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Tag: Kleine Deutschland

German Heritage #SouthOfUnionSquare

The area of Greenwich Village and the East Village south of Union Square, for which Village Preservation has been advocating landmark protections, is the center of an amazing and dynamic collection of histories. Village Preservation’s South of Union Square Map+Tours is an online interactive tool that allows users to journey back in time to explore and […]

Honorary Street Names: 2nd Avenue

As we here at GVSHP have previously discussed, many streets in Greenwich Village bear an honorary secondary name recognizing important people and institutions associated with the Village and its history.  These honorary names are given in additional to the street’s standard or existing name, and typically only applies to a specific block.  These renamings are implemented by […]

The Busts of Little Germany

On Friday, July 17, 2015, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation lead tours around the East Village looking at buildings that made up the German immigrant community in the late 19th and early 20th century.  Kleine Deutschland, or “Little Germany” at one point boasted one of the largest German-speaking communities in the world and many […]