Trump from Afar, of Mangoes and the Media
By Krishnan Sethu Mumbai is 8,000 miles from New York, but, now, only a day away when it comes to the latest episode of […]
Beasty Feast Expands: Local Pet Supply Retailer Opens Third Outlet
Interview with Owner Dimitri Kelembelidis By Barbara Chacour Beasty Feast was founded by Dimitri’s late parents in 1977, originally on Bleecker Street. The parents, who […]
New York City by Bike: The 2016 TD Five Boro Bike Tour
By Eric Uhlfelder One of the best ways to take in New York’s diversity is by peddling along the meandering route of the annual TD […]
A Shot Over The Bow
Deborah Glick—You Will Not Shut Down My People’s Law Practice! By Arthur Z. Schwartz We are three months away from the first real primary we […]
Dr. Stein Hoff to Row Across the Atlantic Ocean Solo
By Stan Fine Dr. Hoff will row from Battery Park, New York City to the Isles of Scilly, England, in commemoration of daring seamen […]
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Silent Auction/Benefit
By Rima Blair About a year after Hurricane Sandy, a group of older adults formed West Village Houses’s (WVH) Neighbors Helping Neighbors to figure out […]
The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation Awards
By Caroline Benveniste Recently, I was lucky enough to serve on the committee that selects the recipients of the GVSHP Village Awards. This year around […]
Section 8 Housing Vouchers, a Personal Experience
By Brian Pape We’ve seen the news reports about cut-backs in public housing budgets for many years, and the New York City Housing Authority […]
Inside the Car with a Fire Outside
By Reverend Donna Schaper On Tuesday night, May 17th, I took the 6:45 Metro-North train from Grand Central Station to Poughkeepsie. I often take that […]
A Presidential Penthouse for NYU
By Brian J. Pape, AIA When George Capsis got a firsthand look at the new residence for NYU’s president Andrew Hamilton, he experienced the 4,200 […]
Bill Cornwall’s Will Must Be Respected
By Arthur Z. Schwartz For 55 years Bill Cornwall and Tom Doyle lived together, as a married couple, at 69 Horatio Street. In 1971, Bill, […]
Giving the Cure to Alienation
By George Capsis As I wrote in the April issue, the response of the new President and Chief Operating Officer of D’Agostino, Bob James, regarding […]
What Food Programs are Available to Seniors?
By Corey Johnson The epidemic of supermarket closures across New York City has raised new awareness of the difficulty many New Yorkers face in accessing […]
Selfishness One, Housing Zero
By Alec Pruchnicki The preservation of the Elizabeth Street Garden appears to be a victory for open space and quality of life. On closer inspection, I […]
A Complex Industry
By Steven Monroe Smith Long before I heard the term “West Village,” I was hired as the chef of a restaurant at West 12th and […]
Pruitt-Igoe, a Lesson in City Planning Gone Wrong
By Eric Uhlfelder Pruitt-Igoe, the housing project pictured last month on the front page of WestView as it was being demolished, didn’t fail only due […]
What’s in a name? – Part 2
By Caroline Benveniste In the April issue of WestView News we featured a photo of the “Triangle” park on Greenwich Avenue between 11th and 12th […]
The Isaacs-Hendricks House
By Justin Matthews The Isaacs-Hendricks House at 77 Bedford Street, built in 1799, is the oldest house in the West Village, and one of the […]