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(via The Greenwich Village Building With a Starring Role in Hitchcock's Rear Window - GVSHP | Preservation | Off the Grid)
There's a new plaque in the Village, did you know?! Put on your mask and visit Jane Jacobs' house @ 555 Hudson St — but in the meantime, watch our Plaque event video! With a behind-the-scenes "unveiling" video & special guests, it's not to be missed! https://t.co/kNEsG8K006 pic.twitter.com/oovqZ26ibC
— GVSHP (@GVSHP) October 30, 2020
#OTD in 1936, a #WPA project took amazing documentary photos of the @MerchantsHouse Museum, which had JUST opened 2 weeks earlier (and looks *the same* 86 yrs later!). Check out all the pictures+learn the story behind them+this incredible place: https://t.co/j9xIviPYHP https://t.co/9nZ9qoO1du
— Village Preservation (GVSHP) (@GVSHP) May 25, 2022
#OTD in 1911, the Shirtwaist Factory Fire took 143 lives in #GreenwichVillage, motivating the city to increase fire safety regulations. We look at the legacy still visible on buildings today: https://t.co/q5NaBlJZa2 https://t.co/hWfR3LuPfw
— Village Preservation (GVSHP) (@GVSHP) Mar 25, 2022
School’s back in session — good time to look back at architect Charles Snyder's groundbreaking designs that defined the modern NYC school, many in the #EastVillage https://t.co/ShtnCOg5A7 https://t.co/fnhAURCBOJ
— Village Preservation (GVSHP) (@GVSHP) Sep 13, 2021
School’s back in session — good time to look back at architect Charles Snyder's groundbreaking designs that defined the modern NYC school, many in the #EastVillage https://t.co/ShtnCOg5A7 https://t.co/fnhAURCBOJ
— Village Preservation (GVSHP) (@GVSHP) Sep 13, 2021
#OTD in 1917, the city’s last horse-drawn trolley line on #BleeckerStreet closes up shop. We take a look back at the rise and fall of horse-drawn and other mass transit in NYC, and the special role our neighborhoods played: https://t.co/7uw82ZLScR https://t.co/PoJ9avW5EM
— Village Preservation (GVSHP) (@GVSHP) Jul 26, 2021
#OTD in 1978 the 1845-7 #GreekRevival/Italianate Andrew Norwood House at 241 W 14 St is landmarked. The last intact survivor of this street’s days as the grandest address in NY, it’s lived many unusual lives in its 175 years. Find out more: https://t.co/EUDv2hgIjh pic.twitter.com/IXkyfWWrqx
— Village Preservation (GVSHP) (@GVSHP) May 9, 2021