By Tom Lamia Several years ago, I was having construction work done at my farm property here in Maine. The contractor brought in a crew of workers to do the grading, paving and fencing for the project. Among this crew was a youngish looking guy who I took to be an African American, a rare
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Karen’s Quirky Style
By Karen Rempel | Fashion Editor This Easter promises to be bleak, and nothing is bleaker than an un-peopled Bleecker Street. When Dusty and I headed over to Bleecker for this month’s shoot, we were doing our best to put a bright face on Easter. I chose a soothing fifties-reminiscent outfit in chick-and-bunny colors with
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Style on the Street: No “Mask” No Problem…We Got This Covered!
All photos by Dusty Berke. You just finished reading a story from WestView News. We need YOU to help WestView survive. Please consider donating to keep our shoestring operation alive so we continue to bring essential news to West Village residents. PLEASE DONATE! or SUBSCRIBE.
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Upside Down
By Keith Michael I sent this article in on Sunday, March 22nd, so who knows how the world has changed by now when you are reading it. This has been the end of Week One for us, essentially, staying at home. We have fourteen rolls of toilet paper, seven and a half rolls of paper
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Let’s Get Real About Aging
By Gail Evans Sure, New York’s galleries happily show your work if you’re an older big-name visual artist who can command through-the-roof prices. But thousands of professional New York artists over age 50 who have not made a big splash in the art world are shunned by galleries unwilling to take a chance on them
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A View from the Kitchen
By Isa Covo So, spring is here—lots of flowering trees on the streets, many birds in the sky. Nature is renewing as it does every year and we should all rejoice and enjoy the outdoors, but we can’t; most of us are at home in voluntary quarantine following the advice of the medical authorities. I
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Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON !? Back on March 19th I first sent out this note— Last evening found myself going through pix taken in just the last month. How the scene has changed. From this (photo above) on February 23rd, to this (photo below), on March 18th. And from this, in late February
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IN AND OUT
It makes no sense to write the usual column this month, and my first thought was to just skip it. However, after thinking about it, I realized that WestView News could help struggling restaurants by providing our readers with information on which ones are still open for delivery and take-out. Also, if you are cooking
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Mia Says
Mia Says: Learning from mistakes is wisdom. Photo by Dusty Berke. You just finished reading a story from WestView News. We need YOU to help WestView survive. Please consider donating to keep our shoestring operation alive so we continue to bring essential news to West Village residents. PLEASE DONATE! or SUBSCRIBE.
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Karen’s Quirky Style
By Karen Rempel | Fashion Editor This month’s look is a mixture of old and new, with contrasting textures and colors. The centerpiece is the striking, shiny black PVC pants by Andrea Thurlow of Engineered by Andrea T. I love their sleek edginess. The next step in putting this outfit together was to hunt through my
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Then&Now: West 10th Views from 7th Avenue South
By Brian J. Pape, AIA THEN: Ever since the City used Eminent Domain to cut Seventh Avenue South diagonally through Greenwich Village’s established blocks in the early 1900’s, and covered up the trench for the new subway tracks, Seventh Avenue South, as well as 10th Street, were well-maintained cobblestone pavements, as seen in this view
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A View from the Kitchen
By Isa Covo I have been living in Greenwich Village for many years. I have seen it transform, as have many of us who have lived here for a long time. There is no question that nothing stays still. Whether we like changes or not, we must learn to accept them. But who wouldn’t be
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IN AND OUT
As the end of winter approaches, lots of signs have popped up all over the Village announcing spring openings. This month also saw a number of high-profile openings, and some sudden closings. Chelsea Market Update 75 9th Avenue (between 15th and 16th Streets) The subterranean space at Chelsea Market (which is dubbed “The Chelsea Local”)
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Expert INSIGHTS Lenox Health Greenwich Village: Seven useful tips for new runners
Service Line: General Thought Leader: Michael R. Nicoletti, MD Research shows that up to 80 percent of runners will be injured at one time during a 12 month period. But that doesn’t mean runners have to quit their favorite activity to avoid getting hurt. With the proper plan, they can stay in that safe 20
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Let’s Get Real About Aging
By Gail Evans Some stereotypes die hard. It’s time to bury the stereotype of senior centers as dreary places where old people sit around waiting for lunch and a game of bingo. I just spent several weeks attending classes and activities at the four Greenwich House centers serving our community, and believe me, that stereotype
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Notes From Away: A Witches’ Brew
By Tom Lamia Witches have always been with us. Proof of their existence lies in the certitude and authority of those that hunt them. If witches did not exist, would the Church find them at the heart of such a range of evil doings? Would they be so regularly identified as the source of otherwise
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Mia Says
Mia Says: Lavish compliments are the most effective weapon. Photo by Dusty Berke.
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Karen’s Quirky Style
By Karen Rempel | Fashion Editor With spring still a distant wisp of hope, bright colors can help us bridge the gap in the dead of winter. What a great opportunity to wear this delicious electric-toned dress by Andrea Thurlow of Engineered by Andrea T. Notched cap sleeves and slim pencil skirt bring a hint
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Style on the Street: Love at First Sight
It would be hard not to fall in love with any of these dapper gentlemen. All photos by Dusty Berke.
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Then&Now: Palazzo Chupi at 360 West 11th Street
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP THEN: In the 19th century, Greenwich village became an established ‘suburb’ of the growing Manhattan metropolis, and a ca. 1852 map shows West 11th Street (then Hammond Street) built up with many buildings on small lots, although it also shows a group of buildings labeled “Iron Works” at what
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Notes From Away: Truth Teller
By Tom Lamia In last month’s column, I spoke of political dirty tricks. Typically a “dirty trick” in political campaign combat involves secretive skullduggery designed to be untraceable to the candidate or his or her campaign. No credit for the trick is claimed and deniability is built into the planning. It was such a dirty
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A View from the Kitchen
By Isa Covo The second month of 2020 is the shortest month of the year and the month of love. Valentine’s Day usually falls halfway through the month, but as this year is a leap year it is slightly askew. No matter, this is the time to strengthen our existing romantic relationships or glow with
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IN AND OUT
January was once again a relatively quiet month. Greenwich Avenue, though, is heating up, with two openings practically across the street from each other. Two other restaurants openings we’d been watching for a while now look like they won’t happen. Open The Banty Rooster 24 Greenwich Avenue between Charles and West 10th Streets I received
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Five steps to a healthy heart
Lenox Health Greenwich Village: EXPERT CARDIOLOGY INSIGHTS Five steps to a healthy heart Service Line: CARDIOLOGY Thought Leader: Alexander Gorodnitskiy, MD What can you do to keep your heart healthy? Prevention is key. Eat healthy fats, not trans fats. Trans fats clog your arteries by raising bad cholesterol levels and lowering good ones. Cutting these
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Let’s Get Real About Aging
By Gail Evans I met with 85-year-old George Held in his West Village apartment to interview him about aging. Held taught in the English Department of Queens College for 35 years and was a Fulbright lecturer in Czechoslovakia under Soviet rule He is also a prolific poet, editor, translator, essayist and book reviewer. His poems
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Karen’s Quirky Style
You might not recognize me this month with my new hair color. Even though the color has changed with each month of this column, this time it is a real surprise. Brunette! When she first saw it, my friend Rhonda at LifeThyme said, “Karen, what happened, your hair is normal!” She was shocked. The brunette was inspired
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Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
Last January the Quick Clicks layout sent special greetings to “My Fellow Creatures of Habit”, including these stalwarts who are still going strong, bless them: And still i get to enjoy my cozy cocktail hour—thanks to the wonderful people who spoil me rotten at Left Bank, who gave me a permanent reservation on my
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West Village Original: John Gilman
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is author and journalist John Gilman, born in Honolulu, Hawaii. With his life partner Robert Heide, Gilman began writing the two-page centerfold for the Village Voice in the 1970s and, one thing leading to another, ended up as co-author of many pop culture books that focused
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Style on the Street: Keeping Winter Bright
By Dusty Berke New Yorkers carry the cold in stride, and with holiday festivities to get to, you can be sure to see plenty of color and style on the street. Here are a host of Villagers keeping the winter bright. Left to right: White Chocolate: Jeanne is rockin’ her winter white pumps and jeans
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Then&Now: Lower Fifth Avenue
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP THEN: Once the most fashionable high-end residential neighborhood in the rapidly expanding metropolis, lower Fifth Avenue was home to wealthy and influential residents who fought to improve the military parade grounds built over the potter’s field burial grounds. On the far left of this archival panoramic photo from the
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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, we seem to be losing our way. The current malaise could be temporary, the after effect of Obama hubris meeting Trump reality, and all will be sorted out in the
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A View from the Kitchen
By Isa Covo 2020. Twenty years ago we left a century so full of contrasts: there were the two world wars, racist segregation, lynching, the blood-drenched ends of colonialism, the Vietnam war, the end of most kingdoms, the rise of Nazism and its brutality, the concentration camps, revolutions, the killing of a young and popular
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IN AND OUT
Open 232 Bleecker 232 Bleecker Street at Carmine Street The Dig Food Group, the parent company of fast casual chain Dig Inn has opened 232 Bleecker, its first full-service restaurant in the space that used to house Trattoria Spaghetto. The chef, Suzanne Cupps, was previously at Untitled at the Whitney, and before that at beloved
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Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
”I REALLY CAN’T STAY – ‘CAUSE , BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE!” All photos by Maggie Berkvist.
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Then&Now: Westbeth
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP The Bell Laboratories Buildings, from 1898–1966, headquarters of Bell Telephone Laboratories, was also one of the world’s most important industrial research centers and home to many early technological inventions including the condenser microphone, automatic telephone panel and crossbar switches, the first experimental “talking pictures” (1923), black and white and color TV, video telephones, radar, the vacuum tube, the transistor, medical equipment,
