Arthur Garfield Hays defended free speech. Our plaque honors him at 24 E. 10th St.villagepreservation.org/campaign/histo… #NYC #History #CivilRights #VillagePreservation
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Village Preservation (GVSHP)
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Village Preservation (GVSHP) is a membership-based non-profit preserving Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo since 1980
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A novelist, essayist, literary critic, filmmaker, playwright, and political activist, former Greenwich Villager Susan Sontag is remembered for her extraordinary range of interests and boundary-pushing critique. Learn more about Sontag’s legacy: villagepreservation.org/2026/11/12/sus…
#OTD in 1974, the #EastVillage’s First Houses is landmarked. Opened in 1935, it was the very first public affordable housing built in the United States, and remains so today. We look back on this living landmark’s impressive history: villagepreservation.org/2015/12/03/lan…
Revolutionizing American art from her #GreenwichVillage studio, Helen Frankenthaler challenged conventions + changed the art world. Discover her story + those of scores of women we're celebrating through our WE STAND art exhibit in Washington Square Park: villagepreservation.org/2026/11/10/hel…
#OTD in 1975, Patti Smith’s debut album “Horses” is released, and music is never quite the same again. Combining Beat poetry and punk energy, Smith opened up new worlds of possibility for rock ‘n’ roll. We look back at how it all came about: villagepreservation.org/2013/12/13/dec…
