New Yorkers Dazzle in Custom Masks
By Karen Rempel | Fashion Editor It’s amazing to me how quickly New Yorkers adapt. Masks seemed so alien at first, and now we do […]
Old Bags
By Roberta Curley How about those old bags? Plastic shopping bags that are supposedly banished. Supermarket baggers dole them out like life-preservers on the Titanic. […]
The Cohen’s Children’s Medical Center
Executive Director, Charles Schleien By Hannah Reimann Our new West Village neighbors on Perry Street, Steve and Alexandra Cohen, have made many philanthropic efforts for […]
Covid-19 and the Mental Health Crisis
By Christina Raccuia, MA. ED, LMSW During the three months of dealing with the coronavirus we have had a daily dose of fear, uncertainty, grief, […]
His Name is John
By John F. Early Many out-of-town visitors to the West Village, as well as locals, have seen the young man who usually sits on the […]
The Plight of New Yorkers Who Have No Homes
By Carol F. Yost On May 12, 2020, an op-ed appeared in the Daily News with the title, “Why I Slept on the Subways: They […]
Reboot 2.0
By Keith Michael It’s the afternoon of the longest day of the year: Saturday, June 20th, the summer solstice. With me safely typing at my […]
Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
THERE’VE BEEN SOME CHANGES MADE: SOME SAD – like the many, many West Villagers we’re losing SOME HAPPY – like the re-opening of the playground […]
The Rainbow Flag
By Bruce Poli In 1978, Gilbert Baker—who called himself the Gay Betsy Ross—hand dyed the first LGBT Rainbow Flag to fly in the San Francisco […]
Operation CoviDance: Mia’s Pandemic Mission
There’s Flash Dance. Dirty Dancing. And then there’s CoviDance. By Mia Berman Maybe I’m not as agile as Ginger Rogers. I admit it. I never […]
Relief During the Shutdown: Online Delivery Service
By Jennifer Brozost Throughout this pandemic—this time of fear, uncertainty and frustration—I have been scared. Scared of what the future holds, scared of getting sick, […]
90 Morton Street Renaissance
By Brian J Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Development in NYC takes a long time, and it may also have to weather Great Recessions. Such is the […]
For the Love of It
By Debra Camitta Imagine you changed careers and started a new business and then suddenly the World and New York City went on pause. Like […]
The Window
By Lynn Pacifico Until the birth of my sister when I was four, my family lived in a little two-bedroom house that was owned by […]
A View From the Kitchen
By Isa Covo How do we measure time? 8+ minutes: On my treadmill, and I am not a champion runner, 5 minutes, I begin perspiring, […]
IN AND OUT
New York City entered Phase 2 of its re-opening on Monday June 22nd. Among other things, during this phase, restaurants are allowed to offer outdoor […]
A Radically Inclusive Proposal for the Future of NYC Pride
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Since the first Gay Liberation marchers took their first steps in the West Village on June 28th, 1970, “Pride” has gone […]
Independence Day—The People Take Charge
By Jesse Robert Lovejoy The last time this happened was 50 years ago. The president and the generals appeared on TV nightly, reporting scores of […]