The Return of the Whitney
The last thing I see as I close my window shade at night is the dazzling light from the upper floors of the new Whitney […]
Bring Back the Push Cart
“What am I going to write about?” I asked myself as I awoke still feeling the pain from the removal of a “calcified nut shell” […]
Nursery School Parents Sue Church Over School Closure
Forty families, most based in the Village and Chelsea, have done the unthinkable—sued the nuns who run the Montessori nursery school their kids attend. If […]
Greenwich Lane Accident
MEMENTO MORI: 10 days after a piece of fencing blew off the West 12th Street side of the Greenwich Lane condominium construction site on March […]
Serendipitous Windfall or Greed?
To the list of the inevitable—death and taxes—we might add higher rents for small West Village businesses. While the easy villain is, of course, the […]
A Little Closer to Heaven: Rooftops for Everyone
The West Village is graced with the highest density of private and semi-private rooftop gardens in New York City, and perhaps has more rooftop gardens […]
The Spirit of Selma
Did you know Red Jackman? A well-known Villager back in the day, he’s the tall white guy on the left in this iconic photograph from […]
Tribeca’s 14th Year: It Only Gets Better
Uh oh! Tribeca Film Festival is back for year 14 with some big changes. Since a fifty percent ownership now lies in the hands of […]
A Life of Apartments (Part One)
As I sat in the long sunny-windowed waiting room of the Hospital for Special Surgery perched on the very edge of the swirling ice-gorged East […]
The Lost Cinemas of the West Village: The Sheridan Theater
The Sheridan Theater opened on September 18, 1921 and operated until 1969.It occupied the triangle of land lately used as the St. Vincent’s Hospital garden […]
The New Doughboys
The Girl Scout Cookie selling season has just come to an end and the guileless pixies in green smocks and berets have scored another bonanza, […]
The Greatest Evil: Early History of Tenements in New York (Part Two)
Part One (http://westviewnews.org/2015/03/the-greatest-evil-early-history-of-tenements-in-new-york-part-one ) explained the setup of the 1811 grid and the waves of immigrants that flooded the city. Part Two addresses the fight […]
Why So Many Missing Dogs Lately?
Because I love my dog so much, I get an empty feeling every time I see a new series of notices in our area posted […]
Back to the Future: Art Show at Grounded
If we’re honest, we have to admit that, as wonderful as our hood is, no one could accuse it anymore of being a refuge for […]
Greenwich Gets Its Groove On
Renowned vocal, instrumental and music educator, Eve Zanni will launch a new youth orchestra this spring at Greenwich House Music School, the venerable 100 year […]
Science from Away: Science in Short Bursts
Here are two insights into Albert Einstein who was able to explain the theoretical source of what we call gravity, which he published 100 years […]