Visible in the background are the Hudson Terminal Buildings at 30-50 Church Street, which were demolished to make way for the World Trade Center and are approximately where the Santiago…
Posted June 2, 2020
Read MoreGrace Church was built in 1846-47 by famed architect James Renwick, Jr. and designated an individual NYC landmark in 1966. This is one of the very first Gothic Revival structures…
Read More…be forgotten. But nothing proved both so dramatically as the men who work at East Village small businesses near St. Mark’s Place who spotted and bravely helped police identify and…
Read More…The Board has long advocated for reducing landmarking and zoning restrictions on development, saying doing so would actually help with affordability by feeding pent-up demand for new housing and increasing…
Read More…more appropriate for midtown, and its scale, which is overwhelming as compared to the Merchant’s House. HOW TO HELP: Write to the Landmarks Preservation Commission urging them to reject the…
Read More…771 Greenwich/99 Bank Street, 100 Horatio Street, 184 East 7th Street (Tompkins Square Park), and 445 West Street/Westbeth (which has been withdrawn as a result). TO HELP: Submit comments opposing…
Read More…has been gutted in recent years, with many fewer staff to do the job of identifying and helping to landmark significant historic structures, and to process applications for routine maintenance,…
Read More…allow the city to zone for bigger-than-Billionaire’s-Row residential developments anywhere in the city. HOW TO HELP: Tell City + State officials you OPPOSE lifting the residential bulk cap and allowing…
Read More…long before it became fashionable to do so in the middle of the 19th century. Trinity Church’s St. Paul’s Chapel (1796) in Lower Manhattan, one of New York’s oldest and…
Read More…appropriate for midtown, and its scale, which is overwhelming as compared to the Merchant’s House. HOW TO HELP: Write to the Landmarks Preservation Commission urging them to reject the current…
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Professional photographer Robert A. Ripps took these images of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and of Ground Zero and its surroundings in the days and weeks following…
Posted September 8, 2021
Read More…South Village Historic District which Village Preservation proposed. 2. Church of the Village/Founding of PFLAG, 201 West 13th Street Google Street View of the Church of the Village The first meeting…
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9/6/2016 LPC hearing. For more information about this application, click here….
Posted June 2, 2020
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Tribeca resident Richard Corman documented the horrific destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, from his roof at 335 Greenwich Street, and the surrounding area in the…
Posted September 8, 2021
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2/6/18 LPC hearing date. For more information about this application, click here….
Posted June 2, 2020
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2/6/18 LPC hearing date. For more information regarding this application, click here….
Posted June 2, 2020
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Professional photographer Robert A. Ripps took these images of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and of Ground Zero and its surroundings in the days and weeks following…
Posted September 8, 2021
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Robert Fisch documented 9/11 and the World Trade Center from various locations. Click here to see the original Robert Fisch Collection….
Posted September 5, 2023
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For more information on the application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission associated with this image, click here….
Posted October 14, 2021
Read MoreSunny’s Florist. Taken from @gracealexandrataylor Valentine’s Day is almost here with almost no time left to waste! Due to the predicted below-freezing temperatures for this weekend, we’ve posted a last-minute…
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The 9/11 Tiles for America Memorial was created by Greenwich Village community members to honor the memory of those lost on September 11th, 2001, and the destruction of the World…
Posted September 8, 2021
Read MoreShow your support by downloading a Zoom background! Click the Download button beneath any of the colors to download to your desktop computer or smartphone. Download Download Download Download Download…
Read More…Abyssinian Baptist Church, a leading force in the fight for abolition and in the Underground Railroad. That and Day’s other connections to prominent Underground Railroad supporters have led historians to…
Read MoreThe State Senate is at it again – a committee has passed a bill which would remove the cap that currently limits the size of residential buildings in New York…
Read More…the primary. In 1959, the club tried again, this time running Gwenn Worth and Charles McGuiness, but still ultimately found themselves unsuccessful. It was not until 1961, when Carol Greitzer…
Read More“On Saturdays when I did not have to lecture, we used to visit the saloon of Justus Schwab, the most famous radical center in New York. Schwab was the traditional…
Read MoreCommunity boards are neighborhoods’ official voices to City government and agencies on a variety of issues, including preservation, development, and land use. Their members are appointed by the Borough President…
Read MoreThe City Council has concluded public hearings on the proposed 2023 city budget, and has now entered the budget negotiation process with Mayor, expected to last through June. As previously…
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