Washington Square Park

Barefoot in Washington Square Park

Posted on May 24, 2013 | No Comments
On May 25, 1967, the film Barefoot in the Park, based on the Neil Simon...
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A Walk in the Park Leads to Our Village House Tour!

Posted on May 2, 2013 | No Comments
Warm, sunny days in the Village have us here at GVSHP looking forward to our...
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Quinn and City Must Not Omit Three Key Sites From South Village Landmarking

Posted on April 26, 2013 | 2 Comments
Op-Ed from The Villager newspaper, April 25, 2012 http://thevillager.com/2013/04/25/quinn-and-city-cant-omit-3-key-south-village-sites/ Quinn and City Must Not Omit...
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Preservation Before Penn Station’s Demolition

Posted on April 25, 2013 | No Comments
Common lore has it that the demolition of Penn Station fifty years ago was the...
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Today in History: Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Posted on March 25, 2013 | No Comments
One hundred and two years ago today, at approximately 4:40 PM, a fire broke out...
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Early Village Preservation Efforts Preserved

Posted on February 19, 2013 | No Comments
The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation’s Preservation Archive and Oral History Project was begun...
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Architecture That Never Was

Posted on January 24, 2013 | No Comments
Readers of Off the Grid should be familiar with the many preservation victories Greenwich Village...
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Conspiracy Atop the Arch

Posted on January 23, 2013 | No Comments
Ninety-six years ago today a group of artists gathered at the top of the Washington...
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Fashion in the Park

Posted on September 14, 2012 | 1 Comment
With Fashion Week ending yesterday, we thought we’d wrap up our week with a look...
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On This Day: Washington Square Arch

Posted on May 4, 2012 | 2 Comments
On this day in 1895 (that’s 117 years ago if you’re counting), Washington Square Arch...
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