Diller Island is Dead
By George Capsis At 7:00 a.m. on September 22nd, I came out of the shower to a ringing phone and stood, still dripping, as Westview […]
Rally Demands—No Beth Israel Shutdown
By Arthur Z. Schwartz The fight to keep Beth Israel open took a major step forward on September 24th. Over 100 neighbors gathered outside the […]
Your Own Concert Hall
By George Capsis You, and only you, reading these words, can have and give to others a 120-year-old marble-clad Gothic hall in which to hear […]
St. Veronica’s for Healing
Hi George, St. Veronica’s is a spectacular space with healing qualities. Apart from using it for concerts, I feel that it could be a great […]
Offensive Language
Dear Mr. Capsis, I was greatly taken aback and offended to read the copy accompanying Maggie Berkvist’s photo on page 29 of the September issue. […]
Diller Island: The City Club Perspective
Dear George, As President of the City Club of New York, one of the three plaintiffs in the Pier 55 (a.k.a. Diller Island) litigation, I’ve […]
A Common Perspective on Diller Island
Dear James, I wanted to thank you for the commentary you provided in your advertisement in the Op-Ed section of the New York Times on […]
Obituary: Bernadyne M. Pape
Bernadyne M. Pape (née Eckl), 96, passed away in her sleep at home on Sunday, September 3, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Pape […]
Legal Thriller Explores the Gritty World of Brooklyn’s Criminal Justice System
Woken in the middle of the night by a call from a panicked woman whose husband had just been arrested, Ken Williams, an African-American attorney […]
Thoughts on the Skeletal Remains of the City’s Abandoned Bikes
An interesting quality-of-life matter in the Village concerns the enormous amount of abandoned bicycles all over the City—and particularly the Village. One does not need […]
Correction
The photo credit for the expanded caption in the August 2017 issue, “New Construction Above Gourmet Garage” (page 3), should be IBI Group — Gruzen […]
Selected, Trained, and Motivated to Vanquish the Opposition
Teddy Capsis (Number 91) lunges onto the field for one of his best games of the new season on September 9, 2017. Teddy ended the […]
My Mother, the Screenwriter (Sort Of)
By Barbara Riddle It’s in the nature of teenage girls—it’s almost their job description—to disrespect their mothers, to assert their independence as part of the […]
West Village Original: Richard Eric Weigle
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is Richard Eric Weigle, organizer and host of the third annual Greenwich Village Film Festival, which […]
No Towers in Central Paris
By Barry Benepe Unlike New York City, Paris has insisted on strong limitations for building heights throughout its historic center. Following the array of boulevards […]
Remembering and Trying to Sustain the Church of St. Veronica
On July 23, 2017, the last mass was held at the Church of St. Veronica (149 Christopher Street, between Greenwich and Washington Streets). The church […]
Jim Fouratt’s Have You Heard? OCTOBER 2017
Council Member Corey Johnson is term-limited and out-of- office in 2021. It will be an open race. Already, there appears to be one candidate circulating: […]
Seventh Avenue South: Renaming Redux
By Allyn Freeman In the August 2017 issue of Westview, I wrote an article suggesting that 7th Avenue South be renamed to honor Jane Jacobs […]