Street View of 70 Fifth Avenue, Map data © 2020 Google; Photo of W.E.B. DuBois in 1918 from Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons. Throughout the 20th century, the area south of Union…
Read More…Europe. One source said this library included some 11,000 volumes as well as thousands of loose engravings. Ithiel Town’s Truss Bridge system Town established a practice in New York in…
Read More…Music and Words from WWI Saturday, November 17, 2017 – 7:00pm at The Morgan Library & Museum Learn more at www.eastsidewwicentennial.org. WWI Film Series: Over There 1914-1918 Saturday, December 1,…
Read More…Dell and Millay became symbols of early 20th century feminism, rebellion and literary freedom. A century later, while poring over her grandfather Floyd’s papers at Chicago’s Newberry Library, Jerri Dell…
Read More…Market Library Ephemeral New York, Ephemeral Image utilizes The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts’ extensive 16mm film collections as a way of beginning a conversation that surrounds…
Read More…a beacon of hope, resilience, and cultural exchange for African Americans throughout history. Billie Holiday singing “Strange Fruit” for the first time at Cafe Society; photo via Library of Congress The…
Read MoreHistoric Libraries of the West Village: A Walking Tour with NYPL’s John Bacon John Bacon, Director of Planned Giving at New York Public Library, and former Village Preservation Trustee, will…
Read More…include a history of the Grolier Club, a tour of the exhibition, a discussion of Eve’s show, as well as a chance to see the club’s library and member’s lounge….
Read More…2 Fifth Avenue in Greenwich Village until their respective deaths in 2009 and 2017. 17. Crystal Eastman, 27 West 11th Street Via the Library of Congress Throughout her life, Crystal Eastman was…
Read More…been granted to the black farmers and eventually took possession of all these lands. 8. The first elevated train The Ninth Avenue El near 14th Street c. 1914. Via Bain Collection, Library of…
Read More…York City landmark. First German Baptist Church Percy L. Sperr, “Manhattan 14th Street (East) – 1st Avenue,” 1936 Source: New York Public Library, Photographic Views of New York City Designed…
Read More…Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Christopher Moore also served as a research coordinator and curator of numerous exhibits at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for…
Read More…The building at 457 Sixth Avenue, where he and his wife lived until his death, was located just north of the Jefferson Market Courthouse (now library) where he often worked…
Read More…Library. “Stonewall Inn” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1969. There’s, of course, no single answer to this question, but there are a few lenses through which it can…
Read More…and others in the Village and beyond. Suffragists demonstrating against Woodrow Wilson in Chicago, 1916, Library of Congress] Margaret’s singing was a part of her life throughout. You can still…
Read MoreAn 1870 newspaper illustration of Elizabeth Blackwell giving an anatomy lecture alongside a corpse at the Woman’s Medical College of New York Infirmary. Courtesy of the U.S. Library of Congress….
Read More…building in New York to utilize terra cotta as exterior architectural ornament. St. Denis Hotel, c. 1910. Photo courtesy of the Avery Classics Collection, Seymour B. Durst Old York Library…
Read More…and the neighborhood south of Union Square. W.E.B. Du Bois c. 1919. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Digital Collections. NAACP, The Crisis and The Brownies’ Book, 70 Fifth…
Read MoreFrom the late nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth century, four elevated rail lines ran above the streets of our neighborhoods. The Library of Congress archival collections holds a c. 1881…
Read More…were a hugely popular cultural affair. The appeal was widespread, and each theater offered its own unique take—some would showcase their library of classics on a rotating and recurring basis,…
Read More…to be produced at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Photo from the Billy Rose Theatre Collection at the New York Public Library In 1923, a group of theater artists led by…
Read More…of the Library of Congress. According to Samuel Gompers’ published papers, the group required that half of the members be wage earners, and the Club’s 1898 annual report — cited…
Read More…history, nestled in this compact neighborhood just south of one of our city’s busiest hubs. St. Denis Hotel image courtesy of British Library / Wiki Commons The former St. Denis Hotel, 799 Broadway…
Read More…of the “Uprising of the 20,000” Two strikers on the picket line during the “Uprising of the 20,000.” Courtesy of the U.S. Library of Congress. In 1909 at the age…
Read More…Library of the State Library of North Carolina. Hilde Kayn Hilde Kayn (1903-1950) lived at 33-45 East 9th Street from 1944-1946, toward the end of her too-short life. Born in…
Read More…right to protect its members. At this time, the building at 23 St. Mark’s Place included a library, music room, dining room, smoking room, gymnasium, and several bedrooms. It was…
Read More…Glorious, Notorious, Mysterious (But Not So Serious) Family Scavenger Hunt! Turrets, gables, paper bags … and a big orange splot? What is happening at the Jefferson Market Library? Join us…
Read More…is a beautiful garden nestled in one of the busiest corners of the City next to one of our most renowned landmark buildings, the Jefferson Market Library. Resplendent with glorious…
Read More…at Jefferson Market Library Ephemeral New York, Ephemeral Image utilizes The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts’ extensive 16mm film collections as a way of beginning a conversation…
Read More…at Jefferson Market Library Ephemeral New York, Ephemeral Image utilizes The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts’ extensive 16mm film collections as a way of beginning a conversation…
Read More…legacy of creating a place of inclusion and a forum for ideas. The Public’s trailblazing adaptive reuse of an abandoned library was one of the first and most successful efforts…
Read MoreOn Village Preservation’s Resources for Neighborhood Research page, we’ve assembled links to online directories, photo archives, maps, and more from city, state, library, educational, and other organizations — including our…
Read More…Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. “Home of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, Va.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 15,…
Read More…speech following the Emancipation Proclamation. Billie Holiday singing “Strange Fruit” for the first time at Cafe Society; photo via Library of Congress 8. The First Racially-Integrated Nightclub in New York City/First…
Read More…times. In 2011 the New York Public Library’s Manuscripts and Archives Division acquired over 300 boxes of material belonging to Timothy Leary. The Timothy Leary papers amount to 412 linear…
Read More…Wednesday, August 16 at 6pm, in person at Jefferson Market Library, Village Preservation Executive Director Andrew Berman in conversation with lawyer, urbanist, and historian Adrian Untermyer Book Talk: Swimming to…
Read More…York Public Library: The Architecture and Decoration of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building” (W.W. Norton, 2011), and architectural guidebooks to Brooklyn and to Philadelphia. Co-hosted by the Jefferson Market Library….
Read More…Village. According to the New York Public Library, a wooden 2.5-story house built in the 1700s that stood at the southeast corner of this intersection housed a saloon called the…
Read More…And all that Fifth Avenue history began in Greenwich Village. Columbia University’s Digital Library Collection features a document that is a treasure trove of information on the first hundred years…
Read More…of a building on Fourth Avenue as part of our campaign to landmark the area south of Union Square. While scanning New York City Directories via the NY Public Library…
Read More…Market Courthouse (now library), October 6, 1963. © Estate of Fred W. McDarrah. Our special thanks to the Estate of Fred W. McDarrah for their support of Village Preservation McDarrah…
Read MoreStreetview of 14-16 Fifth Avenue, Map data © 2020 Google; Painting of Henry Breevort via public domain, Photo of General Daniel Edgar Sickles courtesy of the Library of Congress, and photo of…
Read More…and that was shortly after she had saved the Jefferson Market Courthouse Library. She had done that by drawing attention to the clock. It was slated for demolition. Margot very…
Read More…Jefferson Market Library has always been a significant site in Greenwich Village. The Victorian-Gothic library started its existence as the Third Judicial District Courthouse, designed by architect Frederick Clarke Withers…
Read More…a discussion of Eve’s show, and a look at the club’s library and member’s lounge. It will last about 75 minutes, with refreshments available for purchase in the member’s lounge…
Read More…three major TV networks, and numerous notable filmmakers, because of its tremendous library of rare and classic films, as well as the matchless expertise and extensive knowledge of its beloved…
Read More…it is the Jefferson Market Library. Patchin Place looking towards West 10th Street and the clock tower of the Jefferson Market Courthouse (now library), October 6, 1963. © Estate of…
Read More…adaptive reuse in the Village including the Westbeth artists’ residence, the Archive’s Building, the Jefferson Market Library, and GVSHP’s very own office building. Examples of adaptive reuse in the Village-…
Read More…Pennsylvania Station, which spanned two full city blocks. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey, 1962. The demolition of Penn Station is considered by many a seminal…
Read MoreAlthough more and more of the research that GVSHP documents and shares is done online today, we also house a modest non-circulating resource library which contains fiction and non-fiction books,…
Read More…City: Jewish Street Photographers of Mid-Century New York (2023), extends her interest in urban Jewish history to photography. Currently she serves as editor in chief of The Posen Library of…
Read More…York Public Library Map Division. The 1854 Perris map reveals what existed on this oddly-shaped lot before the two buildings at 36-40 West 13th Street were built. Here you can…
Read MoreResidence of Abraham Van Nest Esqr., Bleeker Street between Charles and Perry Streets. Courtesy of the New York Public Library. Walking west along Charles Street, it is hard to imagine…
Read More…that killed 20 people), the building housed the Mercantile Library of New York. When the city constructed the Astor Place station in 1904, they created an exit from the platform…
Read MoreLouisiana’s notorious Angola State Prison. Folk singer Pete Seeger. The Dry Dock District in Alphabet City. The Library of Congress. Kurt Cobain. http://youtu.be/mcXYz0gtJeM?t=15s Seemingly unrelated, right? Not exactly. http://youtu.be/_XQlYxyTNEA They…
Read More…the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate their special histories, and reveal their (sometimes hidden) connections to our neighborhoods. Sitting in Bryant Park behind the New York Public Library’s main branch,…
Read More…Square Library about her new exhibition, “Goodbye to the Brick and Mortar,” a celebration of the life and memory of some iconic but no-longer-extant local storefronts, including CBGB, Mars Bar,…
Read More…covered over, the light well provides the atrium from which the building currently derives its name). There was also a library and other recreational areas for the men, who were…
Read MoreResidence of Abraham Van Nest Esqr., Bleeker Street between Charles and Perry Streets. Courtesy of the New York Public Library. The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation is gearing up…
Read More…Hudson, and Troy (later West 12th) Streets. L: the Warren Estate; R: Sir Peter Warren (images courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Gallery) On March 4, 1831, the…
Read More…around Union Square began to change. Hearn’s Department Store, 1916 – Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library: New…
Read More…not again opened until five in the afternoon. But there are smoking and writing rooms, and a library for his use; games if he chooses, baths when he feels like…
Read More…excited to uncover two historic photos from the New York Public Library that reveal its original facade! The church in 1928 (left) & 1934 (right) Beautiful, right? 1853 map showing…
Read More…Barbara and Willard Morgan Photographs and Papers UCLA Library Special Collections In 2015 we unveiled one of our historic plaques in honor of her, with The New School, at 66 Fifth…
Read More…Public Library than it does with the Extra Place of today. Extra Place today Extra Place, 1934, courtesy New York Public Library Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti Several blocks east but…
Read MoreThe New York Public Library’s digital gallery contains some fun photos of the Second Avenue elevated train, which began operation in 1880 and cast shadows upon the street for more…
Read More…Village Preservation’s first auction is this photograph by Greenwich Village-based photographer Neil Allen. It depicts Jefferson Market Library, one of the original successes of historic preservation in Greenwich Village and…
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…Lenox Library, one of the original three entities that merged to form the New York Public Library. The building’s facade still retains much of the original 19th-century detail from when…
Read MoreBank of New York, watercolor by John William Hill, The Phelps Stokes Collection, New York Public Library Sometimes determining the provenance of a street’s name is fairly easy. It is…
Read More…from the Jefferson Market Courthouse (now library). Patchin Place It was during his years on Patchin Place that cummings was his most prolific. While clearly the Village was a source…
Read More…Though much new development has certainly occurred–we’re looking at you, Gansevoort Hotel–the New York Public Library Digital Archive can help you step back almost 150 years to the period just…
Read More…old structures for purposes other than those initially intended. Villagers are familiar with the Jefferson Market Library’s former history as a courthouse, the Public Theater on Lafayette Street whose building…
Read More…Mark’s Place included a library, music room, dining room, smoking room, gymnasium, and several bedrooms. It was open all day from 9 am until 10 pm. By 1898, The Chinese…
Read More…similar profiles. Original sales brochure via New York Real Estate Brochure Collection, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. Original sales brochure via New York Real Estate Brochure Collection,…
Read MoreAn old photograph can help you find out more about the history of your building. The New York Public Library, whose digital gallery we here at Village Preservation turn to…
Read MoreChildren dressed up for Thanksgiving on Bleecker and Christopher Street, 1933. Courtesy of the New York Public Library Thanksgiving has been an unofficial tradition in the US since settlers first…
Read MoreEast 9th Street looking west from 4th Avenue. Left photo via New York Public Library Yesterday we explored some of the history of elevated train lines in the Village. Today…
Read More…Public Library In 1899, he designed 840 Broadway. This trapezoid-shaped loft building is designed in the Renaissance Revival style. It has a pink granite and limestone three-story base, a seven-story…
Read More…it wrong, or the address for that lot changed. 57-59 Great Jones Street, 1898 Atlas of the City of New York, courtesy of the New York Public Library. We started…
Read More…of the 2013 Awardees, Avignone Pharmacy and Sir Winston Churchill Square, share a common façade. But images from the 1930s and 1940s from the New York Public Library show just…
Read More…and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. “Manhattan: 4th Street – Jones Street” The New York Public Library Digital Collections….
Read More…from the New York Public Library The Dutch congregation was established in 1628, building its first church in lower Manhattan in 1731, a site that became home for the new…
Read More…Concord Public Library. She was the valedictorian of her high-school class and was awarded a full scholarship to Mount Holyoke College. To her family’s dismay, she dropped out of school after…
Read More…arts, in addition to an extensive library and archive. The first floor showcases work spanning Gross’s entire career in the studio and adjacent gallery. The second floor houses a temporary…
Read More…chartered by an act of incorporation of the New York State Legislature on April 13, 1870, “for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said City a Museum and Library…
Read More…do some in-person research into the history of activism, the New York Public Library holds the AIDS Activist Videotape Collection,1985-2000. Describing the archive, the New York Public Library states: “From…
Read More…noting the average room sizes are 8’ x 14’, with shared bathrooms. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library….
Read More…No. 134 1/2 and the other two row houses. 134 1/2 Thompson Street, source: Library of Congress 134 1/2 Thompson Street, February, 1912 rear of building, Note outhouses on…
Read More…New York Nights was the winner of the New York Society Library’s 2012 New York City Book Award. James and Karla Murray’s work has been exhibited in major institutions and…
Read MoreNew York’s teeming masses. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1935 – 1945. What makes New York the greatest city in the world? There are many ways to answer…
Read More…Public Library, whose digital gallery we here at GVSHP turn to quite frequently when looking for images to assist in our own research, recently included an article in their November…
Read More…tenement design, from Pre-Law to Old Law to New Law, from the Tenement House Commission Report of 1895. NYC Municipal Library. Following the 1879 tenement law, even greater waves of immigration…
Read More…served with AmeriCorps as after-school coordinator, where she provided art instruction to students and organized biweekly field trips to the local library with a youth librarian. She graduated from the…
Read More…One look through his impressive portfolio on the websites of the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) and the Library of Congress shows that he would probably be…
Read More…artists and audiences, as it continues Joseph Papp’s legacy of creating a place of inclusion and a forum for ideas. The Public’s trailblazing adaptive reuse of an abandoned library was…
Read More…of the New York Public Library. Photo by Diana Davies, 1970. Source: NYPL. Photo by Diana Davies, 1970. Source: NYPL. These first two images were taken on “Christopher Street Gay…
Read More…the block is also home to an individual landmark, the Tompkins Square Branch of the New York Public Library, designated in 1998. This branch was built in 1904 and designed…
Read More…earlier building, and simply becomes a part of the florist’s storefront around the corner. Jefferson Market Library (1978) How special to have this memorialized view of Jefferson Market Library from…
Read More…No small fight indeed! Elevated West Side Highway at Gansevoort Street circa 1968 photo credit: Steven Zane, Library of Congress The west side of Manhattan has changed many times over…
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