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West Village Committee Collection
The Committee to Save the West Village was formed by Jane Jacobs and neighbors to defeat a Robert Moses urban renewal plan that would have destroyed large swaths of the West Village. They re-formed as the West Village Committee in 1962.
This archive includes over 700 pages of meeting minutes, notices, correspondence, newsletters, and related articles from between 1961 and 1997. It documents decades of preservation battles, including for the creation of West Village Houses, the only built project in which Jane Jacobs had a design hand, and against the construction of Westway.
1961-1969
1970-1972
1973-1975
1976-1979
1980-1989
1990-1997
| Page # |
Title |
Date |
| 1-4 |
Article: "What Happened?" |
1961 |
| 5-7 |
West Village Committee Newsletter, Vol. 2 No. 1 |
3/10/1962 |
| 8-11 |
West Village Committee Newsletter, Vol. 2 No. 2 |
4/6/1962 |
| 12-13 |
West Village Committee Newsletter, Vol. 2 No. 3 |
July, 1962 |
| 14 |
Article: "'Village" Group Designs Housing to Preserve Character of Area," New York Times |
5/6/1963 |
| 15 |
Memorandum: Report on membership meeting of April 7th, 1964 |
4/11/1964 |
| 16-19 |
West Village Committee Newsletter |
1/1/1965 |
| 20 |
General Meeting Notice |
3/1/1965 |
| 21 |
General Meeting Notice |
3/8/1966 |
| 22 |
General Meeting Notice |
6/14/1966 |
| 23 |
General Meeting Notice |
1/10/1967 |
| 24 |
General Meeting Notice |
4/11/1967 |
| 25 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
6/11/1969 |
| 26 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
10/21/1969 |
| 27 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
11/17/1969 |
| 28 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
9/11/1969 |
| 29 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
12/9/1969 |
| Page # |
Title |
Date |
| 1 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
2/25/1970 |
| 2 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
3/25/1970 |
| 3 |
Special Meeting Notice |
5/19/1970 |
| 4 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
6/23/1970 |
| 5 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
9/22/1970 |
| 6 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
10/27/1970 |
| 7 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
12/8/1970 |
| 8 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
1/19/1971 |
| 9-11 |
Election Notice to Membership and Meeting Minutes |
2/16/1971 |
| 12-14 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Meeting Minutes |
3/16/1971 |
| 15 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
4/20/1971 |
| 16-17 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and "The House You Live In" |
6/15/1971 |
| 18-19 |
A Plan To Protect A Community And To Secure Housing Without Dislocating The West Village Housing |
6/15/1971 |
| 20-21 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Meeting Minutes |
9/21/1971 |
| 22-24 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
10/19/1971 |
| 25-27 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
11/16/1971 |
| 28 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
12/16/1971 |
| 29-30 |
"West Village Housing was Originated Ten Years Ago as a New Concept in Urban Housing" |
Ca. 1972 |
| 31 |
Monthly Membership Meeting Minutes |
1/18/1972 |
| 32-34 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Meeting Minutes |
2/15/1972 |
| 35 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
3/21/1972 |
| 36-37 |
"An Evening with Jane Jacobs" Invitation |
4/14/1972 |
| 38 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
4/18/1972 |
| 39-40 |
Committee Newsletter |
April, 1972 |
| 41 |
Articles: "Village Wins 10-Year Fight for $23M Housing Project," New York Post, "A Neighborhood Victory," New York Post, and "Prospectus," Village Voice |
4/21/1972, 4/24/1972, and 4/27/1972 |
| 42 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
5/16/1972 |
| 43-44 |
West Village Committee Newsletter |
5/16/1972 |
| 45 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
6/27/1972 |
| 46 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
9/13/1972 |
| 47 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
10/17/1972 |
| 48 |
Article: "Housing Study: High Rise=High Crime," New York Times |
10/25/1972 |
| 49 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
11/21/1972 |
| 50-51 |
West Village Committee Newsletter |
11/21/1972 |
| 52 |
Letter: to Jane Jacobs from James Shaw Re: the purchase of the Garage on Greenwich Street and Perry Street |
11/28/1972 |
| 53 |
"Action Against Crime" |
Ca. October 1971 |
| 44-57 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Newsletter |
12/20/1972 |
| Page # |
Title |
Date |
| 1-4 |
Committee Newsletter and Articles of Association of the West Village Committee |
1/23/1973 |
| 5 |
Letter to WVC from Roslyn Pulitzer Re: Ruth Gottlieb |
2/5/1973 |
| 6,7 |
Committee Newsletter |
February, 1973 |
| 8-9 |
Committee Newsletter |
February, 1973 |
| 10 |
Annual Membership Meeting |
2/20/1973 |
| 11-13 |
Meeting Minutes |
2/20/1973 |
| 14 |
Mothly Membership Meeting |
3/20/1973 |
| 15-16 |
Article: "West Side Studies 6 Highway Plans," New York Times |
3/30/1973 |
| 17 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
4/18/1973 |
| 18-21 |
Meeting Minutes |
4/18/1973 |
| 22, 23 |
Committee Newsletter |
April, 1973 |
| 24 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
5/15/1973 |
| 25-27 |
Meeting Minutes |
5/15/1973 |
| 28-29 |
Meeting Minutes |
6/19/1973 |
| 30-32 |
Committee Newsletter |
September, 1973 |
| 33 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
9/18/1973 |
| 34 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
10/16/1973 |
| 35-39 |
Meeting Minutes |
10/16/1973 |
| 40-41 |
Meeting Minutes |
11/20/1973 |
| 42-43 |
Committee Newsletter |
December, 1973 |
| 44 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
1/15/1974 |
| 45-46 |
Committee Newsletter |
January, 1974 |
| 47-49 |
Meeting Minutes |
1/15/1974 |
| 50-51 |
Committee Newsletter |
February, 1974 |
| 52-54 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
2/19/1974 |
| 55-56 |
Committee Newsletter |
March, 1974 |
| 57-58 |
Meeting Minutes |
3/19/1974 |
| 59 |
Letter to Edward Haggerty from James Shaw Re: Dr. John Chadbourn |
4/4/1974 |
| 60 |
Letter to Janice Brown from James Shaw Re: Membership |
4/4/1974 |
| 61-64 |
Committee Newsletter |
April, 1974 |
| 65 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
4/16/1974 |
| 66 |
Gotham Jazz Concert Program |
4/19/1974 |
| 67-69 |
Committee Newsletter |
May, 1974 |
| 70-71 |
Highway Hearings Flier |
May, 1974 |
| 72 |
Monthly Meeting Notice |
6/18/1974 |
| 73-74 |
Committee Newsletter |
June, 1974 |
| 75-76 |
Press Release Re: Highway Protests |
6/20/1974 |
| 77-78 |
Committee Newsletter |
August, 1974 |
| 79-82 |
West Village Houses Bulletin |
Summer, 1974 |
| 83 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
9/24/1974 |
| 84 |
Committee Newsletter |
September, 1974 |
| 85-87 |
Committee Newsletter |
October, 1974 |
| 88 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
10/15/1974 |
| 89 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
11/19/1974 |
| 90-91 |
Committee Newsletter |
December, 1974 |
| 92 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
12/17/1974 |
| 93-94 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
1/21/1975 |
| 95 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
2/25/1975 |
| 96 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
3/25/1975 |
| 97-99 |
Committee Newsletter |
March, 1975 |
| 100 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
4/15/1975 |
| 101-102 |
Committee Newsletter |
April, 1975 |
| 103-104 |
Articles: "Board of Ethics Clears Charges," The Villager and "Past Greed Visits Today's Waterfront," The Villager |
4/17/1975 and 5/1/1975 |
| 105-106 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
5/20/1975 |
| 107-108 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
6/17/1975 |
| 109-112 |
Committee Newsletter |
Summer, 1975 |
| 113 |
Article: "How Not To Manage the City," New York Times |
9/14/1975 |
| 114-115 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Award |
10/21/1975 |
| 116-117 |
Committee Newsletter |
October, 1975 |
| 118 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
11/18/1975 |
| 119 |
Report from Village Committee for the Jefferson Market Area |
11/20/1975 |
| 120-121 |
West Village Committee Newsletter |
November, 1975 |
| 122-123 |
West Side ad Hoc Committee against the Highway Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 1 |
November, 1975 |
| 124 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
12/16/1975 |
| 125 |
Committee Newsletter |
December, 1975 |
| 126-127 |
West Side ad Hoc Committee against the Highway Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 2 |
December, 1975 |
| Page # |
Title |
Date |
| 1-2 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Newsletter |
1/20/1976 |
| 3 |
Letter to GV Community Housing Corp Rachele Wall from HPD Peter Joseph Re: Occupancy Program MBH 325 |
2/3/1976 |
| 4-6 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Newsletter |
2/17/1976 |
| 7-8 |
West Side Ad Hoc Committee Against the Interstate Highway Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 3 |
February, 1976 |
| 9 |
Letter to HPD Roger Starr from West Village Houses Manfred Ohrenstein Re: Rentup |
2/24/1976 |
| 10-11 |
Letter to Councilman Henry Stren from James Shaw Re: West Village Houses |
3/2/1976 |
| 12-14 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Newsletter |
3/16/1976 |
| 15-19 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Newsletter |
4/20/1976 |
| 20-21 |
West Side Ad Hoc Committee Against the Interstate Highway Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 6 |
April, 1976 |
| 22 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
5/18/1976 |
| 23-24 |
West Village Committee Newsletter |
May, 1976 |
| 25-26 |
West Side Ad Hoc Committee Against the Interstate Highway Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 7 |
May, 1976 |
| 27 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
6/22/1976 |
| 28-29 |
Committee Newsletter |
June, 1976 |
| 30-31 |
West Side Ad Hoc Committee Against the Interstate Highway Newsletter Vol 1, No. 8 |
June, 1976 |
| 32-35 |
Carnegie Hall Program - Season 1956-57 |
6/29/1976 |
| 36-37 |
West Village Committee Newsletter |
Summer, 1976 |
| 38 |
West Side ad hoc Committee Against the Highway Flier |
Summer, 1976 |
| 39-40 |
Committee Newsletter |
September, 1976 |
| 41 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
9/21/1976 |
| 42-43 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
10/19/1976 |
| 44 |
Percy Sutton Manhattan BP Newsletter |
11/1/1976 |
| 45 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
11/16/1976 |
| 46-47 |
Committee Newsletter |
November, 1976 |
| 48-49 |
Committee Newsletter |
December, 1976 |
| 50 |
Letter to West Village Committee James Shaw from BP Percy Sutton Re: Westway |
12/13/1976 |
| 51 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
12/21/1976 |
| 52 |
Christmas Celebration Flier |
12/22/1976 |
| 53 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
1/18/1977 |
| 54-55 |
Committee Newsletter |
January, 1977 |
| 56 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
2/15/1977 |
| 57-58 |
Committee Newsletter |
February, 1977 |
| 59 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
3/15/1977 |
| 60 |
West Side ad hoc Committee Against the Highway Press Release |
3/26/1977 |
| 61 |
Committee Newsletter |
March, 1977 |
| 62-63 |
Committee Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
4/21/1977 |
| 64 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
5/17/1977 |
| 65 |
Public Hearing on Westway Flier |
May, 1977 |
| 66-67 |
Committee Newsletter |
May, 1977 |
| 68 |
CB2 Committee Hearing Notice |
6/13/1977 |
| 69 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
6/21/1977 |
| 70-71 |
Committee Newsletter |
June, 1977 |
| 72 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
9/20/1977 |
| 73-76 |
Committee Newsletter |
September, 1977 |
| 77 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
10/18/1977 |
| 78-79 |
Committee Newsletter |
October, 1977 |
| 80-82 |
Committee Newsletter |
November, 1977 |
| 83-85 |
Articles: Against Westway |
October-December, 1977 |
| 86-87 |
Committee Newsletter |
December, 1977 |
| 88-90 |
Articles: Against Westway |
December 1977-January 1978 |
| 91-95 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
January, 1978 |
| 96-99 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
3/21/1976 |
| 100 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
4/18/1976 |
| 101 |
Monthly Membership Meeting |
5/16/1978 |
| 102-105 |
Committee Newsletter |
May, 1978 |
| 106-108 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
6/20/1978 |
| 109 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
9/19/1978 |
| 110 |
Article: "Westway a Waste, Secret Memo Says," City News |
10/10/1978 |
| 111-112 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
10/17/1978 |
| 113-115 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
11/21/1978 |
| 116-119 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
12/15/1978 |
| 120-123 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
2/20/1979 |
| 124-126 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
3/20/1979 |
| 127-128 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
4/17/1979 |
| 129-130 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
5/15/1979 |
| 131-132 |
Committee Newsletter |
June, 1979 |
| 133 |
Committee Meeting Notice |
6/19/1979 |
| 134-135 |
Committee Newsletter |
Mid-Summer, 1979 |
| 136-137 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
9/18/1979 |
| 138-139 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
10/16/1979 |
| 140 |
White Elephant Book Fair Flier |
10/20/1979 |
| 141-142 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
11/20/1979 |
| 143-145 |
Monthly Membership Meeting and Committee Newsletter |
12/18/1979 |
| Page # |
Title |
Date |
| 1 |
REBNY Ad |
9/27/1985 |
| 2-3 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
1/28/1986 |
| 4-5 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
2/25/1986 |
| 6-7 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
3/25/1986 |
| 8-9 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
4/22/1986 |
| 10-12 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
5/27/1986 |
| 13 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
6/27/1986 |
| 14-15 |
Newsletter |
July-August, 1986 |
| 16-17 |
Articles Re: rezoning |
August, 1986 |
| 18-19 |
Letter to Deputy Mayor Robert Esnard from The West Village Committeed Re: Cooper Committee Report |
9/3/1986 |
| 20-21 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
9/23/1986 |
| 22-23 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
10/28/1986 |
| 24-26 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
11/25/1986 |
| 27-28 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
1/27/1987 |
| 29-30 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
2/24/1987 |
| 31-32 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
3/24/1987 |
| 33 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
4/28/1987 |
| 34 |
Incinerator Rally Flier |
5/2/1987 |
| 35-36 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
5/26/1987 |
| 37-38 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
June, 1987 |
| 39-40 |
Newsletter |
July-August 1987 |
| 41 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
September, 1987 |
| 43-44 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
10/27/1987 |
| 45-46 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
11/24/1987 |
| 47-48 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
1/26/1988 |
| 49 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
2/23/1988 |
| 50-51 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
March, 1988 |
| 52 |
New York Observer Articles |
March, 1988 |
| 53-54 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
4/26/1988 |
| 55 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
5/24/1986 |
| 56 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
5/28/1986 |
| 57 |
Book Sale Notice |
5/28/1988 |
| 58 |
Letter to Councilmember Carol Greitzer from the West Village Committee |
6/13/1988 |
| 59-60 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
9/27/1988 |
| 61-64 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
10/24-25/1988 |
| 65-66 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
11/22/1988 |
| 67-68 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
1/24/1989 |
| 69-70 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
2/28/1989 |
| 71-72 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
3/28/1989 |
| 73-74 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
4/25/1989 |
| 75-76 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
5/23/1989 |
| 77-78 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
6/27/1989 |
| 79 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
9/26/1989 |
| 80 |
Book Sale Notice |
9/30/1989 |
| 81-82 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
11/28/1989 |
| Page # |
Title |
Date |
| 1 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
23-Jan-90 |
| 2 |
"Seeking Safe Berth for the Waterfront" (Article) |
30-Jan-90 |
| 3 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
27-Feb-90 |
| 4-5 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
27-Mar-90 |
| 6 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
24-Apr-90 |
| 7 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
22-May-90 |
| 8 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
26-Jun-90 |
| 9-10 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
25-Sep-90 |
| 11 |
Westway II Alert |
10-Oct-90 |
| 12 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
23-Oct-90 |
| 13 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
27-Nov-90 |
| 14-17 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
22-Jan-91 |
| 18-19 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
26-Jan-91 |
| 20 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
23-Apr-91 |
| 21 |
An Open Letter to Those Who Love Our City |
None |
| 22-23 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
28-May-91 |
| 24-25 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
25-Jun-91 |
| 26-27 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
24-Sep-91 |
| 28 |
Letter from William P. Bowser Re: Public Drinking |
Undated |
| 29-30 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
22-Oct-91 |
| 31-32 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
26-Nov-91 |
| 33-34 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
28-Jan-92 |
| 35-36 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
24-Feb-92 |
| 37 |
Meetin Agenda/Announcements |
2/25/1992 |
| 38 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
28-Apr-92 |
| 39 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
26-May-92 |
| 40-41 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
23-Jun-92 |
| 42 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
July-August 1992 |
| 43 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
22-Sep-92 |
| 44-45 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
27-Oct-92 |
| 46-47 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
24-Nov-92 |
| 48 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
26-Jan-93 |
| 49-50 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
23-Feb-93 |
| 51-52 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
March, 1993 |
| 53 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
27-Apr-93 |
| 54 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
25-May-93 |
| 55 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
22-Jun-93 |
| 56 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
July-August 1993 |
| 57 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
28-Sep-93 |
| 58 |
Clean Water Act Article |
Sept/Oct 1993 |
| 59 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
26-Oct-93 |
| 60-61 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
23-Nov-93 |
| 63-64 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
25-Jan-94 |
| 65-66 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
22-Feb-94 |
| 67-68 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
22-Mar-94 |
| 69-70 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
26-Apr-94 |
| 71-72 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
24-May-94 |
| 73 |
West Village Committee Press Release |
15-Jun-94 |
| 74-75 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
28-Jun-94 |
| 76 |
Public Hearing on Keeping West Side Highway Traffic Off Village Streets |
7/12/1994 |
| 77-78 |
Newsletter and Meeting Notice |
July/August 1994 |
| 79 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
24-Jan-95 |
| 80 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
25-Jul-95 |
| 81 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
26-Sep-95 |
| 82-83 |
West Village Committee - Newspaper Clippings |
September, 1995 |
| 84 |
Meeting Notice and Newsletter |
28-Nov-95 |
| 85-86 |
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