Soccer with a View
By Barry Benepe In the September 2017 issue of WestView, we saw a lose-lose proposal to replace the current, income-earning parking garage at Pier 40 […]
Needle and Thread as Weapon
By Jacqueline Basker Taylor The Fiber Matrix exhibit at the Westbeth Gallery, which took place in October 2017, dispelled the idea of quilting as an […]
Fliedner for DA? Write On!
This month, it was reported that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. chose not to prosecute Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. for fraud when […]
Why I am Running Against Cyrus Vance
By Marc Fliedner The social media-driven movement for my write-in candidacy was born when several urgent concerns about the sorry state of the Manhattan criminal […]
WestView Goes 360
By Annunziata Gianzero You may be asking, “What exactly am I looking at?” Or, if you’re familiar with virtual reality and the new trend in […]
NYCHA Lives Matter
By Reverend Michel J. Faulkner Eighty years ago, Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia established the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to provide a way out […]
Cage-Free in Washington Square Park
By Stanley Wlodyka The larger-than-life silver birdcage would block the path through the Washington Square Arch if not for the two refugees cut out from […]
New Tools To Fight Bad Landlords: Free Lawyers
By Joseph Turco, Esq. Here is some good news for tenants: The gradual rollout of the ‘Right to Counsel’ for tenants in the NYC Housing […]
Where is Steve Croman?
By Mary Ann Miller and Cynthia Chaffee When Judge Jill Konviser sentenced Steve Croman to one year in Rikers, she said, “Rikers ain’t the Ritz.” […]
An Update on Steve Croman
By Joseph Turco, Esq. In my September 2017 WestView article, “Landlord of the Flies: Steve Croman’s Social Diary is Empty,” I wrote that ‘The Madoff […]
Move Along, Nothing to See Here!
Staples officially left the premises of 390 6th Avenue in early October. It joins the ranks of Barnes & Noble, which vacated the building on […]
Westbeth Gallery Hosts “Thinking Big”—Large-Scale Paintings by Blue Mountain Gallery Members
By Martica Sawin A show of large-scale paintings by members of the Blue Mountain Gallery, a leading artists’ cooperative, currently occupies a guest slot at […]
Challenging the Incumbent
By Evan Roth Smith Christopher Marte’s incredible and unlikely challenge to two-term incumbent Council Member Margaret Chin has been fueled by determined grassroots opposition to […]
A Conversation with the Mastermind Behind Christopher Street’s Colorful Trees
By Andrew Buemi If you’ve walked down Christopher Street in the last several months, you’ve likely come across the trees sheathed in festive bursts of […]
Federal-Era Homes in the West Village
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP When the New York State Commissioners’ Plan of 1811 adopted the rectangular grid plan of streets and lots, typically […]
A Brief, Comical History of The Chumley Society
By Gordon Hughes According to historical myth, Lord Chumley was the first true advertising executive in history. Somewhere in the mists of time, in England, […]
Village Community Boathouse—More Than Just Boats
By Sally Curtis “I am a coxswain, a boat’s steersman, and leader,” says Haymar Lim, age 23, “and as our crews row in the very […]
Will Sexual Harassment End?
By Arthur Z. Schwartz This is one of the hardest pieces I have ever written. The Managing Editor of WestView asked me to write about […]