City Council Candidate Finds New Way to Shop Local
By Leslie Boghosian Murphy Local businesses have long been the economic heartbeat of our neighborhoods in New York City. How many of us have been […]
The Fight to Restore All Subway Service and Reduce the Fares
By Arthur Schwartz I am going to start by using numbers, not rhetoric. Forty percent of all commutes to work are done by subway or […]
Valentine’s Day 2021, St. John’s in the Village, Live Streaming Concert
Valentine’s Day 2021, St. John’s in the Village, Live Streaming Concert: Romance of the Violin featured in photo L-R: Franz Rembart & Christine Hansen, Claire […]
Self-Care Meditation
By Dana Jean Costantino As we approach a full year of life under Covid restrictions, many of us are beginning to feel fatigued. Fatigued from […]
Opening a Restaurant: A West Village Production
By Reed MacNaughton “How do I open a restaurant?” they asked me. Their minds were made up, arguing was useless at this point. They understood […]
540 Hudson Street Finally Gets LPC Nod
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP The familiar Caribe vans and delivery vehicles parked at the corner lot of Hudson and Charles Streets, a former […]
Manhattan’s First Public ‘Beach’ Is in the West Village
By Brian J Pape, AIA, LEED-AP News outlets are atwitter with excitement for the “first public beach” in Manhattan, and it’s going to be right […]
First Skyscraper Coming to West Village
By Brian J Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Plans have been approved for the first ever skyscraper in the West Village. At an ‘unprecedented’ height of 420’, […]
Thoughts About Racism, Our History in Greenwich Village, and the Tasks Ahead
By Arthur Z. Schwartz It now seems like a long, long time ago, but it was only last June, after the horrific murder of George […]
September was the Cruelest Month: We Lost Isaac from Isaac’s Barber Shop
By John F. Early “In The Waste Land (1922), T.S. Eliot wrote convincingly that ‘April is the cruelest month,’ but a case can be made […]
Love Blooms and Endures in the West Village
By Kieran Loughney “…I don’t really know her, but I think I could love her, Crimson and Clover, over and over.” The two of us […]
Rising from the Ashes of Bleecker Street
By Karilyn Prisco Fireplace, a consignment store and “functional art hub” has opened at 409 Bleecker Street despite the freezes and closures of neighboring boutiques. […]
Food Scrap Collection
By Ede Rothaus Food scrap collection is up and running again in our neighborhoods after being shut down by COVID-19 prevention measures. Led by the […]
Working to Save West Village Restaurants
By Maggie Berkvist By late December, we at WestView News felt the recent congressional stimulus package was not going to begin to cover our West Village restaurants’ […]
NYC “Housing Connect” Offers Affordable Housing
By Brian J Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Clarkson Square is two gigantic towers, 430 feet high, designed for 1,586 residential units, filling the entire block from […]
Michael Salomon Morton
Michael Salomon Morton died on January 7, 2021, at his home in Lyme, NH, after a year of treatment for Glioblastoma. Mike was born on […]
Real Estate Corner
By Scotty Elyanow It would be an understatement to say that real estate in 2020 has been quite a challenge. While people here and across […]
Apartment Available At WestView
A lovely apartment with a marble fireplace overlooking the garden is available at 69 Charles Street. Village rents are coming down, making this luxury apartment […]