Tag: nypl

Beyond the Village and Back: The Juilliard School

The Juilliard School is one of the world’s most respected schools for the performing arts. Ensconced in its Lincoln Center home for more than 50 years, the school can boast an impressive list of alumni among actors, musicians, playwrights, and dancers: William Hurt, Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin, Adam Driver, Tim Blake Nelson, and Christopher Reeve and Robin Williams (roommates in the 1970s), to name a few. And even though Juilliard is best known as an Upper West Side school, its origins in Greenwich Village in the early 20th century tie it in with an even older and more historic local institution.

Posted November 12, 2021

By David Herman

• Beyond the Village and Back
• South of Union Square

Historic Images and Maps Solve Mysteries of Missing Church and Street

An Instagram follower recently asked us for clarification about an image we posted from our historic image archive of the long-demolished former home Our Lady of Pompeii Church.  She wanted … Continued

Posted May 10, 2020

By Andrew Berman

• Greenwich Village
• Historic Events
• Programs & Resources

How the New York Public Library got its start in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo

With 53 million items and 92 locations across Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, the New York Public Library (MYPL) is the largest municipal library in the world. It’s also … Continued

Posted January 31, 2020

By Andrew Berman

• East Village
• Greenwich Village
• Historic Events
• Multiple Blog Categories
• NoHo

A Landmark Library Lives On

It might be temporarily closed for renovations, but when the Ottendorfer Branch of the New York Public Library opened in 1884 it was New York City’s first free public library, … Continued

Posted September 20, 2018

By Harry Bubbins

• Multiple Blog Categories

Beyond the Village and Back: “Becoming Visible” and The Legacy of Stonewall at the NYPL

Our Beyond the Village and Back series takes a look at great landmarks in New York City outside of our neighborhoods, finding the sometimes hidden connection to the Village.  Today we … Continued

Posted June 18, 2018

By Matt

• Advocacy Efforts
• Blog Posts
• Historic Events
• Multiple Blog Categories
• People
• Social & Political Movements

Mysterious Name & Address Cast in Iron Reveals Layers of History

Walking on East 9th Street the other day I saw a new and surprising element on the Mud Cafe storefront at 307 East 9th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, … Continued

Posted September 26, 2017

By Harry Bubbins

• Historic Events
• Multiple Blog Categories

Local Landmark: Tompkins Square Library

Note: This is an updated version of a post originally written by Drew Durniak  Since it opened on December 1, 1904, the Tompkins Square Branch of the New York Public … Continued

Posted May 18, 2017

By Harry Bubbins

• Multiple Blog Categories

“When was my building built?,” and other tricky research questions

The following is a re-post originally written by Sheryl Woodruff in 2011: The New York Public Library, whose digital gallery we here at GVSHP turn to quite frequently when looking … Continued

Posted December 28, 2016

By Andrew Berman

• Multiple Blog Categories
• Programs & Resources

A New Way To Preserve, and Learn From, History

We here at GVSHP work hard to honor, celebrate, and perhaps most importantly learn from our history. There were uplifting triumphs and disappointing setbacks, incredible progress and devastating losses, tremendous … Continued

Posted November 9, 2016

By Sarah Bean Apmann

• Advocacy Efforts
• Multiple Blog Categories
• People
• Social & Political Movements

Landmark Designation of the Ottendorfer Library 1st Floor Interior

On August 11, 1981, the interior first floor of the Ottendorfer Library received landmark designation from the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission. The building is a prime example of … Continued

Posted August 11, 2015

By Matt

• Advocacy Efforts
• Multiple Blog Categories

Fifth Avenue and 12th Street, Then & Now

Today, the building that houses the Salmagundi Club at 47 Fifth Avenue is a bit of an odd duck. At four-and-a-half stories, the 1853 Italianate style rowhouse is sandwiched by … Continued

Posted February 10, 2015

By Amanda

• Historic Events
• Multiple Blog Categories

Squatters of the Depression

As the city’s and nation’s economy works through its slow recovery, the New York public library reminds us how the last great national economic crisis affected our city. Though we … Continued

Posted June 12, 2013

By Drew

• Gansevoort Market
• Historic Events
• Multiple Blog Categories
• Social & Political Movements

An Illustrated Trip Down Broadway

We recently highlighted the marvelous illustration work of James Gulliver Hancock as he continues in his attempt to draw all the buildings in New York. This week, we thought we’d … Continued

Posted March 20, 2013

By Drew

• Multiple Blog Categories
• Tours

The Imagery of ACT UP

This coming March will mark the twenty-sixth anniversary of the founding of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) — the direct action and advocacy group organized to affect change … Continued

Posted February 26, 2013

By Drew

• Greenwich Village
• Historic Events
• Social & Political Movements