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By Village Preservation This image archive highlights the history of the people and built environment of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, and New York City in general. It has been assembled over the years through generous donations and consists of several dozen different collections. Historic images of the East Village from our historic image…
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By Village Preservation MAP LINK To celebrate hip-hop and its profound cultural impact, we explore the seminal places of hip-hop’s early days in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, and introduce some of the instrumental figures in the downtown world of hip-hop. While the birthplace of hip-hop is recognized as 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in…
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By Village Preservation The East Village Building Blocks online resource provides information about 2,200 properties in the East Village, including each building’s date of construction, original architect, original use, and links to additional documents. This map was ten years in the making and offers not just a great resource for research, but also a range of…
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By Village Preservation This first-of-its-kind interactive map allows you to explore the history of jazz in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, tracing this remarkable legacy these streets, where legendary musicians lived and groundbreaking performances and recording sessions took place. Discover dozens of historic venues, recording studios, archives, and homes of major jazz artists, with photos, sound…
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by Ariana Faye Allensworth Staying Power is a print and online publishing platform dedicated to amplifying a people’s history of public housing. The project uses visual and archival strategies to expand and transform narratives about public housing, bridging the distance between stories that are widely told about public housing and the lived experiences of residents.…
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Wesley Augustus Williams (1897-1984) was born in Harlem to Lucy Metrash and James Henry Williams, Chief of the Red Caps in Grand Central Terminal. He’d been inspired as a boy by Sam Battle’s successful struggle to join the NYPD as its first Black patrolman. Williams studied and trained rigorously, passing all tests with high marks.…
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By Imani Vieira Pictured Carmen Pabón and Luis Rivera, son of Adela Fargas of Casa Adela celebrating at the first Loisaida Festival in 1986. Photo taken by Marlis Momber. Carmen Pabón was born in Puerto Rico in 1921 or 1922, she had two birth certificates. She immigrated to New York City at the age of…
