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2014 Year In Review: GVSHP Programs
…NYU 53 Washington Square South (West 4th Street), between Sullivan and Thompson Streets) So many different ethnic immigrant groups have come to Greenwich Village and the East Village over the…
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Village Independent Democrats Collection: 1955-1969
…Village Voice Page 5: Gretizer letter to The Villager Regarding Misleading information from Gerald Ullman Page 6: Greitzerl letter to Village Voice regarding false information on the VID’s stance Correspondence…
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Preservation History Archive
…Democrats West Village Committee Collection Remembering the Pioneers of Village Preservation The Association of Village Homeowners Collection The Association of Village Homeowners was a community group founded in 1960, which…
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Accomplishments
Village Preservation: Advocacy and Accomplishments Founded in 1980, Village Preservation works to document, celebrate, and preserve the special architectural and cultural heritage of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. See what…
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Happy Anniversary to Far West Village Landmark Victories!
…for more recent news about the Far West Village including the Hudson River Park Pier 40 Air Rights Issue. Click here to see a Far West Village rezoning and landmarks map. Read…
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A Five Year Milestone for Far West Village Landmarking
The Far West Village As early as 1963, Jane Jacobs urged that a fledgling NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) protect and designate the Greenwich Village waterfront and the Far West…
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October 11, 2005: City Approves Far West Village Rezoning
…Far West Village preservation efforts, today the City Council voted OVERWHELMINGLY to enact the Far West Village rezoning plan, which takes effect immediately. No changes or “rollbacks” were made to…
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Greenwich Village Historic District 50th Anniversary Celebration and Open House Weekend!
…II: Our African-American Village presented by St. John’s in the Village Church In the 1640s freed African slaves settled what is now Greenwich Village. Since then the Village has occupied an…
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Remembering Landmarking Success in the Far West Village
…news about the Far West Village including the Hudson River Park Pier 40 Air Rights Issue. Click here to see a Far West Village rezoning and landmarks map. Read more…
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This Day in Preservation History- October 11, 2005: City Approves Far West Village Rezoning
April, 2004 Rally to Save the far West Village In the ten years leading up to 2004, the Far West Village along West Street experienced huge changes. Large, out-of-scale luxury…
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Historic Victory: Far West Village landmark districts unanimously approved!
…have been her 90th birthday on May 4th. Going at least as far back as 1963, Jane fought to preserve the Far West Village, urging it be included in the Greenwich Village…
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The Birth of The Committee to Save the West Village, Led By Jane Jacobs
…brilliant tactics, they succeeded. Committee to Save the West Village Newsletter Issue 1 Masthead, dated March 10, 1962, from Village Preservation’s Preservation History Archive Saving the West Village The concerns…
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Our Epic Greenwich Village and East Village Watch-List
…Village (for rent on Amazon) Beloveds in the Village with the M20 southbound bus behind them In this complex, dynamic romance by Village filmmaker Ira Sachs, John Lithgow and Alfred…
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Ten Years Ago: Far West Village Protests, and Progress
…was finally secured in September, 2003, but several key sites were left out by the City, and the remainder of the Far West Village, and Greenwich Village waterfront to the…
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Rare photos of the High Line being demolished in the 1960s tell the story of a changing West Village
…changed the West Village. It’s apparent from the images just how much more industrial, and gritty the Far West Village was in those days. But it also shows how the…
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Village Preservation in the Press
…WiFi towers planned for West Village, Village Sun, January 14 Madison Secures $105M Loan for Greenwich Village Condos, Globest, January 13 Dropping the hammer: Preservationists battle developer’s landmark renovation plan,…
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Looking west along West 14th Street from Ninth Avenue, with 406-418 West 14th Street on the south side of the street (left, l. to r.) and 405-445 West 14th Street on the north side of the street (right, r. to l.), 1931
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Looking west along West 14th Street from Ninth Avenue, with 406-418 West 14th Street on the south side of the street (left, l. to r.) and 405-445 West 14th Street on the north side of the street (right, r. to l.), c. 1931
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Mae West learned “the best way to behave is to misbehave” in Greenwich Village
…14. West would spend her life on the stage and in film, constantly courting controversy and pushing boundaries. Village Vaudeville and the Greenwich Village Theatre Vaudeville is a genre of…
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Beyond the Village and Back: Cushman Row, 408-418 West 20th Street
In our series Beyond the Village and Back, we take a look at some great landmarks throughout New York City outside of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, celebrate their…
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LGBT History in All Corners of the Village: The West Village
…course of this month we’re focusing on four areas of our neighborhood — the West Village, East Village, South Village, and NoHo — to highlight important locations, either long gone…
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Testimonials
…landscape and character of Greenwich Village.” – Caroline Benveniste, 30-year Village Resident and Steering Committee member, Protect the Village Historic District (PVHD) “Village Preservation protects our neighborhood’s beautiful buildings and…
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31 Literary Icons of Greenwich Village
…18. Edna St. Vincent Millay, 75 1/2 Barrow Street The writer of “My candle burns at both ends” lived in “the narrowest house in the Village,” 75 1/2 Bedford Street. Her…
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Want to See Viennese Secessionist Art Deco Architecture? Go No Farther Than the Far East Village
…housing, parking lots, and a public pool. The Wheatsworth Bakery Building is one of the few remaining industrial buildings in the far East Village. 1940s Tax Photo. Village Preservation’s East…
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A Greenwich Village Stories Walking Tour of the West Village
…purchase now. Visit our Facebook page for the latest on book contributors, release events and readings. The West Village has many restaurants, bars, and landmarks to visit, all offering glimpses…
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Politicians, Playwrights, and Parades: The Irish legacy of the East Village and Greenwich Village
…Photo by Tony Hisgett on Flickr Churches Greenwich Village and the East Village contain no shortage of historic churches rooted in the Irish American experience. St. Joseph’s Church at 365 Sixth Avenue (Washington Place), built…
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Politicians, Playwrights, and Parades: The Irish legacy of the East Village and Greenwich Village
…Photo by Tony Hisgett on Flickr Churches Greenwich Village and the East Village contain no shortage of historic churches rooted in the Irish American experience. St. Joseph’s Church at 365 Sixth Avenue (Washington Place), built…
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2020 Village Awardee: Village Apothecary, 346 Bleecker Street
…to tackling the area’s healthcare needs. These efforts were recognized in 2001 when Village Apothecary was presented the Legends of the Village Award by Village Care. To date, Village Apothecary…
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Theater for the New City: A history from the West Village to the East Village, with founder Crystal Field
Theater for the New City: A history from the West Village to the East Village, with founder Crystal Field From its early West Village days in the 1970s to present…
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LGBT Historic Sites in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…course of this month we’re focusing on four areas of our neighborhood — the West Village, East Village, NoHo, and South Village — to highlight important locations, either long gone…
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Westbeth Photographer Shelley Seccombe Documents the Greenwich Village Waterfront Since 1970
…Westbeth’s Bell Telephone History Village Presevation Westbeth Oral Histories Village Preservation Westbeth News Village Preservation Westbeth Blog Posts Recap of, information about , and pictures of Village Preservation and Westbeth’s Artist Loft Tour…
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If Beale Street Could Talk’s West Village Scenes
…townhouse on Bank Street. Fonny moved here when he decided to leave his family in Harlem and join the artistic community in the West Village. Fonny’s West Village Apartment Set…
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Village Independent Democrats: Integration in 1960s Greenwich Village
…The Village Independent Democrats are a reform democratic club founded in 1956. The club recently donated their archives to Village Preservation, and we have released the first batch of the…
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Zoom and Draw the Earth to the Sky: Westbeth and the Far West Village
In this delightful, interactive event, artist Nick Golebiewski will explore Westbeth and its Far West Village environs. We’ll start at the Abingdon Square farmer’s market, and sketch everything from flowers…
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Fred W. McDarrah’s Greenwich Village and the East Village of the 1950s and 60s
…its new home, in the base of what is now the St. Mark’s Hotel. Looking from inside Patchin Place towards West 10th Street and the clock tower of the Jefferson…
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Village Preservation & The New School Present: Artists and Greenwich Village Series – Keith Haring and the Streets of the Village
Village Preservation & The New School Present: Artists and Greenwich Village Series – Keith Haring and the Streets of the Village In 1978, 19-year-old Keith Haring (d.1990) moved to New…
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Spotlight on the East Village: Ada Calhoun, Lower East Side Preservation Initiative, East Village Community Coalition, and Village Preservation
P&T Knitwear, in conjunction with the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (LESPI), East Village Community Coalition (EVCC), and Village Preservation is pleased to welcome Ada Calhoun for a discussion of her books St. Marks is Dead and Also A Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me, along with…
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Village Preservation & The New School Present: Greenwich Village Artists Series “I and the Village”
Village Preservation & The New School Present: Greenwich Village Artists Series “I and the Village:” Jackson Pollock’s Downtown Years, A Lecture by Larissa Bailiff Jackson Pollock moved to New York by…
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Celebrating the Impact of the Landmarks Law in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…Preservation Commission. And in the past decade or so alone, Village Preservation has helped to achieved protections for significant portions of the East Village and South Village, with the East…
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Oral History: Calvin Trillin’s ‘West Village’
Calvin Trillin, photo by Richard Drew/AP Village Preservation shares our oral history collection with the public, highlighting some of the people and stories that make Greenwich Village, the East Village,…
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2020 Village Awardee: Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street
…Greenwich Village and one of the oldest continuously operated art cinemas in the city. And this year it is one of our Village Awardees! Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street…
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17 LGBT landmarks of Greenwich Village
…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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15 Trailblazing Women of Greenwich Village and the East Village
…Emma Lazarus via Wiki Commons (L); a plaque outside her former home at 18 West 10th Street via Wally Gobetz/Flickr Lazarus (1849-1887) lived at 18 West 10th Street in Greenwich Village. Born into…
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2022 Village Awardee: Zinc Bar, 82 West 3rd Street
…Zinc Bar is located on Third Street, a historical location that was highlighted in Village Preservation’s blog post “Looking Up: West 3rd St.” Village Preservation fought hard and won the…
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The South Village Historic District Makes the National Register of Historic Places
…Greenwich Village south of Washington Square Park, which was actually the second phase of Village Preservation’s proposed South Village Historic District. Village Preservation had fought hard to get several NYU…
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Asian-American History in Greenwich Village and the East Village
…West Coast. And while nearby neighborhoods like Chinatown or the Lower East Side may have been much more prominent hubs for Asian-Americans, Greenwich Village and the East Village nevertheless can…
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A Greenwich Village Book, A Greenwich Village Bookstore
…Toby Cox, owner of Three Lives & Company, one of the West Village’s most beloved bookstores. Toby sat on the editorial committee of Greenwich Village Stories, and he and Three…
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Twelve Essential Reads About Greenwich Village and the East Village
…of the Village. Every corner of the Village is represented in the book: recollections of jazz clubs and existentialism on Bleecker Street, rock music at St. Mark’s Place, folk singers…
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Neighborhood History
…Movement, 1940-Present 3.5 Greenwich Village LGBTQ History Exploring the Village Trailblazing Women of the Village Bob Dylan Map Neighborhood Surveys Far West Village Tour Historic Gansevoort Market Walking Tour South…
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15 things you didn’t know about the East Village
…via Village Preservation Waves of immigration to the East Village over 200 years have helped give many churches a multi-faceted and ever-changing kaleidoscope of ethnic identities. For example, St. Ann’s Church at…
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The East Village Eye: Chronicling the Spirit of the East Village
The East Village Eye was only in publication for eight years, but the magazine left a huge mark on the neighborhood it chronicled. The East Village Eye, nicknamed the Eye,…
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Beyond the Village and Back: Assyrian Revival on West 30th Street
…home where folks could be deeply Jewish and proudly gay. In 1976, CBST moved to a loft in the Westbeth Complex on Bethune Street in the Far West Village, overlooking…
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How Greenwich Village and the East Village Launched the 19th Century Hebrew Free School Movement
…locations are in the East Village and Greenwich Village. Learn all about East Village Jewish historic sites on Village Preservation’s East Village Building Blocks Yiddish Rialto and Synagogues of the…
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Village Awards: Your Nominations Help Celebrate Our Neighborhoods
…his contributions to the Jefferson Market Library and the Greenwich Village community, Frank Collerius was awarded a Village Preservation Annual Village Award in 2017. Village Preservation is very grateful to…
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City Releases “Special Permit” Requirement Proposal For Hotels South of Union Square; Plan Would Promote Office Tower Development and Destruction of Historic Buildings, Expands “Midtown South” to Greenwich Village and East Village, Rewards Mayor’s Campaign Donors and Fails to Deliver on Rivera’s Neighborhood Protection Campaign Pledge
…East Village. Send a letter to City officials saying this scheme offers zero protections for Greenwich Village and the East Village, and we demand more be done! The city’s south of…
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10 (more) of the most charming spots in the Greenwich Village Historic District
…than two decades later than St. Luke’s, when the Village was significantly more developed, First Presbyterian nevertheless looks similarly plucked from a Village green. The structure was modeled on the…
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Landmark Designation Reports
…Register Photos Greenwich Village Historic District Extension I Far West Village (May 2006) Greenwich Village Historic District Extension I Designation Report Greenwich Village Historic District Extension I NYC LPC…
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My Favorite Things: West Village Edition
…history, people, and businesses of the Village, East Village, and NoHo. Let us know what you think! Few places can be said to exemplify the ecelctic charm of the West…
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East Village Building Blocks Tour: the LGBTQ East Village
While the neighboring West Village may have the more well-known sites, the East Village contains a rich assortment of places connected to LGBTQ history, including the homes of noted artists,…
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A ‘Greenwich Village Stories’ Walking Tour of the East Village
…‘The Future is Unwritten.’” With over sixty contributors, Greenwich Village Stories has many more memorable Village locations to share. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for a West Village walking…
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LGBT History in All Corners of the Village: East Village
…the West Village, East Village, South Village, and NoHo. All of these sites can also be found on our Village Preservation Civil Rights and Social Justice Map, and we encourage…
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20 transformative women of Greenwich Village
…various locations throughout the Village starting in 1917, but most famously at 75 ½ Bedford Street, ‘the narrowest house in the Village’ (a location also indelibly connected to her in…
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A Video Campaign to “Save the South Village”
…business in the South Village and lived in the South Village for years. He and his family have now decamped to a home in the Greenwich Village Historic District, but…
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The Art of the Steal! Thrifting in Greenwich Village, the East Village, & NoHo
…vintage resellers within the Greenwich Village, East Village, and NoHo: The East Village: The East Village has more vintage, secondhand, and thrift stores than anywhere in New York City (maybe…
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The Irish Immigrant Community of the Far West Village
…St. Veronica’s Parochial School, today Village Community School at 272 West 10th Street The parish would also take over what was formerly P.S. 107 at 272 West 10th Street, as…
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North America’s First Free Black Settlement In Our Neighborhoods
…of present-day Greenwich Village, NoHo, and the South Village, and parts of the Lower East Side and East Village. This settlement was comprised of individual landholdings, many of which belonged…
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The Linda Yowell Image Collection: Capturing the West Village’s Charm and Evolution Over the Decades
…fortunate to have recently added to that a collection of images from Linda Yowell, a longtime Village Preservation Trustee, valued chair of our Preservation Committee, and West Village resident. An…
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Historic Storefronts of the Village and East Village
…click here. At 201 Bleecker Street, in the recently-designated South Village Historic District, stands one of the most well-known coffee, tea and spice stores of Greenwich Village. Porto Rico Importing…
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A Specialty Food Shop in the Village: 2011 Village Awardee
…Village Award at our Annual Meeting on Monday, June 13th. In the twenty years since GVSHP began presenting Village Awards, many nods have gone out to small specialty food markets….
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The Pathfinder Mural: Public Political Art in the Far West Village
…built along West Street between West 11th and Charles Street. This transformed the Greenwich Village waterfront from warehouses, factories, garages, and modest residences occupied largely by artists (Westbeth) and civil…
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“Our Village is Star in an Uptown Exhibit” — September 26, 1990
…help of this exhibit and other advocacy efforts, Village Preservation successfully proposed and advocated for the Far West Village downzoning in 2005, the C6-1 rezoning in 2010, and the prohibition…
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The Flatirons of the Village and the East Village
…eastern edge. 234 West 13th Street, aka 110-118 Greenwich Avenue A few blocks east, 234 West 13th Street’s prow-like western edge forms at the intersection of Greenwich Avenue and 13th…
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Abolitionist History in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…School #3, 120 West 3rd Street Sarah Smith Garnet: Suffragist, Principal, Villager Beyond the Village and Back: Harlem’s St. James Presbyterian Church Beyond the Village and Back: Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist…
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Theaters of Greenwich Village and the East Village
…Village, East Village, and NoHo’s cultural heritage and built environment. And last week, as part of our free public programs, we started a series about theaters of Greenwich Village and the…
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Huge Flaws Identified in City Analysis of Greenwich Village & East Village for Hotel Special Permit Proposal; Critical Hearings Tomorrow and Next Wednesday
…Real Protections for Historic Greenwich Village and the East Village Attend these meetings — Land Use Committee Meeting of Community Board #2 (covers the area WEST of Fourth Avenue) TOMORROW…
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How the New York Public Library got its start in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…found in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and Noho. The main antecedents of the NYPL which formed the foundation of today’s system— the Astor Library, the Lenox Library, and the…
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The 35th Village Preservation Annual Meeting and 25th Presentation of the Village Awards
The 35th Village Preservation Annual Meeting and 25th Presentation of the Village Awards Village Preservation will present its 25th Annual Village Awards this year at our Annual Meeting on Wednesday,…
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Hip Hop’s 2nd Birthplace: Greenwich Village & the East Village
…in the genre’s history, Greenwich Village and the East Village can boast of being the neighborhoods where all four hip hop elements were presented together for the first time and becoming…
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Village Remains Tops for Artists in NYC
…of the equations and we were just comparing Community Board #2 (Greenwich Village, SoHo, NoHo, Little Italy) to Community Board #7 (Upper West Side), or even just Greenwich Village vs….
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A Truly Historic House Tour! Village Preservation’s 21st Spring House Tour in the Greenwich Village Historic District
…preservation. Looking up at an altered 1847 Greek Revival house from a previous tour. The Greenwich Village Historic District The original Greenwich Village Historic District covers only a portion of…
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2020 Village Preservation Public Programs Roundup
…a coincidence! (video) (event description) Tour Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo (from east to west): CBGB after the death of Joey Ramone. From Meredith Marciano Collection, archive.gvshp.org. The…
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Village Power-House Female Chefs: 2011 Village Awardee
…two dogs, patronizes fellow Village business Murray’s Cheese; Right: the interior of Annisa Lo is among a group of unstoppable female celebrity chefs in the East and West Villages, which…
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Far West Village
Far West Village Read Blog Posts about the Far West Village The Far West Village was almost entirely lacking in landmark or zoning protections in the early 2000s, as high-rise…
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Celebrating the Origins of the South Village
…streets that comprise the South Village are a sort of microcosm of the broader Greenwich Village it sits within. The South Village holds some of the area’s oldest extant buildings,…
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Rallying To Save The South Village
…South Village Historic District (map), a two hundred forty-building, thirteen-block section of Greenwich Village south of Washington Square Park, and the second phase of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic…
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Iconic album covers of Greenwich Village and the East Village: Then and now
There’s no shortage of sites in the Village and East Village where great makers of popular music lived or performed. Less well known, however, are the multitude of sites that…
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Village Preservation Does Jane’s Walk: A Walking Tour of the East Village
Village Preservation Does Jane’s Walk A Walking Tour of the East Village Just as Jane Jacobs fought to save her beloved Greenwich Village, so too is Village Preservation working to…
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The 34th Village Preservation Annual Meeting and Presentation of the Village Awards
The 34th Village Preservation Annual Meeting and Presentation of the Village Awards Co-sponsored by The New School This special evening will look back on Village Preservation’s work over the last…
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Village Preservation Annual Meeting and Village Awards
Village Preservation Annual Meeting and Village Awards Each June Village Preservation holds its Annual Meeting and Village Awards presentation. The Annual Village Awards are in recognition of those people, places,…
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The Children’s Aid Society’s Deep Roots in Greenwich Village and the East Village
…Photo courtesy of Village Preservation. For more information on the rich, complex history of the Children’s Aid Society and the Civil Rights and Social Justice history of the East Village,…
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Rooftop Farms in Our Neighborhoods: It is Officially “A Movement”
…the agricultural trend. From the East Village to the West Village, from fancy buildings to squats, from schools to restaurants, the urban rooftop farming movement is taking hold, and New…
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159 Charles Street: A Greek Revival Gem in the Far West Village
…base and original decorative wrought iron areaway fence. 159 Charles Street is one of nearly one hundred buildings landmarked in the Far West Village as a result of GVSHP’s campaign…
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