Studio portrait of Don Alonzo Cushman
Ruth Cushman was the granddaughter of Don Alonzo Cushman (1792-1875), the developer behind the elegant Greek Revival rowhouses on West 20th Street known as Cushman Row (1839-40), which you can see here and here. Don Alonzo Cushman launched D.A. Cushman Realty Corp in the 1850s and played a large role in developing the Chelsea neighborhood, […]
Ruth E. Cushman
This portrait photograph of Ruth E. Cushman (1892-1965), from the Cushman family collection, was taken by Ruth’s sister, Margaret. Ruth lived at 325 West 22nd Street in Chelsea. Ruth and Margaret were granddaughters of 19th-century real estate developer Don Alonzo Cushman (see here). Don, the first in his family to enter the real estate business, […]
Troops marching in a parade up Fifth Avenue from about 62nd Street, looking south
The Plaza Hotel is visible behind the trees at left.
Horse-drawn snow plow in Washington Square Park
1 Fifth Avenue (built 1931) is visible in the background.
Rear of St. Paul’s (1766) Cemetery at Church and Fulton Street, looking southwest across the street
Visible in the background are the Hudson Terminal Buildings at 30-50 Church Street, which were demolished to make way for the World Trade Center and are approximately where the Santiago Calatrava-designed Oculus now stands.
Looking northeast from the front of St. Paul’s Chapel at Broadway and Fulton Streets
St. Paul’s Chapel (1766 – the oldest surviving church structure in Manhattan) at Broadway and Fulton Streets, with the Municipal Building (1913) and 40 Centre Street (1936) in the background.
Corner of West 28th Street and 9th Avenue
Entrance to Church of the Holy Apostles (1845-1848) is visible at left.
Jefferson Theater, 212 E. 14th Street between 2nd & 3rd Aves. Demolished in 2000.
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Jade Mountain Restaurant, 197 2nd Avenue between 12th & 13th Street
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Graffiti on Washington Square Park Arch with World Trade Center in background
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
Jade Mountain Restaurant, 197 2nd Avenue between 12th & 13th Street
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96 St Marks Place between Avenue A & 1st Ave
The building used on the cover of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti and in the Rolling Stones’ video for “Waiting on a Friend”. Read more on GVSHP’s blog.
Meredith, West Side. Charles and West Street. World Trade Center in background.
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
World Trade Center
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
Club 57. 57 St. Marks Place
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Variety Theater, 110-112 Third Avenue
Built in 1897, the Variety Theater served as a nickelodeon starting in 1914, and was believed to be New York’s last surviving former nickelodeon house when it was demolished in 2005. It served as a respected Off Broadway theater for many years, and was made notorious its inclusion in the movie ‘Taxi Driver.’ Click here […]
Union Square After 9/11
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
Union Square After 9/11
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
Union Square After 9/11
Included in the 9/11 Memorial Collection.
First Communion portrait of two boys
Taken at Demaria studio, 217-219 Bleecker Street
Mr. and Mrs. F. Rocca’s wedding portrait
Inscribed to Father Antonio Demo, pastor of Our Lady of Pompei. For more information about Father Antonio Demo, visit http://gvshp.org/blog/2012/03/09/whats-in-a-name-father-demo-square/
Portrait of Luigi Raybaut
Luigi Raybaut directed Our Lady of Pompei’s Passion Plays and took the role of Judas in them from 1923 to about 1931. Inscribed to Our Lady of Pompei’s pastor, Antonio Demo. Schlattman Foto studio.
Christian Brother, possibly Eliphus Victor I
Taken at Wendel Studio, 13 Avenue A. The Christian Brothers ran an educational institution (now Manhattan College) on Second Avenue.
Fathers Riccardo Lorenzoni, Antonio Demo, Carlo Delbecchi and Bartolomeo Marenghino (aka Marenchino)
The pastoral staff of Our Lady of Pompei. Taken at Bostwick, a photo studio at 98 Sixth Avenue. For more information about Father Antonio Demo, visit http://gvshp.org/blog/2012/03/09/whats-in-a-name-father-demo-square/
Father Antonio Demo, pastor of Our Lady of Pompei, and twenty members of one of the parish’s women’s organizations
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Father Antonio Demo, pastor of Our Lady of Pompei, and twenty-six members of one of the parish’s women’s organizations
For more information about Father Demo, visit http://gvshp.org/blog/2012/03/09/whats-in-a-name-father-demo-square/
Wedding party, with pastor Antonio Demo, before Our Lady of Pompei’s sanctuary
Our Lady of Pompei moved into its present church October 7, 1928. At that time the present altar had not been installed. The image behind the wedding party, of the Madonna and Child handing rosaries to Saints Dominic and Catherine of Sienna, is the image of Mary as Our Lady of the Rosary. It is […]
Family photograph of Daniel Michael Pattarini, his wife Louise (née Paganini) and their sons Daniel Junior and Caesar Benito
Inscribed to Antonio Demo, pastor of Our Lady of Pompei parish. Giacomo Luigi’s son, Giacomo (James) Domenico Pattarini, was born in Piacenza in 1850. He married Giuseppina Maria Teresa (Josephine) Fagnola, who was also born in Piacenza. They had Daniel Michael in Italy in 1887. Then they moved to the United States; she died in […]
Antonio Demo, pastor of Our Lady of Pompei 1897-1933, and in residence 1934-1936
Father Demo was born in Bassano del Grappa in 1870. He entered the Scalabrini Fathers community. His training took longer than usual because it was interrupted twice, in 1891-1892 and again in 1895 for service in the Italian military; in the latter tour of duty, he was a member of the Carabinieri, a branch of […]
Photo portrait of funeral-home director Giovanni Battista Perazzo
Inscribed to Antonio Demo, pastor of Our Lady of Pompei. Giovanni Battista Perazzo was born in Genoa and emigrated to the United States at age 13. He entered the funeral business as an employee of Charles Baciagalupo, who migrated from Italy ahead of the big wave of Italian emigrants, opened a funeral home on Mulberry […]
Snapshot of the old Our Lady of Pompei Church, from the corner of Bleecker and Downing Street (demolished 1926).
This building was erected as the Third Unitarian Universalist church in 1833. In 1883, the Unitarians sold the building to the fledgling African-American Roman Catholic congregation of Saint Benedict the Moor. In 1898, with New York City’s Black population moving to the West Fifties, Saint Benedict’s sold the church to the Italian-American congregation of Our […]
Studio Portrait of Ida Ravani
Taken at Iris Photo Studio, Gaspare Fecarotta, proprietor, 199 Bleecker. New York Times obituaries confirm Perazzo Funeral home was already at 199 Bleecker in 1926, and there is no newspaper notice of M. Fecarotta or of the Iris Photo Studio, but it is possible that the studio was in another part of the building and […]
Father Antonio Demo, his assistants, and the male leadership of Our Lady of Pompei parish
Father Demo is directly behind the American flag. The third person from the right in the rear (light tie, dark suit) is John A. Perazzo, a resident of Leroy Street, a worker at the U.S. Post Office, a member of the parish Holy Name Society and leader of the parish’s corps of ushers. The third […]
Looking East from 15 Charlton Street with the corner of Prince and MacDougal Streets in the background.
Nicosia Graziano (listed as Nicasia on the ship manifest), age 15. She arrived aboard the R.M.S. Celtic of the White Star Line March 18, 1911, but was prevented from leaving Ellis Island because she was an unaccompanied minor and thus at risk of becoming a public charge. The Saint Raphael Society for the Protection of […]
Willem de Kooning at 831 Broadway Image #1
Portraits of Dutch-born American artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) in his loft studio at 831 Broadway, New York, by Fred W. McDarrah. In support of GVSHP’s effort to save 827-831 Broadway, the family of Fred w. McDarrah has generously allowed GVSHP to share with the public for the very first time ever these never-before-seen images of artist Willem de Kooning in […]
Willem de Kooning at 831 Broadway Image #2
Portraits of Dutch-born American artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) in his loft studio at 831 Broadway, New York, by Fred W. McDarrah. In support of GVSHP’s effort to save 827-831 Broadway, the family of Fred w. McDarrah has generously allowed GVSHP to share with the public for the very first time ever these never-before-seen images of artist Willem de Kooning in […]
Willem de Kooning at 831 Broadway Image #3
Portraits of Dutch-born American artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) in his loft studio at 831 Broadway, New York, by Fred W. McDarrah. In support of GVSHP’s effort to save 827-831 Broadway, the family of Fred w. McDarrah has generously allowed GVSHP to share with the public for the very first time ever these never-before-seen images of artist Willem de Kooning in […]
Willem de Kooning at 831 Broadway Image #4
Portraits of Dutch-born American artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) in his loft studio at 831 Broadway, New York, by Fred W. McDarrah. In support of GVSHP’s effort to save 827-831 Broadway, the family of Fred w. McDarrah has generously allowed GVSHP to share with the public for the very first time ever these never-before-seen images of artist Willem de Kooning in […]
Willem de Kooning at 831 Broadway Image #5
Portraits of Dutch-born American artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) in his loft studio at 831 Broadway, New York, by Fred W. McDarrah. In support of GVSHP’s effort to save 827-831 Broadway, the family of Fred w. McDarrah has generously allowed GVSHP to share with the public for the very first time ever these never-before-seen images of artist Willem de Kooning in […]
Willem de Kooning at 831 Broadway Image #6
Portraits of Dutch-born American artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) in his loft studio at 831 Broadway, New York, by Fred W. McDarrah. In support of GVSHP’s effort to save 827-831 Broadway, the family of Fred w. McDarrah has generously allowed GVSHP to share with the public for the very first time ever these never-before-seen images of artist Willem de Kooning in […]
Willem de Kooning at 831 Broadway Image #7
Portraits of Dutch-born American artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) in his loft studio at 831 Broadway, New York, by Fred W. McDarrah. In support of GVSHP’s effort to save 827-831 Broadway, the family of Fred w. McDarrah has generously allowed GVSHP to share with the public for the very first time ever these never-before-seen images of artist Willem de Kooning in […]
Willem de Kooning at 831 Broadway Image #8
Portraits of Dutch-born American artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) in his loft studio at 831 Broadway, New York, by Fred W. McDarrah. In support of GVSHP’s effort to save 827-831 Broadway, the family of Fred w. McDarrah has generously allowed GVSHP to share with the public for the very first time ever these never-before-seen images of artist Willem de Kooning in […]
Willem de Kooning at 831 Broadway Image #9
Portraits of Dutch-born American artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) in his loft studio at 831 Broadway, New York, by Fred W. McDarrah. In support of GVSHP’s effort to save 827-831 Broadway, the family of Fred w. McDarrah has generously allowed GVSHP to share with the public for the very first time ever these never-before-seen images of artist Willem de Kooning in […]
Willem de Kooning at 831 Broadway Image #10
Portraits of Dutch-born American artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) in his loft studio at 831 Broadway, New York, by Fred W. McDarrah. In support of GVSHP’s effort to save 827-831 Broadway, the family of Fred w. McDarrah has generously allowed GVSHP to share with the public for the very first time ever these never-before-seen images of artist Willem de Kooning in […]
Willem de Kooning at 831 Broadway Image #11
Portraits of Dutch-born American artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) in his loft studio at 831 Broadway, New York, by Fred W. McDarrah. In support of GVSHP’s effort to save 827-831 Broadway, the family of Fred w. McDarrah has generously allowed GVSHP to share with the public for the very first time ever these never-before-seen images of artist Willem de Kooning in […]
High Line being demolished – 141 Perry Street in background
Facing east across Washington Street, Nick Fritsch (aged 7) and his older sister Erica, in the foreground in front of cut pieces of the High Line trestle. Their home at 141 Perry street is visible on upper center-left. Immediately across Washington Street behind the cut pieces of trestle and crane stands the Port Electric Supply […]
High Line Being Demolished – crane with wrecking ball mounted on the trestle
Nick Fritsch reports that the primary method utilized for dismantling the span was to repeatedly raise the ball, and the let it drop all the way to the track bed, pounding it over and over until each section of the trestle was sufficiently weakened to the point where it could be sliced up into manageable […]
High Line Being Demolished – looking west on Perry Street
The crane and wrecking ball is getting into position in the middle of the intersection of Perry and Washington Streets. The building west of the trestle on the right was the headquarters of the Spanish-language newspaper “La Prensa”. Its sign appears on the corner of the building.
Fire Patrol #2 at 84 West 3rd Street, photo #8
In 2006, GVSHP asked the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to landmark the New York Board of Fire Underwriters Fire Patrol House #2 at 84 West 3rd Street in the South Village. The Fire Patrol, which was not the NY Fire Department, was an incredibly historic 200 year old institution with roots going back […]
Fire Patrol #2 at 84 West 3rd Street, photo #7
In 2006, GVSHP asked the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to landmark the New York Board of Fire Underwriters Fire Patrol House #2 at 84 West 3rd Street in the South Village. The Fire Patrol, which was not the NY Fire Department, was an incredibly historic 200 year old institution with roots going back […]
Fire Patrol #2 at 84 West 3rd Street, photo #6
In 2006, GVSHP asked the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to landmark the New York Board of Fire Underwriters Fire Patrol House #2 at 84 West 3rd Street in the South Village. The Fire Patrol, which was not the NY Fire Department, was an incredibly historic 200 year old institution with roots going back […]
Fire Patrol #2 at 84 West 3rd Street, photo #5
In 2006, GVSHP asked the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to landmark the New York Board of Fire Underwriters Fire Patrol House #2 at 84 West 3rd Street in the South Village. The Fire Patrol, which was not the NY Fire Department, was an incredibly historic 200 year old institution with roots going back […]
Fire Patrol #2 at 84 West 3rd Street, photo #4
In 2006, GVSHP asked the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to landmark the New York Board of Fire Underwriters Fire Patrol House #2 at 84 West 3rd Street in the South Village. The Fire Patrol, which was not the NY Fire Department, was an incredibly historic 200 year old institution with roots going back […]
Fire Patrol #2 at 84 West 3rd Street, photo #3
In 2006, GVSHP asked the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to landmark the New York Board of Fire Underwriters Fire Patrol House #2 at 84 West 3rd Street in the South Village. The Fire Patrol, which was not the NY Fire Department, was an incredibly historic 200 year old institution with roots going back […]
Fire Patrol #2 at 84 West 3rd Street, photo #2
In 2006, GVSHP asked the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to landmark the New York Board of Fire Underwriters Fire Patrol House #2 at 84 West 3rd Street in the South Village. The Fire Patrol, which was not the NY Fire Department, was an incredibly historic 200 year old institution with roots going back […]
Fire Patrol #2 at 84 West 3rd Street, photo #1
In 2006, GVSHP asked the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to landmark the New York Board of Fire Underwriters Fire Patrol House #2 at 84 West 3rd Street in the South Village. The Fire Patrol, which was not the NY Fire Department, was an incredibly historic 200 year old institution with roots going back […]
