When Kopper’s Chocolate Sweetened Greenwich Village
-By Brian J Pape, AIA, LEED-AP ““The appetizing aroma of chocolate that is being melted pervades the factory of the Kopper Company at 18 Waverly […]
-By Brian J Pape, AIA, LEED-AP ““The appetizing aroma of chocolate that is being melted pervades the factory of the Kopper Company at 18 Waverly […]
102 Charleton Available on NYC Housing Connect NYC Housing Connect announced in December that the affordable housing lottery for 17 units has launched for 102 […]
St. John’s Terminal has gone through many iterations over the years. When WVN first started writing about possibilities, several architects had already offered ideas. We […]
By Karen Rempel | Fashion Editor My fashion sense was influenced by the ’80s glam metal scene, which was fomented by the punk rock scene […]
By Brian J Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Development in NYC takes a long time, and it may also have to weather Great Recessions. Such is the […]
By Brian J Pape, AIA The June 1969 rebellion against police harassment by the patrons of the Stonewall Inn, at the eastern end of Christopher […]
Introducing Cali’s Corner Hello, my name is Cali and I’m a Shiba Inu—one of the oldest known breeds on the planet. Although I was born […]
As WestView was about to go to press on December 31, Governor Cuomo vetoed the legislation which would have allowed an 8 story plus office […]
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP THEN: Once the most fashionable high-end residential neighborhood in the rapidly expanding metropolis, lower Fifth Avenue was home to […]
By Brian J. Pape, AIA Patient visits doctor and asks, “How am I doing?” Doc: “I have good news and bad news.” Patient: “What’s the […]
“I’m wearing a 20-carat diamond on my necklace. What, you can’t see it? Believe me, it’s gorgeous!” Imagine if all our jewelry was invisible. […]
By Arthur Schwartz An eight-story (or higher) office tower on Pier 40? A million-square-foot Google hub across the street? In case you blinked, that’s what […]
”I REALLY CAN’T STAY – ‘CAUSE , BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE!” All photos by Maggie Berkvist.
Dusty Berke received an award for her arresting photograph Playing Statues on Bleecker on October 16th at the prestigious Salmagundi Club. The photograph of West […]
By Brian J Pape, AIA THEN: The Greek Revival townhouse at 18 West 11th Street was originally built in 1845, one of four houses on […]
By Brian J. Pape, AIA Today’s residents of the West Village owe a lot to the activists who lived here before us. They say “Hindsight […]
By Catherine Revland Part Two of a series, You Must Remember This, about World War II and its relevance to our times “How do you […]
By Brian J Pape, AIA New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the city’s biggest landlord, and if any of the city’s other landlords had […]