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Tue, May 19, 2026 9:00 PM
ANDREW BERMAN: MORE ON VILLAGE PRESERVATION
ANDREW BERMAN: MORE ON VILLAGE PRESERVATION
On tonight’s show, we’ll be joined by architectural and cultural preservationist Andrew Berman of Village Preservation to discuss its upcoming and ongoing work, wins, warnings and spring celebrations.
Under Berman’s two decades of leadership, Village Preservation has worked to secure official landmark actions for around 1100 buildings in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, and 10 new historical districts or historic district extensions. Among these landmarks are the Stonewall Inn, Webster Hall, Café Society, Café Cino, and the homes and studios of James Baldwin, Allen Ginsberg, Frank Stella, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Charles Mingus, Lorraine Hansberry and, most recently, Isamu Noguchi, to name an illustrious handful. Throughout his tenure, Andrew Berman, has remained the most fearsome anti-development force in New York City. As Mayor Mamdani took office, Andrew Berman had some suggestions for the Mayor to re-invent some of his predecessor’s worst architectural ideas, and tonight we will ask him if and where the Mayor has agreed to hold off with the wrecking ball.
Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer