Old and New Traditions
Café Loup has been on West 13th Street in the Village since the 80s, almost 30 years with very little change. It is old school, […]
Democratic Club Endorsements Start With Upsets
On Thursday April 11th, an enthusiastic standing room only crowd met in St. John’s Church on Christopher Street for the first endorsement meeting of the […]
AFTER THE STORM.
A Monthly Column about Politics AN APOLOGY TO YETTA KURLAND I know my tongue can be piercing. Following 35 years of litigation and 45 years […]
Pillow Attack in Washington Square
Saturday April 6 was International Pillow Fight Day. It was a sunny 57 degrees when hundreds aged about 18 months to 70-ish arrived in Washington […]
Steven C. Witkoff
Steven C. Witkoff is the chairman and the principal shareholder of The Witkoff Group, a privately held company that owns and operates real estate nationwide. […]
West Village Original: Barbara Garson
This month’s West Village Original is playwright and author Barbara Garson, born in Brooklyn in 1941. Her plays include “MacBird,” her notorious 1966 political parody […]
Ninth Avenue: A Move Ahead
Ninth Avenue took a new move on Thursday evening, March 7 when Community Board Two Traffic and Transportation Committee reviewed NYCDOT’s latest proposal to redesign […]
Thanks, But No Thanks
The bright green flyers announcing “Petition Opposing New MTA Bus Route on Washington and Greenwich Streets” began appearing in the neighborhood after a March 7th […]
Never Alone
Every morning, I take a taxi to work. I feel guilty about this, believe me, but I know I’m not the only one wrestling with […]
Power of the Press
“The washing machine won’t turn on.” said Andromache. Climbing, with gasps, the last steps from the basement laundry room, I discovered a slipping push-pull, turn […]
Purposeful Action: Cultivating Democracy One Click at a Time
Recently, I grabbed coffee with New York City based philanthropist and innovator James Slezak near his SoHo office. I listened intently to his views on […]
Katherine Anne Jacobson
Katherine Anne (Kathy) Jacobson, 79, died of cancer on March 4, 2013 in New York City. Born August 5, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, she worked […]
Larry Selman
On Sunday January 20, 2013, Larry Selman died of heart failure. He was 70. For 36 years, Selman was a neighborhood fixture, collecting money for […]
Matter of Life or Debt
“Life or Debt” was the title of a day-long event on March 23rd, sponsored by Strike Debt, an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street, which recently […]
Strong Parent Coalitions Build Strong Schools
On March 14th, 50 parents from District 2 hunkered down in the PS 3 cafeteria for over three hours to design the size and grade […]
They’re Back
Millie looks up and barks. Or maybe she barked and then looked up. Either way, a Cooper’s Hawk tailing a screaming Blue Jay blurs over […]
Then & Now: A Home Fit for Fifth Avenue and Mark Twain
For most, lower Fifth Avenue conjures up images of grand early to mid-20th century apartment houses that guide the eye towards Washington Arch, the gateway […]
The Triangle Fire
On March 25, 1911 a fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Manhattan, in the Asch Building on the corner of Washington Place and Greene […]