Village Preservation (GVSHP) is a membership-based non-profit preserving Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo since 1980
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Preserving #GreenwichVillage, the #EastVillage, and #NoHo is our passion, and our supporters empower our advocacy and research. If preservation is your passion too, we encourage you to visit villagepreservation.org/givi… and explore what a donation means to us on #GivingTuesday.
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#OTD in 2016, we begin our campaign to save the twin 1866 cast iron lofts at 827-31 Broadway from planned demolition for a 300 ft tall office tower. Our efforts documentation of the building’s extraordinary art world history led to landmarking in 2017: villagepreservation.org/camp…
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Early voting starts today in State Assembly Senate races thru 6/21, Primary Election Day is June 23. Read our extensive questionnaire with candidates on preservation issues — see what they said, who responded (ALMOST everyone) what their positions are: villagepreservation.org/camp…
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Before Stonewall, there was Randy Wicker, who helped lay the groundwork for the LGBTQ rights movement. With the help of our Social Justice and Civil Rights map, we’re exploring his legacy throughout our neighborhoods: villagepreservation.org/2026…
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Join us next Tuesday at 6pm for this special free virtual program as part of #PrideMonth, combining activism with history and preservation. Learn about the many still-unrecognized unprotected #LGBTQ landmarks in our neighborhood how we can save them: villagepreservation.org/even…
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Before the Nobel, Saul Bellow lived at 17 Minetta St. while working on Augie March.
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#SaulBellow #GreenwichVillage #MinettaStreet #LiteraryHistory #VillagePreservation
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Our June 2026 Business of the Month is Classic Arepas (31 W 8th Street), where Andrea Blanco brings the Venezuelan staple she grew up eating to the Village. Crispy outside, stuffed with the good stuff inside. Swing by, check them out read more: villagepreservation.org/2026…
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The recording of “From Minuets to Militia” is now available! Historian Tom Miller explores how Manhattan’s elegant country estates were transformed by the upheaval of the American Revolution. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=qRNQtdKq…
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From the nation's first public housing development to the winding streets of Greenwich Village, today we take a look at a few sites that make our neighborhoods unique: villagepreservation.org/2026…
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It’s tomorrow nite at 6pm! Join us at @cooperunion’s historic Great Hall for a celebration of some of our community’s most inspiring leaders, small businesses non-profits making a difference, to look back on a year of accomplishment. Free open to all: villagepreservation.org/camp…
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In 1991, we handed out our very first Village Awards. 35 years later, how are local icons like Three Lives & Co. and the #JeffersonMarketGarden doing? Read more to find out and join us this Wednesday for the 2026 Awards! villagepreservation.org/2026…
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#HappyBirthday, Frank Lloyd Wright, b. #OTD in 1867. We look back at the architect’s never-built plans for futuristic apartment towers around St. Marks-in-the-Bowery Church, as well as the realized works of his students acolytes in the neighborhood: villagepreservation.org/2022…
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#OTD in 1966, the Church of the Immaculate Conception on E .14th St. is landmarked, making it one of our city’s 1st landmarks. The 1894 mini-Cathedral has led many lives as place of worship, hospital, school, more, and escaped demolition multiple times: villagepreservation.org/2023…
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#OTD in 1981, the CDC published its 1st notice on cases of what would come to be known as AIDS. The disease would go on to devastate our communities, mobilize a generation of activists fighting for healthcare against homophobia, racism, sexism. More: villagepreservation.org/2013…
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#OTD in 1975, The Talking Heads perform their first public gig, at CBGB, opening for The Ramones. We take a look back at the band and the bar, and how each helped turn the other into a legend: villagepreservation.org/2025…
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For more than 30 years, Jane’s Exchange has helped #EastVillage families save money, reduce waste build community. Now this beloved children's consignment shop is a 2026 Village Award winner. Learn its remarkable story join us 6/10 to celebrate! villagepreservation.org/2026…
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Phoebe Legere was a key figure in the #EastVillage’s #1980s creative renaissance. #PrideMonth highlights her story the vital role #LGBTQ artists played in shaping downtown #NYC’s culture. Learn more about this extraordinary artist: villagepreservation.org/2026…
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#OTD in 1888, the statue of father of modern Italy Giuseppe Garibaldi is unveiled in Washington Sq. Pk., an early sign of #GreenwichVillage’s growing Italian immigrant community. We look back at the history of the statue the Italian community behind it: villagepreservation.org/2025…
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Join us next Wednesday for “The Oscars of the Village,” honoring six amazing local leaders, small businesses nonprofits that inspire us every day!
Free open to the public, June 10 at 6pm at @cooperunion’s historic Great Hall.
Learn more register: villagepreservation.org/even…
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#OnThisDay in 1926, Allen Ginsberg was born. To mark what would have been his 100th birthday, we’re exploring the #EastVillage neighborhood that helped shape his life work, and his many homes there: villagepreservation.org/2026…
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