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Remembering Jane Jacobs on Her Birthday

…Unveiling of Our Plaque on the Home of Jane Jacobs HERE View Images of Jane in Action from Our Historic Image Archive (and purchase prints to support our work) HERE…

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Defiance in the Village: The History of the Hess Triangle with historian James Nevius

…message, still visible today, reads: “Property of the Hess Estate, which has never been dedicated for public purpose.” So small most passersby miss it entirely, the plaque stands as a…

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Celebrate and Explore LGBTQ+ History with Village Preservation This Pride Month

…Robert Fisch Collection, and the San Remo cafe collection. Explore our historic plaques connected to LGBTQ+ history and figures, including Julius’ Bar, Anaïs Nin, Lorraine Hansberry, James Baldwin (here and…

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Greenwich Village: Immigrant Mecca

…yearning to breathe free” are today inextricably linked with the great statue, it took three decades for that association to become official with a bronze plaque of the poem affixed…

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NoHo Historic District Becomes a Reality

…free of charge. In 2018 Village Preservation dedicated our twelfth historic plaque, marking the former home of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. You can see photos of…

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Don’t Let Preservation Become a Thing of the Past — Support Our Mid-Year Appeal

…and our plaque unveiling in June with The New School for the historic building, now a landmark thanks to our efforts. Every day we monitor all 6,500 building lots in…

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#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Chaim Gross

…former townhouse and studio of Chaim and Renee Gross, at 526 LaGuardia Place. The plaque placed by Village Preservation at the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation at 526 LaGuardia Place…

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Charles Snyder’s Historic Schools in the East Village

…plaques on the fifth floor at the top of each pier separating the four bays. The overall structure has changed since then — in 1931, the original mid-19th-century school that…

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O Pioneers! Two Remarkable Women of Bank Street: Willa Cather and Lucy Sprague Mitchell

…her masterpiece, Death Comes for the Archbishop. Willa Cather Historic Plaque at the site where #5 Bank Street once stood Lucy Sprague Mitchell While Cather was a pioneer in American liturature,…

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Roots of Jazz Run Deep in Greenwich Village

…acquired the nickname “Yardbird” early in his career, which was then shortened to “Bird”, which he used for the rest of his life. Charlie Parker Plaque at 151 Avenue B…

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12 social change champions of Greenwich Village

…floor for well over a century, was so named in honor of Paine’s The American Crisis, and since 1923 there has been a plaque identifying this as the site of…

LPC Application

54 Bond Street

…a blade sign mounted on a vertical pole and to install a plaque sign on the areaway fence. 2) View the application: Available in PDF. 3) View CB2 Resolution: Available…

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Emma Goldman, “The Most Dangerous Woman in America”

…other ‘radical aliens,’ set sail on the S.S. Buford, bound for Russia. Plaque dedicated to Emma Goldman at East 13th Street Goldman continued her work internationally, but her heyday of…

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Westbeth Turns 50!

…project, our first-of-its-kind Westbeth artists loft tour (all supported by grants from the J.M. Kaplan Fund), proposing and securing landmark status for the complex in 2011, and unveiling a historic plaque…

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In Memoriam: African American Artists of Westbeth

…landmark designation report Village Preservation’s Westbeth Historic Plaque Unveiling National Register of Historic Places listing of Westbeth’s Bell Telephone History Village Presevation Westbeth Oral Histories Village Preservation Westbeth News Village…

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The Historic Fire Patrol House No. 2: Not Your Average Firehouse

…maintaining the memorial plaque to fire patrolman Keith Roma on the exterior. Thanks to a promotional video for H&M that Cooper shot in 2015 in his home (alongside David Beckham and Kevin Hart),…

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East 12th Street’s “Ghost Church”: From Pathbreaking House of Worship to NYU Dorm

…shot and stuffed.” No plaque or other signage informs the passerby of the rich history behind the church tower sitting in front of the 26-story tower. But its odd presence…

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Remembering the worst disaster in NYC maritime history: The sinking of the General Slocum ferry

…Street, though in 1940 it became the Community Synagogue. A plaque on the building memorializes the victims of the General Slocum disaster. General Slocum disaster memorial in Tompkins Square Park;…

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Before the duel: Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton’s NYC haunts

…Street, where a plaque affixed to an 1886 tenement claims as much, and that this is the spot where Hamilton died. There is a grain of truth to this somewhat…

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Oral History with the Queen of Cuisine, Mimi Sheraton

…Square. I think it was tanks. And I sat on the steps of 11 Fifth Avenue, that was the Brevoort Hotel. And there was a brownstone and the plaque that…

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Thank You To Our Members — Making 40 Years of Village Preservation Possible

…Village, and NoHo. In 2015 our historic plaque program was expanded to mark the former Horatio Street home of James Baldwin. We also made available online for the first time…

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2020 Village Preservation Public Programs Roundup

…follow-up in 2021! (video) (event description) Virtual Plaque Unveiling: The Home of Jane Jacobs, 555 Hudson Street This iconic Villager and Preservationist wrote, lived, and changed her community while living…

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Westbeth Photographer Shelley Seccombe Documents the Greenwich Village Waterfront Since 1970

…and Listing Announcement of and information on Westbeth landmarking and landmark designation report Village Preservation’s Westbeth Historic Plaque Unveiling National Register of Historic Places listing of Westbeth’s Bell Telephone History Village Presevation…

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Make Sure Preservation Has a Future

…plaque program to mark the home of Jane Jacobs Leading opposition to the plan to demolish 14-16 Fifth Avenue in the Greenwich Village Historic District and replace it with a…

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September 1st, 1939

…a plaque on the building honoring its history and preservation. Click here to read more and see the video. “September 1, 1939” Published on October 18, 1939 in The New…

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Webster Hall’s First Ball (of many)

…above a large decorative plaque with a scroll bearing the name “Webster Hall” surmounted by a sunburst pediment. The building is terminated by a c. 1911 bracketed pressed metal cornice,…

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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Michael Stewart, and ‘Defacement’

…from his friend and mentor, Andy Warhol. Village Preservation’s plaque on 57 Great Jones Street Not long after, at around 2 am on September 15, 1983, Michael Stewart, a 25-year-old…

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Titanic Sites in the Village

…shipping piers, some notable passengers (doomed and fortunate), and the many sites, plaques, graves, and memorials which remember them. He will also address several frequent misconceptions about this historic tragedy…

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Walking Together: Findings on the East Village Rock Tour

…by Village Preservation (GVSHP) (@gvshp_nyc) Just One Stop: Fillmore East One of the sites on Part 2 of our East Village Rock ‘n Roll Tour is commemorated by a plaque…

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Giving Tuesday — Give to Save!

…on Gay Street, allowing landmarked properties to be destroyed, and demanding stiff penalties and full reconstruction of the buildings. Unveil three new historic plaques at: The recently landmarked 70 Fifth Avenue, which…

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A Complete Guide to the Charles B.J. Snyder Schools in Our Neighborhoods

…the Italianate style “The five-story red brick Italianate building features terracotta plaques on the fifth floor at the top of each pier separating the four bays. In 1927, two tenements…

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555 Hudson Street Open Door Detail

555 Hudson Street is the former home of Jane Jacobs, where in 2020 Village Preservation placed a plaque honoring her time here (watch the video of the unveiling here)….

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Tootsie’s, 555 Hudson Street

555 Hudson Street is the former home of Jane Jacobs, where in 2020 Village Preservation placed a plaque honoring her time here (watch the video of the unveiling here)….

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Tootsie’s Step Detail, 555 Hudson Street

555 Hudson Street is the former home of Jane Jacobs, where in 2020 Village Preservation placed a plaque honoring her time here (watch the video of the unveiling here)….

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555 Hudson Street (2)

555 Hudson Street is the former home of Jane Jacobs, where in 2020 Village Preservation placed a plaque honoring her time here (watch the video of the unveiling here)….

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555 Hudson Street Facade Detail

555 Hudson Street is the former home of Jane Jacobs, where in 2020 Village Preservation placed a plaque honoring her time here (watch the video of the unveiling here)….

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555 Hudson Street (3)

555 Hudson Street is the former home of Jane Jacobs, where in 2020 Village Preservation placed a plaque honoring her time here (watch the video of the unveiling here)….

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555 Hudson Street Step Detail

555 Hudson Street is the former home of Jane Jacobs, where in 2020 Village Preservation placed a plaque honoring her time here (watch the video of the unveiling here)….

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555 Hudson Street From Interior

555 Hudson Street is the former home of Jane Jacobs, where in 2020 Village Preservation placed a plaque honoring her time here (watch the video of the unveiling here)….

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555 Hudson Street Door Detail

555 Hudson Street is the former home of Jane Jacobs, where in 2020 Village Preservation placed a plaque honoring her time here (watch the video of the unveiling here)….

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555 Hudson Street Tootsie’s Storefront

555 Hudson Street is the former home of Jane Jacobs, where in 2020 Village Preservation placed a plaque honoring her time here (watch the video of the unveiling here)….

Posted July 28, 2023

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Block of 551-567 Hudson Street (l. to r.)

This block includes both the White Horse Tavern and the former home of Jane Jacobs, 555 Hudson Street, where in 2020 Village Preservation placed a plaque honoring her time here…

Posted July 28, 2023

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The Artists of the Greenwich Village Historic District

…dubbed him an instigator of Pop Art remain his trademark. On October 26, Village Preservation will be unveiling a plaque at this site honoring Lichtenstein — RSVP for the event…

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The Legacy of The Brownies’ Book

…a historic plaque there in 2022. The story of The Brownies’ Book originated in the pages of The Crisis, which Du Bois also edited. The latter magazine published a “children’s…

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The New York City Work Horse

…prominent families, such as the Vanderbilts and Delanos, purchased horses here. c. 1910 (courtesy Museum of the City of New York) In 2021 Village Preservation placed a historic plaque on…

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Village Independent Democrats Collection: 1955-1969

…a statement that DeSapio has pledged to close road permanently, DeSapio to receive plaque for temporary closure of the Square, information on upcoming party, Page 96: Constitution of the Council…

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Women Crush Wednesday: The Poets

…Emma Lazarus The home where Emma Lazarus (right) wrote “The New Colossus,” and the historic plaque marking the home at 18 West 10th Street In 1883 the Lazarus family moved…

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Exploring Virtual Village Voices, Part 4: Bob Dylan, Martha Graham, and Lorraine Hansberry

…Village Preservation plaque installed in 2017. Lorraine Hansberry shadowbox designed by Penny Hardy, PS New York The audio is narrated by Dr. Imani Perry, a biographer and scholar of race,…

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Celebrate Black History Month and Protect the Rich But Endangered History in Our Neighborhoods

…than a dozen videos from Village Preservation exploring and celebrating Black history, from plaque-unveiling ceremonies honoring Lorraine Hansberry, Alex Haley, James Baldwin, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, to tours of African American…

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Continuing Education Classes Start in May; Some Spaces Still Available for April Programs

…Village Voice book talk and our latest historic plaque unveiling honoring East Village photographer Saul Leiter on May 1. CLICK HERE for more info and to register for programs (required)…

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555 Hudson Street

555 Hudson Street is the former home of Jane Jacobs, where in 2020 Village Preservation placed a plaque honoring her time here (watch the video of the unveiling here)….

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555-557 Hudson Street (l. to r.)

555 Hudson Street is the former home of Jane Jacobs, where in 2020 Village Preservation placed a plaque honoring her time here (watch the video of the unveiling here)….

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After Nine-Year Campaign by Village Preservation, Julius’ Bar Building at 159 West 10th Street Under Formal Consideration for Landmark Designation

…a seminal pre-Stonewall protest for gay rights, and most recently placing a plaque on the building along with the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project honoring its special place in history. …

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Greenwich Village Historic District

…Individual Greenwich Village Historic District Initiatives: 14-16 Fifth Avenue 17 Barrow Street 121 Charles Street 122 Greenwich Ave Annie Leibovitz Properties C6-1 Rezoning Correcting Landmark Records Historic Plaques Illegal Locksmiths…

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After Nine-Year Campaign, Julius’ Bar Landmarking Proposal to Finally Get Hearing November 15

…LGBTQ+ history in our neighborhoods here and civil rights history here. Learn more about our historic plaque program, which includes Julius’ Bar, here. Learn more about our efforts to help…

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Bookstores Long Gone Live On via South of Union Square Tour

…Fifth Avenue Playhouse starting in the 1920s, and Martha Graham’s first dance studio in the 1930s (which we honored with a historic plaque in 2015). Read more about that history…

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After 10-Year Campaign, Julius’ Bar Is Landmarked! Fight for More Needed Landmark Designations

…raise funds and awareness for landmark designation. And earlier this year, we unveiled a historic plaque for the building commemorating the Sip-In, which original Sip-In participants and organizers, as well…

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Village Preservation Resources for African American History Month

…named a landmark in 2021 following a campaign led by Village Preservation, and further honored with a historic plaque from us in 2022. Take our full tour — and support…

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Celebrating Black History — Explore Our Past, Advocate to Honor and Protect It

…the spring, as well as walking tours and lectures. View more than a dozen videos from Village Preservation exploring and celebrating black history, from plaque-unveiling ceremonies honoring Lorraine Hansberry, Alex…

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“The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” and Lorraine Hansberry’s 1960s Greenwich Village

…her marriage to Robert Nemiroff, and it was at her home on Waverly Place (where Village Preservation placed a plaque in 2017) that she undertook her final years of writing….

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Village Awards: Your Nominations Help Celebrate Our Neighborhoods

…A plaque outside the building declares that July 23 is Bitter End Day in NYC. Image via TripAdvisor.com. The Bitter End has been a steadfast presence in the Greenwich Village…

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The Painters of 108 through 114 Waverly Place

…Street Players. The playwriting legacy of 112 Waverly continued when Lorraine Hansberry moved in in the early 1960s (Village Preservation unveiled a plaque marking Hansberry’s presence here in 2018). She…

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58 Bleecker Street, looking down Crosby Street

…placed a plaque on the building marking its service as home to the first hospital run by and for women, led by Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor in America….

Posted April 1, 2023

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More Than Dizzy and Duke: Jazz Legends South of Union Square

…beginning in 1972 (Mingus spent much of his life and career in the Village, and we recently honored him with a plaque at his former Great Jones Street home.). An…

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58 Bleecker Street rear facade with dormers

…placed a plaque on the building marking its service as home to the first hospital run by and for women, led by Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor in America….

Posted April 12, 2023

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Women Crush Wednesday: The Poets

…Emma Lazarus The home where Emma Lazarus (right) wrote “The New Colossus,” and the historic plaque marking the home at 18 West 10th Street In 1883 the Lazarus family moved…

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Immigrant Heritage Week: The Importance of Preserving Immigrant History in Our Neighborhoods

…upon their arrival by boat at Ellis Island. 18 West 10th Street, the historic plaque that hangs there, and a portrait of Emma Lazarus Village Preservation has worked tirelessly to…

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Martha Graham: Dancer of the Century

…Graham’s most noteworthy dances during the 1930s and 1940s, like Panorama and Chronicle. In 2015, we, along with the New School, placed a historic plaque at 66 Fifth Avenue in…

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Upcoming Events You Don’t Want To Miss

…The Primary election is June 27th, and early voting begins June 17th. Register HERE On Wednesday, May 31 at 6pm we’ll be unveiling our latest historic plaque, marking the home…

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Explore, Celebrate, and Preserve LGBTQ+ History with Village Preservation This Pride Month

…Celebrating PFLAG: 50 Years of Creating a Caring, Just, and Affirming World. Explore our historic plaques connected to LGBTQ+ history and figures, including Julius’ Bar, Anaïs Nin, Lorraine Hansberry, James…

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Celebrating 50 Years of PFlag: Birthplace of a Movement of Empathy and Advocacy

…that founding with a plaque marking and honoring the site. This year, we joyfully celebrate the 50th anniversary of PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), an organization…

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Village Preservation Gives Your Guide to LGBTQ+ Pride History

…the Pyramid Club — as well as Lorraine Hansberry’s Waverly Place residence, where we placed a plaque in 2017, and the former headquarters of the country’s first national gay rights…

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58 Bleecker Street

…a plaque on the building marking its service as home to the first hospital run by and for women, led by Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor in America. 58…

Posted March 31, 2023

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Beyond the Village and Back: Arthur Miller Edition

…Heights. A plaque on 157 Willow Street says that it hid an underground storage space that was used to hide runaway slaves as they escaped northward to Canada. Miller left…

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73 Washington Place

…From the LPC agenda: A Greek Revival style rowhouse built in 1847. Application is to legalize the installation of a stoop gate, lighting and replacing a plaque without Landmarks Preservation…

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James Baldwin and His Greenwich Village

…to unveil a commemorative plaque on a West Village row house where Baldwin lived in his mid-30s. We are thrilled to have the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for…

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Village People: Elizabeth Fisher Read and Esther Lape

…11th Street now bears a plaque, which tells us that Eleanor Roosevelt lived here while she was First Lady. It says nothing, however, about the fact that the couple who…

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day With Some Architectural Cherubs

…historic figures, however, over the building’s grand entryway, are two cherubic figures flanking the arch, one holding a plaque bearing the date ‘1857,’ and the other holding a , one…

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On this day in history…

…corner of Bleecker and MacDougal Streets – and honored with a plaque by GVSHP in the summer of 2013. We have written about Jack Kerouac here on Off the Grid…

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Happy Birthday Martha Graham

…the Studio Theatre in Westbeth, do yourself a favor and go. Tickets are affordable and the experience is amazing. GVSHP is planning to unveil a plaque honoring Martha Graham at…

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Happy Birthday, Rite of Spring

…Graham fans or want to find out more about her incredible legacy and connection to Greenwich Village, learn about our historic plaque honoring Ms. Graham at the site of her…

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Marsha P. Johnson: Trans-activist, Stonewall Revolutionary, Village Resident

…though she was a sometimes controversial figure within it. Queer Spaces Marsha P. Johnson plaque. Photo courtesy of REPOhistory. Since her death, Marsha continues to serve as an influential role…

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Death, Debauchery, and Destruction on the Bowery: McGurk’s Suicide Hall

…and tumble place in the history of the Bowery is now gone, the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors is planning on installing a plaque in the area to commemorate the “Suicide Hall”…

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The Synagogues of East 6th Street

…windows with round-arched transoms; the engaged stone pilasters with Corinthian capitals and carved stone keystones over doors and windows and the engraved plaques with name and dates of the building…

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Tales from the Crypt: Greenwich Village as seen through its burial sites

…are no gravestones in the cemetery, though the names of the original owners are inscribed on plaques on the surrounding interior walls and their descendants may be buried there as…

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LGBTQ History: MacDougal Street

…Kerouac. By Vidal’s account, at least, he succeeded. 93 MacDougal Street today. GVSHP placed a plaque on the building, commemorating its history as the San Remo Cafe, in 2013. Meanwhile,…

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A Look Back at 2015 Programs

…history, its move from SoHo to the West Village, and a story of survival and reinvention. We hope to visit more theaters in 2016. Our Historic Plaque Program, a partnership…

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Tales From Our Crypts: Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant Jr.

…eastern side of St. Marks, within their courtyard facing 2nd Avenue. It can currently be recognized by a black stone plaque over the location. Sealing the Stuyvesant family crypt. Photo…

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Happy Pi Day!

…a pizza pie! Two Boots Pizza, with locations in both the East and West Villages and the co-sponsor on our historic plaque programs, offers a wide range of pies, from…

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See You on the Dark Side of the Village!

…the Fillmore East, maybe use that time to reflect on the venue. If not, head to 2nd Avenue and 6th Street to check out the GVSHP plaque commemorating the site of…

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Jean-Michel Basquiat and the East Village art scene of the 1980’s

…Basquiat died in his studio on Great Jones Street, sadly joining the infamous “27 club.” Village Preservation installed a plaque marking Basquiat’s longtime home and studio on Great Jones Street…

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The Vice Presidents of the Village

…what is now the West Village. It was there Hamilton died. The house is long demolished, but a plaque marking the spot is found on 82 Jane Street, a late…

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An Old Garden Grows Again

…the public. Plaque at the entrance. You can still check out the mural on the adjacent building that is still there, painted in 1984 by John Pitman Weber of the…

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South Village Roundup

…plaque on the former home and studio of Chaim Gross, at 526 LaGuardia Place. 43 MacDougal Street Over the summer we looked at Rafetto’s Pasta on Romana Rafetto’s birthday (listen…

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An Unassuming Tenement with a Big History

…Building at 23-29 Washington Place. There are several plaques on that building and plans to build a permanent memorial there as well. The group undertaking that effort, the Remember the…

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State’s ‘Path Through History’ Remains a Mystery

…owned by Cooper Union and serves as the president’s official residence. Should you go there, you can read one plaque designating it a National Historic Landmark, and another one denoting…

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Business of the Month: Katinka, 303 East 9th Street

…would get their clothes and feathers from the many vintage stores in the neighborhood and then perform at the Fillmore East (where we unveiled a historic plaque). You could rent…

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LPC Honors Charlie Parker and Others During Black History Month

…across the street from Tompkins Square Park, the building is also marked by a plaque noting Charlie Parker’s time there. Follow this link to see the other sites on the…

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…the value of preservation Celebrated and promoted local businesses and cultural institutions through our Business of the Month program and Annual Village Awards Launched our historic plaque program, which marks…

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A Look Back at the General Slocum Disaster

…finally receive the honor and protection it deserves. Plaque at 325 East 6th Street Many of the victims of the disaster resided right here in the East Village, and…

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