Thank you for joining us at the recent rally and press conference to save a West Village historic landmark and many other important landmarks in Chelsea , Greenwich Village and the Meatpacking District.

The event was at the site of the Northern Dispensary, one of New York ’s most important landmarks.  Built in the nineteenth century, this unusual Triangular Building served for many years as an infirmary for the poor and downtrodden of New York .  The Northern Dispensary has a deed requiring it provide care for the “worthy poor”  and once had Edgar Allen Poe as a patient.  Sadly, the Northern Dispensary stands empty and neglected today.

At the news conference, public interest lawyer Carl Mayer and plaintiff Michael Corbett joined concerned neighbors in announcing a litigation against current owners who have spent  years neglecting this landmark and many others like the Keller Hotel and the Gansevoort Market.

These buildings are some of the crown jewels of New York including architecturally significant structures and homes that were once the haunts of literary and artistic luminaries like Herman Melville, Henry James and Dylan Thomas.   

First Press Conference was held on Aug. 23, 2007

at

The Northern Dispensary

165 Waverly Place

The Northern Dispensary is located at the point at which two branches of Waverly Place come together, and where Christopher Street and Grove Street diverge off Christopher Park.

Click here for MAP

Directions

By Subway

* 1 or 9 train to Christopher Street. Walk East one block

* A/C/E  B/D/F trains to West 4^th Street. Get off at the 8^th Street exit and go West on Waverly two blocks. 

The Dispensary is on the block after Gay street.

By Bus

* From uptown: 6^th Avenue bus to Waverly Place.  Walk one block West on Waverly Place.

* From downtown: 7^th Avenue bus to Christopher Street.  Walk one block East on Christopher Street to 165 Waverly Place.