreOp-Ed from The Villager newspaper, April 25, 2012 http://thevillager.com/2013/04/25/quinn-and-city-cant-omit-3-key-south-village-sites/ Quinn and City Must Not Omit Three Key Sites From South Village Landmarking (if you want to help, write the City…
Read More…forty-building, thirteen-block section of Greenwich Village south of Washington Square Park, and the second phase of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation’s (GVSHP) proposed South Village Historic District. GVSHP…
Read MoreVILLAGE VOICES II BENEFIT DAY VILLAGE BENEFIT BALL SEPTEMBER 18 You Helped Us Make History Last Year! Let’s Do It Again! Visionary $10,000 You may pay for your support at…
Read More…Award: 64 Jane Street; Greenwich Village Singers; Jane Street Garden; Miriam Lee; The White Horse Tavern. 2005: Abingdon Square Park Restoration; Biography Bookshop; Keith Crandell (presented in memoriam); Knickerbocker Bar…
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…of which were uncovered. The Sheridan Square Viewing Garden stands today, cared for still by its neighbors, as a reminder of the unity and commitment to history of Greenwich Village….
Posted June 2, 2020
Read More…look than the East Village. Veselka Veselka, at 144 2nd Avenue, has been feeding New Yorkers and visitors alike since 1954. Veselka was a 2010 Village Award winner! Known for…
Read MoreCommunity Conference: The Village Past, Present, and Future with Village Preservation Executive Director Andrew Berman The Jefferson Market Library has served as a center for creativity, intellectualism, and civic engagement…
Read MoreHistoric German Buildings of the East Village A walking tour with GVSHP’s Ted Mineau The German immigrant community shaped what is now known as the East Village in many ways….
Read More…in our neighborhoods, to support them and help ensure they succeed and last. Our new “Welcome To the Neighborhood” program helps promote new small businesses in Greenwich Village, the East…
Read MoreDuring the pandemic we continue to conduct research and gather support for our efforts to secure landmark protections for the area of Greenwich Village and the East Village south of Union Square. Our recent research has…
Read More…center-left. Photo by Peter H. Fritsch (1962). Photo courtesy of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation/Fritsch Family Collection. Between Morton and Bank Streets, including the Perry Street sites the…
Read More…WALKING DOWN EAST 11th STREET A part of Part 1 of the East Village Rock Tour includes a two block walk along East 11th street where Village Preservation’s offices are…
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Village Preservation got the 1829 rowhouse at 131 MacDougal Street individually landmarked in 2004, and the 1889 French Flats at 39 1/2 Washington Sq. So. and their surroundings (incl. 131…
Posted April 12, 2023
Read MoreAPPLICATION APPROVED on 07/09/2013 NoHo Historic District Extension Between East 4th and Great Jones Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A parking lot. Application is to…
Read More…before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. NoHo Historic District Broadway from East 8th to East 9th to Lafayette Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 06/04/2013 Gansevoort Market Historic District Between Little West 12th and Gansevoort Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Queen Anne style French Flat building…
Read More…influenced by Greenwich Village and its environs. The “Club” at 39 East 8th Street, the Ninth Street Show, and the 10th Street Galleries in the proposed South of Union Square…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 07/20/2010 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Sixth & Seventh Avenues City & Country School Application: Eight Greek Revival style rowhouses built in the 1840s, and altered in the…
Read More…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…
Read More…the numbered streets directly above them. Starting at 207th Street, you stop at 125th Street in Harlem, 59th Street welcomes you to Midtown, and 14th Street is the station before…
Read More…the hearing. Click HERE for suggested guidelines for testimony from Village Preservation. NoHo Historic District West Houston between Broadway and Mercer Street —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the CB2 agenda: Application is…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 12/10/2013 Greenwich Village Historic District Entire block between Hudson, Bank, Greenwich, and Bethune Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A loft building designed by…
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