New York in Four Maps – Walking the Village of the Past
Earlier this week, photographer and NYC tour guide David Schmidlapp took us on a meander through the East Village using four old, beautiful maps of New York City as part of … Continued
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Tag: 1811 Commissioner’s Plan
The Lasting Imprint of Stuyvesant Street
Nearly all of the East Village falls in line with the Manhattan street grid, dating back to the Commissioners’ Plan of 1811. However, one defiant street, only one block long, … Continued
Happy 9th Birthday to the Gansevoort Market Historic District
This coming Sunday will mark the ninth anniversary of the designation of the Gansevoort Market Historic District. The first new district to be enacted in the Village since the first … Continued
Welcome to Off the Grid!
Off the Grid will be a great way for GVSHP to share news, commentary, trivia and historic information about the Village, East Village, and NoHo, and to hear from you. … Continued