LANDMARK WEST! is pleased to present THE BOULEVARD with our partners at the WEST END PRESERVATION SOCIETY.
JILL GILL Archive
Jill Gill is a born-and-bred New York artist and author. Since 1954, her paintings of seven Manhattan neighborhoods have been preserved in watercolor and ink, ordinary, unlandmarkable blocks that would’ve been lost to history. Her eleven UWS street scenes and commentary are an important part of her book “Site Lines: Lost New York, 1954-2022”.
Acknowledging Gill’s amazing work at preserving the UWS, Landmark West! received a NYPAP (New York Preservation Archive Project) Shelby White & Leon Levy Archival Assistance Initiative Award to digitize the working photos that Gill has taken through the years. This allowed LW! to digitize her UWS photographs and newspaper clippings previously inaccessible to the public. Below are examples of the files as well as their housing.
Below are few paintings GILL has done of the Upper West Side throughout the years, click the link below to learn about the history of each building. Please go to JILL GILL‘s website for more paintings.
©2019 JILL GILL, 18 x 21 inches, watercolor and ink.
READ HISTORY of 1845 Broadway between West 60th and 61st Street.
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©1979 JILL GILL, 30 x 40 inches, watercolor and ink.
READ HISTORY of 428 West End Ave south west corner West 81st and West End Ave.
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©2018 JILL GILL, 16 1/2 x 22 3/4 inches, watercolor and ink.
READ HISTORY of 214 West 72nd St.
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©2017 JILL GILL, 18 x 24 inches, watercolor and ink.
READ HISTORY of 2251 Broadway between 80th and 81st St.
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©1985 JILL GILL, 18 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches, watercolor and ink.
READ HISTORY of 1970 Broadway between West 66th and 67th Street.
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©1982 JILL GILL, 18 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches, watercolor and ink.
READ HISTORY of 2409 Broadway between West 88th and 89th Street.
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©2015 JILL GILL, 13 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches, watercolor and ink.
READ HISTORY of 2220 Broadway between West 80th and 79th Street.
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©1982 JILL GILL, 19 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches, watercolor and ink.
READ HISTORY of 225 West 83rd St.
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©1979 JILL GILL, 20 x 30 inches, watercolor and ink.
READ HISTORY of 2261 Broadway between West 81st and 82nd Street.
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©1987 JILL GILL, 18 x 29 inches, watercolor and ink.
READ HISTORY of 2527 Broadway between West 94th and 95th Street.
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©1979 JILL GILL, 30 x 40 inches, watercolor and ink.
READ HISTORY of 2241 Broadway between West 80th and 81st Street.
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Here you will find a few buildings that we have digitized, swipe between each photo to see the before and after. Below each photo learn about each building by clicking the links. There are other files that have been digitzed, please contact LW! for more information.
READ HISTORY of 1981-1989 Broadway between West 67th and 68th Street.
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READ HISTORY of 1972 Broadway between West 66th and 67th Street.
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READ HISTORY of 2373 Broadway between West 86th and 87th Street.
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READ HISTORY of 168-170 West 79th Street
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READ HISTORY of 2248-2258 Broadway between West 80th and 81st Street.
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READ HISTORY of 265 West 79th Street
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Special thanks to Jill Gill and Becca Bran who helped make this project possible.
