A Haven for Radicals and Liberals Moves Closer to Landmark Status
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An early headquarters of the NAACP in Greenwich Village and home to numerous civil rights and activist groups moved one step closer to being landmarked.
The 12-story Beaux Arts style building, located at 70 5th Avenue, was built in 1912 by architect Charles Alonzo Rich and almost immediately became, in the words of one chronicler, “a haven for radicals and liberals.”
In addition to the NAACP, the building housed the National Civil Liberties Bureau, a group formed to assist conscientious objectors during the first World War before it changed its name to the American Civil Liberties Union; the League for the Abolition of Capital Punishment; and the Citizen’s National Committee for Sacco-Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants and anarchists who were sentenced to death after a h
UpdatedWed, Feb 3, 2021 at 3:59 pm ET
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An image of 14 Fifth Avenue in Greenwich Village. (Google Maps Screenshot)
GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY A Community Board 2 meeting is set as the venue for the release of construction plans to demolish two 172-year-old Greenwich Village townhouses and replace them with a residential high-rise building.
The townhouses in question are located at 14 and 16 Fifth Avenue.
Plans to demolish the five-story, 20-unit buildings were first filed around January 2020 by Madison Realty Capital.
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After an immediate pushback from the community, an initially released plan for the new building went from a 367-feet tall, 21-story construction project to a 19-story building project. However, the exact height and design will not be revealed until the Community Board 2 Landmarks Committee meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
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