When Kopper’s Chocolate Sweetened Greenwich Village
-By Brian J Pape, AIA, LEED-AP ““The appetizing aroma of chocolate that is being melted pervades the factory of the Kopper Company at 18 Waverly […]
Britain and the Elgin Marbles: How Brexit Can Restore Greek Artifacts and Honor
By Anastasia Kaliabakos In the aftermath of Brexit, a debate has arisen over whether Britain should return artifacts that had been “unlawfully removed” from their […]
LGBTQ Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
From oppression to achieving the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, we are proud to present our selection of LGBTQ historic milestones, […]
“Every Winter was a Valley Forge”
By Catherine Revland This is the third article in a series, You Must Remember This, about World War II and its relevance to our times. […]
Notes From Away: Maine Tough
By Tom Lamia It is a new year. This one promises less than most. Despite our venerable Constitution, and a history of grit and valor, […]
My Date with Jimi Hendrix and Mrs. Maisel
By Gy Mirano Wondering around one of my favorite New York neighborhoods, the West Village, I found the Music Inn. There’s nothing like getting lost […]
Mount Sinai’s ER Is a War Zone
By Penny Mintz Not too long ago, a nurse came into the emergency room of Beth Israel Hospital as a patient seeking emergency care. This […]
Hindsight: The West Village Committee in the Sixties
By Brian J. Pape, AIA Today’s residents of the West Village owe a lot to the activists who lived here before us. They say “Hindsight […]
Notes From Away: Maine History Lesson
By Tom Lamia As the State of Maine heads into its annual state of hibernation, I leave you with a few odd facts (culled from […]
Bell Labs’ Second-Best-Kept Secret
By Catherine Revland Part Two of a series, You Must Remember This, about World War II and its relevance to our times “How do you […]
A Colonial American Romance
The True Saga of an American Beauty Who Captured a Baron’s Heart A destitute young lady is swept off her feet by a swashbuckling Baron…the […]
Structural Report and Eye-Witnesses Conclude- WTC Building 7 Didn’t Collapse from Fire
By Brian J. Pape, AIA The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) recently released an independent report on the destruction of 47-story World Trade Center Building […]
Finest Hour
By Catherine Revland The first article of a four-part series, You Must Remember This, about World War II and its relevance to our times “The […]
Then&Now: Washington & Christopher High Line
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, Architecture Editor Then: This 1940 Municipal Tax photo of 634-648 Washington Street views its intersection with Christopher Street, looking southwest. […]
Then&Now: Seventh Avenue South/200 West 11th Street
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, Architecture Editor THEN: This site, addressed 192 Seventh Avenue South in the 1940 tax photo, was on a forlorn thoroughfare […]
Notes From Away: Deja Vu
By Tom Lamia Margaret Chase Smith was a US Senator from Maine whose life and political career offer proof of the power of independent thinking […]
View From My 91st Floor Window
By Karin Batten In 2001 I had just moved to the Westbeth artist housing community, in the West Village, two months prior to the 9/11 […]