Deciding When It Is Time to Die
Goodnight, Edwina In 1991 my then wife and I bought a building on West 11th Street because we wanted to stay in the West Village […]
“It’s Only a Play” – A Laugh Riot
The audience at the Schoenfeld Theatre at the packed-house performance of “It’s Only a Play” greeted line after line with uproarious laughter and waves of […]
Caffe Cino Rides Again
Magie Dominic in her talk entitled ‘The Story of the Caffe Cino’ sponsored by the Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation at the Jefferson Market […]
Alex Meadows Conquered My Cynicism
The system is broke, and no, we can’t fix it. That’s my opinion—however, on the evening of Thursday, October 16th, just a chink of light […]
Job Placement and Education
Before enrolling in a certificate training program, graduate program, medical or law school, you should contact the school and ask about recent job placements and […]
RememberingThe Good and The True
Haunting, revealing social theater Svandovo Theater and New End Theater Beyond’sThe Good and the True, a Czech import ended its run on September 14th. The […]
Correspondence, Commentary, Corrections
Transfer of Air Rights Leaves Unanswered Questions To the WestView News Editor: Thanks for continuing to call attention to the recently-passed State legislation allowing the […]
Science from Away:
How Little We Understand About Pregnancy and Birth I can’t complain about my mother marrying too young (at nineteen) and then getting pregnant just about […]
Make the City the Campus
NYU Opportunity to Walk from Classroom to Job With the recent court decision, NYU appears well on its way to getting most of what it […]
Church of the Village Feeds the City’s Hungry
How severe is food insecurity in New York City? Very. According to Food Bank NYC, approximately 1.4 million people across the five boroughs rely on […]
Bicycling Dogs: Interview with Joe Reilly, enterprising dog “walker”
Hudson Urban Bicycles at Charles Street and Washington Street is popular with both cyclists and dog lovers. Neighborhood dog lovers stop by to pat and […]
Quoth the Raven
Millie lifts her corgi head as I pull my clothes on in the dark. While tying my shoes, I hear the tags on her collar […]
The Novel: a Biography
When I called through the fence to Michael Schmidt, visiting Joan McAlister my neighbor and his cousin at 71 Charles, for an article on Sinclair […]
Feeling Oceans Away
Casa la Femme is an Egyptian restaurant on Charles Street that has been there for 5 years. That does not begin to explain the exotic […]
43 MacDougal Street
Many longtime residents of the Village have wondered about the fate of 43 MacDougal Street, which has sat vacant for decades. Located at the corner […]
Lymphedema—More That Just Cancer’s Nasty Little Secret
Ask a breast cancer survivor about her lymphedema and you are likely to hear her say, “It’s worse than my cancer. They cured my cancer. […]
West Village Original: Marjorie Colt
This month’s West Village Original is painter and long-time West Villager Marjorie Colt, born in Canton, Ohio in 1935. Colt moved to Horatio Street in […]
Healthplex: View From the Inside
In the last issue of WestView News, the opening of the new Lenox Hill Healthplex in the former O’Toole building of St. Vincent’s Hospital was […]