A Community Invitation from West Village Wellness
West Village Wellness October aims to educate the neighborhood on how to avoid and what to do about tick-borne illnesses. On October 13th, at 2:00 […]
Just Acsing!
Dear Editor, I am retired, and was sitting around today, weary and spent like a used cartridge from trying—and, as usual, failing—to save the world, […]
Noel Coward
Dear George, I have received Jean Claude van Itallie’s permission to reprint his letter about my article about Noel Coward. I hope you will print […]
Dear Editor
Dear Editor, There are no schedules posted for both the 14A or the #20 buses at Hudson & Bank Sts. up to 14th St. (possibly […]
Transportation Alternative?
Dear editors: 6,000 pedestrians are killed each year in America by motor vehicles, not including other vehicle deaths or injuries. Although most of the deaths […]
Mia Says
Mia Says: The better you listen to a complaint the better you can answer it. Photo by Dusty Berke.
Correction
I’m sure you’re aware of it by now but you were a full four (4) years off when you mentioned Lincoln’s assassination in “1861.” It […]
New Monthly Series in WestView
Dear Editors, A few years ago I received an email from a reader in response to an article I was researching for this paper. “I […]
Friendly Ideas for Hudson River Park
Dear editors: The August article (Why) Build a Full-Size Field on Gansevoort Park? about the excellent public presentation July 24 of Hudson River Park’s plans […]
Shakespeare and Company
I love Caroline Benveniste’s column. This is a question for her. What ever happened to the Shakespeare and Company bookstore that was supposed to open […]
We Need Another Jane Jacobs!
Dear Mr. Capsis, I am a new subscriber to WestView News and I look forward to receiving my monthly issue each month. However, I must […]
Emergency Vehicle Pollution
George, I believe you have a doctor in the house that occasionally writes for you. May I suggest a look at the Northwell Emergency Hospital? […]
Keep the Bike Lanes
The issues on 14th Street are complex, but misinformation, or at least a heavily one-sided drumbeat from a pro-car, pro-parking crowd continues. One assumption is […]
Praise from Terrence McNally
To the editor, I received a very positive email from Terrence McNally about my article ‘A Banner Year for Terrence McNally’ in the July, 2019 edition of […]
Melville’s 200th Birthday
Dear Editor, There is an article about Herman Melville in the July-August 2019 issue of Smithsonian Magazine. Among other things, William T. Vollmann reminds readers that […]
14A Bus
Dear Mr. Capsis, We in the West Village are trying to keep the Abingdon Square 14A loop. The MTA wants to cut service, which for […]