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Our new newsletter is available with updates on the organization’s recent work + new public resources, from the Tony Dapolito Center to the proposed 600-ft.-tall Meatpacking District tower, the SoHo/NoHo Rezoning exposé to landmarking in the East Village: media.villagepreservation.org/wp-content/upl…

There is a rich lineage of spaces specifically for queer women + lesbians in our neighborhoods. Today, at the start of Pride Month, learn about some of the many historic lesbian bars and hangouts that have called the Village home: villagepreservation.org/2025/06/03/the…

The Garibaldi statue in Washington Square Park, installed #OTD in 1888, is a symbol of the Italian-American roots of the nearby South Village, where espresso, pasta, + cultural pride remain on the menu today. We explore: villagepreservation.org/2025/06/04/the…

Nice coverage as the lead story on last night’s PIX11 News on the fight to save the Tony Dapolito Rec Center: pix11.com/news/local-new…. Tell the Mayor, Councilmember Erik Bottcher, + the City Council you want the Center restored + reopened, not demolished: p2a.co/v8ipwt4

Fifty years ago today, #TalkingHeads make their public performance debut at CBGB opening for the Ramones. We look back at this seminal moment in music history: villagepreservation.org/2019/06/20/psy…

Fifty years after Talking Heads debut at CBGB, we take a look back at how this defining downtown band and music venue grew and evolved together: villagepreservation.org/2025/06/05/the…

#OTD in 1998, #SexAndTheCity premieres; TV + our neighborhoods would never be the same again. We take a look at some of the sites used in the perpetually rewatched series that hordes of fans + tourists regularly descend upon, and tell their real stories: villagepreservation.org/2023/07/05/exp…

Big news on the fight to save the Tony Dapolito Rec Center! Local electeds are weighing in, but they’re asking for a delay instead of dropping the demolition plans. Get the latest and find out how you can save, repair, and reopen this community landmark: villagepreservation.org/campaign-updat…

The Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act would, in the purported name of affordable housing, override local law and produce huge divergences from the city's built fabric. Our Exec. Dir. recently debated the merits of the bill with other experts. Learn more: villagepreservation.org/2025/06/06/fai…

What do the East Village and Bartlesville, OK have in common? More than you likely think. Find out on this #NationalOklahomaDay: villagepreservation.org/2017/06/07/wha…

#OTD in 1984, “Ghostbusters” is released, busting all records for a comedy film up to that time. The spooky laughfest has many connections to our neighborhood, including an unlikely early appearance by someone we at Village Preservation know quite well: villagepreservation.org/2011/06/08/who…

Join us this Wednesday night for a free joyous community celebration — the Village Awards and our Annual Meeting! We’ll celebrate Forbidden Planet NYC Danspace Project Vittorio Antonini LUNGS NYC Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center + more along with a year of accomplishments. Register NOW: villagepreservation.org/event/35th-ann…

To celebrate #PrideMonth, we explore six decades of local LGBTQ+ history, including protests, parades, and performance, via  our historic image archive: villagepreservation.org/2025/06/09/exp…

#HappyBirthday to Saul Bellow, b. this day in 1915. The great American writer cut his teeth at 17 Minetta Street in #GreenwichVillage, and went on to extraordinary heights of literary achievement. More: villagepreservation.org/2020/02/12/sau…

Where are they now? Ten years ago we honored an amazing group at our Village Awards including ChaimGrossFoundation and James & Karla Murray Read about their accomplishments over the past ten years and join us tomorrow as we honor our new 2025 awardees: villagepreservation.org/2025/06/10/201…

Watch me make a Hobbit speech tomorrow night. Thanks for the honor, Village Preservation (GVSHP) On behalf or myself, Mr. Hourglass and everybody at Forbidden Planet NYC, I’d just like to say… Rock and roll. Free to attend. Register here: villagepreservation.org/event/35th-ann…

It’s TONITE at 6pm! Join us at The Cooper Union’s historic Great Hall to honor six incredible awardees and celebrate a year of preserving what we love about #GreenwichVillage, the #EastVillage, + #Noho. Come for the camaraderie, community, + inspiring stories: villagepreservation.my.site.com/s/event-detail…

Happy 100th birthday to the great American writer William Styron, b. this day in 1925. He’s one of 31 amazing literary icons of #GreenwichVillage whose lives, careers, and places of residence we explore: villagepreservation.org/2024/04/22/31-…