By Karen Rempel When I was a little girl, I loved playing dress up. In Canada we had a show called Mr. Dressup that was on every weekday morning from the time my family got a television until the mid-90s. His puppet friends Casey and Finnegan were part of the fun, but the moment I
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Home on the Range
By Roberta Curley I bet Obama’s pajamas are the cat’s meow mine make me look like a pregnant sow the Former President is so neat and trim he must sleep in silk robes which bear justice to him my “lazing” gear is ancient and polyester I’d only bare it if I were called to sequester
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Joan’s Shanghai
By Joan Klyhn Joan’s Shanghai is a memoir of a childhood in Shanghai in the ‘30’s and ’40s of the 20th century. I am primarily writing it for myself, extending it to my friends, and now to the many people who have shown themselves fascinated with this period in the past. The Market This was
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Bird of the Year 2020
By Keith Michael We’ve slammed the door on 2020! Of course this presentation of the 15th Annual West Village Bird of the Year Awards, “The Millies,” will be broadcast on Zoom rather than from the traditional in-person location on the tourist-confounding corner of West 4th and West 12th Streets where my Bird #1, a rosy-hued
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West Village Streets, By Any Other Name
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP These Village streets, by any other name, would be just as charming. But since New York has a habit of changing names, some of our streets have been known by other names over the years. Since colonial times, Villagers hired surveyors to lay out their streets and plot
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Style on the Street: 2020 QuaranTeam All-Stars
MVP Matchup Front Line Heroes Dynamic Duo Triple Threat Photos by Dusty Berke and Karilyn Prisco. Follow us on Instagram @styleonthestreet_WestViewNews Submit your favorite neighborhood fashion looks for a chance to be featured.
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Local Finds. Local Love.
Support some of our favorite West Village shops and designers. Curated by Karilyn Prisco Reiss 309-313 Bleecker “Skylar” Wool-blend fabrication, notch lapels and double-breasted silhouette reiss.com POOLSIDE “The Holly Mini” Feather fringe, half-moon party tote wearepoolside.com IG: @wearepoolside Marine Layer 316 Bleecker “Soko Sayo Cuff” Woven knot detail that’s instantly iconic. Handcrafted in
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Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
DOING OUR BEST TO “KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON!” All photos by Maggie Berkvist. ….Whether shopping for a tree from the Romp Family’s annual stand on Jane Street, or welcoming back Sam Mercado’s holiday mural at D’Agostino’s, marveling at the fact that the can collector is still on the job every Monday night, and that
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Then&Now: 601 Washington Street
By Brian J Pape, AIA THEN: The meat packing industry of Manhattan developed around the Gansevoort Market for many years, but the demand for fresh products to serve butchers, grocers, restaurants and food processors meant that related businesses spread to nearby neighborhoods as well. Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors is one example. Anthony LaFrieda learned
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Notes From Away: Collins’ Chance to Lead
By Tom Lamia I have spoken often in this monthly column about Maine, my home for the past six years. I have contrasted Maine characters and characteristics, with their counterparts in the West Village. Over time mental images of New York and the West Village have receded, while impressions of Maine have moved to the
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A View from the Kitchen
By Isa Covo 2020 is over, but what problems started in this past year will not be over yet at the start of 2021. Trump still has not accepted his loss, after numerous ballots have been counted over and over with various methods yielding the same results. Whoever said, and apparently it was not Einstein,
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IN AND OUT
This month we have been reflecting on how some shops and restaurants have managed to be successful in these very difficult times. One example of a business that is doing well in spite of challenges is Sullivan Street Bakery. As restaurants closed and tried to control costs, Sullivan Street Bakery saw orders from them decrease,
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GREENWICH VILLAGE LEGENDS
Martin Berger: Progressive West Village Champion By Bruce Poli Martin Berger, one of the founders of the Downtown Independent Democrats, Vice President of Village Independent Democrats, and a great advocate of civil rights, was a progressive attorney who had West Village values written all over him. And for the West Village he loved, he did
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January News and Events
By Chandra/Jo Sgammato And now, it is 2021! Project NYC and the West 13th Street Alliance wish our neighborhood, our city, our country, and our planet a better year ahead. Let us join together in hoping for an end to the pandemic and a return to normal, or at least a “new normal,” manifesting lessons
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The Day the Village Stood Still: Happy Holidays in a Pandemic
By Roger Paradiso As the holiday shopping continues online at a feverish pace, the brick-and-mortar stores in the Village watch in envy. These are supposed to be the days they make over 50-75 percent of their revenue for the year. The streets are deathly quiet except for weekends when some decent crowds appear. But once
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LETTERS
Small Business Owner Appreciates Support It was such an amazing experience to have met Karilyn Prisco, who immediately supported my small business at a local street bazaar on Bleecker and Carmine off 6th Avenue that has been running for over ten years. Most small businesses are struggling during this very intense pandemic and these opportunities
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Karen’s Quirky Style
By Karen Rempel I don’t know about you, but I’ve felt like flying since we got the news on November 7 that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been elected the leaders of our country. The cheers, honks, and bells ringing through the streets of the Village made New York seem like herself again—electric and
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Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
A FEW BRIEF SHINING NOVEMBER MOMENTS 11/3 – WE VOTED 11/7 WE WON ! … sort of 11/25 AND FINALLY IT WAS OFFICIAL All photos by Maggie Berkvist.
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Notes From Away: Community
By Tom Lamia The election is over but the post-mortems are in a full gallop, seeking rationalization for what turned out to be close when a skunking would not have surprised. The goal now is to use the message of this one to win the next one. The challenge is to identify what happened, sort
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Tit for Tat
By Keith Michael “Let’s Go!” I’m thinking, “Spit! Spot!” in the voice of Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins, but I don’t say it out loud. Oh, if only a “Spoonful of Sugar” could make “the medicine go down” for Miss Millie with her corgi-advancing-years-arthritis kicking in. Arthritis’s actually kicked Millie in for years now, though
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West Village Original: Michael D. Minichiello
By Michael D. Minichiello It was in the October 2008 issue of WestView that George kindly published my first West Village Original article. Since then, I’ve written 90 such profiles of long-time West Village residents and George has published every one. The time seems right to now bring the series to a close. As such,
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A View from the Kitchen
By Isa Covo Nine months ago our lives suddenly changed, and nobody seems to know how long it will continue this way. In the short term it could be a good thing; we become better acquainted with our homes, we do some clearing out of our files long neglected, we dig out the articles we
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IN AND OUT
A new book, Walking Manhattan Sideways: Side Street Businesses That Have Stood the Test of Time will probably be of interest to In & Out readers. In 2011, Betsy Polivy had an idea to walk the entire original Manhattan Grid — from 1st Street to 155th Street. She traversed the side streets from the East
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LETTERS
Feynman I enjoyed Bruce Poli’s article on physicist Richard P. Feynman. Just one correction that I know of: his first wife died of tuberculosis, not cancer. —Carol F. Yost Dear Margaret Chin, I live at 170 thompson street, so in your district. But I am writing about my experience yesterday on Sixth Avenue. I
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Karen’s Quirky Style
By Karen Rempel This column is for all of you who have a favorite old sweater that you want to hang onto, even though your main squeeze pressures you to get rid of it and has tried three times to donate it to Goodwill. This quirky look is a real mash-up of styles and periods,
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What’s That Face?
By Keith Michael “I’m smiling.” Having half my face covered with a mask, I frequently want to offer assurance about what the rest of my face is saying—like a verbal emoji. Defiantly maskless beside the couch, Millie is staring at me with wide hopeful corgi eyes, beaming her corgi smile, and sitting tall (as tall
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Local Finds. Local Love.
Support some of our favorite West Village shops and designers. Curated by Karilyn Prisco Stacy Kessler “Stacy Bag” Made in USA, PETA-approved Vegan leather bag, optional crossbody. Red mask w/ Swarovski crystals shop.stacykessler.com Mila “Leaf Flare Long Sleeve” Full-print dye sublimation, Made in Brazil IG @milanybrazil Mulberry and Grand, 277 Bleecker Street
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Style on the Street: November Neutrals
Follow us on Instagram @styleonthestreet_WestViewNews Submit your favorite neighborhood fashion looks for a chance to be featured. Photos by Dusty Berke and Karilyn Prisco.
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Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE D’Agostino’s resident artist, Sam Mercado, was back—creating one of his timely murals And our neighbors kept calm and carried on… in true West Village style. All photos by Maggie Berkvist.
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Notes From Away: Update and Reality Check
By Tom Lamia In September I wrote of Gender Politics as shorthand to describe the Maine U.S. Senate race between Susan Collins and Sara Gideon. I spoke of Collins’ long and respected service in the Senate and of Gideon’s relatively short political history (and residence) in Maine. Despite these positive indications for Collins’ re-election, I
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A View from the Kitchen
By Isa Covo And so it goes, day after day, the coronavirus cases increase, the deaths mount, people grieve, workers lose their jobs, the food pantries have never been so busy, proud people feel embarrassed for not being able to feed their families, and our President tells us that things would get worse if we
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IN AND OUT
What struck me most this month was all the construction going on around outdoor dining. Now that outdoor dining will continue year-round, restaurants are scrambling to make their outdoor seating warmer and more sheltered. Heat lamps, now legal, are everywhere. Some of the structures still look makeshift, but others are quite sophisticated, such as the
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Greenwich Village Legends
Richard Feynman: Physicist, Raconteur, Musician, Humorist By Bruce Poli This is a new monthly column highlighting the giants of American culture who have lived or worked in Greenwich Village. There’s Albert Einstein, there’s Stephen Hawking, there’s Isaac Newton. And then there’s Richard Feynman…winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1965, and one of the most
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Letters
Google Excludes Xavier Mission’s “Grab and Go” from Community Grants Through WestView, I wish to thank Xavier Mission at St. Francis Xavier Church on West 16th Street for nutritious “Grab and Go” brown bags distributed every Sunday between 12:40 and 1:30 p.m. The volunteers are tireless and respectful. However, I wish to ask the recipients
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Mia Says
Mia Says: Government should be a soft glove to protect what has been achieved and to allow building better. Photo © Joel Gordon.
