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34 1/2 East 12th Street: A Long History of Public Service

On September 15, 1998, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Police Athletic League Building (PAL) at No. 34½ East 12th Street between University Place and Broadway an individual landmark. Before its designation, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, now Village Preservation, supported landmarking the building through statements and letters to the Commission. Today, we […]

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From Little Syria to Greenwich Village: The Pen League and New York’s Arab Literary World

In the early 20th century, the Little Syria neighborhood was found south of Greenwich Village on what was then called the Lower West Side, where the World Trade Center complex is now located. It was home to a growing community of Arab writers, artists, and intellectuals. Many of these writers and poets had fled political […]

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