Neighborhood Improvement District: Progress and Questions
While the financial problems of the Hudson River Park and Pier 40 are ongoing, the move to establish a Neighborhood Improvement District (NID) to raise […]
Chris Hedges Is Voting Green – and So Am I
On Monday, October 29, the airwaves were full of news of the storm – imminent – it’s close to noon and NBC news is showing […]
$100 Million For The View
Oh wow! Billionaire John Paulson, whose Fifth Avenue apartment overlooks Central Park, has donated $100 million to The Central Park Conservancy. The Conservancy provides 80% […]
The First Halloween Parade
In October 1974, my daughter Athena came home from PS 41 with her pal Heather Lee to ask if I was willing to let people […]
The Greatest Hotel In Paris
Paris doesn’t change much, not the way New York changes, where people who have been in the city for just two years are already nostalgic […]
Let The Children Play
A gentle voice is silenced Jim Brennan, a long-time West Village activist and staunch defender of Seravalli Playground, died August 26, 2012, in the emergency […]
PIER 40 PLAYERS VOTE TO REPEAL GRAVITY
I discovered, when I pushed open the shabby doors of the Pier 40 lobby, that the elevators were not working. A couple of maintenance guys […]
NY’s First Use of New Voting Machines in a Presidential Election
An Election Integrity Activist Looks Back and Ahead Some voters will use New York’s new voting machines for first time this November. Will their votes […]
Speaker Quinn Will Decide if Rezoning Preserves or Undermines Character of Hudson Square and the South Village
By Andrew Berman, Executive Director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation A rezoning application currently undergoing public review for the Hudson Square neighborhood […]
The Razed Rhinelander Estate
Gracious early 19th century residential life around Washington Square is often most closely associated with “the Row,” the block of Greek Revival homes on the […]
Lee Lorenz – Prodigy Then Legend
It is not widely known, even by regular readers of The New Yorker, that many if not most of the ideas for the celebrated cartoons […]
After a Blue Moon
The September full moon is crawling down the sky, subtly changing from blue-white to beige to buttered toast to a smear of raspberry jam now […]
Green Your Home for Comfort and Save Money
There are many benefits to greening your home. Going green is being responsive to energy use and resource choices, which makes it the “right” thing […]
Science from Away: Fracking Facts
A huge amount of methane, a residue of life lived long ago, is buried in many places deep in the earth, several thousands of feet […]
The World From My Stoop
During the last election, in response to her qualifications in foreign affairs, Sarah Palin blurted out her now infamous line, “I can see Russia from […]
West Village Original: Barry Benepe
This month’s West Village Original is Barry Benepe, born in Manhattan in 1928. After acquiring a degree in architecture from MIT, Barry became an urban […]
Enfleurage: Essential oils and Incense
Interview with owner Trygve Sahar Harris – Our Woman in Oman Trygve is currently a resident of Oman where she settled 6 years ago. WestView […]
More than meets the Eye
I walked by the corner of Greenwich Avenue and 10th Street about a month ago and wondered where this new buzz came from, but figured […]