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Making Way for Ducklings in a Greenwich Village Bathtub
…study at the Vesper George Art School in Boston, which allowed him to leave his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio, despite the recent onset of the Depression. There he frequented the…
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Take a Virtual Walk! Visit the Homes of Greenwich Village’s Social Change Champions
…president of the first Congress and the first Chief Justice. John Jay I was also an abolitionist and co-founder with Alexander Hamilton of the African Free School, the first school…
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Beyond the Village and Back: Sailors’ Snug Harbor
…Hamilton (60 East 9th) was built by H.I. Feldman in 1954, followed by Feldman’s The Lafayette (at 30 East 9th) in 1955. Much like developments today, the names of the…
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The Origins of Greenwich Village Street Names, Part V
…of the Sons of Liberty, and a founder and first president of the Bank of New York. He was friends with Alexander Hamilton and served under George Washington, eventually replacing…
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Beyond the Village and Back: 1083 Fifth Avenue Mansion and Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Harlem
…Cathedral, was in charge of putting up a new church, Our Lady of Lourdes at 463 West 142nd Street, which is now part of the Hamilton Heights Historic District Extension….
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Why Isn’t This Landmarked?: 72 Fifth Avenue, Appleton & Co. Headquarters
…including Longman, Inc. and Penguin Books by 1976. In 1979 publisher Hamilton Fish moved his magazine The Nation, the oldest continuously published weekly in the country, to the building. First…
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Why Isn’t This Landmarked?: 808 Broadway, “The Renwick’
…in 1887 by James Renwick (architect of the adjacent landmarked church forty years earlier) and the partners in historic successor firm –James Lawrence Aspinwall and William Hamilton Russell, Renwick’s grand-nephew….
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The Origins of Greenwich Village Historic District Street Names: Part 1
…on the site from 1750-1890. Alexander Hamilton died in the house following his duel with Arron Burr. Click here to read more about Jane Street. Interesting fact: In 1912, the…
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A look back at Village Awards Winners 2016: Steve Cannon
…an historic Greek Revival house built on land originally owned by the founder of The Nation magazine, Hamilton Fish. As their website states: Tribes was conceived as a venue for…
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A Prince of a House: No. 203 Prince Street
…treason on February 19, 1807; he was later acquitted, but the charge and his killing of Alexander Hamilton so tarnished his reputation in America that he fled the country, eventually…
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Buy a Book Locally on Small Business Saturday
…capital, the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, the Erie Canal and the coming of the railroads, the growth of the city as a port and financial center, the…
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Many Layers of History between 3rd and 2nd Avenues
…of the Hamilton Fish Estate and were leased to the company. The current owners beautifully restored the cornices of this building, an act that was surprising for a non-landmarked building. …
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Black History Month 2018 – Learn and Celebrate with Us!
…as The African Free School, the first school for African Americans in the country, founded on November 2, 1787 by the New-York Manumission Society and founding fathers Alexander Hamilton and…
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African Free School, First in America for Black Students, Found a Home in Greenwich Village
120 West 3rd Street today. The African Free School was founded on November 2, 1787 in Lower Manhattan by the New-York Manumission Society and founding fathers Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. It…
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The 2017 Spring House Tour is right around the corner!
…future development with lots of 25 by 100 feet on three streets, which became Charlton, King and Vandam. After his duel with Alexander Hamilton, Burr was forced to leave the…
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New April and May 2024 Programs: Walking Tours, Histories of Fifth Avenue and The Village Voice, and More
…Fred W. McDarrah, Sylvia Plachy, and James Hamilton; printing groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize–winning illustrator Jules Feiffer and off-the-beaten path artists like Stan Mack, Mark Stamaty, and Lynda Barry. The Freaks Came…
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