Pandemic Changes and Gratitude
By Nancy Davidoff Kelton I am 72 and was born and raised in Buffalo. Since college, I have lived in Manhattan. I am a writer. […]
COVID-19—Glance to Asia: Interviews with a Friend and a Relative in Shanghai and Seoul
By Hannah Reimann, Woon Yung Chung & Shen Xiaowen Asia Pacific Workstation Business Development Manager at HP in Seoul, Korea, Woon Yung Chung, provided WestView […]
Review: American Birds: A Literary Companion
By Keith Michael On the last day of March, compatriot West Village bird watcher Andrew Rubenfeld and I got together (well, socially-distanced “together”) to walk […]
During the Pandemic Construction Shut-Down, Some Spots are Active
By Brian J Pape, AIA When the city DOB shut down construction in March, only a few “Essential Construction” projects were exempt. In the Village […]
Whatever Lies Ahead
By Gordon Gilbert whatever lies ahead we awake opening our eyes to a new day & see ahead the many paths we still can take […]
Carousing in the Village with Terrence and Edward
By Robert Heide It was Edward Albee who first introduced me to Terrence McNally in 1958. A lifelong friend, I was stunned when I heard […]
Trump Soho Troubles
By Brian J Pape, AIA From almost every vantage point in the West Village, the 46-story former Trump Soho Hotel (now, the Dominick) tower at […]
7 p.m.
By Roberta Curley It took four weeks of sheltering in place, for the coronavirus pandemic to make me smile. I was thankful to still be […]
Unattended and Unmarked Deaths
By Donna Schaper For years, when I was a young chaplain, I brought groups of students to New York City on what we called the […]
Parity Economics Revisited: Saving Our Food From Pandemic Depression
By Joe Bongiovanni Hang in there for just a moment, Villagers, this is actually a good news story. And I promise to provide the answer […]
During a recent Zoom contributors meeting…
During a recent Zoom contributors meeting (usually held in the publisher’s ample kitchen, or in good weather, his backyard) Editor George Capsis noted the Art […]
Virus Dashes NYU Swimming and Diving Team
26 NYU Swimmers and Divers Were Headed to NCAA Championships By Anthony Paradiso Students and student athletes were eagerly awaiting the coming of spring at […]
Mom’s Lessons on Love
By Nancy Davidoff Kelton It takes a village to raise a child. It took me forever to appreciate my mother. Now years after her death, […]
Ilona Royce-Smithkin Turns 100
By Carol London Ilona Royce-Smithkin lived above The Beatrice Inn on West 12th Street for fifty years and celebrated her 100th birthday on March 27th […]
The Performance: A Tale of Bohemia and the Mob
By Bennett Kremen In the mid 1950s, when just seventeen, I took a midnight bus from Chicago through the cornfields of Indiana and the mountains […]
Villagers Can Help Prevent Burglaries in Their Neighborhood
By Frank Quinn Crime across the city is trending downward over the last month, due to the coronavirus outbreak, and the West Village is experiencing […]
Love in the Time of Coronavirus
By Catherine Revland The final article in the series “You Must Remember This,” about World War II and its relevance to our time. This month […]
A Classic Plague That Changed the Course of History: Looking to Antiquity for a Remedy in the Age of COVID-19
By Anastasia Kaliabakos In 430 B.C., a devastating plague ravaged Athens. This disease is said to have originated in Sub-Saharan Africa, south of modern-day Ethiopia. […]