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Westbeth Landmarked!

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) just voted unanimously to landmark Westbeth, following through on a promise made seven years ago to the Greenwich Village Society for Historic…

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Small Stores Thrive in Landmark Districts

…retail vacancy rates in the East Village, covering both landmarked areas and non-landmarked areas . The survey found that the percentage of retail vacancies in landmarked areas of the neighborhood…

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Small Stores Thrive in Landmark Districts

landmarked areas and non-landmarked areas . The survey found that the percentage of retail vacancies in landmarked areas of the neighborhood were less than half the rate in non-landmarked areas…

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Continuing the Work of Jane Jacobs

…that in the intervening years, we have been able to get nine of the ten buildings Jane called out landmarked or included in historic districts. You can read a partial…

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The Eclectic Streetscapes #SouthOfUnionSquare

…buildings in the neighborhood unprotected. While some have cited the neighborhood’s heterogeneity as a reason why it shouldn’t be landmarked, it is clear that the architectural variety and vibrancy in…

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Landmarking 101: Common Misconceptions

…misconceptions about landmarking and historic preservation.       Myth #1: Landmarked buildings become frozen in time and cannot be altered   Not true, landmarked buildings can be changed. New…

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Celebrating 51 Years of Landmarking

…know what and where every one of those landmarked properties are? Check out the new interactive LPC map which provides information on and links for every landmark designation in New…

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Op-Ed: Preservation Can Help Affordability

…example, REBNY claims that landmarking makes New York unaffordable, and pushes the working and middle class out of our neighborhoods. In the unlandmarked sections of the Village, working factories and…

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Things We’re Grateful For: Federal Houses

…200-202 Bleecker Street (Sixth Avenue/MacDougal Street); these 1826 houses are supposed to be landmarked in December as part of phase II of GVSHP’s proposed South Village Historic District.  They are…

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Village Preservation in the Press

…11 Preservationists won’t let Ben Shaoul take the sledge to his landmarked 1830s Greenwich Village house, AM New York, January 11 Judge orders developer to sell old P.S. 64 as…

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…Commissioner The City’s Plan to Save Landmarked Buildings from Destruction Needs Teeth and Specifics to Back It Up The city’s recently released plan to address the destruction of landmarked properties…

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4 St. Mark’s Place

…to have a harmonious relationship with the landmarked building. She repeated that the regulation importantly allows the landmarked building to be maintained in perpetuity. She also said that there is…

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14-16 Fifth Avenue

14-16 Fifth Avenue Tell City Officials to Stop Destruction of Landmarked Buildings like 10 Fifth Avenue We’ve seen a disturbing and growing trend of damage to and destruction of landmarked

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June is Gay Pride Month

…of the word ‘gay.’ Take A Sip: Stonewall isn’t the only important historic gay watering hole in NYC, nor even the only one to contribute to gay activism or LGBT…

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Holiday Shopping in the Village

…services in landmarked surroundings. Those surroundings contribute to and inspire their distinctive shopping experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-7S16YftZo&list=PLOUarB7JkpZJ0Hl_Bdifi_vY5-7Af7pKd Multiple studies show that retail vacancy rates actually tend to be lower in landmarked or…

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LPC Releases Permit Application Guide

Credit: Berenice Abbott, 1937. Source: Museum of the City of New York. Are you an owner of a landmarked building or someone that files applications through the Landmarks Preservation Commission?…

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Recladding & Reevaluating

2 Fifth Avenue Like all other applications for work on landmarked properties in Greenwich Village, GVSHP has been keeping tabs on the progress of the recently-approved plans to re-clad the…

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Landmarking 101: What Can They Do Here?

Perhaps one of the most frequent questions we here at GVSHP get from the public regarding landmarked sites or sites within designated historic districts is “what can they do here?”…

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Neighborhood History

…for landmark designation in 2014 and was finally landmarked in June, 2019. The LGBT Community Center has been a home and resource hub for the LGBT community in New York…

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Gansevoort Market

…of this entire neighborhood, opposing several zoning variances and proposed new developments within the historic district which required landmarks approval. Demand the City Stop Demolitions of Landmarked Buildings Over the…

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Latest Landmarks Applications Available

Including Application to Demolish the Remaining Facade of the Fire-Damaged Middle Collegiate Church at 112 Second Avenue Village Preservation provides an ongoing record of all applications for changes to landmarked

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