Dog Lovers Bliss Out During Westminster Week
By Leslie Adatto Three dog-filled days in February bring some of the most spectacular canines in the world to within sniffing distance of our West […]
In & Out
As usually happens in January, there were few openings and numerous closings, some of them due to lease issues. Corey Johnson, the new City Council […]
Flamenco and More at the Creative Cultural Center at St. Veronica
By Caroline Benveniste All too often, we report sad real estate stories—buildings being torn down and replaced with condos or offices, local shops closing because […]
Kill the Zombie Park Already Part V: Well, Now It’s a Business
By Alec Pruchnicki “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”—Eric Hoffer The great cause of preventing […]
Walk Into The Temple of Understanding
By George Capsis Dusty floats in the infinite, spiritual dimension so when we began talking about how to use the Church of St. Veronica—a 115-year-old, […]
The Importance of an Impartial Health Care Needs Assessment
By Penny Mintz Newsday, the Long Island daily, ran a story on January 16th (entitled “Southside Hospital upgrades emergency room, creates more parking”) about a […]
Do We Really Need Newspapers?
By George Capsis You read in the diminishing number of newspapers about the death of these publications, even community newspapers like The Village Voice, which died […]
Tenements As Urban Living Typology
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP The Grid of 1811 Tenements are simply defined as multi-family, rental apartment buildings for three or more families, with […]
Keeping America Free
By Michel J. Faulkner The contempt for people with dark skin that slipped out of the mouth of our president caught the anger of every […]
The Village Apothecary, a Treasured Neighborhood Institution
By Anastasia Kaliabakos In 1983, Mr. Michael Konnon, a pharmacist, businessman, activist, and community leader, decided that his neighborhood desperately needed a dedicated, independent community […]
The Rent is Due – $127.61 Please
By W. Russell Neuman $127.61. Yep, for a nifty 1,000-square-foot apartment in an award-winning Federal townhouse on Morton Street. Yes, indeed. That is the current […]
Give It Back, Chuck
By Cynthia Chaffee and Mary Ann Miller On January 18th, a frigid Thursday evening, the senior senator from New York, Chuck Schumer, was feted by […]
The Fight to Save Small Businesses
By Andrew Berman One of the most pressing neighborhood issues on the minds of many West Villagers, and many New Yorkers, is the disappearance of […]
In Search of Meaningful Beauty
By Rob Russell The sounds of Mozart and Vivaldi brilliantly executed by the most artful of musicians. A 115-year-old building, resplendent with both Gothic Revival […]
Then & Now: Scenes Around Greenwich Village
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP In the depths of the Great Depression, 1936, Berenice Abbott was hired by the Federal Art Project (1935-1943) to […]