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#OTD in 1999, the Tompkins Square branch (1904)of the NY Public Library is landmarked. Learn more about its proud history serving a kaleidoscopic array of immigrant communities, its funding by a #GildedAge robber baron, and its design by the original #starchitect: villagepreservation.org/2017/05/18/loc…

#OTD in 1999, the Charlie Parker House at 151 Ave. B (1849) is landmarked. It’s the first stop on our #BlackHistory tour of the #EastVillage, which includes homes of many jazz luminaries, sites of 19th c. desegregation battles, Black Panther HQs, + more: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org/guided-tour/af…

Get Your Spring Fundraiser Tix! New Blog Posts and Our 2025 Community Survey! - mailchi.mp/84924afa0276/g…

Eleven years ago, we did an oral history with the great Jonas Mekas. It offered a window into one of the most exciting cultural moments in downtown history and his own efforts to stake out a place for independent cinema in our cultural landscape. More: villagepreservation.org/2025/05/22/the…

#OTD in 1937, the Exposition Internationale des Arts Modernes opens in Paris, giving birth the #ArtModerne architectural style. The successor to Art Deco, it features the same streamlined forms, but with curves + swoops. Explore both w/our new StoryMap:  storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/429fac…

Our Spring Fundraiser Is One Week Away! Get Your Tix and Check Out Our Next Event! - mailchi.mp/a8d2e07c5d65/o…

It’s Friday the 13th & we are highlighting three New York City bars with “Lucky” in their names, Lucky Strike, Lucky Cheng’s and Lucky on B See this Instagram post by @jamesandkarla instagram.com/p/DK2K0fYsUoU/…

🎉Happy Pigeon Appreciation Day🎉— a day traditionally celebrated with poetry, interpretive dances and tossing of seeds. In modern times, these practices have fallen away, but here at the Wild Bird Fund, we keep the old ways alive. We’re pleased that hundreds of others will be

Thank You For Celebrating With Us! Ranked Choice Voting Strategies! - mailchi.mp/da0f84b3fd68/t…

DOT Shares Ave B Street Improvement Plans Sat June 28! The History of Wigstock! - mailchi.mp/785291829874/d…

Avenue B Open Street Redesign, French Flats, and More! - mailchi.mp/7f0628ef49fb/a…

REMINDER: Join us Bastille Day, July 14 for a Zoom talk on “French Flats,” later to be known as apartments (where many of us live). Many still survive downtown! To register see villagepreservation.my.site.com/s/event-detail…. LESPI is proud to cosponsor w/ Village Preservation Village Preservation (GVSHP), VSNY & East Village Community Coalition.

In anticipation of #BastilleDay, we’ve released a cool new interactive map about the evolution + history of “French Flats,” that 19th c. housing model imported from Europe that convinced NYers it was OK to live in apartments, and changed our city forever: villagepreservation.org/campaign-updat…

#OTD in 1895, R. Buckminster Fuller is born. The visionary architect was intimately involved with CHARAS in the #EastVillage in the 1970s, with his signature geodesic domes making appearances all over the neighborhood. More: villagepreservation.org/2021/03/31/spa…

Village Preservation (GVSHP) East Village East Village Community Coalition Lower East Side Preservation Initiative Nigel J.Hetherington 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 Susan DeMark Village Alliance WestVillageResidents TheChintzAge Preservation League of NYS Before NYC went high-rise, NYC limited residential buildings to 1.5 times the street width (or 150 ft, whichever was less) bit.ly/400wyOB

The future of one of the #EastVillage’s most historic churches is in doubt. We, East Village Community Coalition, Lower East Side Preservation Initiative, + many parishioners are working together to ensure it’s preserved. Find out more about is nearly 200 year history and what you can do to save it: villagepreservation.org/campaign-updat…

Save the Historic Most Holy Redeemer Church! Basketball in Tompkins, and Upcoming Events! - mailchi.mp/7e4eb5caa26d/s…

Save the Historic Most Holy Redeemer Church! Basketball in Tompkins, and Upcoming Events! - mailchi.mp/7e4eb5caa26d/s…

Join us one week from today! This fun and colorful FREE lecture explores the history of Art Deco on its centennial, and the many examples of the Jazz Age style that survive in #GreenwichVillage and the #EastVillage. Q & A follows. Register TODAY: villagepreservation.org/event/art-deco…

Reminder: don't miss the Zoom webinar, "Art Deco Centennial: A Guide to the Jazz Age Style in Our Neighborhoods, City, and World," next Wednesday July 30 with Village Preservation Village Preservation (GVSHP), East Village Community Coalition, Art Deco Society of New York, & LESPI. For more info & to register, see villagepreservation.org/event/art-deco….