Building on Vacant NYCHA Land
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Nathan Rich of the Peterson Rich Office of Architects also contributed to this article. Mayor de Blasio issued a […]
Hillary’s Advisors Answer the Times
By George Capsis In the November issue of WestView, we reported that The New York Times, in a seething editorial, challenged Hillary Clinton to “make […]
Gail Brewer Says “Yes—But” to Emerald City
By George Capsis Gail Brewer, our Manhattan Borough President, answered The Times editorial endorsing the selling of Pier 40 air rights for $100 million to […]
Pier 40 Airlifts Air Rights to St. John: A Tale
By Barry Benepe Architect, city planner and father of the Farmer’s Market, Barry Benepe is steeped in the bureaucratic vernacular after decades of intense encounters […]
Harold Feinstein, 84. Legendary Village Photographer
Coney Island of the Heart By Bruce Poli Harold Feinstein, renowned Greenwich Village photographer and master teacher, who captured iconic black-and-white images of Coney Island […]
The Prime of Miss Maggie Smith—Err, Dame Maggie Smith: A Biography of One of the Greatest Actors of Our Time
By Ellis Nassour “With a face like that,” stated Meg, Margaret Smith’s mom, no less, “how could you hope to be an actress? Go to […]
Safe at Home, with Drama and Much Surprise
By Carol F. Yost On February 24, 2015, I received a very upsetting letter from a lawyer, falsely alleging that I had violated my lease, […]
Visions of Futuristic Structures on West Street
By Brian J. Pape Passing by the evening up-lit slanted walls of poured concrete, one could easily imagine the mass as a glacier calf, floating […]
Empire State Building Shows the World How to Go Green
By Leslie Adatto I write about rooftops in NYC and have been welcomed at hundreds of rooftops across the five boroughs—everything from 19th century living […]
The Cost of Being a Woman
By Commissioner Julie Menin It has been nearly 100 years since women have had the right to vote. However, it is no secret that women […]
Sheldon Silver, Deborah Glick and Us
By Arthur Z. Schwartz I held off on writing about the Sheldon Silver trial hoping to have a verdict to discuss. But the jury […]
A Cry From Paris
By Marc Levy Like so many across the world, I can’t stop thinking of those who have lost their lives this sad November—in an […]
Trump Isn’t Funny, He’s a Disgrace
By Arthur Z. Schwartz When Donald Trump launched his campaign with a diatribe against Mexicans, the media treated him like the pariah he is. […]
Hundreds Turn Out To Oppose Gansevoort Plan at Landmarks
By Andrew Berman On November 10, an overflow crowd of hundreds filled the Landmarks Preservation Commission for a public hearing on a developer’s proposal […]
The Man Who Owns Gansevoort Street
By George Capsis When Molly Bender—the sister and heir to Bill Gottlieb’s extensive collection of shabby but valuable buildings in and around the West […]
We’re Preserving What?
By Alec Pruchnicki The Present Situation When the proposal for new buildings on Gansevoort Street to replace several old two-story structures was made public, […]
Revealing a Housing Legacy Hidden in Plain Sight
By Thomas Mellins When, in early 2014, I started to curate an exhibition for the Museum of the City of New York on affordable […]
The Good Death
By George Capsis Euthanasia is a Greek word from “eu” meaning “good” and “thanatos,” which is “death”, and in ancient Greece there was an […]