Westbeth Board Sues to Conceal Numbers
“I always thought that the basic tenet of Journalism was to get both sides of the story” was the bristling challenge from sixty-one year-old Executive […]
Why You Never Get a Bill from the Hospital
“Knee replacement, or knee arthroplasty, is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing surfaces of the knee joint to relieve pain and disability.” –Wikipedia After […]
Stonewall Landmark
HONORING A MOVEMENT: The Landmarks Preservation Commission will decide on Tuesday, June 2 whether to consider the Stonewall Inn for city landmark status—making it the […]
Struggle Together
Hi, All. Here is a picture I took after walking over the Brooklyn Bridge with other tenant activists. I saw these two women, one holding […]
LIBERATED LANDLORD VICTIM SINGS
Ruth Berk, liberated from a senior home to which she was confined because of her landlord, sings My Funny Valentine for NY Post Videographer Stephan […]
Maggie B’s Photo of the Month
STREETFAIR CHIC: One couldn’t help but be struck by this gentleman’s perfectly color-coordinated outfit as he stood amidst the elegant period pieces for sale at […]
A Tolerance for Ugly
My TV offered that familiar Rio de Janeiro aerial shot of the Christ figure with outstretched arms over the spectacular, curving Guanabara Bay, and then […]
How the West Village Brought Civil Rights to the World
Did you know that Reader’s Digest was first conceived in a speakeasy at 1 Minetta Lane by DeWitt and Lila Wallace? That Jane Jacobs set […]
O. Ottomanelli & Sons
By Caroline Benveniste When shopping at O. Ottomanelli & Sons on Bleecker Street and speaking with Frank Ottomanelli, it is easy to imagine that you […]
America is Hard to See. The Whitney Museum’s Inaugural Exhibition presents 600 artworks from the Museum’s Collection
Faced with the responsibility for selecting an inaugural exhibition from a collection of 22,000 artworks, the Whitney curators have come up with a thoughtful solution. […]
Think Pink
Quick. Think of a pink bird. An afternoon rain pings off the air conditioner. Millie has sprawled onto her back, her four short legs divining […]
West Village Original: Isabel Case Borgatta
This month’s West Village Original is sculptor Isabel Case Borgatta, born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1921. In her lengthy career, she has had numerous solo […]
The Lost Cinemas of the West Village: The Fugazy Theater
The Fugazy Theater stood at what is now the corner of West Houston Street and Sixth Avenue from 1923 to 1929. The William F. Passannante […]
Meet Kumiko Nakayama
Kumiko Nakayama Geraerts’ creations daringly combine Provencal boutis and Japanese textile art. Totally enamored with vintage textiles, she uses both of these solid traditions as […]
The Finnish Touch
WestView publisher George Capsis caught Finnish artist, Matti Pikkujamsa, sketching him and Nelida Mori in her Times reviewed restaurant, Taste of Lima, as it fights […]
Dominique Ansel and Very Fresh from the Kitchen
Dominique Ansel is well known for creating the Cronut, which went viral. I heard him speak at the Fancy Food Show last year and he […]
Science from Away: Stories
Psychologist Rebecca Spencer, an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, conducted an interesting experiment on children between three and five. She demonstrated […]