Vandam Street
Vandam Street is a street in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New [York City]. It runs east to west from Sixth Avenue to Greenwich Street.
History
On August 16, 1966, the New [York City Landmarks Preservation Commission] designated 9–29 Vandam Street as part of the Charlton–King–Vandam Historic District. The decision to include the buildings chosen is as follows: "On Vandam Street, numbers 23, 25, 27 and 29 remain in close-to-original state. Their pitched roofs, and dormers, their delicately contrived doorways, and their iron work are appealingly representative of the Federal style." It reflects the New Netherlanders and Dutch [Americans in New York City|New York Dutch] history in founding New Amsterdam in 1609, which preceded the English colonizers re-naming the land to New York City in 1665.Notable locations
- SoHo Playhouse at 15 Vandam Street
Notable residents
- Soprano Leontyne Price lived from 1962 until 2013 at 9 Vandam Street.