“ACT UP! Fight Back! Fight AIDS!”
By Stanley Wlodyka Last month marked the 30th anniversary of an unprecedented event, one that saw worlds collide. Organized by AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power […]
Amazing Deal for Beginners at Integral Yoga Institute
By Chandra/Jo Sgammato I am so passionate about sharing the benefits of Yoga. Learning to stretch the body, breathe deeply, relax fully, and meditate peacefully […]
Westbeth Super-Senior Scammed—Don’t Fall for Social Security Fraud
By Arthur Z. Schwartz A 97-year-old Westbeth resident (name withheld for privacy), who we will call Val, an active dancer who still performs internationally, got […]
Sellout at Pier 40 and St. John’s Terminal!
By Arthur Schwartz An eight-story (or higher) office tower on Pier 40? A million-square-foot Google hub across the street? In case you blinked, that’s what […]
Mount Sinai’s ER Is a War Zone
By Penny Mintz Not too long ago, a nurse came into the emergency room of Beth Israel Hospital as a patient seeking emergency care. This […]
Crooked Lawyer Encounters Lawyer Victim
I got an anxious call from Gretel Ramirez, the very nice lady who, with her brother, operates the friendly Sandwich Shoppe on Greenwich Avenue, saying that […]
Privilege in the Village
By Emily Roemer What is privilege as it pertains to a village, you may ask? Let me explain. By definition, “vil·lage priv·i·lege” is a special […]
La Petite Ecole, a Bilingual “Art-de-Vivre” Preschool in the Village
By Alexis Lloyd Frenchmen in New York, and Frenchwomen for that matter, usually avoid the company of other French people in New York. We […]
Diller’s Little Island Announced
By Brian J. Pape, AIA Diller Island, aka Pier 55, has a new name—“Little Island”— announced by a November 13th press release and cartoonish banners […]
Survivors of the Lost Village: James Drougas
By Roger Paradiso James Drougas always loved books. “When I was 12 years old, I used to visit a small book shop on Main Street […]
Disney World Comes to Hudson Square
By Brian J. Pape, AIA The Walt Disney Company has presented quite a straightforward background building for its new New York headquarters at so-called 4 […]
How to Sell: Act as the Buyer
By George Capsis Every once in a while I get a young voice on the phone that wants to know if I want to buy […]
The Battle for Better Bus Service Still Not Won
By Barry Benepe Two additional encounters with the 14th Street SBS bus are also worth recounting followed by some reflections on DOT transportation policy or […]
Airbnb tenant discovers NYCHA roach trap
By George Capsis Last month WestView ran a long article about the city inviting real estate developers to bid on building brand new apartment buildings on […]
Then&Now: Westbeth
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP The Bell Laboratories Buildings, from 1898–1966, headquarters of Bell Telephone Laboratories, was also one of the world’s most important industrial […]
Latest Westbeth War: The Gallery
By J. Taylor Basker Westbeth has been mired in controversy since its first rent strike in the 70’s and the attempt to turn it into […]
Beth Israel Petitions Delivered to Governor
By Penny Mintz On Monday, November 18th, State Assembly Member Harvey Epstein and members of a coalition of community and city-wide organizations conducted a press […]
5G Comes to New York City Despite Poor Understanding of Health and Environmental Impacts
By Beverly Rubik The telecom industry wants to deploy 5G antennas (small cell antennas and power supplies) in our neighborhoods and near our schools and […]