Trading Tradition for Cash
“A 15-story apartment house behind St. Luke’s!” I repeated, stunned at the thought of the nice clerical caretakers of our historic 1821 church exhibiting Rudin-like […]
Presidents Day 2014
Late February 1860. Nearly two weeks before, Abraham Lincoln had turned 51 years old. He had been thinking back to the time of George Washington […]
Testing in Schools: Villagers and Experts Compare Notes
What exactly are the “stakes” behind high stakes testingin city schools that has caused such anuproar? In the Bloomberg era, the stakes werequite high,where tests […]
POST OFFICE
AT LAST: As of January 18th, almost three months to the dayafter a speeding BMW hit the back of a taxi, sending it crashing into […]
Capsis Bench
“I HAVE TO SIT DOWN NOW”: The bench dedicated to Andromache (Maggie) Capsis moves closer to reality as architect Brian Pape readies a proposal for […]
New developments at historic Church of St. Luke in the Fields
Since 1822, the Church of St. Luke in the Fields has been the steward of an historic block on Hudson Street. We have long cherished […]
Judge Rules Against NYU Expansion Plan
Decision in lawsuit blocks major portion of massive building project On January 7th, Judge Donna Mills ruled against NYU’s massive 20-year expansion plan in the […]
Mayor De Blasio’s Plan to Increase Taxes on High-Earners
In the recent mayoral campaign, then-candidate Bill de Blasio’s signature proposal was to address New York’s “tale of two cities” – the extremely rich versus […]
For Pete Seeger
The next time any of us walk West in the Village and come to the banks of the Hudson River, we can see that it […]
Such A February Face
“Why, what’s the matter, That you have such a February face, So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?” – William Shakespeare, Much Ado About […]
West Village Original: David Amram
This month’s West Village Original is composer, conductor, and author David Amram, born in 1930. He’s written over 100 orchestral and chamber music works, as […]
Chefs Prepare to Wow Village Neighbors
A who’s who of New York City’s culinary talent has started to sharpen their knives and flex their creative food muscles in preparation for the […]
Abu Dhabi and beyond
My love for architecture drew me to the United Arab Emirates. My last visit there was in 2004 where I stayed in Dubai for a […]
Once Again Gun Control
With the amount of ink that has been spilled in the matter of gun control, you would think that we might have reached some sensible […]
How Does it Feel to be on Your Own?
Llewyn Davis on MacDougal Street in 1961 The lyric of what is probably Bob Dylan’s most famous song poses the question – “How does it […]
Then & Now: Little West 12th Street, West of the High Line
By Amanda Davis, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation On the other side of the High Line, just outside the Gansevoort Market Historic District, sits […]
Theatre Threads – David Amram and the Cornelia Street Stadium
My friend Doug Yeager, a music manager and longtime folky said, “You gotta see him to believe him.” So there I sat in the dark, […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
We are writing this column from Park City, Utah in the middle of Sundance Film Festival‘s 30thanniversary. Sundance remains the single most important film festival […]