Taking a Film Festival to the Next Level
By Richard Eric Weigle Having lived in Greenwich Village for 43 years and having been The Grove Street Block Association President for 15 years, one […]
How a German Fell in Love with New York— and Made the West Village Her (Most Likely Forever) Home
By Sophie Gruetzner It was the summer of 1999. Not only was it the last summer of the century but also the hottest summer in […]
Ristorante Rafele
By Caroline Benveniste Ristorante Rafele has all the things you want in a neighborhood restaurant—good food, a convivial atmosphere, and a friendly staff. On a […]
Going Home to Turkey
By George Capsis The first question a Greek asks another Greek is: “Where are you from?” As you fly down from the dark green of […]
Deborah Glick: Education and Health Care Champion?
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Although I have withdrawn from the Assembly race for health reasons, I have not backed away from my fervent belief that […]
The Lady in the Black Bag Reads WestView
By George Capsis It was hot, 91, and humid with the grey overcast of an approaching thunderstorm as I fretted over my aged staggering walk […]
Prison for Slumlord
By Emil Chynn, MD, MBA As I’ve grown older, I have increasingly begun to believe that there is something to “karma”—slumlord Steven Croman’s recent criminal […]
75 Morton Green Roof Funded by Johnson, Brewer, and Glick
By David Moss On July 14, Council Member Corey Johnson announced that he, Assembly Member Deborah Glick, and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer teamed up […]
Has D’Agostino Taken Too Long To Turn Around?
Will using limited cash to buy fast turnover items reverse negative cash flow? By George Capsis Not once, but three times, did I receive photos […]
111 Leroy Development Reduced by Half
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Facing backlash from Community Board 2 (CB 2) on earlier plans that called for a larger building and an […]
Thomas Peter Martinelli
By Katherine Martinelli Thomas Peter Martinelli (Tom), a native New Yorker and long-time Village resident, died of a heart attack on May 28, 2016 in […]
155 West 11th: Welcoming the Sky
By Barry Benepe In the September 2015 issue of WestView, I described “the building that wasn’t there,” 35XV, designed by FXFOWLE. Eight years ago, the […]
Diversity Matters. Don’t Just Hashtag It.
By Annunziata Gianzero Black lives matter. Blue lives matter. Oscars so white. Equal work for equal pay. Hashtag it all you want. Or post your […]
Stuart Davis In Full Swing
“In order to make a visual image you have to have something going on.” —Stuart Davis By Martica Sawin There could not be a more […]
How A White Community Should Look at the Racial Divide
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Hand in hand with the scary speech of Donald Trump at the recent Republican Convention was a two-week period which saw […]
Boomers— A Unique West Village Jazz Club
By Mel Watkins During the late 1960s and early 70s, just as the Civil Rights Movement gave way to the Black Power Movement, jazz thrived […]
Turning off the Music
By Sheldon Krimsky, Ph.D. Just imagine the West Village without its music—the jazz clubs, Washington Square Park musicians, the folk houses, open mikes. It would […]
Grab & Go
In July 2016, Tsyen Shen, a Chinese filmmaker based in New York, filmed in the Village the first five episodes of “Grab & Go,” a […]