Back to the Future: Art Show at Grounded
If we’re honest, we have to admit that, as wonderful as our hood is, no one could accuse it anymore of being a refuge for […]
Greenwich Gets Its Groove On
Renowned vocal, instrumental and music educator, Eve Zanni will launch a new youth orchestra this spring at Greenwich House Music School, the venerable 100 year […]
Science from Away: Science in Short Bursts
Here are two insights into Albert Einstein who was able to explain the theoretical source of what we call gravity, which he published 100 years […]
Capping Tammany Hall (Part One)
Union Square contains several landmark buildings. One of these is Tammany Hall, built in 1929 on the site of the seven-story Westmoreland Hotel, across 17th […]
Tips to Minimize Peer Pressure
Recent research confirms that often the young will “do anything” to please peers—ignoring dire, even tragic, consequences. Previously this column has suggested alternative ways for […]
Sing, Sing, Sing
It’s spring. The sky is blue blue blue. Millie and I are standing on the corner (or more precisely: standing near the corner) of Charles […]
The Changing Algorithm of Restaurants
In the late 80’s when the Marriott Marquis first opened, I went there for drinks one night. I remember I ordered a cosmopolitan, the trendy […]
Reclaimed and Repurposed
Greenwich Village, the very name conjures vibrant images of small eclectic galleries and venues where innovative poets, musicians, activists, writers and artists once thrived. Sadly […]
Big Ambitions and Small Plates
Hidden in the meat packing district is a small restaurant with a very ambitious mission—a whole animal butcher, a casual restaurant roasting local meat to […]
His Name in Lights
If—as we are in Britain and along with many viewers from all over the world—you are glued to the TV series Downton Abbey, you would, […]
West Village Original: David Maurice Sharp
This month’s West Village Original is actor, dancer, choreographer, and financial advisor David Maurice Sharp, born in Avonmore, Pennsylvania. His book “The Thriving Artist: Saving […]
Garner Grand Jury Minutes Not Released
Following up “Some Notes about Grand Juries,” WestView News, January 2015, a Staten Island judge has denied a request by several organizations to release the […]
Seven Tips Every Rent-Stabilized or Rent-Controlled Tenant Should Know
Many have speculated that there has been a recent uptick in the ‘gentrification’ of our neighborhood that adds to landlords’ efforts to get rent stabilized […]
Marilyn Schiff: Another Senior Freed from a Nursing Home!
Readers of WestView have followed the case of Ruth Berk, the retired cabaret singer who spent eleven and a half months locked in a nursing […]
Once Again Threatened with Homelessness
My tiny apartment is on the first floor in a dear little old building beyond a courtyard. I am shielded from some of the noise […]
Social Security Tips
Many of you may have questions concerning Social Security Disability, Social Security Supplemental Income and Retirement. Each of these have sub-programs. Social Security Disability is […]
Zoning Law: A Citizen’s Primer
“I can do what I want with my land.” This claim, often asserted by land owners, is not true. Early in the 20th Century the […]
Mayor’s Plan Destroys Years of Zoning Progress
A recently-released proposal by the de Blasio administration would undo hard-fought-for zoning protections and height limits in the West Village—many of which took years to […]