Baguette About It!
Richaud is a an actor and producer who became a baker during the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic. His delicious baguettes are now being baked […]
Honeybee Sustainability in a Can, Local to Greenwich Village
By Joseph Mintz, Co-Founder, Siponey Growing up in Greenwich Village, I remember the independent stores of Bleecker Street, the 24-hour bodegas, the numerous Chinese restaurants, […]
A Love Letter to New York, From the Midwest
By Adrianna Bojrab As a Midwestern transplant typically located in the Lower West Side of New York City (just barely West Village, per city neighborhood […]
Helping Neighbors in Need
By Michael Duane Johnson Throughout the entire shutdown of our City, The Church of the Village United Methodist Church located on the corner of 13th […]
Publisher’s Apology to Our Readers
Dear Readers of WestView News, I received three letters from our treasured readers regarding the poem “Code Blue.” I apologize to our community for offending […]
The Pines and BLM
By Russell Saray Our doorman opened our plywood-covered front door at 299 West 12th Street. The car service idled at 5:00 am. Low flying helicopters […]
2020 Village Awardee: Village Apothecary
By Ariel Kates Each year, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation honors the invaluable people, businesses, and organizations that make a special contribution to our […]
July 2020 Community Events from the West 13th Street Alliance
By Birgitte Philippides-Delaney and Chandra/Jo Sgammato The West 13th Street Alliance is grateful to continue serving our neighborhood and beyond during the COVID-19 pandemic with […]
His Name is John
By John F. Early Many out-of-town visitors to the West Village, as well as locals, have seen the young man who usually sits on the […]
Reboot 2.0
By Keith Michael It’s the afternoon of the longest day of the year: Saturday, June 20th, the summer solstice. With me safely typing at my […]
Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
THERE’VE BEEN SOME CHANGES MADE: SOME SAD – like the many, many West Villagers we’re losing SOME HAPPY – like the re-opening of the playground […]
The Village Vanguard Reopens Virtually with Live Streaming
By Karen Rempel One of the things I have missed the most during the NYC Pause is going to the Village Vanguard to hear live […]
Real Estate Goes Virtual
By Shelly Place All of us are spending a lot more time at home lately, giving us more reason to love and appreciate how incredibly […]
Kushner Real Estate in the Village: Another Slumlord
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP You may have heard that Steve Croman, the notoriously abusive slumlord owner of many Village apartments, is back at […]
The Novogratz Waverly Place Preservation Project
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Bob and Cortney Novogratz are back in Greenwich Village working on a truly preservationist project at 114 Waverly Place […]
100 Years Old, Gay, Black, Proud and Still Singing
By J. Taylor Basker On June 22, 1920, Salvador Pius Thomas, aka Tomas, was born in the county of Harrison in Mississippi. On June 22nd […]
Where Have All the Bohemians Gone?
By Donna Schaper Larry Kornfeld, Founder and Director of the Poet’s Theater, long at Judson Memorial Church, turns 90 on May 21. He lives in […]
A Vodka Bottle with an Important Political Message; Sex and the West Village; Her Shoes Could be Yours!
By Robert Kroll The fate of local community newspapers is, ultimately, in the hands of the reading public. When the public supports its local paper […]