Mia Says
Mia says: The easiest way to receive affection is to give it.
We Need Affordable Supermarkets
Dear Editors: I’m in a state of shock! Last week, my husband and I decided to check out D’Agostino now that it has been “rescued” […]
West Village Original: David Plakke
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is photographer David Plakke, born in Michigan in 1951. A resident of Westbeth for 22 years, […]
Overwhelming Structure Headed For Jane Street: LPC Futzes Around With Window & Door Design
By Robert Widmann For decades, a very ugly Jane Street garage, blackened with urban soot, has sat cloaked in the unconscious acceptance of industrial buildings—that […]
Choosing Your Perfect Pet at Meet the Breeds®
By Leslie Adatto With more than 200 recognized breeds, how do you choose which dog to adopt? Hound or sporting? Terrier or shepherd? Large or […]
Notes and Perspectives from Away
By Tom Lamia Why “Notes from Away?” In South Bristol, Maine, where I live, I am identified as a person “from away.” The title I […]
Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
THE SPIRIT OF ‘17: Combining stamina, and a sly sense of humor, demonstrators gathered in Union Square en route to the United Nations to join […]
Another Sad Store Closing: Leo Design to Shutter After 22 Years in the Village
By Caroline Benveniste Every month, we report openings and closings in the neighborhood, and recently, I have received letters from readers alerting me to some […]
The Friars of Waverly Place
By Joseph Turco, Esq. Due to the way architectural heritage and preservation have developed in the West Village, it is not difficult to picture certain […]
Annual Taste of Greenwich House Adds a New Element
By Joe Salas From its origins in a gym in 2003, the annual Taste of Greenwich House—to be held this year on March 13th—has developed […]
Back to the Future on Charles Street
By David A. Porat Visiting 4 Charles Prime Rib is like stepping back in time, to a small old-fashioned watering hole with good food and […]
Is This Your Cat?
By Susan Muska When Christy Speicher saw a large calico cat sheltering in the courtyard behind her West 10th Street apartment building in January, she […]
Subscribing to WestView
Your newspaper is great! How can I subscribe? I’m not able to regularly get to a place that has free copies. —David Corkery Dear David, […]
The Times Reads WestView
This is another “Oh wow!” moment. Recently, we have had some of our WestView articles picked up by the New York Times and I’ve thought, […]
Waste Transfer Station Coming to West 13th St. Soon?
On December 24th, the New York Times Metro section featured an article about neighborhood outrage at an NYC Department of Sanitation Waste Transfer Station located […]
Audience Stampedes at Union Square Theatre
Fear of terrorism has us all quite skittish but, on December 18th, this fear became more palpable at the Regal Union Square Cinema. During a […]
Landlords Can Only Afford the Scaffolding, Not the Repair
By George Capsis On his first trip to America, Greek journalist John Capsis asked his cousin George what all those black patches were on every […]
Notes and Perspectives from Away
By Tom Lamia In 2004, after moving into the house on Charles Street that would be my home after twenty years in Washington D.C., I […]