Jefferson Market Library’s Proust Center Screens Marcel Proust A Writer’s Life
By Luke McGuire Photo Credit: Proust Center Facebook page. Nestled in the heart of Greenwich Village on Sixth avenue near West 10th Street is the […]
A Brush With Celebrity
By Nicholas M.Dawes “With freedom, flowers, books and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?” Oscar Wilde All of Wilde’s happiness ingredients were on […]
Joel Gordon: Digital Art
© Joel Gordon 2023 – All rights reserved I am using photoshop creating photographic series of digital computer art from an image or images. In […]
Welcome to the World of Ooh Baby
By Anika Ignozzi Stepping into the Ooh Baby shop at 21 Greenwich Avenue, on the corner of West 10th Street, is like entering a different […]
A Day at the Whitney with Curator Marcela Guerrero
By Angela Montefinise. Marcela Guerrero—the newly-named DeMartini Family Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and curator of the renowned exhibition no existe un […]
Proust’s American Publisher: Albert Boni
Submitted by The Proust Center at Jefferson Market Library Did you know that Albert Boni, a resident of Greenwich Village, rescued the first English translation […]
Andy Warhol Pop Art Genius
By Robert Heide. WARHOL, HEIDE, INGRID SUPERSTAR -1966. Photo credit: Heide Archives I gave Andy Warhol the idea in the Silver Factory one night after […]
Joan Hall: Collage, Assemblage and Sorcery
By J. Taylor Basker Westbeth Gallery held a remarkable retrospective exhibit of the collages and assemblages of its long-term resident, Joan Hall. Entitled […]
Gay and Christopher Streets
–By Robert Heide and John Gilman The saga of My Sister Eileen began at 14 Gay Street which is possibly the shortest block in the […]
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St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Destroyed During 9/11 Reopens as a National Shrine
-By Anastasia Kaliabakos For the past three and a half years, I have attended The College of the Holy Cross, which is a Catholic institution […]
Edward Hopper’s Life on Washington Square
-By Melinda Laing Like many New Yorkers, Edward Hopper hunted for the perfect apartment, and when he found it, he never left. One can imagine the real estate listing (updated for today’s reader): “north-facing skylight, charming kitchenette, steps from Washington Square Park, location, location, location.” Hopper’s modest top-floor studio at 3 Washington Square […]
The Women Writers of the Caffe Cino,1958-1968
To Be Presented At Jefferson Market Library -By Magie Dominic “The Caffe Cino began before it actually began. It began part way down the street. Outdoor golden, amber and rose colored lights, not neon, spilled across the sidewalk and […]
Style on the Street — Love Never Melts
-By Karilyn Prisco Photo Credits: Bridget Bosworth, Shannon Ferry, Ira Block, Tequila Minsky Follow us on Instagram @styleonthestreet_WestViewNews Submit your favorite neighborhood fashion looks for […]
Mickey Mouse for Christmas
-By Robert Heide and John Gilman Growing up in the 1940s in the New Jersey town of Irvington, the Thanksgiving feast was always presided over […]
Reprieve For Elizabeth Street Garden
-Eric Uhlfelder 25 Nov 2022 Demolition of the Elizabeth Street Garden has been put on hold. The City of New York has been hellbent on […]
Nina Chanel Abney Presents NYC LOVE,A New Mural For The High Line
Abney’s Joyous New Commission Celebrates the Excitement of New York City in her Recreations of its Classic Iconography Photo by Timothy Schenck. Courtesy of the […]