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Greenwich Village Historic District Extended
Updated: Wednesday, 23 Jun 2010, 7:48 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 23 Jun 2010, 7:48 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's Greenwich Village Historic District has been extended by 11 blocks.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously voted on Tuesday to extend landmark designation to a 235-building, 11-block section. It said the earliest buildings consist of Federal and Greek Revival style residential rowhouses from the 1820s to the 1850s.
It's the largest expansion of landmark protections in Greenwich Village since 1969. The commission said it's the city's largest
historic district. But the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation said it's only one-third of what it had first proposed to the commission in 2002.
The area lies south of Washington Square Park and West 4th Street.
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