Farewell to a Long Time Resident and WW2 Veteran
By Arthur W. Yee If you lived in the West Village anytime during the 1950s–1990s, chances are you may have patronized the KY Yee Hand […]
To Shake or Not to Shake: The History and the Future of the Handshake
By Anastasia Kaliabakos During my college application process, I had to prepare for a slew of interviews. I remember doing some practice interviews with a […]
Boarded-Up is Canvas of Art Expression
By Brian J Pape, AIA A phenomenon of the pandemic, or a response to vandalism? We are hard-pressed to decipher between them as we passed […]
Historic Maps of Manhattan: 1775
By Brian J Pape, AIA, LEED-AP I collected maps from the Brooklyn Historical Society, and made notes to relate them to Greenwich Village and waterfront […]
Employers Likely to Face a Wave of COVID-19 Class Action Litigation
By Samuel G. Dobre, Esq. and Gregory B. Reilly, Esq. As the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to drastically impact the U.S., class action lawsuits have […]
A View from the Kitchen
By Isa Covo More than in any other times in recent years, we depend on others: The entire hospital staff giving all their skills and […]
Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
WELCOME TO THE CHIC WEST VILLAGE, WHERE THE UNEXPECTED IS ALWAYS JUST AROUND THE CORNER All photos by Maggie Berkvist.
West Village Original: Andrew Berman
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s honorary West Village Original is Andrew Berman, Executive Director of Village Preservation (formerly GVSHP) since 2002. Berman was born […]
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
By Keith Michael Congratulations to us. We’ve made it day by day to September of this most unusual year. And the next months are certainly […]
The Ellipse New Jersey: Turn Off Those Harsh Lights!
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP This is a call to action! In recent years, the entire Lower West Side of Manhattan has been plagued […]
Stoop the Poop— NYPD Says Eff Poo to 80-Year-Old West Village Residents
By Karen Rempel Have you ever had to clean up a large pile of stinking human poop from your doorstep? Not the flaming bag of […]
The Sixth Precinct Builds the Block
By Karen Rempel On August 13th, the 6th Precinct of the NYPD held a “Build the Block” community discussion at the AIDS Memorial Park at […]
Mod Squad
By Jeff Hodges In the summer of 1978 I heard about a news outfit called Broadcast News Service that needed video crews to shoot from […]
Coast to Coast Coronavirus Caravan
By Robert Kroll During the past six weeks, my wife and I and our 15-year-old Shih Tzu snaked our way through a virus-laden northwest passage, […]
Is Trump Guilty of Homicide?
By Alec Pruchnicki Wait! Don’t roll yours eyes and think of this as another rabid anti-Trump rant. Even as a legal layman, I think there […]
Notes from Away: Gender Politics
By Tom Lamia Two women are faced off in the race for U.S. Senator in this year’s Maine general election. One, Susan Collins, is a […]
“Whose Post Office? Our Post Office!”
Jacqui Taylor Basker, leading a group of approximately 40 West Village residents, shouted this and other chants outside the Hudson Street station at a rally in support of […]