Please join us Saturday Oct 24th for La Plaza Cultural community garden’s 50th Anniversary party and enjoy live music, film, and community. This event is free, but $15 donations are suggested. 2:00 – 8:30 p.m. Saturday, October 24th – Ave C & E 9th St Timeline of Events: 2-3 p.m. Opening Ceremonies 3-7 p.m. Pinc […]
Join the Loisaida Foundry for a celebration of community, culture and joy. Enjoy arts & crafts, live music, and peruse classic cars. Children who visit the Loisaida pumpkin patch receive a free pumpkin! 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Saturday, October 24th – E 3rd St. between Ave. B & C […]
Join journalist Robin McMillan for a slide talk on Daniel D. Tompkins, the Westchester farm boy who became one of New York City’s unsung heroes! With historian Roger Jack Walter, moderated by the EVCC’s Director Laura Sewell. 5:30-7:00pm Tuesday, October 13 – Tompkins Square Library, 331 E 10th Street. Registration is recommended! […]
Our neighborhoods offer a unique microcosm of the numerous overlapping, side-by-side, interconnected, and hamlet-like immigrant communities that existed across New York and the United States at the dawn of the twentieth century. Explore these connections with William Roka, the Director of Programs at Village Preservation and an independent historian and writer! From Village to Village: […]
Join the EVCC, HDC, LESPI, Merchant’s House and Village Preservation for American Independence in Brick and Stone: Federal Style Architecture in Greenwich Village, the East Village and NoHo. Narrated by Andrew Berman, this virtual program celebrates the little houses you pass here and there, that are still sharing the story of NYC’s early history after 200+ […]
Did you know that First Houses in the East Village was the first public housing project in New York City? Join us at this illustrated virtual talk on the history and significance of First Houses on its 90th Anniversary, part of Historic District Council’s Preservation School series. Following their presentation, the panelists will have a […]
Join the EVCC, LESPI and Village Preservation for Still Unprotected: The Unrecognized LGBTQ+ Landmarks of Greenwich Village and the East Village. Narrated by Andrew Berman, this virtual Pride Month program celebrates the incredibly rich and oft-forgotten LGBTQ+ history in the crossroads where Greenwich Village meets the East Village. 6pm Tue Jun 16 Register now! […]
Join our friends at the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (LESPI) for the opening of the outdoor banner exhibition Brick and Stone: Landmarking Our LES Heritage. The exhibition features Lower East Side buildings for which LESPI has submitted Requests for Evaluation for landmarking, and runs through June 30 on the fence outside the Clemente. Opening […]
Lower East Side History Month is an annual celebration of the stories and people of the LES, organized by our friends at FABnyc! This year, over 70 organizations — including museums, arts nonprofits, community centers, small businesses, and gardens– will host learning opportunities, tours, performances, and public events! Check back for updates to the calendar […]
Join us for a virtual program on the bicentennial of the birth of Oswald Ottendorfer (1826-1900), the visionary publisher and philanthropist who raised the profile of New York City’s Little Germany, advocated for reforms in the treatment of New York City’s German immigrants, and donated funds to build the landmark Ottendorfer Library! 6pm Thu Feb 26 Register […]
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