Money Dictates Pier 40 Solution
If you want to know how and who will save the Hudson River Park, look to money. More and more, it is the people with […]
Stephan Weiss Depicted Energy
I spoke to Stephan Weiss on the phone shortly before he died and asked him if the Charles Street Association could have its December holiday […]
WestView Letter November 2012: Times Suggests Emergency Room Gap Closed
Times Suggests Emergency Room Gap Closed On October 9, two and half years after St. Vincent’s Hospital closed its doors, the New York Times finally […]
Letter from Moscow
A small grey sparrow, making a sharp turn on his left wing, landed on the edge of a round table at which I was sitting, […]
Science from Away: Cut the Junk
I saw a poster on the subway with the title “Cut the Junk,” with a chocolate donut making the “C”, a hamburger on a bun […]
Bicycle Friendly Cities: Paris and Amsterdam
Paris and Amsterdam have one thing in common – both have affirmative policies toward the bicycle as a preferred mode of travel. In other ways […]
West Village Original: Sybil Sage
This month’s West Village Original is writer and artist Sybil Sage. One of the first women to write for TV comedies, she lists “The Mary […]
Month of the Sparrow
Millie, my corgi, twists and shouts in the air as we cross West Street toward the river. Her back leg is fine again (thank you […]
Keith Haring: Painting For Our Future
As the leaves change color, the pool is emptied of water, the children have cleared out, but what remains is the unmistakably powerful imagery of […]
Letter from India: What Ails the Oracle of the Coracle?
The Cauvery River is a mossy, green monster that crawls across two states in Southern India. In parts, it is dammed, in others, it curves […]
Leveled For A Law School
When asked to describe the Village, many people will point out quirky street patterns, bohemian literary and jazz clubs, and small-scale houses. This description is […]
Jim Fouratt’s Reel Deal: Movies That Matter November 2012
OMG! DOC NYC appears to have been both working out and taking anabolic drugs that stimulate muscle and growth. Thom Powers’ dream of bringing a […]
The QUAD
Portrait of a Neighborhood Movie House I was on my way to the subway at 12th Street and Seventh Avenue when I was flooded with […]
Things I Should Be Thankful For In 2012
Health. I’m healthy all right, as in when people say “what a healthy baby you have.” I’m so healthy I can barely fit into my […]
Stuff It
SnackBar A Thanksgiving supper scene in this city can just as easily be Hopperesque as it can be Rockwellian. I’m not going to wear my […]
El Faro Closed!?
Tucked away on the northeast corner of Greenwich and Horatio Streets, El Faro has been a neighborhood fixture for 85 years. For decades it was […]
Homeless Newsletter Hits 25th Year
Joan McAllister comments on a quarter century problem with no solution Approximately 25 years ago, New York City was surprised to find itself facing a […]
East Village Historic District Approved
Historic District Protections in Neighborhood Increased Tenfold On October 9, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission approved an East Village Historic District. The district […]