Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
OK, let me get my Oscars response off my chest. The New York Times published an article critical of Academy voters for being out of […]
The Guardian Calls Diller Island “Fairyland Urban Planning”
Oliver Wainwright, a trained architect and the architectural critic of The Guardian does not seem to like the so called “Garden Bridge” designed by Thomas […]
$137,000 MUSHROOM
West View estimates the cost of just one concrete and steel mushroom pile to hold up Diller Island at $137,000. A $44 MILLION DOLLAR BOUQUET: […]
Our Homeless Neighbor: The Black Bag on Charles Street
I recently caught a TV segment on the annual counting of the street homeless—we have 3,200. Hmm, it is very cold this February, so the […]
David Carr: Epilogue
“We should also appreciate David Carr who did a great job of asking intelligent questions, very calm and humorous, and covering what we all wanted […]
Towering Buildings and Tiny Apartments Offered as New York’s Future
In the waning days of the Bloomberg administration, the Times announced that he had lifted the restrictions on how small you could build an apartment […]
Remembering the Automat.
When the not-so-young man behind the counter of the Bridgehampton nursery informed me that a tiny bottle of liquid plant food would cost $11.50, and […]
And the Beat Goes On: Greenwich House Unveils Community Concert Series
After the unprecedented success of 2014’s Café Au Go Go Revisited, Greenwich House Music School has unveiled its new community concert series, Uncharted, that features […]
West Village Original: Salvador Peter Tomas
This month’s West Village Original is opera singer, narrator, actor, and director Salvador Peter Tomas. Born in Pass Christian, Mississippi in 1920, Tomas is an […]
Look Up!
I’m looking down at the sidewalk, scuffing my feet along the ice. Millie is snuffling beside me taking corgi-steps so small she’s practically moving backwards. […]
Eating on The Upholstery
Chef Kurt Gutenbrunner and Wallsé have been in the very west village for almost as long as I can remember—seems like going on 20 years. […]
Walk About New York – From Communion to Condo: Part Two
Churches are Born Again as Luxury Homes . By 1859, Washington Square’s transition from a potter’s field to military parade ground to a public park […]
The Greatest Evil: Early History of Tenements in New York (Part One)
The 1811 Grid. “The greatest evil which ever befell New York City was the division of the blocks into 25 feet by 100 feet. So […]
The Jefferson Market Courts—A Timeline (Part Two)
Part One noted that there were courts at what is now our branch library for 100 years, beginning in 1845. It traced the history of […]
Meet the Breeds: Bulldogs and Poodles Popular, but Greyhounds Win Hearts
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” —Josh Billings (a.k.a. Henry Wheeler Shaw; humorist and lecturer) […]
Maggie B’s Photo of the Month
ICED COFFEE, ANYONE? Since it sat there on the snowbound bike for days, the answer, understandably, seemed to be “No, thank you.” The weather forecast […]
How I Ended up in NYC
I grew up in a small farming village in North Lithuania. I was in the sixth grade when the Soviet tanks rolled in to “liberate” […]
How High Is Up? New York’s Secret, Imperious Upscale Real Estate
A Greenwich Village Perspective . Living in our beloved neighborhood, we like to think that the West Village IS New York. We’re very comfortable with […]