Robert Heide 25 Plays
By Robert Heide For 10 years now, I have been writing articles and theater reviews (possibly as many as several dozen) for Westview News on […]
A Stroll Around the Neighborhood:Construction and Development Sites: Continued
By Brian J. Pape, AIA In the August 2017 issue of Westview, we looked at developments from Hudson Street to West Street, between Clarkson Street […]
Landmarks Preservation Commission Under Fire
By Martica Sawin Two recent lawsuits filed against the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) raise questions as to whether the LPC is doing its job as […]
Will We Get St. Veronica’s?
By George Capsis As I waited for a ham sandwich at an outside table at Eric’s Restaurant on Hudson Street, I became aware of a […]
The Happy Marriage of Pier 40 and Pier 55
Michael Sorkin is My Doppelganger If I could have convinced myself to do the math, I might have become an architect and, if I had, […]
Elizabeth Street Garden Debate Continues
Dear Editors: I want to respond to Alec Pruchnicki’s “analysis” of the demographics of those who use the Elizabeth Street Garden. I visited the garden […]
Kill the Zombie Park Already Part IV: Put the Garden on the Roof
By Alec Pruchnicki Yes, put it on the roof. This is a complicated but not impossible process if both sides work together. There are rooftop […]
GOTTLIEB ON CHARLES
The billion-dollar Gottlieb real estate empire, legally wrested by nephew Neil Bender, may see this seven-story condo block on Charles and Hudson Streets. In August, […]
Pier 40 and Human-Powered Boating
By Sally Curtis The future of Pier 40 in Hudson River Park is once again on the table following the sale of its air rights […]
London Terrace: A Brief but Storied History
By Alan Cohen Clement Clarke Moore acquired the land along 23rd and 24th Streets, between 9th and 10th Avenues, when his family estate—known as ‘Chelsea’—was […]
Diller Island: The Continuing Saga
By Michael Gruen Opinions vary as to whether Pier 55 (a.k.a. Diller Island) is a desirable project. Does it benefit the public, and if so, […]
Down with the South! (Seventh Avenue South)
By Allyn Freeman Joyce Carol Oates once wrote, “She stayed in a loft on Vandam Street, below Houston; they’d met, for drinks, in a restaurant […]
The Times Reads WestView
By George Capsis Oh wow! The day after WestView’s June issue came out with the front-page article (“The Ego Fight for Diller Island”) about the […]
Diller Island Perspective
Dear Editors: I would like to respond to the article entitled “The Ego Fight for Diller Island,” published in the June issue of WestView News. […]
Reflecting on Gardens and Housing
Dear Editors: In writing about and photographing the gardens at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields and Jane Street, Justin Matthews touches on […]
The City Club Speaks
By Michael Gruen Resistance to Diller Island (Pier 55) has come from some key figures in the famed City Club of New York (they helped […]
Life on the Street in the Words of Writers
By Barry Benepe Walking is both the expression of freedom and an embrace of space. An automobile driver is imprisoned in a mobile metal box. […]