Bernie Sanders Says
“There is a lot of sentiment that enough is enough, that we need fundamental changes, that the establishment — whether it is the economic establishment, […]
Mrs. Green’s Has Opened!
By George Capsis For over a year the large store space that use to house Duane Read on Hudson and Bank has displayed cheery signs […]
An Open Letter to Debra Glick Retire or Face a Challenge (Maybe from Me)
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Twenty-five years ago an upstart threatened to run against longtime Greenwich Village Assemblyman Bill Passanante. Bill had become a progressive force […]
Why Iranian Activists Speak English
By George Capsis Senator Schumer lost it for me when he came out against the Iran agreement. Yes, he is Jewish, but he is also […]
My Arrest. It Wasn’t Fair and It Wasn’t Fun.
By Arthur Schwartz Taken in handcuffs from the 6th precinct out onto 10th Street, Arthur Schwartz experienced the searing humiliation of eyes asking “what […]
Former Attorneys Take Croman to Court: The Game of Tactics
Greed Bites the Hand That Steals for It Intro by George Capsis The hand-cuffed arrest and subsequent arraignment in Criminal Court of activist attorney Arthur […]
Do Not Take Diller’s Thirty Bucks
By George Capsis I was taking a vacation from my morning Times while at Bridgehampton, when MaggieB. emailed me a June 11th article […]
Westbeth Board Sues to Conceal Numbers
“I always thought that the basic tenet of Journalism was to get both sides of the story” was the bristling challenge from sixty-one year-old Executive […]
Why You Never Get a Bill from the Hospital
“Knee replacement, or knee arthroplasty, is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing surfaces of the knee joint to relieve pain and disability.” –Wikipedia After […]
Stonewall Landmark
HONORING A MOVEMENT: The Landmarks Preservation Commission will decide on Tuesday, June 2 whether to consider the Stonewall Inn for city landmark status—making it the […]
Will Westbeth Be the Next St. Vincent’s?
“Quintessential New York location! Spectacular sunset views!” The Web site for Ramscale Productions tantalizes wedding planners with photos of its 3,500 sq. ft. penthouse and […]
Defy Landlord by Dining At Lima
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Something is smelly on the corner of Bedford and Christopher, and it’s not the food from the corner restaurant, Taste of […]
The New Whitney Museum Opens its Doors with a Block Party on May 2
The arrival of the new Whitney Museum may be the most exciting event in the West Village since the survivors of the Titanic were brought […]
Bring Back the Push Cart
“What am I going to write about?” I asked myself as I awoke still feeling the pain from the removal of a “calcified nut shell” […]
Nursery School Parents Sue Church Over School Closure
Forty families, most based in the Village and Chelsea, have done the unthinkable—sued the nuns who run the Montessori nursery school their kids attend. If […]
Greenwich Lane Accident
MEMENTO MORI: 10 days after a piece of fencing blew off the West 12th Street side of the Greenwich Lane condominium construction site on March […]
The Guardian Calls Diller Island “Fairyland Urban Planning”
Oliver Wainwright, a trained architect and the architectural critic of The Guardian does not seem to like the so called “Garden Bridge” designed by Thomas […]
$137,000 MUSHROOM
West View estimates the cost of just one concrete and steel mushroom pile to hold up Diller Island at $137,000. A $44 MILLION DOLLAR BOUQUET: […]