Don’t Build a Bridge to Diller Island with our Tax Dollars
On February the 11th the thirteen members of the Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT) will sit down to accept the offer of billionaire Barry Diller […]
No Kisses for Hershey
What is an ex-pat to do? Unless Hershey’s recent action can be turned around,all those imported childhood favorites from Cadbury’s—Kit-Kat, Toffee Crisp, Crunchie, and many […]
Polished Notes on Sixth Avenue
“George, perhaps you can just play gently.” This last minute advice from the conductor before my debut performance as a member of the fifth grade […]
Welcome A “Board”
Dr. Jonathan Keith, a sometime contributor to this paper, passed his oral board examination for the American Board of Plastic Surgery in December. Big whoop […]
Extreme Wealth Continues to Grow out of Control, While Inequality Worsens for the Rest of Us.
When I saw an arresting graphic on Bill Moyer’s show indicating that only 40 individuals owned as much as half the US population, I knew […]
How Much is a Life Worth
I feel for Douglas Durst. He not only grew up with a mentally disturbed and obviously psychopathic brother—who probably killed three people and now most […]
Ruth Berk Is Free! (Almost)
Ruth Berk, the 91-year-old Christopher Street resident, and a historic part of the Village—she ended a career as an opera singer to open the Waverly […]
West Village Original: James Stewart Polshek
This month’s West Village Original is architect James Stewart Polshek, born in Akron, Ohio in 1930. Among the many projects he has designed—both nationally and […]
Gung Hay Fat Choy – Happy New Year
2015 is the Year of the Sheep, and Chinese New Year is Thursday, February 19ththis year. The 16th Annual Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade in […]
Science from Away: Fountain of Youth?
Paul Bert, who died in 1886 in Hanoi at the age of 53, was a Frenchman who wore many hats, varying from politician to scientist. […]
Rare Bird
The birders are coming, the birders are coming! Tall birders, round birders, old birders learning new tricks. Birders knee-high-to-a-mailbox, with binoculars already weighing them down. […]
The Jefferson Market Courts – A Timeline (Part One)
The Jefferson Market branch library was originally a courthouse. But there were courts on the site well before 1877, when the present building opened. The […]
Walk About New York: From Communion to Condo, Part 1Churches Are Born Again as Residences
Two historic Greenwich Village churches—the Village Presbyterian Church and the Washington Square Methodist Church—have seen their pews turned into pantries, their altars altered and their […]
A Road Forward From The Silver Scandal
Paul Newell is a Male Democratic District Leader for a portion of Sheldon Silver’s District. He was an active NYC leader of Barack Obama’s historic […]
Taste of Greenwich HouseUnveils 2015 Culinary Trends
Foodies, bloggers, and celebrity chefs are already speculating what the shining star on 2015’s culinary stage will be. Kale and quinoa were the super foods […]
Restaurant News Location, Location, Location
The Hamilton Soda Fountain Opening a restaurant in the West Village is like starting on second base in the baseball game of life. After all, […]
Restaurant News A Jaded Restaurant Goer is Fooled!
Barbara Chacour, a fellow WestView Newscontributor and a neighbor in the West Village,came into my office and asked what Iwas writing on this month. Having […]
Lower Levels Better Living
Some of us are feeling new and refreshed from our January purge of those glorious holiday toxins. Most of us hope we’ve finally paid off […]