Dear Editor
What happened? Pier 45 has two beautiful shaded dias areas intended for 5-6 tables they once had – welcoming families to picnic, students to study, […]
The Cherry Lane Celebrates 90th Season
In 1996, Ms Fiordellis, founder and Artistic Director of the producing company Cherry Lane Alternatives, revived The Cherry Lane, which was teetering on extinction. She […]
VID Endorses Teachout Running Mate Tim Wu
At a special meeting of the Village Independent Democrats (VID) held at St. John’s Church on Thursday August 14th, endorsement for Lieutenant Governor was discussed. […]
A Failed Theory: Still Failing
Westview News examined the theory that the United States has too many hospital beds (Westview News, “Closing Hospitals Saves Money: A Failed Theory, March 2014), […]
Ferguson—Just the Beginning
As a contributor to the WestView News, I sometimes write about Chris Hedges and encourage everyone to check out his Truthdig.com column, which comes out […]
Scoff Law
Anonymous Letter and George Capsis Excerpt of letter received by publisher: “Hub Plumbing illegally parks in our neighborhood week-after-week… They rely on walking or driving […]
Harvard Professor Offers Rudin Solution to Affordable Housing
. “Edward Glaeser is an economics professor at Harvard University, author of “Triumph of the City, How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer” . Yes, […]
YOU MADE THE POST AGAIN
“You made the Post again,” offered Bobb Goldstein and indeed I was in the Sunday August 9th edition with the headline “Newspaper apologizes for calling […]
Correction
The recently published Roof Explorers’ Guide, by Village resident Leslie Adatto, describes 101 rooftops in New York City with public access. WestView published an interview […]
Tips of Making Good Grades
What is on your list of reasons for making good grades? Hey, you never know. What about possible graduate master’s or doctoral degrees? Or medical […]
Psychopathology Demystified at Jefferson Market Library
Many years ago, a young man formed an attachment to his mother that ended in her demise. Since he did not want to be replaced […]
Tips for Eating Alone
Ahhh, the joys and perils of eating alone. I have written about excuses that keep us from taking care of our health. Eating, what we […]
Village Corner Honors Officer
It may have happened a long time ago, but Officer Brian Murray has not been forgotten, and on October 1st at 11 am the Southwest […]
The P Word
There is a racist poem entitled, “Niggers in the White House,” in the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library at Dickinson State University. The poem, which was […]
End of the Line
By late fall, the High Line will have traversed 1.45 miles to reach its final destination on grade at 34th Street west of Eleventh Avenue, […]
West Village Original: Keen Berger
This month’s West Village Original is author and educator Kathleen Stassen Berger, born in Minnesota in 1942 while her father was Governor. For over three […]
Guide to Asphalt Beaches
Leslie Adatto: her first book and her perspective on New Yorkers An interview with the author Four years ago Leslie Adatto moved to NYC from […]
The Book Cover versus the Read or the Website versus the Restaurant
Chapter One is a new restaurant on Greenwich Ave opened by a few Irish guys as their first venture into the hospitality business. They have […]