Diller Builds a Monument to Indifference
PS 41 graduate, and architectural critic for The New York Times, Michael Kimmelman, thinks that One World Trade Center looks as hostile and forbidding as […]
Pier55 – A Neighborhood Park
By now, many WestView readers have read about Pier55, a spectacular new public park that we hope to open as part of Hudson River Park […]
Pier 55: An Island Rises
On Wednesday, November 3rd, the Community Board Two Waterfront Committee heard and saw its first presentation of the design for a new Pier 55. (The […]
The Birth Of Public Housing
Public housing was born on New York City’s Lower East Side over 70 years ago when NYCHA opened the First Houses in 1936, the first […]
My First Time
Raise your glass for a New Year’s toast to a few of my birdy firsts! (And Millie, here’s a leftover corgi-cutout Christmas cookie to tide […]
A League of their Own: Greenwich House Girls Basketball Puts a New Spin on Intramurals
In the increasingly competitive world of youth sports, the Greenwich House Girls Basketball League stands apart. The non-competitive league, founded in 1995 by a local […]
Theatre Review: “A Delicate Balance”
At the curtain call on opening night of the splendid new Broadway revival of “A Delicate Balance” at the Golden Theater, the actors Glenn Close, […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
As I write this column I am still reeling from the saturation of quality films that opened and closed in the last 90 days in […]
West Village Original: Joe Lisi
This month’s West Village Original is actor and former policeman Joe Lisi, born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in 1950. After a 24-year career in the New […]
Why Restaurants Make It – Or Don’t.
“What a dinner party! You should open a restaurant!” Have you ever heard this or something like it? Truth be told, very few people should […]
Horse Nonsense
Horse Nonsense (NY Times Editorial 8 December) hits the nail on the head. Like the Mayor, I love horses, but I want to keep them […]
The West Village Community Still Exists
I am a part-time member of the local choir that laments how much the West Village has changed. To me, the jewelry-box-like storefronts along Bleecker […]
Concerned about saying “No”?
Isn’t saying no directly related to early quality parent (or caregiver) and child communication? Aren’t these early years important because you have, pretty well, the […]
“Stalking The Bogeyman”
Original story by David Holthouse, adapted and directed by Markus Porter. Cast: Roderick Hill, Erik Heger, Kate Levy, Murphy Guyer, John Herrera, Roxanne Hart. At […]
The Brightness of Heaven
Review by Stanley Fine The Brightness of Heaven Play by Laura Pederson Directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser Players; Paula Ewin, Kate Kearney-Patch, Peter Cormican, Mark Banik, […]
Radiosexbeat’s Best in Popular Music 2014
We listened to a lot of music this year. Here are the best albums my ears have heard. Almost all can be heard on Spotify […]
WestView Letter January 2015: Pay 2 Play: Democracy’s High Stakes
Pay 2 Play: Democracy’s High Stakes Dear Editor: Since the Supreme Court decision of Citizens United determined that the existing regulation of campaign contributions was […]
Some Notes about Grand Juries
The protests against a Staten Island Grand Jury’s decision not to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo for any offense after the death of Eric Garner […]