…landmarks, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. This includes more than 3,000 landmarked properties in our neighborhoods, including fourteen historic districts and historic district extensions, and dozens of individual landmarks….
Read More…Firehouse at 99 Wooster Street. In 2014, Village Preservation proposed these sites along with the Stonewall Inn for landmark designation as the city’s first individual landmarks recognizing LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and…
Read MoreThe LPC’s slide show — just a show? The Landmarks Preservation Commission has recently begun creating on-line slide shows to showcase various history months as represented by some of the…
Read MoreWe had a promising hearing last Tuesday at the Landmarks Preservation Commission on our proposed landmark designation of 827-831 Broadway, with a vote planned for this coming Tuesday, October 31st.…
Read MoreFollowing up on our earlier post discussing public hearings at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, we thought we’d focus our attention on another important part of the landmarks public review process:…
Read More…many preservationists who moved us closer to having a landmarks law, click here. To read the designation reports for the historic districts and individual landmarks in our neighborhoods, click here….
Read More…York Landmarks Conservancy to landmark this and twelve other federal-era rowhouses, 57 Sullivan Street was heard again by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2009. But the Commission failed again to…
Read More…Landmarks Law went into effect the year of her appointment, allowing for the city’s first scenic and interior landmarks. “New City Planner; Beverly Moss Spatt” from the New York Times,…
Read More…Landmark Hamilton Fish House, 21 Stuyvesant Street, Individual Landmark Hamilton-Holly House, 4 St. Mark’s Place, Individual Landmark 131 Charles Street, Individual Landmark Old Merchant’s House, 29 East 4th Street, Individual…
Read More…Be sure to check our Landmarks Applications Webpage to see if there are upcoming hearings in CB2 or CB3, and to get involved with changes to landmarks in your neighborhood!…
Read More…This tour takes you through the thirty individual New York City landmarks in the East Village — one of the highest concentrations in New York City. These include a public…
Read More…to numerous individual landmarks in our neighborhoods, we currently have sixteen historic districts and historic district extensions — many of which Village Preservation has been integral to achieving landmark status…
Read More…new building, or an alteration. We wrote a blog a few weeks ago about our Landmarks Application webpage as a resource for information on upcoming, pending and closed applications on…
Read More…the Gay Officer’s Action League/St. Joseph’s Church, 371 Sixth Avenue St. Joseph’s is the oldest extant intact Catholic Church in New York City, built in 1833. But In 1982, the first…
Read More…Street Historic District (view the designation report on our Resources page); they could also include over 30 individual landmarks located throughout the East Village, many of which have been designated…
Read More…Well GVSHP offers to the public its Landmarks Applications Webpage, a wonderful resource that provides up-to-the-minute information on landmarked properties which require review via a hearing by the Landmarks Preservation…
Read More…style houses at 127, 129, and 131 MacDougal Street and 4 St. Mark’s Place as individual landmarks which we proposed for designation. 2003 The Gansevoort Market Historic District, which we…
Read MoreOn April 6, 1965, the New York City Council approved the bill granting the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission the power to designate and preserve New York City’s landmarks….
Read More…exterior landmarks in New York City (there are more than 33,000 properties which are individually landmarked or located within historic districts in New York City). The Merchant’s House Museum, at…
Read MoreWalking through the East Village means walking through history. The neighborhood features 30 individual landmarks, one of the highest concentrations in the city, that offer a unique view of our…
Read More…to suggest ways in which the LPC could work better with the public, improve the accessibility of information about landmarks applications and the status of landmarks complaints, make attending public hearings…
Read More…the development, heritage, or cultural characteristics of the city, state, or nation. New York City has more than 23,000 landmarks including individual, interior and scenic landmarks and historic districts. Individually-designated…
Read More…nation. New York City has more than 23,000 landmarks including individual, interior and scenic landmarks and historic districts. Individually-designated landmarks get some special treatment under the NYC Zoning Code in…
Read MoreOn November 5, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing on twenty-one sites in Lower Manhattan which have been under consideration for landmark designation for more than five…
Read MoreThis has certainly been a challenging year, to say the least. In spite of that, Village Preservation, the Community Boards, and the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) have…
Read MoreAt their March 27th public meeting, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated four individual landmarks located in Hudson Square. These new landmarks – 32 Dominick Street, 34 Dominick Street, 36 Dominick…
Read MoreAs the summer rolls on, we thought we’d take the time to do a little Landmarks update. The above screenshot from our Landmarks Applications Webpage shows three Certificate of Appropriateness…
Read More…Landmarks Preservation Commission opposing the plan in just one day. We’re happy to report that the Landmarks Preservation Commission appeared to agree. They expressed broad criticisms of the extent of demolition…
Read MoreA while ago I wrote about a wonderful resource on the GVSHP website, the GVSHP Landmarks Application webpage. This page contains all upcoming, pending and closed applications for alterations, demolitions,…
Read More…city, state, or nation.” In NYC, there are currently over 36,000 landmarks, including individual, interior and scenic landmarks and sites located within historic districts. Buildings or historic sites that are…
Read MoreNext Tuesday, the NYC Landmarks Preservation will hold a public hearing on an application to alter the iconic, individually landmarked 1834 house and rear house at 131 and 131½ Charles…
Read More…to rezone any neighborhood to as dense as it likes) and to override landmarks protections to allow construction on the site of landmarked churches and other religious properties. However, the…
Read MoreEarlier this month Village Preservation and many of our supporters testified to urge the Landmarks Preservation Commission to finally designate four “last chance” landmarks – historic buildings that have been…
Read More…be an equally important goal of this administration. TO HELP: Tell City officials the new landmarks plan needs teeth and specifics to truly protect vulnerable historic landmarks — CLICK HERE…
Read More…use the structure, and feasible alternative options that don’t involve destroying the landmark or otherwise violating landmarks requirements do not exist. Hardships have been granted in a small number of…
Read More…De Vinne Press Building was designated an individual New York City landmark in 1966, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Colonnade Row 1830s Walking…
Read More…annex was connected, both of which are now New York City landmarks. Municipal Building, c. 1910 These women, responsible for the design that made many of our landmarks possible and…
Read More…(Buildings such as Grand Central Station, and the Merchant’s House Museum on East 3rd Street are individually landmarked.) There are also over 117 interior landmarks and 10 scenic landmarks. Some…
Read More…East 12th Street is returning to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for a public hearing on Tuesday, December 8. We oppose the plan and urge you too as well. Background: In…
Read MoreLast week the City Council held preliminary hearings on budget items, including the Mayor’s proposal to slash the budget of the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The LPC is already the city’s…
Read MoreEarlier this spring, Mayor Adams proposed budget cuts to the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) that would result in fewer landmark designations, weaker oversight of existing landmarks, and longer wait times…
Read More…and varied individual landmarks in our neighborhood. On October 13, 2009 the Ralph and Ann E. Van Wyck Mead House (later Isaac T. Hopper Home of the Women’s Prison Association)…
Read MoreDear friend, I have some wonderful news to share — the Landmarks Preservation Commission has announced that they have dropped their plans to vote on the en masse de-calendaring of 94…
Read More…York. Cleveland would be the only Democrat elected to the White House between 1860 and 1912. 8. St. Joseph’s Church, 371 6th Avenue Via Flickr cc Opened in 1834, St. Joseph’s…
Read More…are taking a look at some of the many and varied individual landmarks in our neighborhood. Read more of our Landmarks50 entries here. Landmarked in 2000, 295 East 8th Street was “one of…
Read More…look at some of the many and varied individual landmarks in our neighborhood. Read more of our Landmarks50 entries here. R. H. Macy & Co. was founded by Rowland Hussey…
Read More…remain numerous sites that speak to the history yet remain unprotected under our landmarks laws and vulnerable to demolition. Village Preservation has been advocating for landmark designation of these structures…
Read MoreSeven late 19th and early 20th century buildings are now under consideration for landmarking by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. They are all located along Broadway south of…
Read MoreChildren’s Aid Society, Elizabeth Home for Girls We continue celebrating Landmarks50 with a look at individual landmarks in our neighborhood. Yesterday we learned about the Children’s Aid Society, Tompkins Square…
Read More…when we noticed the property had violated the Landmarks Law by not filing for a Certificate of Appropriateness (C of A) application before it made changes to the building. The…
Read MoreExterior of 131 Charles Street (left), and proposed alterations to the site We’re happy to report that at today’s Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing on the troubling and potentially dangerous proposed…
Read More…and left behind some of its most beloved landmarks. 78 Fifth Avenue, c. 1940, courtesy of Municipal Archives 78 Fifth Avenue is a Neo-Rennasiance style loft building constructed in 1896…
Read More…LGBT rights movement. In 2014, Village Preservation began a campaign to get the City to finally recognize and protect LGBT landmarks in our city, of which none received explicit recognition…
Read More…Rohr family were designated landmarks by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. These two houses were among thirteen federal houses which GVSHP and the New York Landmarks Conservancy proposed…
Read MoreMayor Adams preliminary proposed budget once again slashes funding to the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission. Reduced funding means less oversight to prevent the growing plague of the destruction of historic…
Read More…penalized and strongly disincentivized. However, following a recent meeting with the NYC Department of Buildings and the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) arranged by Councilmember Erik Bottcher, we learned just…
Read MoreOn March 27, 2012, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated as landmarks three of Manhattan’s oldest homes, all of which are gathered in a row on Dominick Street. Nos. 32, 34,…
Read More…District is so rich in immigrant history and preserved landmarks, you can celebrate both at once! The examples which follow are from our “Immigration Landmarks” tour on our Greenwich Village…
Read More…23rd at 10 am at the Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing room, Municipal Building, One Centre Street (at Chambers St.), 9th floor. Bring photo ID. Testify and urge the Commission to landmark the…
Read MoreA sign of the times, present and past. Photo by Dorkys Ramos for the NEA. It’s been a heavy spring so far, with troubling news around the world, the nation,…
Read MoreVillage Preservation has called upon the Landmarks Preservation Commission to finally landmark our proposed historic district South of Union Square, highlighting more than a dozen sites critical to LGBTQ+ history…
Read More…and meditation. St. Veronica’s was closed in 2017 and slated for sale, and much of its historic interior lost. But the Committee worked hard to prevent important elements of the…
Read More…taking a look at some of the many and varied individual landmarks in our neighborhood. The Police Athletic League Building at 34 1/2 East 12th Street between University Place and…
Read MoreWe continue the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Landmarks Law by learning about individual landmarks in and around Greenwich Village. Next up: the Bayard-Condict Building in NoHo. Located…
Read MoreJoseph Papp Public Theater We celebrate Landmarks50 by taking a look at Joseph Papp Public Theater (often referred to as The Public Theater), which, at the time of its designation…
Read MoreWe continue the Landmarks50 celebration by taking a look at another individual landmark in our neighborhood. The First Ukrainian Assembly of God (originally, the Metropolitan Savings Bank) at 9 East…
Read MoreThe buildings in 2020 (top), and the previously approved plan for alteration and new construction (bottom). Tomorrow at approximately 2 pm (join at 1 pm to be safe), the Landmarks…
Read MoreNext Tuesday, February 8, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) will hold a public hearing on and consider a revised plan for the partial demolition and restoration of nine landmarked 1840s…
Read More(l.) The LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th Street, built 1869, 1899; (r.) the former Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse, 99 Wooster Street, built 1881. Tomorrow the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)…
Read More…landmarks, and their often hidden connections to Greenwich Village and the East Village. Beyond the Village and Back: Manhattan Below 72nd Street and Beyond the Village and Back: Manhattan Above…
Read MoreAfter a firestorm of opposition from community boards, elected officials, and neighborhood, preservation, and good government groups, yesterday the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) retreated from many of the most controversial elements…
Read MoreRecently we looked at seven late 19th and early 20th century buildings now under consideration for landmarking by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (read about them here,) They…
Read More…Landmarks Preservation Commission in its 1974 designation report. He “initiated a new trend in skyscraper design … with its bold cubic massing of forms — often associated with the Art…
Read More…Oscars Sunday, Village Preservation has submitted research to the Landmarks Preservation Commission documenting the extraordinarily impactful role this neighborhood has played in shaping the film industry, and arguing that it…
Read MoreThe Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold its public hearing onGVSHP’s proposal to landmark 827-831 Broadway (12th/13th Streets), cast iron loft buildings constructed in 1866 which in the mid-to-late 20th century housed an array…
Read MoreVillage Preservation testified at the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) hearing last week regarding the proposal to demolish the fire-damaged facade of Middle Collegiate Church, an 1892 structure at 112 Second…
Read More…from Village Preservation and the preservation community, the Landmarks Preservation Commission dropped its plan to remove the 95 sites from its list of potential landmarks without any public hearing or…
Read More…NYC Landmarks Law, we are taking a look at some of the many and varied individual landmarks in our neighborhood. Read more of our Landmarks50 entries here. GVHSP led the…
Read MoreOn Tuesday, scores of opponents turned out for the sole planned public hearing on the proposal by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission to move a broad range of applications for…
Read More…with a cream and brown paint job that mimicked its Alpine cottage inspiration. However, a more recent paint job stripped away this history, resulting in a controversial landmarks battle. At Twin…
Read MoreFour buildings in our neighborhood which have been under consideration for landmark designation for more than five years will receive a public hearing before the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Thursday,…
Read MoreSaint Mark’s-in-the-Bowery Church, 19th Century We continue the Landmarks50 celebration by taking a deeper look at Saint Marks-in-the-Bowery Church at 131 East 10th Street. This landmark represents construction over a…
Read MoreLandmarks De-Calendaring Issue Village Preservation successfully helped lead an effort to reverse a decision by the Landmarks Preservation Commission to automatically de-calendar or remove from consideration about a hundred buildings…
Read More…This morning the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to landmark 817, 826, 830, 832, 836, and 841 Broadway, after public hearings in December and February where the Commission faced criticism from neighborhood and…
Read More…the applications and added them to our historic image archive, which has become quite the treasure trove. The most recent batch of landmarks applications had some fantastic new images we…
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These images are taken from Certificate of Appropriateness applications to the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) for sites located within the area covered by Village Preservation – Greenwich Village, the East…
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Read MoreIn late March, scores of New Yorkers spent hours at the hearing on the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s proposed rules changes, to oppose the plan and urge that the public not…
Read MoreThe Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) will hear a troubling application (click here to view) tomorrow for major changes to the buildings at the northeast corner of 14th Street and 9th Avenue in the…
Read More14-16 Fifth Avenue today (l.) and proposed. On Tuesday night, Community Board #2’s Landmarks Committee voted to disapprove demolition of the historic and landmarked 170 year old former townhouses at 14-16…
Read MoreTwo proposals for oversized and out-of-context new developments in landmarked districts in our neighborhoods will go before the Landmarks Preservation Commission next Tuesday — 182-86 Spring Street in the Sullivan…
Read MoreThe Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) will hold its public hearing tomorrow at approximately 10am (join at 9:45am to be safe) on the proposed landmark designation of 70 Fifth Avenue, another…
Read More…religious property sites, overriding existing landmarks protections. These buildings are among our city’s oldest and most historically significant, and include sites of national importance. But the bill being pushed by…
Read More…minor alterations to large additions, demolition, and new construction on landmarked sites. Find out about the application, when the Community Board and NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission public hearings will take…
Read More…First Houses, click HERE for the New York City Landmarks Designation Report. You can find out more about other individual landmarks and historic districts in our neighborhood on the GVSHP…
Read More…for the New York City Landmarks Designation Report. You can find out more about other individual landmarks and historic districts in our neighborhood on the GVSHP Resources webpage by clicking…
Read More…when the Community Board and NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission public hearings will take place, and how you can weigh in before decisions are made. You can also sign up for…
Read More…when the Community Board and NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission public hearings will take place, and how you can weigh in before decisions are made. You can also sign up for…
Read More…when the Community Board and NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission public hearings will take place, and how you can weigh in before decisions are made. You can also sign up for…
Read More…when the Community Board and NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission public hearings will take place, and how you can weigh in before decisions are made. You can also sign up for…
Read More…when the Community Board and NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission public hearings will take place, and how you can weigh in before decisions are made. You can also sign up for…
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