Upcoming
 Inside Architecture: Interior Landmarks of the Village
The Past, Present, and Future of the Mezritch Synagogue
An Evening with Malcolm Gladwell
Please note that space is often limited at our programs. 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.
Inside Architecture: Interior Landmarks of the Village
A Lecture with Melissa Baldock
Monday, September 13
6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
Merchant’s House Museum
29 East 4th Street (btw. Lafayette Street & Bowery)
Free; reservations required.
RSVP to rsvp@gvshp.org or (212) 475-9585 ext. 35
Part of GVSHP’s 30th Anniversary Staff Past and Present Series
 Greenwich Village is well known for its historic districts and individual landmarks, but often overlooked are the neighborhood’s impressive interior landmarks. Join historic preservationist and former GVSHP staff member Melissa Baldock as she surveys some of the Village’s—and New York City’s—most notable protected interior spaces, including a school auditorium, a public library, a movie theater, a former sit-down restaurant, and a house museum.
This slide lecture will explore how interior landmarks differ from other individual landmarks, and the criteria necessary for an interior space to become a New York City landmark. You will also have the opportunity to experience first-hand the landmarked interior of the historic Merchant’s House Museum.
The Past, Present, and Future of the Mezritch Synagogue
co-sponsored by the East Village Community Coalition
Monday, September 27
6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
Theater for the New City
155 1st Avenue (btw. East 9th & East 10th Streets)
Free; reservations required.
RSVP to rsvp@gvshp.org or (212) 475-9585 ext. 35
 The Congregation Mezritch Synagogue is the East Village’s last operating “tenement synagogue,” in a neighborhood that once contained hundreds of these narrow shuls. Most often each served immigrants from different towns in Central and Eastern Europe, with buildings that were typically packed into the tiny tenement sized spaces of the Lower East Side.
Along with the East Village Community Coalition and other local organizations and advocates, GVSHP has proposed landmark designation for this one-of-a-kind remaining building whose stunning, early 20th century untouched interior is practically unknown to visitors and residents.
The evening will visually explore the Jewish history of the neighborhood, the building’s architectural significance, and the religious background of the Mezritch shul, while looking towards the future of this religious building and its living community.
Panelists will include architectural historian Justin Ferate, writer and historian Joyce Mendelsohn, and synagogue historian/geographer Elissa Sampson. The program will be moderated by Laurie Tobias-Cohen, Executive Director of the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy.
 An Evening with Malcolm Gladwell
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
6:30 - 8:30 P.M.
Tickets: $500
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Join us for an evening with Malcolm Gladwell to benefit the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation during its 30th Anniversary Year!
GVSHP’s programs are generously funded by: the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Council Member Rosie Mendez, and State Senator Tom Duane and Assembly Member Deborah Glick through the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Support is also provided by GVSHP members.
 
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