What Leadership Can Be
Erik Larson’s new book intimately explores Churchill and Britain during the Blitz By Eric Uhlfelder BOOK REVIEW: THE SPLENDID & THE VILE Eric Larson’s remarkable […]
Open Streets Proposal
By Barry Benepe In a previous issue of WestView News, I reviewed Council Speaker Corey Johnson’s Comprehensive Transportation Plan in which he placed emphasis on […]
Romolo Ferri April 17, 1931-May 1, 2020
By Eve Zanni Rom Ferri was born into a loving, musical family; the youngest of 5 children in New Jersey. His father was an opera […]
David Carter and the Meaning of Stonewall
By Bruce Poli West Village author David Carter, renowned for his detailed, truth-telling history Stonewall: the Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution (St. Martin’s Press, […]
‘What Is Money?’
By Joe Bongiovanni Let’s begin our study of money with this question—because everywhere, inquiring minds want to know—what is money? What serves as money isn’t […]
Follow the (CARES) Money
By Sue Peters In response to the shutdown of the economy, Congress passed the CARES Act. To date, Congress has appropriated $670 billion in funds […]
NYPD Serves Us for Better or Worse, in Sickness and in Health
By Karen Rempel It’s time for marriage counselling, not divorce. Defunding the NYPD is not the answer, but education and dialogue is. The police have […]
Raffle Winners
Many thanks to the generous donors who contributed raffle items, and to all the subscribers and donors who support WestView News with your wrinkled green […]
Beehive Activity on Christopher Street Piers
By Brian J Pape, AIA Even before the ‘soft’ re-opening of many enterprises in mid June, Pier 45 & 46 at Christopher Street to Perry […]
The Last Slave Ship
George Floyd Echoed in Pride Parade By George Capsis On the very hot humid Sunday of June 28th, Dusty offered me a seat right in […]
Pride Parade Goes Virtual in 2020
By Karen Rempel Proud marchers fill Seventh Avenue during New York’s World Pride Parade 2019, led by the Research Foundation to Cure AIDS’s founder, Kambiz […]
Suzanne Poli Achievements
2019 / Stonewall 50 / World Pride Swann Galleries—four Pride photographs, one sold in The Pride Sale, the first-ever Pride auction at Swann Galleries one […]
A Delicate Balance: A Coach’s Reflection on the Pandemic
By Jake Fishbein When I started working from home on March 11th, I didn’t think I’d still be working from home today. I imagined being […]
West Village Exile
By Spencer Wolff On July 27, 2009 a group of some sixty refugees, armed with rocks and makeshift weapons, assaulted the UN refugee bureau (UNHCR) […]
Ode to Corona
By Randee Mia Berman Was planning a trip to Verona But now we’re trounced by Corona We’re all in a panic We’re getting quite manic […]
We Need Good Neighbors.
Of course we don’t “need” WestView News, and if, like the several other vanished Village newspapers, it evaporated tonight there might be just a momentary […]
Society Is Ready for a Renaissance
By Calogero Salvo During this reclusive period, my mind has been flying to other moments of my life where, similar to the current experiences, I […]
How to Get Movies on Your Cable TV During a Pandemic
By Anthony Paradiso and Roger Paradiso George called me and complained, “we are trapped in our homes and we are clicking faster and faster through […]