Obscene Graffiti Scars Village
By George Capsis In 1917 the City ruthlessly cut through the handsome historic townhouses of the Village to run the 7th Avenue subway through it […]
Join Barre3 West Village’s Dynamic Fitness Community
By Karen Rempel Is the Quarantine Fifteen getting you down? Has your fitness lifestyle been disrupted due to restrictions during COVID? Are you yearning for […]
October 2020 Community Events from Project NYC/West 13th Street Alliance
By Birgitte Philippides-Delaney and Chandra/Jo Sgammato Project NYC/West 13th Street Alliance is proud to continue our virtual community events with these October programs to serve […]
HERMAN L. LOWENHAR
November 28, 1933 September 29, 2020 A light has gone out. Herman L. Lowenhar, the beloved President of Congregation Darech Amuno has died. Herman was […]
Crowdfunding Campaign Update: A Reward Greater Than Cash
A Message from George Capsis The pandemic became real to me when the Northwell medical complex on Seventh Avenue attached a truck to their building […]
New York Spirit! Villagers Are Saving WestView News
Dear readers, neighbors, friends, and supporters, We asked you to help because our beloved local newspaper is in danger of folding forever. You answered with […]
Farewell to a Long Time Resident and WW2 Veteran
By Arthur W. Yee If you lived in the West Village anytime during the 1950s–1990s, chances are you may have patronized the KY Yee Hand […]
The Ellipse New Jersey: Turn Off Those Harsh Lights!
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP This is a call to action! In recent years, the entire Lower West Side of Manhattan has been plagued […]
Stoop the Poop— NYPD Says Eff Poo to 80-Year-Old West Village Residents
By Karen Rempel Have you ever had to clean up a large pile of stinking human poop from your doorstep? Not the flaming bag of […]
The Sixth Precinct Builds the Block
By Karen Rempel On August 13th, the 6th Precinct of the NYPD held a “Build the Block” community discussion at the AIDS Memorial Park at […]
“Whose Post Office? Our Post Office!”
Jacqui Taylor Basker, leading a group of approximately 40 West Village residents, shouted this and other chants outside the Hudson Street station at a rally in support of […]
Free Groceries for Village Seniors
By Fr Graeme Napier St John’s in the Village St John’s in the Village has been running, and continues to run, a free grocery service […]
Manhattan’s Vacancy Rate Soars
How Long Will It Be Before Renters Return? By Anthony Paradiso Just days before the WestView News September deadline, I realized I could write about […]
Veteran State Assembly Member Faces Newbie Challenger
By Frank Quinn Deborah Glick, the veteran Democratic state assembly member representing District 66, which includes Greenwich Village, Soho, and Tribeca, is facing a challenger […]
Murder on Christopher Street
By Roger Paradiso & Anthony Paradiso Dashawn Bush, 36, was murdered on Christopher St. in the West Village at around 4.20am on August 17th. His […]
Help Save the Voice of the West Village
Dear readers, neighbors, friends, and supporters, We are asking for your help because our beloved local newspaper is in danger of folding forever. With ad […]
Extended Summer
By Tom Lamia It has been a strange summer in Maine. No stranger, perhaps, than yours in the West Village, but maybe a different kind […]
A Room of Our Own
By Sandra DiPasqua This is a story about the creative writing program for senior citizens that I have been organizing for the past three years, […]