A Capsis Family Celebration
WestView Publisher George Capsis (right) is surrounded by his family at his recent birthday celebration. Seated left to right are his daughter-in-law Ariadne, son Doric […]
A Long Strange Trip to the West Village and a 2021 Resolution
By Kieran Loughney The neon-green down parka was more functional safety gear than fashion statement. Stuffed in my backpack with a Grateful Dead tape, a […]
Local West Village Artist Supports Cure for AIDS
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Until it was shuttered by the pandemic, Carlos Abisaab worked as a waiter in West Village favorite Barbuto. Finding himself out-of-work […]
Alice—A Lovechild Restaurant Is Born in the Pandemic
By Karen Rempel The restaurant lifespan in New York has shriveled like a dried chanterelle. NY Eater estimates that 1,000 restaurants closed between March and […]
Pompeii Flea Market/Bleecker Street Market
By Ede Rothaus Interview with Sheila Strong, Manager As part of WestView News’ ongoing coverage of the impact the Coronavirus has had on our Village […]
ShiZ’ka, Pianist
Join us on December 12 at 7:30 PM Powerhouse Classical Pianist SHIZ’KA Premieres “PASSAGGIO E IMPULSO” By Denise Marsa ShiZ’ka continues her association with St. […]
Community Events from Project NYC and The West 13th Street Alliance
By Birgitte Philippides-Delaney and Chandra/Jo Sgammato December is shaping up to be a busy month for Project NYC and The West 13th Street Alliance, with […]
Local Finds. Local Love.
Support some of our favorite West Village shops and designers. Curated by Karilyn Prisco Stephen Hall Art Pillows & Totes stephenhallart.com IG @samanthahall666 […]
327 Bleecker Demolition Begins
By Brian J Pape, AIA At what seems to be a snail’s pace, the demolition of the derelict building at 327 Bleecker, southeast corner of […]
GREENWICH VILLAGE LEGENDS: Why Ramsey Clark is Our Model for the Future
By Bruce Poli There are few unheralded heroes left today who have built what is now our great civil rights movement across America. One of […]
Fond Memories of Greenwich Village
By Susan Schwartzman As a young girl in my tweens, my mother took me to visit my great aunt, who lived in a tiny, cluttered […]
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 […]
Neighborhood Cleanup with Candidate Erik Bottcher
By Bob Cooley Every Sunday at 11:30 a.m. volunteers gather at the NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle (Seventh and Greenwich Avenues) to […]
In the Eye of the Beholder? Graffiti on West Village Buildings
By Brian J Pape, Aia, Leed-Ap Protest street art appeared everywhere during the months of civil rights protests in many cities, when plywood seemed to […]
Why Am I Running?
BECAUSE OUR CITY NEEDS VISION By Arthur Schwartz Our City is a mess! Our Community is a mess! WestView readers for the past ten years […]
Historic Salmagundi Art Club on Fifth Avenue hosts 42nd Annual Open Exhibition November 9-20
Last year’s exhibit included works by WestView News’ Dusty Berke and Karen Rempel. This year’s exhibit again includes work by Karen Rempel in the Parlor. […]