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What is the Oldest Bar in New York City?

Posted on August 10, 2015 | No Comments
On this day, 45 years ago, the famous McSorley’s Old Ale House at 15 East […]
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Westbeth Announced: August 7th, 1967

Posted on August 7, 2015 | No Comments
Fifty years ago today, on August 7th, 1967, the J.M. Kaplan Fund and the newly-constituted […]
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The Tompkins Square Park Riots of 1988

Posted on August 6, 2015 | 2 Comments
Police brutality, class warfare, gentrification — today these are hot button topics, both nationally and […]
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Art in the Village: The Ashcan School

Posted on August 5, 2015 | 1 Comment
The Ashcan School refers to a loosely knit group of urban realist painters based in […]
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Greenwich Village Height and Density Map Now Available on GVSHP Website

Posted on August 4, 2015 | No Comments
Aaron Hill, a dedicated Greenwich Village resident and New School Assistant Professor of Data Visualization, […]
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Happy Birthday MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District

Posted on August 3, 2015 | No Comments
If you have ever noticed the beautiful row houses along MacDougal Street and Sullivan Street […]
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Farewell to Our Friend Bert Waggott

Posted on July 31, 2015 | No Comments
Here at Off the Grid we are sad to report that we have lost a […]
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Could Redevelopment Finally Be Moving Forward at P.S. 64?

Posted on July 30, 2015 | No Comments
East Village activists were surprised to learn recently that the city’s Department of Buildings had […]
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‘Kids’ 20th Anniversary

Posted on July 29, 2015 | No Comments
Twenty years ago today the movie ‘Kids’ was released. The film is about a day in the lives […]
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Happy Birthday Marcel Duchamp!

Posted on July 28, 2015 | No Comments
Today marks what would have been Marcel Duchamp’s 128th Birthday. Duchamp was born in France […]
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