Multiple sites in the neighborhood bear significant connections to popular films, television, music, and entertainment. Listen to a playlist featuring a selection of songs by some of the amazing artists connected to this area. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

An incredible array of sites in the area are connected to the great artists and art movements of the last century and a half. In the mid-20th century, this area was ground zero for the New York School of artists, who shifted the center of the art world from Paris to New York. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.

Prominent Irish immigrants and Irish Americans made a mark in the area South of Union Square, especially in the realms of politics, the arts, commerce, and literature.

This 5-story loft with unusual bay windows was built in 1881 for Joseph J. Little, former U.S. Congressman and New York City Board of Education President by architect William Wheeler Smith. Over the years the building housed noted artists, piano manufacturers, and prominent left-wing and labor groups. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

This brownstone five-story building was constructed in 1880 by architect W. Jones for W. Jennings Demorest. It was the home and studio of actor Robert De Niro Jr.’s parents, and perhaps the infant De Niro himself. Painter Virginia Admiral and Robert De Niro, Sr. were two people on an almost-unrivaled list of artists to live here. Go back and click on the tours the building is featured in for additional information and history.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, the area south of and around Union Square was the center of piano manufacturing in New York, a huge industry in the city at the time. Click here to send a letter supporting landmark designation of these and other historic buildings south of Union Square.