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@GVSHP

5 years

OTD in 1975, #DavidBowie ’s ‘Plastic Soul’ hit “Fame” is released. One of only two No.1 songs in the U.S. by the Thin White Duke, it presaged trends that swept thru popular music in the coming decades, and was recorded in #GreenwichVillage ’s @ElectricLady :

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Join us to celebrate a plaque unveiling in honor of jazz great Charles Mingus, with speakers and performers who knew Mingus + his music well. Wed, May 31, 6:00pm — learn more and register here:

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7 years

Happy birthday to the Manhattan Street grid, born this day in 1811! We remain proudly #OffTheGrid , but tip our hat to this big day in NYC history. Find out more:

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4 years

Help us preserve+protect all we love about #GreenwichVillage , the #EastVillage , and #NoHo — the irreplaceable architecture, history, independent businesses+small cultural institutions — support our mid-year appeal today at . More:

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1 year

Don’t let @NYCMayor + @NYCHousing pull a fast one! Planned 388 Hudson St development’s affordable housing would be temporary, and would tower far above everything around it. We deserve better — PERMANENT affordable housing only, respectful scale + height:

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@GVSHP

6 years

Today we remember the #TriangleShirtwaistFactoryFire , which killed 146 people OTD in 1911 in a now-landmarked bldg at 23-29 Wash Place. Recall the mostly young immigrant women victims, and the work done to change laws and prevent similar tragedies:

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3 years

#OTD in 1909 a small 23 yr old worker from the #EastVillage takes the stage at @cooperunion and launches the Uprising of the 20,000, one of the most consequential strikes in NYC+American labor history. Learn how it all went down:

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3 years

Some great/scary new images from our friends at @MASNYC show what the city’s rezoning would do to #SoHo , #NoHo , #Chinatown — huge out of scale bldgs and landmarked historic bldgs demolished — and that’s just the #TipOfTheIceberg !:

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@GVSHP

6 years

Do you want to see what any building in NYC looked like ca. 1940? The NYC Municipal Archives just released 720,000 digital images on their website for each property in all five boroughs. Learn more:

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@GVSHP

3 years

Today’s a great day to explore+acknowledge the rich Native American legacy which undergirds our neighborhoods, which can still be seen today in (among other manifestations) some of our street patters. Learn more:

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@GVSHP

7 years

OTD in 1868, #LittleWomen is published. #LouisaMayAlcott lived here @ 130 MacDougal while writing the book, which we got landmarked in 2013.

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@GVSHP

3 years

Great op-Ed in today’s Daily News exposing the truth about the Mayor’s SoHo/NoHo Upzoning plan by seasoned BIPOC leaders of two of the state’s most venerable tenant advocacy groups who know what they’re taking about. “A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing”:

A rezoning wolf in sheep’s clothing

Mayor de Blasio’s proposed upzoning for SoHo/NoHo is, bluntly, a disaster. It promises to deliver affordable housing and greater racial diversity to a mostly white part of the city, when in f…

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@GVSHP

4 years

Study of @NYCMayor #SoHo / #NoHo upzoning plan shows it will make neighborhood richer, whiter, more expensive, produce only 1/5 projected affordable housing+destroy more than it creates, push out poorer people, +esp. hurt #Chinatown + #Asian /Chinese residents:

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@GVSHP

6 years

Emma Goldman, #anarchist , #feminist , #rabble -rouser, was arrested #onthisday in 1916 for distributing #birthcontrol information in Union Square - just one feather in her illustrious cap of arrests! Learn more:

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@GVSHP

1 year

#HappyBirthday to @VENIEROSdessert , opened on this day in 1894! We take a look back at this #EastVillage and #ItalianAmerican cornerstone, its history, family, and delicious pastries:

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@GVSHP

6 years

This charming painting of Christopher Street from 1934 not only gives us a glimpse of the Village from a bygone time but it is also a piece of Depression-Era history that used to reside in the White House. Learn more:

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@GVSHP

7 years

OTD in 1958, Villagers defeat Robert Moses, finally rid Wash Sq of cars. This is one of many images in our archive:

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@GVSHP

6 years

This Sunday morning, explore the Greenwich Village buildings that inspired Edward Hopper’s “Early Sunday Morning,” “Nighthawks,” and “Drugstore,” & the critical relationship @whitneymuseum + @NY_StudioSchool had to his career, via our @6sqft piece:

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@GVSHP

4 years

We're excited to announce the launch of “Virtual Village," a new online interactive tool that allows you to journey back in time to explore & interact with the rich history #SouthofUnionSquare . Start your journey now: #VillagePreservation #preserveNYC

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@GVSHP

5 years

Happy birthday #JaneJacobs , born this day in 1916. We’re inspired by her work every day, and proud to endeavor to continue her legacy:

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@GVSHP

5 years

OTD in 1811, the Manhattan street grid is adopted! Though our neighborhoods remain defined by often staying stubbornly #OffTheGrid , it was in #GreenwichVillage that this regularized street grid plan was formulated. More about this important milestone:

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@GVSHP

3 years

The City has consistently lied about + misrepresented the demographics of areas of SoHo, NoHo, & Chinatown they’re seeking to radically upzone & the impact rezoning would have — a demonstrably wealthier and more expensive neighborhood. Read our new paper:

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@GVSHP

2 years

OUTRAGE: City officials HID info showing nine landmarked 1840s houses at 14th & 9th didn’t need to be demolished, while giving in to deep-pocketed developer+their notorious #PayToPlay lobbyist. Join us to demand accountability:

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@GVSHP

3 years

Today we remember our first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice on #September11 . Our neighborhood firehouses suffered particularly heavy losses, including on which incredibly was first organized on September 11, 1865. Read more:

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@GVSHP

2 years

BREAKING NEWS!: Plan to Lift Limit on Size of Residential Development in NYC Is Rejected, Fails to Win Approval in State Budget! Read all about it:

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@GVSHP

3 years

Join us this Thurs. 10/28 @ 1pm @ 14th St.+9th Ave. for demonstration against demolition of nine landmarked 1840s houses in the #MeatpackingDistrict ! @nyclandmarks @NYC_Buildings & @NYCMayor have failed to show these bldgs can’t be saved. Info/how to help:

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@GVSHP

7 years

BREAKING: City moves to landmark 1866 bldgs once home to #dekooning we fought to save from 300 ft tall tower plan!:

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@GVSHP

3 years

Learn more about Sylvia Rivera, a trailblazing transgender activist and co-founder of America’s first homeless shelter for queer youth. #SylviaRivera #GreenwichVillage #TransHistory

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@GVSHP

6 years

Hitchcock's Rear Window features a Village building as one of its stars! Do you know which one? Read about it here:

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@GVSHP

3 years

Hey @NYCPlanning , I thought you said we didn’t have to worry about demo of rent regulated aff hsng in soho/noho/Chinatown b/c the 2019 rent laws+other rules prevented it? Looks like the landlords know otherwise, just like we said: ;

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@GVSHP

3 years

Stand with us in opposing @GovKathyHochul ’s plan that would allow supertalls and hyper-dense development throughout NYC — find out more + tell her and city & state officials to oppose:

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@GVSHP

3 years

City Council sole public hearing on SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning next Tues. 11/9 ca.11:30 am — sign up to testify NOW, submit comments whether or not testifying. Stop this disastrous, developer-giveaway, affordable housing+small business destroying plan:

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@GVSHP

4 years

#HappyBirthday #JaneJacobs , b. this day in 1916. We take a look back at her life and work, and the historic buildings of the Far West Village she fought to preserve but did not live to see landmarked, but which we were able to protect and save:

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@GVSHP

6 years

OTD in 1870, NoHo resident Victoria Woodhull announces her historic candidacy as the first woman to run for the Presidency of the Unites States, 50 years before women even had the right to vote. Learn more about this radical trailblazer:

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@GVSHP

6 years

OTD in 1924, Louis Sullivan dies penniless, buried by former student Frank Lloyd Wright. The father of modernism, coiner of ‘form follows function,’ + architect of Bleecker Street’s Bayard-Condict Building was celebrated, then shunned, before his death:

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@GVSHP

3 years

ALERT!: @NYCCouncil poised to vote on #SoHo / #NoHo / #Chinatown upzoning+displacement plan TOMORROW as new financial analysis shows fatal flaws in affordable housing claims. Find out more, contact elected officials, & watch the video:

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@GVSHP

6 years

On this day in 1990, Nirvana played @ThePyramidClub as part of their Bleach club tour. See some images and hear the audio from that show today, and learn more about the club and the building’s history:

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@GVSHP

4 years

Great news: We beat the #StMarksPlace office tower #AirRights transfer plan, just voted down at City Council! Would have made ‘boutique’ office tower 20% larger than zoning allows. Thanks to all who helped: @evccnyc @CooperSq @DeborahJGlick @bradhoylman

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6 years

This Sunday, actor, producer, philanthropist, author and former Villager Kirk Douglas will celebrate his 102nd birthday! He redefines the term lifetime achievement. Learn more:

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@GVSHP

7 years

7 yrs ago today, we launched our blog Off the Grid, promising to provide insights into the history, creativity+colorful characters of the Village, E. Village & NoHo. Nearly 2,000 posts+100s of thousands of views later, we think we’ve done it. Check it out:

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@GVSHP

7 years

Join us Tuesday am or send a letter NOW to save a piece of NYC history from the wrecking ball! Here’s how: Pls RT!

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@GVSHP

3 years

Our new analysis shows #DeBlasio #SoHo #NoHo Upzoning plan unlikely to produce ANY affordable housing, is actually structured to be more profitable to build w/o #AffordableHousing than with. It’s a shameless giveaway to Mayor’s developer/donor friends:

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@GVSHP

3 years

Learn what's progressive about de Blasio's plan for SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown? (spoiler alert: NOTHING) and the true progressive alternative:

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@GVSHP

4 years

August is the centennial of the #19thAmendment . Start the celebration w/Sarah Smith Garnet, born #OTD in 1831, a trailabzing Black women's suffragist, 1st Black woman NYC school principal, and resident of #GreenwichVillage . Here’s her remarkable story:

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7 years

Did you know that the first freed black settlement in all of North America was located in the Village in the 1600’s? Get the whole story:

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@GVSHP

3 years

Happy #Pride Weekend! Just in time, we’re releasing this new historic image archive collection of 100+ images of the downtown drag performance scene of the #90s , ft. iconic performers+venues like Boy Bar, @ThePyramidClub , #Wigstock , + Gay Pride Festival:

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@GVSHP

7 years

Happy birthday Edna St. Vincent Millay, born this day in 1892. The #feminist icon and #PulitzerPrize -winning poet left quite a mark on the Village, from which her middle name was derived:

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@GVSHP

7 years

Ten years ago today, this #EastVillage concert hall and former public bathhouse, home for girls, and synagogue were landmarked, four of 1,250 buildings GVSHP fought to have landmarked.

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@GVSHP

7 years

OTD in 1987 we lost James Baldwin. His voice is probably needed now more than ever. Today we remember his life, his Greenwich Village home, and how he loved to dance:

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@GVSHP

5 years

For those who are keeping close to home, Three Lives & Company bookshop now offers free delivery in the West Village. Call 212-741-2069 or info @threelives .com. If you're venturing out, Three Lives will do sale outside the shop at 154 W 10th. #shoplocalnyc

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@GVSHP

7 years

Read our op-ed in @nytimes re fight to get @nyclandmarks to save these 1866 bldgs, former home of #deKooning Pls RT

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@GVSHP

5 years

OTD in 1856, architect Louis Sullivan is born. The “father of the skyscraper” and coiner of the phrase “form follows function,” he was also designer of the Bayard-Condict Building on Bleecker St. Today we look at that masterpiece, his life, and career:

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@GVSHP

4 years

#OTD in 1809, dark poet #EdgarAllanPoe is born. He spent much of his life writing in #GreenwichVillage , influencing and being influenced by the neighborhood around him. We look back on where and how:

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@GVSHP

6 years

On this day in 2004, we win landmark designation of these three two hundred year old houses on MacDougal Street just off Washington Square. Find out more about the incredible history behind these three charmers, and the successful fight to preserve them:

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@GVSHP

5 years

OTD in 1976, the Rocky Horror Midnight Show tradition begins at the Waverly Theater. Find out how it turned this obscure sleeper into an all-time cult classic, and the long history behind the theater, which was once a church:

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@GVSHP

3 years

Honoring yesterday’s #BlackPoetryDay , we’re looking at the life and work of #AmiriBaraka , which were intertwined with the #GreenwichVillage and #EastVillage beat, poetry, and Black Arts movements in the mid 20th c.:

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@GVSHP

7 years

Did you know the world’s first elevated train line, and its first streetcar line, both originated in the Village? Find out the fascinating story via our new piece in @6sqft : @transalt @PPS_Placemaking @MuseumofCityNY @NYTransitMuseum

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@GVSHP

2 years

After a 10 yr campaign, @JULIUSBARNYC is now landmarked! TY to all who helped make this a possibility, and stuck w/us for over a decade! Now let’s continue the fight to ensure more #LGBTQ , #CivilRights , and underrepresented histories are honored+preserved:

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@GVSHP

6 years

Happy birthday #AndyWarhol , born this day in 1928. Find out some of the spots in our neighborhood where the pop art icon left his mark and made his art:

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