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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.” […]
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 […]
Staples officially left the premises of 390 6th Avenue in early October. It joins the ranks of Barnes & Noble, which vacated the building on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]