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Business of the Month: bookbook & Support Small Businesses
 At bookbook, doubts about the future of bookstores evaporate. The mood is cheerful and every other book calls your name. With longtime owners deeply invested in the Village -- who moved their Biography bookshop just down Bleecker Street and re-named it -- bookbook is our Business of the Month for March.
"The owners are terrific and they have a lovely staff who are polite and knowledgeable," wrote a Villager who nominated bookbook for the honor. "They care about what they do and take pride in the books they select...they persevered and found a new space so that they can continue to provide a service to the community and continue a tradition of book stores in Greenwich Village." Read more.
Now tell us another independent business in the Village, East Village or NoHo that you love just as much!
With GVSHP's new "Business of the Month" program, each month a local, independent business is featured on GVSHP's website and blog Off the Grid, and shared via social media and our e-bulletins, to showcase one of our neighborhoods' great and unique commercial treasures. The program underscores what makes each business so valued and distinctive. We hope it will increase support and patronage, aiding our local small businesses' health and viability.
Local businesses are the backbone of our neighborhoods, and many find themselves in an increasingly tough environment of rising rents and proliferating chain stores. GVSHP is committed to highlighting the businesses that help keep our neighborhoods unique and special, and provide a service, atmosphere, or specialty that can't be found anywhere else. In February, the popular but threatened shop East Village Cheese was featured; January's honoree was the beloved greasy spoon La Bonbonniere. Click here for more.
We're asking you, the public, to nominate your favorite businesses for consideration for our "Business of the Month." To nominate a business just fill in a very brief form here. Thank you!
Another important way to support mom-and-pops is by backing the Small Business Jobs Survival Act, a bill in City Council that deserves consideration. Click here to urge City Council to hold a hearing. And learn more about the small business climate in our new op-ed in The Villager, Can small fish thrive if big fish make the rules? |
Upcoming GVSHP Programs
To see videos of recent GVSHP programs, click here; to see photos of recent programs, click here.
Please note that space is often limited. Reservations are not confirmed until you receive a response from GVSHP regarding your reservation.
If space becomes an issue, all reservations will be honored up until the start of the program, at which point your seat may be given away to those on the wait list.
The Red-Tail Hawks of Greenwich Village and the East Village
A lecture and slideshow with Gabriel Willow
Wednesday, March 25
6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
Free; reservations required
Washington Square Institute, 51 East 11th Street,
between Broadway and University Place
[Please note this venue is not wheelchair accessible.]
If you have ever seen the group of people in Washington Square Park with their binoculars, cameras and zoom lenses focused on the top floor of NYU's Bobst Library, then you're probably aware of the pair of red-tail hawks that built a nest on a window ledge, and have made Washington Square their home and hunting grounds. Similarly, a pair of red-tails has built a nest on the Christodora House adjacent to Tompkins Square Park. Both pairs have successfully raised offspring for the past several years.
Gabriel Willow is a naturalist, guide, and educator with New York City Audubon, who will describe the nesting, mating, and hunting habits of these predators, and explain why we should welcome them to our neighborhoods.
To register, please call (212) 475-9585 ext. 35 or email.
Steamboats on the Hudson: The Greenwich Village Waterfront
A history with Liz McEnaney
Tuesday, March 31
6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
Free; reservations required
Salmagundi Club, 47 5th Avenue, near 12th Street
[Please note this venue is not wheelchair accessible.]
In the years between 1807 and 1971, the Hudson River was alive with boat traffic. The great Hudson River Day Liners were perhaps the best known of all the vessels -- famous for their elegance and speed. New Yorkers and visitors alike experienced the river and the magnificent landscapes from the decks and plush salons of these grand dames.
Join Liz McEnaney, Executive Director of the SS Columbia Project, for an illustrated lecture about how the vessels, such as the Day Liners, shaped the development of the Greenwich Village waterfront.
The SS Columbia Project's office is located in the historic Ernest Flagg Rectory, in the St. Mark's Historic District, where GVSHP offices are also located, at 232 East 11th Street.
To register, please call (212) 475-9585 ext. 35 or email.
GVSHP members-only program:
A Critic's Journey: Around the World from Greenwich Village
The keynote speech of "Gotham on a Plate: Food and NYC" at The New School
Friday, April 10
5:00 - 6:00 P.M.
Free for GVSHP members; reservations required
The Auditorium at The New School, 66 West 12th Street
[This venue is wheelchair accessible.]
Co-sponsored by Food Studies at The New School and the Julia Child Foundation
 Mimi Sheraton is a journalist, restaurant critic, consultant, lecturer, and cookbook writer who has lived in Greenwich Village for 70 years. She was the restaurant critic for the New York Times from 1976 until 1984 and has written 17 books on food and recipes, including her latest, 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die. She is also a contributor to GVSHP's book Greenwich Village Stories.
In conversation with Karen Loew of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Sheraton will talk about what's changed over her years in the food world: food trends, the role of the critic, the role of restaurant dining in the life of New York, and much more. If Gotham is on a plate, Mimi Sheraton will definitely have a choice opinion to render about it.
Both 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die and Greenwich Village Stories will be available for purchase and signing.
"Gotham on a Plate: Food and NYC" is a 2-day symposium at The New School.
Tickets may be purchased at www.events.newschool.edu
The interview with Mimi Sheraton is available to GVSHP members for free!
To register, please call (212) 475-9585 ext. 35 or email.
The Lowline
An introduction to New York's newest and most innovative park with James Ramsey
 Monday, April 20
6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
Free; reservations required
The New School, Wollman Hall, enter at 66 West 12th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues
[This venue is wheelchair accessible.]
Co-sponsored by The New School for Social Engagement
The Lowline is a plan to use innovative solar technology to illuminate the one-acre former Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal, just below Delancey Street. The result will be a stunning underground park, providing a beautiful respite and a cultural attraction in one of the world’s most dense, exciting urban environments. The site was opened in 1908 for trolley passengers, but has been unused since 1948.
James Ramsey, Co-Founder and Creator, is the inventor of the remote skylight, which delivers sunlight below ground using a system of optics. In 2004, Ramsey opened design practice RAAD, and they have since built over a hundred projects, both in NYC and across the country.
To register, please call (212) 475-9585 ext. 35 or email.
Roof Explorer's Guide
A book talk and slideshow with Leslie Adatto
 Thursday, April 23
6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
Free; reservations required
Jefferson Market Library, 6th Avenue at 10th Street
[This venue is wheelchair accessible.]
[photo credit: Heather Shimmin]
New York City is world-renowned for its skyline, and high atop its lofty heights beats a feast of breathtaking rooftop destinations for every taste and imagination. ROOF EXPLORER'S GUIDE: 101 New York City Rooftops by Leslie Adatto is the first and ultimate guide to an urban treasure trove of rooftop gems, from hotel rooftop bars and restaurants to elevated parks to museums, theaters, green roofs and elevated farms. For us, Leslie will focus on the images in her book of rooftops in Greenwich Village, the East Village and NoHo.
Leslie Adatto has been seeking out New York City rooftops since relocating to Manhattan in 2010. She blogs about New York City rooftops, and lives, bikes, and cooks in the West Village.
Books will be available for purchase and signing.
To register, please call (212) 475-9585 ext. 35 or email.
Latest Landmark Applications Available
GVSHP provides an ongoing record of all applications for changes to landmarked properties in our neighborhoods (Greenwich Village, NoHo, Gansevoort Market, the South Village, and the East Village) that require a public hearing before they can be approved. These proposals range from minor alterations to large additions, demolition, and new construction on landmarked sites.
Find out about the application, when the Community Board and NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission public hearings will take place, and how you can weigh in before decisions are made. You can also sign up for alerts to be notified of changes in the status of the application.
The new applications below are scheduled to be heard in the near future at the Community Board, the LPC, or both. Click on each for more information.
To sign up for notifications of new landmarks applications, please click HERE.
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The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation