…1938 and raised in Jackson Heights, Queens, as well as upstate New York and East Atlantic Beach, where his father built the family a house in 1930. In his oral…
Read MoreComics on tap at our next Comedy Night include Geoffrey Asmus, Mia Jackson, and Jordan Jensen. Our Fifth Annual Comedy Night at the Village Underground will take place on Wednesday,…
Read More…the Arts, and pursued a career in graphic design. Since 1990, he has been living on Horatio Street—overlooking Jackson Square Park—with his spouse. Minichiello’s headshot was photographed by David Plakke….
Read More…more about the roles our local libraries — not just Ottendorfer but also Astor (today’s Public Theatre) and Jackson Square — played in shaping the New York Public Library system…
Read More…Opportunity Project; Greenwich Village Little League & Soccer Club; Jackson Square Park; St. Mark’s-in-the-Bowery Church; Dr. Joyce Wallace. 1992: Church of St. Luke’s-in-the-Fields; Sheridan Square Viewing Garden; Village Community School…
Read MoreFour stories high, this Anglo-Italianate–style building was designed by Thomas R. Jackson in 1855 and constructed by the Board of Education of the City of New York. The building served…
Read More…fun to explore this magical slice of the city.” William in Jackson Square William is looking forward to being a member of the Greenwich Village community and the chance to…
Read More…rappers from New Jersey. Just weeks after the hit was released, on August 12, 1979, “Big Bank Hank” Jackson, “Wonder Mike” Wright, and “Master Gee” O’Brien, who collectively went by…
Read More…urging of activist and artist Harry Belafonte, Bennett joined in the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march for civil rights. They were joined by Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, and Joan Baez among others….
Read More…N.Y.U. Benefit From Huge Tax Breaks, New York Times, September 26 NYC Parks Displays The Historic James Jackson Tombstone in Washington Square Park, CityLife.org, September 22 Neighbors rally for historic…
Read More…Kenneth T. Jackson of Columbia University. Her article, “Learning on Foot: Walking Tours of New York City” appeared in the Parents League 2007 Review. After teaching English in NYC public…
Read More…up mainly in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens in New York City, she has lived for many years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and teaches at the School of the Museum…
Read More…the state to Jacksonville where library students were only allowed to check the book out with a permission slip signed by their parents. Nevertheless, the autobiography has stood the test…
Read More…hiatus! Emcee: James Mattern 2022 Comics include Geoffrey Asmus, Mia Jackson, Kevin Dombrowski, Mike Cannon, and Jordan Jensen! Header Photo: Village Preservation Brokers Partnership’s Tom Cooper and Dana Williams at…
Read More…History of Greenwich Village. She has contributed entries to The Encyclopedia of New York City, edited by Kenneth T. Jackson of Columbia University. Her article, “Learning on Foot: Walking Tours…
Read More…focus will be on the west side. We’ll wander from St. Luke’s Place to Jefferson Market to Jackson Square in this two-hour journey. Of course John adds a lot of…
Read MoreAfter the Supreme Court’s decision in DOBBS v.JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION overturning Roe v. Wade was released on Friday, June 24, people took to the streets. It was no surprise…
Read More…Hudson Triangle Garden Idlewild Books Industria Superstudio Jackson Square Park Jaffe Art Theater Interior Restoration Jane Street Garden Jefferson Market Garden Jefferson Market Library Restoration Joe Jr.’s Joe’s Dairy Hettie…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 06/03/2014 CB2 hearing: 05/27/2014 LPC hearing: 06/03/2014 Greenwich Village Historic District Between Eighth and Greenwich Avenues, south of Jackson Square —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC…
Read More…of 77 Eighth Avenue on the left side of the image. The 2019 photo shows One Jackson Square at 122 Greenwich Avenue, which was constructed in 2010. 70-72 Eighth Avenue…
Read More…Chappelle Show, Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show, and television sitcoms on FOX, ABC, and Comedy Central: Dustin Ybarra Donnell Rawlings Chris Distefano Erin Jackson Christian Finnegan Aparna Nancherla Godfrey Ted Alexandro…
Read More…Boerum Hill; Jackson Heights, Hamilton Heights (Sugar Hill), and the South Street Seaport, among many others. The Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Grand Central Terminal, and the Woolworth Building all…
Read More…reading by poet Jackson Mac Low, a city license inspector issued a summons citing the New York Coffee House Law of 1962 – a law prohibiting the presentation of ‘entertainment’…
Read More…and The Wall Street Journal Alec Baldwin buys a posh pre-war pad in the Devonshire House (casasugar) Bob Giraldi, Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ director, sells in 176 Perry (NY Observer)…
Read More…a cruise-themed Perry Street pad? (Curbed) Photos of Saturday’s Lightsaber Battle in Washington Square Park (Gothamist) 88 Bedford townhouse goes rental and asks $35K/month….One Jackson Square Penthouse asks $30K/month (Curbed)…
Read More…becoming a ‘Village Getaway?’ (Architect’s Newspaper) Fire at Il Cantinori caused by a kitchen explosion (Eater) For sale: A loft owned by Aaron Burr & occupied by Jackson Pollack (Curbed)…
Read More…Jackson Pollack and Willem de Kooning, were also launched thanks to WPA endowments.” For preservationists, however, there is one project of the WPA that still proves particularly useful today. posters…
Read MoreWalking near Jackson Square in the West Village, you may have wondered what will become of the site of the former Lukoil gas station. Located at the southwest corner of…
Read More…the structure was built on an empty lot on a block populated with private homes and horse stables. It was designed by architect Robert R. Jackson for the Board of…
Read More…William S. Burroughs on the left. In addition to Vidal, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Dylan Thomas, James Agee, Frank O’Hara, Miles Davis, William Styron, Jackson Pollack, James Baldwin and…
Read More…said Daniel Dromm, an openly-gay member of the NYC Council (Jackson Heights) and former NYC public school teacher. “A large part of the organizing that went on in the early…
Read More…from the report’s section on “Industrial Monuments:“ 439-445 West 14th Street 439-445 West 14th Street (Thomas Jackson,1892), Gansevoort Market Historic District, designated 2003. Originally stables for Nabisco (headquartered in the…
Read More…proposed and fought for, designated in 2010. Jackson Pollack lived at #46 (r.). 94 Greenwich Street, in the Financial District This house was built in 1799; located just south of…
Read More…end of a work week. Piano teacher Nnenna Ogwo played “Four Inventions for Piano” by African American composer Ulysses Kay (1917-1995). Voice teacher Walker Jermaine Jackson sang the tenor part…
Read MoreAs we near the end of 2014, we thought we’d look back on the several dozen exciting lectures, book talks, exhibitions, walking tours, forums, panels, and community meetings conducted by…
Read More…Sullivan Gardens, the St. Mark’s Historic District, SoHo, and Westbeth, as well as districts as diverse as Bedford-Stuyvesant and the Grand Concourse, Jackson Heights and Park Slope. Without landmark designation, many…
Read More…Streets. Also known as 110-118 Greenwich Avenue, the building was constructed in 1882 to the designs of renowned architect George F. Pelham as studio apartments. Originally known as “The Jackson…
Read More…most surprisingly, the tombstone of early immigrant James Jackson, which sparked new knowledge and investigation into the square’s original uses. At this talk, Geismar will explore how she, through research…
Read More…the East Village community. She mentions meeting her collaborator, Tyrone Jackson, with whom she later had a child. She also describes the whitewashing of the East Village, literal painting over murals…
Read More…of Seyus Mottel (his father), working on the Improbable Dome Builders. We will close out the evening with a musical performance by William Parker & Jackson Krall’s “Sitting in the…
Read More…the stables that backed up the homes on Washinton Square North in 1833. The street was officially named in 1883. Fun Fact: MacDougal alley was once home to Jackson Pollack…
Read More…was moved from relative to relative after his mother became partially paralyzed after suffering a stroke. Eventually, he came to live with his grandparents in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1924, Wright…
Read More…the United States in 1850 to work with Andrew Jackson Downing. Downing was a landscape designer and architect, and an advocate for the Gothic Revival style as seen in his…
Read More…Town and Alexander Jackson Davis. The mansion broke ground with several architectural innovations—a sectioned Greek key pediment and a “paneled” front façade accomplished by slightly recessing the two outer bays….
Read More…building was designed by the prominent architect Thomas R. Jackson, who was well known as one of the designers of the rebuilt Trinity Church in 1839. In 1892, the New York…
Read More…up. And wherever they are assembled today, whether they are in Johannesburg, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; Accra, Ghana; New York City; Atlanta, Georgia; Jackson, Mississippi; or Memphis, Tennessee — the…
Read More…changes to its appearance since it was built, “designed in the Anglo-Italianate style by architect Thomas R. Jackson.” The building first served as Grammer School 47, an all girls school. The…
Read More…directed by Raoul Peck. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, the film explores the history of racism in America. Unfortunately, one impotant element of Baldwin’s life in France will not be…
Read More…existing buildings. The house went through some interesting ownership changes over the years. By 1839 Jackson Marine Insurance Company owned and occupied No. 23 and No. 25. Then around 1853,…
Read More…NBC, MTV, and in The New York Post. He’s also a well-respected comedy roast battler. Erin Jackson: also a fan favorite and returning for a third consecutive year, Erin was a…
Read More…mentions meeting her collaborator, Tyrone Jackson, with whom she later had a child. Momber also mentions Andy Warhol and briefly describes their friendship. A photo of the Umbrella House taken…
Read More…Not Your Negro, based on Baldwin’s unfinished text Remember This House, and directed by Raoul Peck. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, the film explores the history of racism in America…
Read More…Lillian Gish, George Grizzard, Rex Harrison, Rosemary Harris, Dana Ivey, Anne Jackson, Salome Jens, James Earl Jones, Frances McDormand, Leonard Melfi, Eve Merriam, Joe Namath, Geraldine Page, Mary Louise Parker,…
Read More…Emery Roth & Sons as associates. The structural engineering firm Worthington, Skilling, Helle & Jackson developed a framed-tube structural system to implement Yamasaki’s vision. View north up West Side of…
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