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‘Historic’ move

The Greenwich Village Historic District grew by 11 blocks yesterday when the city Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the district’s biggest expansion in 41 years — but preservationists say the plan still doesn’t go far enough.

The expanded area is bounded roughly on the east and west by Sixth and Seventh avenues, and by West Fourth and Bedford streets on the north and south.

Our Lady of Pompeii, a Baroque-inspired Catholic Church at Carmine and Bleecker streets, and the Varitype Building, a flatiron-shaped tower at Sixth Avenue and West Fourth Street, are the most notable additions to the district.

Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, said that while he was happy with the commission’s decision, he remained disappointed it didn’t go further.

“We are still deeply troubled by what hasn’t happened yet . . . This is just one third of the area we’ve proposed,” Berman said.

His group wants Landmarks to act more quickly on his group’s proposal to protect the triangular area south of West Fourth bounded by Sixth Avenue on the west and Thompson Street and LaGuardia Place on the east.

“The commission hasn’t said no,” Berman said. “We know they are thinking about it. But they haven’t taken any formal action on it at all.”

Among the historic buildings already lost in the unpreserved area are the Circle in the Square Theater, which was the city’s first nonprofit theater, and the Sullivan Street Playhouse, home to “The Fantasticks,” the longest-running musical in the city’s history.

Advocates need to be patient, said Landmarks spokeswoman Lisi de Bourbon.

“There should be no doubt that we are going to get to it,” de Bourbon said of the yet-to-be-approved area.

“Our track record shows we have been incredibly responsive to this community, and we will continue to meet the demands of the neighborhood.”

She noted that yesterday’s vote was the second in four years to expand the Village’s historic district.

Established in 1969, the Greenwich Village Historic District is the city’s oldest. If the commission vote is backed by the City Council, a total of 2,320 Greenwich Village buildings will be under Landmarks protection.

Our Lady of Pompeii, completed in 1928 to serve the neighborhood’s Italian immigrants, is probably the best-known of the 235 buildings added yesterday. It overlooks Father Demo Square, one of the Village’s best open spaces.

Among the newly landmarked buildings important to the city’s artistic history is 31 Cornelia St., the site of Caffe Cino, the city’s first off-off-Broadway theater. Lanford Wilson, John Guare and Sam Shepard were among the playwrights whose early works were staged there.

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