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Otis Pratt Pearsall Collection

Otis Pratt Pearsall is an attorney and Brooklyn Heights resident who spearheaded that neighborhood’s successful effort to become New York City’s first historic (landmark) district in 1965. This archive includes correspondence and other information from 1965-68 about Greenwich Village prior to the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District in 1969.

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Page # Title Date
1, 2 Calendar of the LPC Public Hearing 12/9/1965
3 Letter from Ruth Wittenberg to Otis Pratt Pearsall 4/22/1966
4 Letter from Anthony Dapolito, President to Otis Pratt Pearsall 4/27/1966
5 Letter from Otis Pratt Pearsall to George P. Howard 1/8/1967
6 Letter from Dick Barnett to Otis Pratt Pearsall 1/15/1967
7 Letter from Otis Pratt Pearsall to Mrs. Phillip Wittenberg 1/26/1967
8 Letter from Otis Pratt Pearsall to Mrs. Geraldine Mindell 6/8/1967
9 Letter from Otis Pratt Pearsall to George P. Howard 6/8/1967
10 Letter from Dick Barnett to the West Village Committee 12/15/1967
11 Letter from Otis Pratt Pearsall to Verna Small 7/29/1968
12 Program Plan for the 10/30/1968 Membership Meeting by Verna Small 9/28/1968
13 Verna Small Memo to the Panel Participants 10/10/1968
14 Letter from Small to Pearsall Thanking him 11/1/1968
15, 16, 17 Notes Re Impact of N.Y.C.'s Landmarks Law On Preservation of Districts in N.Y.C. 10/30/1968
18, 19 Two Page Letter to Otis Pratt Pearsall from LPC Commissioner Mrs. Justin Haynes 11/2/1968
20 Letter from Otis Pratt Pearsall to Michael W. Gold, enclosing at Gold's Request 11/19/1968
21 Letter from Otis Pratt Pearsall to Mrs. Justin Haynes 11/8/1968









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