TINY STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION was a real morale booster. After their disheartening lockdown in early April, discovering these favorite neighborhood casualties back up and running felt like an encouraging step in the right direction. All photos by Maggie Berkvist.
By Keith Michael I’m still wearing a mask and Millie doesn’t seem to care. Contrary to true corgi watchfulness, as attentive as Millie is to every movement and nuance of routine, the addition of a mask hasn’t made any impression on her whatsoever. Her ears and eyebrows still perk up when hearing the same
By Brian J Pape, AIA The June 1969 rebellion against police harassment by the patrons of the Stonewall Inn, at the eastern end of Christopher Street, helped to launch a national gay rights movement and make Christopher Street the social and cultural center of New York’s lesbian and gay community. Today, almost all of the
Never flirt with the boss’ girlfriend. You must ask the right question of the right person at the right time. Great books usually make lousy movies. A father cannot be the friend of his daughter’s lover. Some people are tea, some are coffee. Football will end as inevitably as smoking, and for the same reason.
By Gordon Hughes Rudyard Kipling once wrote, “And a woman is only a woman but a good Cigar is a Smoke.” Now, reciting that line today will lead to one of a few results: it will get you tossed out of most social functions, confuse the women you are with, or get you sued in
By Alexey Kim Due to the coronavirus pandemic, one of the most-anticipated fashion events of the year, the Met Gala helmed by Anna Wintour, that usually takes place on the first Monday in May, has been officially cancelled. Leave it up to the NYC drag queens to take matters into their own hands and keep
By Karen Rempel | Fashion Editor Everyone who loves fashion knows that The First Monday in May is the highlight of the year, when the glitterati put on their most fantabulous creations and head up the red carpeted steps into the Met. (Check out the wonderful film Ocean’s 8—which premiered at Alice Tully Hall in
Photos by Dusty Berke and Karilyn Prisco. Follow us on Instagram @styleonthestreet_WestViewNews Submit your favorite neighborhood fashion looks for a chance to be featured.
By Isa Covo Still quarantined, or confined which I like better. So what I observe from the window are sunnier days, more (but not excessive) car traffic, a bit more pedestrian traffic depending on the time of day. At night the streets are still empty of people and the number of cars decreases. Also, for
Last month I took a break from In & Out so I could work on the Village Directory. But this month In & Out is back, with a new opening, a number of recently re-opened spots, and a couple of closings. Some of the trends we’ve noticed are family/large format meals, restaurants pivoting to selling
By Gail Evans “The pandemic has amplified ageism,” read the headline in the May 1st Los Angeles Times. “It’s open season for discrimination against older people.” If anyone can speak to ageism, it’s my friend Jack Kupferman, I thought. So, I called and asked him to weigh in. Jack is President of New York City’s
By Tom Lamia On the road to partisanship, we have traveled all but the last mile. If there is no off-ramp to be found before or at the November elections many, if not most, of our representatives in Washington, D.C., in our state capitals, and in the cities, towns and special purpose districts throughout the
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is editor, college professor, and avid bird watcher Andrew Rubenfeld, born in Beth Israel Hospital in 1946. Since 1981, he has been a professor of literature at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey where he teaches courses on American nature and environmental writing. Rubenfeld co-edited
By Keith Michael As a devoted bird watcher, the question often flies my way, “Why do you like to watch birds?” (Of course, now it comes with lots of arm waving from six feet away and with gymnastic eyebrow action from above a mask.) The brisk answer is, “Why not?” But the curl-up-on-the sunny-opposite-ends-of-adjacent-benches response
By Karen Rempel | Fashion Editor In these days of social distancing, I couldn’t get my dear friend Dusty to take my picture. So this month’s column is my first selfie, taken using a mirrored elevator. And of course with all clothing stores closed, I needed to call on the contents of my fab four
Follow us on Instagram @styleonthestreet_WestViewNews Submit your favorite neighborhood fashion looks for a chance to be featured. Photos by Dusty Berke and Karilyn Prisco.
By Tom Lamia My nature is to be reclusive, so the experience that we all have had for the last two months—staying inside when possible, staying away from others, staying vigilant—has not been an intolerable ordeal for me. Human contact is necessary at times, though, as we have all found. The rules of my confinement
Mighty man with all his nukes has been crowned by a corona before he could put up his dukes. The man in the seat gets the heat, the fame or the blame. Get mad not sad. Anger is better than depression. Afghanistan-another lost war. We’re getting out. The Taliban is staying. The Taliban wins. One
By Isa Covo How many weeks has it been? Five, six, more, does it matter? Each day blends into the other. What if we wake up at 6:00 am, or 12:00 pm, the days, the hours are all the same. It is true, the light changes, and somedays the skies are clear, sometimes cloudy, some
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON? Only three months ago, on February 1st, I had taken the shot below and suggested to George running it with the slug “There’ll Always Be An England.” But he decided he’d like me to write up their story, and founder Pete Myers was in the UK at the time, so
By Gail Evans Okay, fellow seniors, we’re in the vulnerable category. And adding to our COVID-19 vulnerability are other worries—where and how to get food, especially if ordering from grocery stores is a budget drainer; how to stretch our dollars in these uncertain times; how to stay sane, human and connected; how to pass the
MIA SAYS: It is easier to win an argument by concession rather than aggression. Photo by Dusty Berke.
By Tom Lamia Several years ago, I was having construction work done at my farm property here in Maine. The contractor brought in a crew of workers to do the grading, paving and fencing for the project. Among this crew was a youngish looking guy who I took to be an African American, a rare
By Karen Rempel | Fashion Editor This Easter promises to be bleak, and nothing is bleaker than an un-peopled Bleecker Street. When Dusty and I headed over to Bleecker for this month’s shoot, we were doing our best to put a bright face on Easter. I chose a soothing fifties-reminiscent outfit in chick-and-bunny colors with
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By Keith Michael I sent this article in on Sunday, March 22nd, so who knows how the world has changed by now when you are reading it. This has been the end of Week One for us, essentially, staying at home. We have fourteen rolls of toilet paper, seven and a half rolls of paper
By Gail Evans Sure, New York’s galleries happily show your work if you’re an older big-name visual artist who can command through-the-roof prices. But thousands of professional New York artists over age 50 who have not made a big splash in the art world are shunned by galleries unwilling to take a chance on them
By Isa Covo So, spring is here—lots of flowering trees on the streets, many birds in the sky. Nature is renewing as it does every year and we should all rejoice and enjoy the outdoors, but we can’t; most of us are at home in voluntary quarantine following the advice of the medical authorities. I
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON !? Back on March 19th I first sent out this note— Last evening found myself going through pix taken in just the last month. How the scene has changed. From this (photo above) on February 23rd, to this (photo below), on March 18th. And from this, in late February
It makes no sense to write the usual column this month, and my first thought was to just skip it. However, after thinking about it, I realized that WestView News could help struggling restaurants by providing our readers with information on which ones are still open for delivery and take-out. Also, if you are cooking
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By Karen Rempel | Fashion Editor This month’s look is a mixture of old and new, with contrasting textures and colors. The centerpiece is the striking, shiny black PVC pants by Andrea Thurlow of Engineered by Andrea T. I love their sleek edginess. The next step in putting this outfit together was to hunt through my
By Brian J. Pape, AIA THEN: Ever since the City used Eminent Domain to cut Seventh Avenue South diagonally through Greenwich Village’s established blocks in the early 1900’s, and covered up the trench for the new subway tracks, Seventh Avenue South, as well as 10th Street, were well-maintained cobblestone pavements, as seen in this view
By Isa Covo I have been living in Greenwich Village for many years. I have seen it transform, as have many of us who have lived here for a long time. There is no question that nothing stays still. Whether we like changes or not, we must learn to accept them. But who wouldn’t be
As the end of winter approaches, lots of signs have popped up all over the Village announcing spring openings. This month also saw a number of high-profile openings, and some sudden closings. Chelsea Market Update 75 9th Avenue (between 15th and 16th Streets) The subterranean space at Chelsea Market (which is dubbed “The Chelsea Local”)
Service Line: General Thought Leader: Michael R. Nicoletti, MD Research shows that up to 80 percent of runners will be injured at one time during a 12 month period. But that doesn’t mean runners have to quit their favorite activity to avoid getting hurt. With the proper plan, they can stay in that safe 20
