Having trouble viewing this email? Click here   12 June 2015 IN THIS ISSUE Village Awards and Annual Meeting    Martha Graham Plaque Installation   Upcoming GVSHP Programs   Latest Landmark Applications Available  Village Awards and Annual Meeting Next Wednesday Join us for our 35th Annual Meeting and 25th Village Awards next Wednesday, June 17th at the landmarked auditorium of The New School, 66 West 12th Street from 6:30-8PM. This year’s Village Awards will honor Barbara Shaum, Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks, David Rothenberg, the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation, the restoration of 201 East 12th Street, and Karla and James Murray. Read more about awardees Barbara Shaum, Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks, the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation and David Rothenberg on GVSHP’s blog, Off the Grid, and look for posts about the restoration of 201 East 12th Street and Karla and James Murray in the coming days. GVSHP’s Annual Meeting and Village Awards are a great way to join your neighbors to celebrate and salute some of what makes the Village, East Village, and NoHo so special, and find out more about what GVSHP has accomplished and is pursuing to help preserve our neighborhoods. This event is cohosted by The New School and MC’d by the highly acclaimed Calvin “Bud” Trillin. A reception will follow. Admission is free but reservations are required – RSVP now to ensure a spot is available! To register, please call (212) 475-9585 ext. 35 or email. Martha Graham Plaque Installation Co-Sponsored by The New School and Two Boots Pizza Thursday, June 18th  6:00 -7:00 P.M. 66 Fifth Avenue Free; reservations required [This venue is wheelchair accessible.] The revolutionary artistic vision of dancer and choreographer Martha Graham (1894-1991) largely created the modern dance we know today. Graham, an essential part of the early- to mid-century Village arts scene, will be honored as part of GVSHP's Historic Plaque Program done in partnership with Two Boots highlighting the incredible people, movements and history connected to sites all around us. Join us outside 66 Fifth Avenue (at 13th Street) for festivities at the building where Graham’s company rehearsed and created groundbreaking new works in the 1930s and 40s. This event is free, but RSVPs are required by emailing or calling (212) 475-9585 ext. 35. Take a look at our past plaque installations, including the former Fillmore East concert hall (blog, photos and video), the home of poet Frank O’Hara (blog, photos and video), and the site of radical saloonkeeper Justus Schwab (blog and photos). 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. What is New is Old: A History of The New School  A lecture and slideshow with Julia Foulkes, Associate Professor of History, The New School Co-sponsored by The New School  Wednesday, July 8 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. Free; reservations required Wollman Hall at The New School, 65 West 11th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues [This venue is wheelchair accessible.]  In 1919, the New School for Social Research opened with courses in the social sciences, social work, and public affairs in New York “because it is the greatest social science laboratory in the world.” The school was not quite a university: it did not offer formal degrees. The founders thought that people would come to the school for “no other purpose than to learn.” It sought to make education relevant to the issues of the day, to remain ever new.  Nearly 100 years later, the school is now a multi-faceted university and a hub in the political, intellectual, and cultural life of New York City and Greenwich Village. Professor Foulkes investigates interdisciplinary questions about the arts, urban studies, and history in her research and teaching. She is currently chair of a new curricular area in Arts and Social Engagement at The New School. To register, please call (212) 475-9585 ext. 35 or email. Historic German Buildings of the East Village A walking tour with GVSHP’s Ted Mineau Friday, July 17 10:00 A.M. – noon Free; reservations required Meeting location provided after reservation is confirmed The German immigrant community shaped what is now known as the East Village in many ways. In fact, in the late 19th and early 20th century, the area was known as “Kleine Deutschland” or Little Germany, and was one of the largest German-speaking communities in the world.  Many manifestations of that era remain in the neighborhood, and fortunately, through the efforts of GVSHP and many others, many of those buildings are now landmarked and will remain for future generations to appreciate.  This two-hour walking tour will explore some of the places that served the German community in the 1800s. Most were designed by German-born immigrant architects and served a variety of functions, from entertainment, to education, to religion. Space is extremely limited, as walking tour groups need to be kept safe and manageable. We will be on our feet the entire time, so please wear comfortable shoes and dress appropriately. To register, please call (212) 475-9585 ext. 35 or email. Night Vision: The West Village at Night in the 1980's A lecture and slideshow with photographer Efrain Gonzalez Tuesday, July 21 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. Free; reservations required The Center, 208 West 13th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues  [This venue is wheelchair accessible.]  Efrain John Gonzalez was born in the Bronx, raised in Long Island, and moved to Manhattan in 1975, where he dropped out of college to drive a taxi. He would drive through New York armed with an old Nikon camera and photograph the streets and the people who made the city come alive at night. In the 1980's he discovered the underground cultures and private clubs of Greenwich Village and the Meatpacking District, and recorded this night culture that flourished in the dark and seedy streets, piers, clubs, and bars. His photography is a window to a past that is being erased by market forces and the passage of time. Published in the New York Times, Time Out magazine, and the Village Voice, Gonzalez has two photos in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York, and is working on a book of night photographs taken in the Meatpacking District in the 1980's. To register, please call (212) 475-9585 ext. 35 or email. OMG: Churches and Synagogues of Greenwich Village First Ukrainian Assembly of God: Community Center for the East Village A history and tour with Reverend Pete Armstrong Wednesday, July 29 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. Free; reservations required Dwell Church, 59 Cooper Square, at East 7th Street [This venue is not wheelchair accessible.]  The Ukrainian community in NYC has historically been centered in the East Village. East of 3rd Avenue you will find several shops, community centers and churches.  First Ukrainian Assembly of God is among them.  Distinct from the Orthodox church around the corner, First Ukrainian Assembly of God obtained this building in 1929, in the wake of the Great Depression. Built as one of the first fireproof buildings in NYC in 1885, the building and the community that has moved through there has an interesting history.   Through the decades, the church has opened its doors to the community as a coffee shop and arts venue.  There are currently five faith communities meeting in the building of diverse religious and cultural backgrounds (Russian, Jewish, Ethiopian, Asian-American and Anglo). Join us for a tour of the building and telling of the story of its involvement with our neighborhood. Rev. Peter B. Armstrong is the Pastor of Dwell Church, (which meets at F.U.A.G.) and amateur Bowery historian. 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.   58-60 9th Avenue  CB4 hearing: 06/16/2015 LPC hearing: TBD 104 Christopher Street CB2 hearing: 06/16/2015 LPC hearing: TBD   14 Leroy Street CB2 hearing: 06/16/2015 LPC hearing: TBD 30 Jane Street  CB2 hearing: 06/16/2015 LPC hearing: Laid Over 162 West 4th Street  CB2 hearing: 06/16/2015 LPC hearing: TBD 44-46 Horatio Street  CB2 hearing: 06/16/2015 LPC hearing: TBD 255 Bleecker Street  CB2 hearing: 06/16/2015 LPC hearing: TBD 14 Horatio Street  CB2 hearing: 06/16/2015 LPC hearing: TBD 303 Bleecker Street  CB2 hearing: 06/16/2015 LPC hearing: TBD 168 Bleecker Street  CB2 hearing: 06/16/2015 LPC hearing: TBD 122 1st Avenue  CB3 hearing: 06/16/2015 LPC hearing: TBD 59 East 2nd Street CB3 hearing: TBD LPC hearing: 06/16/15 Bleecker Street & 6th Ave CB2 hearing: TBD LPC hearing: 06/16/2015 837 Washington Street  CB2 hearing: 05/18/2015 LPC hearing: 06/16/2015     To sign up for notifications of new landmarks applications, please click HERE.   Find out more:           You help make it happen!