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Iron in the Sky
28 July 2011 3:06 PM | 3 CommentsOne facet of the streetscapes that we encounter each day but may not give much...
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Is Gay Street Really ‘gay’?: It's one of the quaintest and most intriguing streets in the West Village. It's located just a block from the Stonewall Inn, the birth -
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The Backstory on Backhouses: One of the many wonderful things about our neighborhoods is the seemingly limitless possibility for surprises. Though small in scale a From the ‘Off the Grid’ Archives
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Mad Men’s Village People
05 April 2013 4:41 PM | No CommentsThis Sunday, the Season 6 premiere of Mad Men will transport us back to late...
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Remembering the former Pennsylvania Station
Posted on August 2, 2012 | 1 CommentFifty years ago today, a group of concerned citizens protested in front of Pennsylvania Station,... -
Back To School
Posted on August 1, 2012 | No CommentsAmid the cast-iron facades of commercial and converted residential buildings between Broadway and University Place... -
Dog Days of Summer
Posted on July 31, 2012 | No CommentsIt’s the dog days of summer here in New York City, so here at Off... -
Welcome to 1940s Greenwich Village
Posted on July 30, 2012 | 1 CommentGVSHP recently came across a great website called 1940s New York. In 1943, four local... -
Oppostion Ousted from City Council Vote on NYU 2031
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsOn Wednesday the City Council voted 44-1 in favor of the NYU 2031 Plan. Since... -
My Favorite Things: Archive Edition II
Posted on July 26, 2012 | No CommentsOne of the most frequent questions we get at GVSHP is where to find historic... -
City Council Votes to Approve NYU Plan
Posted on July 25, 2012 | No CommentsToday the City Council chose to ignore thousands of New Yorkers and by far the... -
An Update on 27 East 4th Street
Posted on July 24, 2012 | 1 CommentFor a few months now, many of you have been following the proposal for a... -
Adaptive Reuse in Chelsea
Posted on July 23, 2012 | No CommentsSimply put, adaptive reuse is defined as the process of adapting old structure for new... -
The Truth About Open Space & The NYU Plan
Posted on July 20, 2012 | No CommentsAlthough NYU’s massive Village expansion plan was modestly reduced at this week’s City Council Land...
