LPC to Hold Community Meeting on Proposed "Greenwich Village Extension" (don't they mean "proposed South Village HD phase 1"?)

From the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation: This coming Tuesday, May 12 at 6pm there will be a very important public meeting at Our Lady of Pompeii Church (Bleecker and Carmine Streets) affecting the effort to preserve the South Village. As you know, GVSHP has proposed landmark protections for the South Village, a historic […]

News from 93rd Street/Marx Brothers Place

Just as the LPC prepares to visit the Carnegie Hill block often referred to as “Marx Brothers Place,” there’s a bit of new news from the 93rd Street Beautification Association: Holy Cow! It’s a full-fledged MOVEMENT!!!!!! This is AMAZING!!!! A comedy troupe who saw our Little Harpo movie on YouTube was so inspired by it, […]

News from 93rd Street/Marx Brothers Place

Just as the LPC prepares to visit the Carnegie Hill block often referred to as “Marx Brothers Place,” there’s a bit of new news from the 93rd Street Beautification Association: Holy Cow! It’s a full-fledged MOVEMENT!!!!!! This is AMAZING!!!! A comedy troupe who saw our Little Harpo movie on YouTube was so inspired by it, […]

Big Turnout for Preservation Lobby Day

  Over 75 people joined together on the steps of City Hall for the Third Annual Preservation Lobby Day. People representing groups and communities from all five boroughs gathered, along with Council Members Tony Avella, Bill De Blasio and Jessica Lappin, to request that the City do more to save its historic neighborhoods and continue […]

Big Turnout for Preservation Lobby Day

  Over 75 people joined together on the steps of City Hall for the Third Annual Preservation Lobby Day. People representing groups and communities from all five boroughs gathered, along with Council Members Tony Avella, Bill De Blasio and Jessica Lappin, to request that the City do more to save its historic neighborhoods and continue […]

Lower East Side Tenement Museum Takes on a Host of Topics

Women of the Lower East Side: Anzia Yezierska and Rose Pastor Stokes With Suzanne Wasserman, Joyce Mendelsohn & Annie Polland Co-Sponsored by the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy Wednesday, May 6 at 6:30 PM At the turn of the twentieth century two independent Jewish-American women rose from the Lower East Side to achieve a place […]

Lower East Side Tenement Museum Takes on a Host of Topics

Women of the Lower East Side: Anzia Yezierska and Rose Pastor Stokes With Suzanne Wasserman, Joyce Mendelsohn & Annie Polland Co-Sponsored by the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy Wednesday, May 6 at 6:30 PM At the turn of the twentieth century two independent Jewish-American women rose from the Lower East Side to achieve a place […]

Good article on Campus Expansion in NYC

NYC universities expand campuses by Maggie Astor Columbia is not the only school expanding around New York City. As the Manhattanville expansion moves forward, other universities are changing the dynamics of neighborhoods from Harlem down to Greenwich Village. The City Planning Commission, which oversees New York’s land use and socioeconomic development, unanimously approved an expansion […]

Good article on Campus Expansion in NYC

NYC universities expand campuses by Maggie Astor Columbia is not the only school expanding around New York City. As the Manhattanville expansion moves forward, other universities are changing the dynamics of neighborhoods from Harlem down to Greenwich Village. The City Planning Commission, which oversees New York’s land use and socioeconomic development, unanimously approved an expansion […]