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David Rosario (AKA David Peel) with Lower East Side band and Billie Joe White in Washington Square Park. 44 West 4th Street and 1 Washington Square Village (first two buildings on the left) and the Catholic Center at 58 Washington Square South (first building on the right, now demolished) are visible in the background.
Folk musician David Rosario founded the band Lower East Side, which commonly performed in the streets of downtown New York City. He was known as “David Peel” in reference to…
Posted March 3, 2021
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Sheridan Square Dig 9- Regina Kellerman, Village Preservation’s First Executive Director (center)
For most of the twentieth century, Sheridan Square served as nothing more than a traffic-safety island. It wasn’t until 1982 that the area went from a paved triangle to a…
Posted June 2, 2020
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All the World’s a Village on Shakespeare’s 450th Birthday
Provincetown Playhouse at 133 MacDougal Street (right) in 1992. Source: Museum of the City of New York. Today marks William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, although some sources say his exact date…
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Chic’s “Good Times” Reverberates Across the Village, and the World
…a recorded, transmissible, worldwide trend. The man most responsible for the song was born and raised in Greenwich Village and the East Village — neighborhoods whose bohemian mixes he credits…
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Walking Tour: “The Tredwells’ World”
…enclave into a busy commercial center. Visit important 19th century landmark buildings on this tour through 21st century NoHo. Walking tours are 90 minutes and meet outside the Merchant’s House….
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Dec. 13, 1975: Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Released; World Never Same Again
On December 13, 1975, Patti Smith’s album ‘Horses’ was released. Simply put, music was never the same again. Iconic album, iconic album cover. Certainly much has been said about the…
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When the “Most Dangerous Man in America” Tried to Start A Religion and Change the World from Hudson Street
When President Nixon was in trouble, with his aides taped saying they needed an enemy to demonize, they looked to a Harvard Professor and spiritual guru of sorts that had…
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The Tredwells’ World: A Historic Walking Tour of 19th Century Noho
…the Merchant’s House. You’ll see how the neighborhood surrounding the Tredwells’ home evolved from a refined and tranquil residential enclave into a busy commercial center. Visit important 19th century landmark…
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Panel Next Wednesday, September 21: YIMBY vs. NIMBY — Looking Past Labels To Real World Impacts
Join us next Wednesday at 6 pm for an incisive and dynamic online panel discussion and debate on the YIMBY/NIMBY conflict, where national and international experts will look past the…
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Walking Tour: “The Tredwells’ World”
…enclave into a busy commercial center. Visit important 19th century landmark buildings on this tour through 21st century NoHo. Walking tours are 90 minutes and meet outside the Merchant’s House….
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Bell Labs on West Street: Seven Decades of Innovation that Changed our WorldA history before Westbeth
Bell Labs on West Street: Seven Decades of Innovation that Changed our World: A history before Westbeth Before the collection of buildings we know today as Westbeth became a sanctuary…
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A Local Firehouse With Two Seminal Connections to 9-11
…to the terrorist attacks upon the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, suffering some of the greatest losses of any firehouse in the city. Perhaps ironically, this particular fire…
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9/11 Attacks As Viewed From Greenwich Village
…World Trade Center burning between 9:03 am and 9:59 am. At that time, McKay’s pharmacy was on the corner at 301 Sixth Avenue, where he later had these photos processed….
Posted August 27, 2021
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9/11 In Memoriam — Sonny DeLuccy
To mark the 20th Anniversary of 9/11, Village Preservation has assembled about 900 donated images documenting the World Trade Center, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the days and weeks…
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A Complete Guide to the Charles B.J. Snyder Schools in Our Neighborhoods
…122 Community Center, founded in 1980. An AIDS drop-in center, a day-care center, two theater companies, and artists’ studios occupied the site. The movie Fame was filmed here in 1979.”…
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Seized During the Red Scare, This Lefty Archive from Our Neighborhood Is Now Available Online
…at the Kheel Center or elsewhere, currently there is no good way to digitally get at such holdings, whether they reside at the Kheel Center or elsewhere (primarily the Tamiment…
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Asian-American History in Greenwich Village and the East Village
…Center, a community center providing a health clinic, kindergarten, vocational training, and English classes. Though New York women gained the right to vote in 1917, and the 19th Amendment ending…
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Beyond the Village and Back: The Empire State Building
…and 1,250 feet, it was the tallest building in the world from 1931 until 1973, when the World Trade Center surpassed it. While it is no longer the tallest building…
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Greenwich Village Historic District 50th Anniversary Celebration and Open House Weekend!
…counter-culture movements, a bohemian capitol, center of the modern LGBT movement and learn why the Village remains a cultural dynamo to this day. Meet in Christopher Park, 38-64 Christopher St….
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17 LGBT landmarks of Greenwich Village
…7. LGBT Community Services Center, 208 West 13th Street LGBT Community Center via Flickr cc Housed in a former public school built in 1869 and 1899, the LGBT Community Center has…
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13 places in Greenwich Village where the course of history was changed
…later copied throughout the world. 2. Stonewall Riots/Birth of the modern LGBT rights movement At the time, it was derisively referred to as the “hairpin drop heard around the world”…
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Remembering September 11th and Its Impact on Our Neighborhoods
…treasure trove of images in our Historic Image Archive connected to 9/11 and the World Trade Center, most generously donated by local residents and New Yorkers. This includes everything from…
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More Historic Images? Yes, Please!
…are also some stunning rooftop views. My favorite is this one from St. Vincent Hospital, with the World Trade Center visible. View southeast from St. Vincent’s Hospital, 7th Avenue and…
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Three Stops on Christopher Street
…as PATH. The Christopher Street PATH station, above ground and below Following the attacks of 9/11 and the closing of the World Trade Center station, the Christopher Street stop became…
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Publishing giants, radical literature, and women’s suffrage: More secrets of Union Square South
…Company publishers at 72 Fifth Avenue. At the end of the 19th century, the area just south of 14th Street was developing into a vital center for the publishing world,…
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Eight Abandoned East Village Buildings’ Second Acts As Beacons of Culture
…center for the local Latinx families. The Sixth Street Community Center at 638 East 6th Street. Photo courtesy of Village Preservation. Today, the Sixth Street Community Center provides the neighborhood…
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Who is King Juan Carlos I of Spain?
…world’s most eminent Hispanists. He also announced his intention to create a center dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of modern Spain and the Spanish-speaking world. In April 1997, in the…
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Neighborhood History
…lived in the second floor apartment above the club. The LGBT Community Services Center The LGBT Community Services Center at 208 West 13th Street was proposed by Village Preservation proposed…
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Beyond the Village and Back: The Queens Museum
…most expensive American World’s Fair of all time, it lured over 44 million visitors in spite of the dark clouds of World War II which overshadowed the fair just five…
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How Greenwich Village Saved Piet Mondrian
…artist must have felt as the Second World War appeared to be nearing the end and hope grew for a great new world. By the time of his death in…
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Robert Fisch Collection
…and familiar sights of the neighborhood and city in the decades since then, the former World Trade Center and 9/11, and the annual Gay Pride Parade. Robert grew up in…
Posted January 18, 2022
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9/11 In Memoriam — Jimmy Quinn
To mark the 20th Anniversary of 9/11, Village Preservation has assembled about 900 donated images documenting the World Trade Center, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the days and weeks…
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September 2023 Programs: The 2nd Birthplace of Hip-Hop Tour, “This Must Be the Place” Book Talk, and More
…New York history at New York University and the New School. A contributor to the Encyclopedia of New York, she is the author of From Windmills to the World Trade…
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LGBT History in All Corners of the Village: The West Village
…the LGBT Community Center) The LGBT Community Center has been a home and resource hub for the LGBT community in New York City since its founding in 1983. The center…
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Bea Arthur Residence: 2018 Regina Kellerman Award Winner
…goal is that every resident attains a high school diploma or a GED, then college or a job. AFC and the Center Youth Program at the LGBT Center launched Learning,…
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Village Firehouses Past and Present
…the many that responded to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911, and to the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001. The firehouse still stands in the heart of…
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Lost Saints of the Village
…epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in New York City. It was also the primary admitting hospital for those injured in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. Additionally,…
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12 social change champions of Greenwich Village
…Africa’ community located in the center of Greenwich Village in the 19th century. Bennet was actively involved in African-American civil rights efforts after leaving the military following World War II,…
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Why Isn’t This Landmarked?: 88 East 10th Street
…relation to 20th-century art and the development of New York as the center of the art world after World War II, as the home and studio of artist Willem de…
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Check out an historic building near you – no special knowledge required
…fondness for the Neighborhood Preservation Center, and not only because the Center serves as our office. Check out the center’s other preservation related offerings on their website. The center is…
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Remembering the HIV/AIDS Crisis
…Maritime Trades High School — to the Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center, Inc., for $1.5 million. Today the Center has grown to become the largest LGBT multi-service organization on…
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Former Schools of Greenwich Village and the East Village
…The LGBT Center The famous LGBT center also has its roots as an institution of education. Built in stages in 1869 and 1899, this magnificent Italianate structure used to be…
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The Folk Music Revival Scene: A South Village Tour
…music venues in the world, along with The Cavern and CBGBs, the latter an East Village icon that is similarly no longer with us. Folklore Center 110 MacDougal Street Dave…
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Retracing The East Village’s Historic Little Italy
…look at the East Village’s own historic Little Italy, centered around First Avenue near the beloved pastry shop and cafe. While not nearly as famous or intact as similar districts…
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Jesús Colón Writes and Fights for Puerto Rican New Yorkers
…penned a groundbreaking text. Jesús Colón, c. 1973. Photo courtesy of Jesus Colon Papers / Center for Puerto Rican Studies via People’s World. The Cervantes Fraternal Society was formed on…
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Uncovering the stories behind downtown’s overlooked synagogues
…and the Lower East Side, which in the early 20th century contained what was by many accounts the largest Jewish community in the world. Ahead, we take a look at…
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23 LGBT landmarks of the East Village and Noho
…lived and worked here in the 1950s when this area south of Union Square was the center of the New York School of artists and the art world. 7. Webster…
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#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Celebrating Women’s History Month
…York elite, and the working class collided to create an eclectic culture and built environment in this neighborhood that helped shift the center of the global art world to New…
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Where Hollywood Began: 80 Fifth Avenue, #SouthOfUnionSquare
…(MPPC), headquartered at 80 Fifth Avenue, in the area South of Union Square which was the center of that center of the film industry, from 1909 until its dissolution in…
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Black History Month 2018 – Learn and Celebrate with Us!
…(and later the slave trade), was then pursuing its interest in the fur trade, which had been cultivated by early traders like Rodrigues. Along with European merchants, traders, sailors, and…
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New York City from the 1970s to 9/11: Through the Lens of Meredith Marciano
…Marciano at the corner of Charles and West Street, 1986. It’s not just the original World Trade Center which is now gone; note the cars (l.) on the sidewalk along…
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Celebrating Flag Day!
…toiled for months at Ground Zero after the attacks, and within two years died of lung cancer). This image of Ground Zero was taken following the destruction of the World Trade…
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Cemeteries of the East Village, Part I
…which predate City public systems. It educated more than 150,000 tradesman and artisans throughout its history. From 1980 to 1991 the building was home to The World nightclub. Zoë Tamerlaine…
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Peter Ruta, Acclaimed Artist & Villager, 1918-2016
…before it was destroyed, his studio at the World Trade Center. And he was a great and generous friend to GVSHP. GVSHP did some wonderful programming with Peter over the…
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The Antique Business District South of Union Square: Charles Cheriff Galleries, 84 University Place
Picture this: fleets of trucks trailing containers full of antiques from all over the world converging in a few dense square blocks. A crowd of dealers from all over the…
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Remembering “The Day The Music Died” With a No. 1 Hit
…movement in Greenwich Village. Izzy Young, well known to musicians and music aficionados around the world, whose Greenwich Village shop, the Folklore Center, was the beating heart of the midcentury…
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LGBT Historic Sites in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo
…Vincent’s Triangle, which housed mechanical equipment for the hospital across the street. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, 208 West 13th Street The LGBT Community Center has been a…
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Wine Tasting Fundraiser in Historic Devinne Press Building
…for Historic Preservation. GVSHP thanks Andy Fisher and the Astor Center for making this evening possible. Please visit www.astorcenternyc.com for more information about this class and Astor Center. Astor Center…
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The Ukrainian National Home’s Surprising History
…in New York. Second Avenue was the center of much of this activity, as it transformed from the main street of Kleindeutschland to the center of the Yiddish Rialto, a…
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The Antique Business District South of Union Square: Seidenberg Antiques, 36 East 12th Street
…store’s extensive selection and personal service has made it one of the premiere dealers in antique ornamental objects in the world. The world, however, has changed around them and rendered…
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Fred W. McDarrah’s Greenwich Village and the East Village of the 1950s and 60s
…Village Preservation Though you would barely know it today, in the 1950s the center of the art world was located in a string of scruffy artist-run galleries and studios on…
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12 historic Italian-American sites of the East Village
October is Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month! That’s a perfect time to take a closer look at the East Village’s own historic Little Italy, centered around First Avenue near the beloved pastry…
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The Genius of Joan Mitchell
The story of Abstract Expressionism has heretofore been primarily seen through the prism of the male-dominated world of post-War America. In that “official” history, the narrative centers around the traditional…
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Theater Thursday Round Up
…Square, WORLDS FAIR INN is back for a return engagement! An absurdist comedy written and directed by Randy Sharp, WORLDS FAIR INN takes inspiration from the failures and genius of…
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Beyond The Village and Back: the Statue of Liberty and “The New Colossus”
…whose full name is “Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World,” was unveiled and dedicated in New York Harbor on October 28, 1886. Rendering of the opening day fireworks for the…
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From Willem de Kooning’s loft to the threat of the wrecking ball: The history of 827-831 Broadway
…in 1789. The basis for the “Cigar Store Indian,” it was said to be the best-known trademark in the world. Soon after construction, the buildings served as the headquarters and…
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Veterans in the Village
…(Veteran’s Day actually began in 1919 as “Armistice Day,” commemorating the end of World War I on that date, and only became “Veterans Day after World War II). It was…
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Many Layers of History at 7th Avenue and 12th Street: St. Vincent’s Hospital
…admitting hospital for those injured in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. Additionally, poet and notable Village resident Edna St. Vincent Millay received her middle name in…
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Village Pride & LGBT Establishments
…use. The LGBT Community Services Center (208 West 13th Street) The Lesbian, Gay Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, known as The Center, acquired the three-story Italianate-style former school from the…
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“Rare Cancer Seen In 41 Homosexuals”
…was in many ways the epicenter of the epicenter. For many years, Community Board #2, which includes Greenwich Village, led the city in terms of the number of AIDS cases…
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Joan Mitchell’s Village
…was a kind of “church” or “group therapy” center, a place to play music and dance, and enjoy each other’s company. It has been said that the epicenter of the…
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