IN AND OUT
July is usually a slow month, but this year there was lots of activity. In particular, the Village has become more of an Asian food […]
Don’t Just Sit There, Resist—Part IV: Take the House!
By Alec Pruchnicki If you think President Trump’s performance in Helsinki was great, and the direction of the nation is just peachy, this article is […]
Class War in Greenwich Village: Mini Versailles or Senior Housing with a Garden?
By Jim Fouratt Recently, when I called attention to the possibility of “class war” over a city-owned lot on Elizabeth Street, I was half joking. […]
The Value of Knowing Nothing
By George A. Davidson A few years after graduating in the class of 1967, I returned to Columbia Law School to judge a moot court […]
The West Village
By Lorraine Gibney Every person who has walked through the West Village understands that this place is unique. My family arrived in New York during […]
Developments at Hudson River Park – Celebrating 25 Years of Piers
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP On May 30, 2003, the first completed section of Hudson River Park (HRP), which began in 1999, was officially […]
The Impracticable Life of NYC’s Street Vendors
By Milad Momeni New Yorkers. We love the hustler. We venerate the feisty businessperson who lays it all down for their dream. Nevertheless, as the […]
CB3 Resolution Aids Beth Israel’s Demise
By Penny Mintz July was a very busy month for getting people to sign an order to get candidates on the ballot for the Democratic […]
Comment: You Can’t Stop a Problem Unless You Admit to It
On July 14th, I received a two-page letter via the US mail. The following was just one small part: “The reason I am writing this […]
Honesty as a Business: A Prophetic Coincidence
By George Capsis Oh, wow, I read in the July 22nd Sunday Times that Exxon discovered a gushing oil reservoir off the coast of Guyana, […]
Penny Mintz Takes on Governor Cuomo In Disguise
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Over the last few months, WestView readers have been kept abreast of the efforts to keep Beth Israel Hospital open thanks […]
Saving Humberto
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Humberto Gonzalez Bernal has lived at 88 Horatio Street, in a 250 square foot studio, since 1957, shortly after, at the […]
Open Letter to Roy Leavitt, Executive Director of Greenwich House
Roy—When I asked you why you needed $180,000, and were you in a financial hole, and what were you going to do with the $180,000, […]
City Awards WestView $5000
Erik Botcher, the Chief of Staff for City Council Speaker, Corey Johnson, called George Capsis, the publisher of WestView News, to say the City had […]
Battle on Barrow Street—A Victory for Organized Villagers
By Jane Heil Usyk Well! It has been quite a week; several meetings, two demonstrations, petition signing, and who knows what next week. Here is […]
Two Village Institutions Show There’s More That Unites Us Than Divides Us
By Joe Salas A pen-pal program between members at Greenwich House’s Center on the Square Senior Center and the kindergarten and first graders at Village […]
West Village Original: Vincent Livelli
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is Vincent Livelli, born in Brooklyn in 1920, baptized at St. Anthony’s on Sullivan Street, and […]
Farewell to the Queen of Pasta
By Jane Heil Usyk Just got out of Perazzo’s, where Mrs. Raffetto was lying in state. It was the center of Village life today; half […]