Look At My Art! Look At Me!
Philosopher Susanne Langer explained that art was a language, and she was right. If I listen to the introduction to a classical music piece from […]
Sinclair Lewis in New York City
By Sally E. Parry Sinclair Lewis moved to New York City in the fall of 1910, after completing a Bachelor’s degree at Yale University. He […]
Your Life is Not In Our Budget
By George Capsis “We publish too much hospital stuff,” Liza, our Traffic Manager, dryly quoted a WestView reader. I winced and thought “maybe” and then […]
How an Oklahoma Boy Became a West Village Man
By Michael Drew Embrey In 1988, I tested positive for HIV. I had just turned 25 and was living in Dallas. Instinctually, I knew this […]
Another Take on “Away”
By Diana Hottell When WestView Publisher George Capsis met my husband and me last year, while we were “awaying” on Thompson Street, he invited me […]
WHO NEEDS THE MALDIVES?
Now that it rains in the desert, SoCal is experiencing a super bloom. Pictured above are California Poppy, Lupine, and Canterbury Bells flowers.
Home Care Starts with Love (Part Three)
By Gregory Solometo In the March issue of WestView, I discussed the roles of home care professionals who are essential to comprehensive elder care. This […]
Navigating the PeopleWay
By Paul Steely White With a 15-month suspension of L Train service between Brooklyn and Manhattan and along 14th Street coming in 2019, the City […]
Notes and Perspectives From Away: First Visit: South Bristol, Maine (1968)
By Tom Lamia My association with the State of Maine began as a chapter in a courtship that led to marriage. In early 1968, after […]
Surviving the Subterranean World that Connects the West Village
By John H. Johnson It’s a nightmare in the tunnels beneath New York City’s streets! That is, if you’re a telephone line or cable trying […]
Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? It turned out to be a month when those observing the world around them became as interesting as the […]
In and Out
This month saw fewer closings than February. Plus, two long-awaited restaurants finally opened—Greenwich Steakhouse and Hot N Juicy Crawfish. One Italian restaurant opened and an […]
Love Child Studio and Collective
By Caroline Benveniste Historically, the Village has not teemed with families. When I had my daughter in the late 1990s, she was the only child […]
Inside Out
By Keith Michael With a glass of wine in my hand and Millie’s corgi nose slumbering across my foot, the late afternoon sun draws shadows […]
We Are All Indigenous
By Catherine Revland Some members of my family have traced my genealogy back to 17th century Norway. But ever since the Human Genome Project published […]
In Polarized Times, Greenwich Village Stage Dedicates Itself to Inclusion
By Joe Salas Now entering its third season, Uncharted, at Greenwich House Music School, has emerged, not only as one of New York’s most exciting […]
Historic Landmark Preservation in 2017: Out of Date at 50?
By Brian J. Pape, AIA New York City at the Forefront How is the maturing Historic Landmark Preservation Movement, which led the cause before the […]