West Village: A Food Desert?
By Barry Benepe Writing in the September 2017 issue of WestView, Robert Widmann bemoans the loss of food markets in the West Village. (See the […]
Getting Ahead of Workplace Harassment
By David Hassell According to workplace culture expert David Hassell of 15Five—a performance management solution company that simplifies employee feedback—sexual harassment isn’t just a case […]
Senior in Urgent Need of Representation to Prevent Unjust Eviction
By Eileen Hickey I am a 71-year-old citizen/comedian/artist in an eight-year divorce facing possible eviction from my home of 43 years, which is maintained by […]
She Wouldn’t Take the $5
By Carol Yost One recent Thursday evening (November 2nd), I saw a pale, thin, elderly woman sitting on the sidewalk with her back against a […]
A Season for Miracles: A Village Landmark Brings Together Hundreds
By Stanley Wlodyka St. Veronica’s claim to sainthood was simply this: She saw a need and did what she could to fill it. A man […]
What Do You Think of Governor Cuomo?
By Arthur Z. Schwartz As 2017 draws to a close, a year when most WestView readers have held their breath every time there was a […]
Only 15 Minutes of Your Time
By Catherine Revland His name is fairly common, so I’ll just call him Gene P. He was on the list of go-see’s from the booker […]
West Village Houses Threat: Developer’s Takeover Bid Considered
By Brian J Pape, AIA In four recent issues starting in April 2017, WestView News has covered the West Village Houses (WVH)—a 420-unit cooperative (co-op), […]
Move Over, Jane Jacobs, Jeremiah Moss Has Come to Town
By W. Russell Neuman Jeremiah Moss came to town in 1993 at age 22 and fell in love. He fell in love with the gritty, […]
Nothing’s Changed!
By Mary Ann Miller and Cynthia Chaffee You can ask any Croman tenant, “Has anything changed since Steve Croman went to jail?” and you’ll get […]
Efforts to Save the Last Health Centers of Lower Manhattan
By Penny Mintz Is Beth Israel Hospital going the way of St. Vincent’s (closed), Cabrini (closed), St. Vincent’s Midtown (closed), and Gouverneur (an out-patient center […]
Flower Power Man
By Robert Heide In the mid-1960s, the Beatles recorded two prominent hits. One expressed the desire for revolution, suggesting that “we all want to change […]
Keeping the Bohemian Vibe Alive
By Sophie Gruetzner Our Village was once the home of many wonderful artists, poets and writers—Bob Dylan! Hunter S. Thompson! Today, many longtime residents mourn […]
Your Humble Foreign Correspondent: Goodbye to All That
By Paul Dalnoky My ties to Downtown date back to 1972 as a sophomore at a prestigious high school at 1st Avenue and 15th Street. […]
Viewing the War on Drugs at Age 14
By C.A.S.E. There is an ongoing war. It’s not in some foreign nation, not one that we read about in the papers, and not one […]
John Capsis, Greek Journalist and Politician, Dies
By Pantelis Kapsis John Capsis, who passed away on Monday, November 13th, was a notable journalist and politician. He was born in 1929, into a […]
Mr. Capsis Knows Why He Was Detained
(A Tribute to Cousin John)
By George Capsis In 1949, when I was 21, I asked my father for money to visit Paris. He said that he would only give […]
An Act of Faith
By George Capsis “Nobody will come. Nobody.” I could visualize this scattering of puzzled attendees in the vast pews of St. Veronica’s which can seat […]