Jamming at the Zinc Bar
What started as a creative outlet for Harlem musicians has now become the most well attended and musically creative jam session in New York City. […]
Black and White
Nearly midnight. Lifting my feet up the subway steps onto West 12th Street. Heading home. A full moon pokes a hole in the city sky. […]
West Village Original: George Held
This month’s West Village Original ispoet and writer George Held, born in White Plains, NY. He has published fifteen volumes of poetry, including a trilogy […]
More to Celebrate Summer with Prix Fixe Summer Lunches
Gotham bar and Grill has been around since the last century or 1984, to be exact, yet it remains a highly rated, modern and elegant […]
WEST VILLAGE NURSERY SCHOOL CELEBRATES 50 YEARS
Marion Rosenfeld, WVNS Alumni (’71) and Alumni Parent (’08) On May 19, the West Village Nursery School (WVNS), Manhattan’s oldest cooperative Nursery School, marked its […]
Charles Street: Rural Beginnings
Large expanses of grass and trees, stately manors and mansionsare not typically things that come to mind when one thinks of the Village. However, until […]
ARE TOLLS THE ANSWER TO DOWNTOWN BRIDGE TRAFFIC?
For some time, many neighborhoods in Manhattan’s District 2 have been overrun by traffic from the Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges. It blocks people’s access […]
350 Bleecker Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary!
March 2, 2012, marked 50 years that the first tenant moved into 350 Bleecker Street. The tenant, Janet Preen Tidwell, still lives in the building, […]
Martha Graham Company Moves to Westbeth
Only July 1st, the new home of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance will be Westbeth Center for the Arts on Bethune Street. The […]
Rudin Wins Major Condo Plan Victory
On January 23rd, the City Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve a proposal by Rudin Management Company Inc. to rezone the shuttered St. Vincent’s Hospital […]
NYC: The Greatest Grid, or the Greatest Mistake?
One of the great current exhibitions in the city is of the city. It is taking place at the Museum of the City of New […]
Coming Home to The Vagabond Café
“Welcome to your living room” could be the unofficial motto of The Vagabond Café, a newly opened coffee shop on Cornelia Street that provides any […]
There’s More to Jazz than Bebop!
This month, WestView welcomes jazz musician and new contributor Andrew Collier, who will cover the jazz scene in the West Village, home of the greatest […]
Satire Corner: Nobody Asked Me, But…
All right, all right, I know this is not a corner of the newspaper. Try thinking outside the box.
BoldFace Names©: Poisoned Choir Boys
Dear George, I don’t think I’m a good assignment editor when it comes to selecting topics for this column, and I’ll tell you why. Sometimes […]
How Do You Grade Inspiration?
Remember the third-grade teacher who sparked your interest in reading? Or the eighth-grade teacher who made American History come alive?
Poignant Reflections from a Civil Rights Pioneer
To The Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement By Charlayne Hunter-Gault New York Times /Flash Point, January 2012 Reading Level: Ages 12-18
PS 3 Hosts 33rd Annual Antiquarian Book Fair
I distinctly remember the smell, musty and vibrant, as I found myself escaping the brutal cold of a February Friday night 20 years ago by […]