Vigil Exhaustion
By Reverend Donna Schaper Norman Lear, who is about to turn 93, was asked how he made it so long and so well. He responded, […]
Cure for Political Myopia
By George Capsis A reasonably prosperous Mount Sinai discovered, after they took over failing Beth Israel in 2013, that they lost $90.7 million in 2014 […]
Why I Am Withdrawing From the Primary Against Glick
By Arthur Z. Schwartz There have been few moments in my life which have been more gratifying than the first day of petitioning to get […]
At Sixteen I Was Offered Drugs: A Teenager’s First Encounter
By Ralph Godfrey The hardest years of a person’s life are arguably the mid and late teens. When young men/women enter the high school realm, […]
Real Estate Assault on 11 Jane. Neighbors Knocked for a Loop.
By Robert Widmann When the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation website published the plans and renderings for the luxury condo building being proposed for […]
TESTIMONY OF THE GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
11 Jane Street Certificate of Appropriateness Application Greenwich Village Historic District June 21, 2016 Good afternoon Commissioners. The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation feels […]
Radical West Village Development Put on Hold
By Alexander Tobias Seeing a Landmarks Preservation Commission public hearing for the first time is an eye-opening experience. The first surprise comes from seeing the […]
Brick, Mortar, and Virtual Reality: A Corporate, Creative Playground
J.V. Wasserman-Francis Samsung 837, the building at 837 Washington Street at 13th Street, is among the most extreme examples of what the Meatpacking District was […]
A Message To Democratic Convention Delegates
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Editor: On the morning of June 21st all of the New York Delegates to this summer’s Democratic National Convention met in New […]
A Tale of Two Supermarkets
By Caroline Benveniste The stories are very similar, in fact almost the same. A long-standing Associated Supermarket, beloved by its neighbors as one of the […]
The Houses at 18 and 20 Christopher Street
By Justin Matthews The houses at 18 and 20 Christopher Street, built in 1827, are typical in style (and in size for the medium density […]
PIER 40: More Park (Like)?
By Barry Benepe Addressing a public meeting held by Community Board 2 on June 6, Madelyn Wils, CEO of the Hudson River Park Trust stated, […]
Consequences of Conviction Greater Than Imprisonment
By Joe Turco In late May, our Greenwich Village neighbor, Federal Judge Frederic Block issued an important and controversial decision in a criminal case titled, […]
Tekserve Closes In August
By George Capsis “Oh my, Tekserve is closing,” I said as I read the morning Times. I have a funny history with this quirky store […]
The MTA’s Travesty at Mulry Square
By Andrew Berman, Executive Director, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation Many Villagers still cannot believe their eyes when they gaze upon the triangular plot […]
Who Approves Ugly?
WestView reader, Joel Gordon, offers us a photo of what is without question the most arbitrarily ugly structure ever erected in the West Village, the […]
Avatar Tower Questions Earn MTA Contempt
By George Capsis The original design by the famed bridge architect Cass Gilbert called for the George Washington Bridge towers to be covered in concrete […]
Showing Up As Ministry
By Reverend Donna Schaper There is a Lower East Side Yiddish proverb that goes like this: “Hurry up and eat. We need the tablecloth for […]