The West Village: A Place to Belong
By Lachlan Wills A week ago I boarded a flight in my hometown of Melbourne, Australia. 30 hours later, I arrived in New York City. […]
City Councilman Erik Bottcher Delivers Essential Supplies with Innovative Nonprofit, ShelterShare
City Councilman Erik Bottcher joined ShelterShare founder, Anthony Valencia, for a delivery of donated supplies to New Alternatives, a nonprofit provider helping unhoused New Yorkers […]
An Unsung Hero of the West Village: How a Ukrainian Doctor Is Helping Her Homeland
By Anastasia Kaliabakos On Thursday February 24, 2022, the world watched a largely anticipated Russian invasion of Ukraine take place—the largest military conflict to occur […]
Notes From Away: It’s a Long Way To Tipperary
By Tom Lamia As I settle in to compose something short, meaningful and topical each month, a historical reference often intrudes on my thoughts. Last […]
Working on the Permanent Open Restaurant Program
By Brian J Pape, AIA, LEED-AP The development of Outdoor Dining in New York City continues to evolve. The Open Restaurants website of the city […]
The Changing Earth: Monotypes by Claire Rosenfeld
Opening: Tuesday, April 5, 6-8 PM Revelation Gallery 224 Waverly Place April 5-28, 2022 Hours: Monday-Thursday, 11AM-3 PM (Closed April 14 and 18) Claire Rosenfeld […]
Village Diary: Westbeth, Ben, and Beyond
By Pago Habitans* On an unusually warm winter morning I headed out for a walk along the Hudson River esplanade. Approaching Bank Street, I saw […]
Shoplifting Besieges the West Village
By Frank Quinn The West Village is struggling with the citywide plague of shoplifting, raising troubling new concerns. Particularly vulnerable are large chain stores that […]
TikTokers Convene at Washington Square Park
By Sophia Astor The park was mostly deserted one frigid day last January when TikTok creator Jonothon Lyons managed to slip in incognito. Since the […]
Jane Jacobs Deserves A Statue
By Michael Astor With massive glass towers rising to crowd Manhattan’s skyline and chain stores and bank branches littering every corner below, Greenwich Village stands […]
Village Diary: “Quiet!” She Shouted
By Pago Habitans* Libraries are just about the only public spaces where complete quiet is the guiding principle. Into those silent sanctuaries a congregation of […]
Red “W” Goes Out
The good news is that the annoying and dangerous large neon “W” on top of the W hotel in Hoboken has been dark all week. […]
George Capsis is on a Mission to Bring a Hospital to Our West Village
By Roger and Anthony Paradiso George Capsis, the publisher of this paper, is on a mission. He wants to see a modern hospital built to […]
Culture and Cuisine: Art Review—Alejando Otaola’s Tale as Old as Time
By Nat Taylor West Village residents have an unexpectedly profound treat this month in Tale as Old as Time, Manhattan-based painter Alejando Otaola’s first solo […]
Culture & Cuisine
By Hannah Reimann December 2021 brought us many surprising turns as we inched towards Christmas with a howl of uncertainty around the 17th of the […]
LOCAL STREETSCAPES: 100 Vandam St. at Greenwich St.
100 Vandam St. at Greenwich St. Originally projected for completion in Summer of 2020, this daring redevelopment of a circa 1910 six-story brick powerhouse building […]
LOCAL STREETSCAPES: 555 Greenwich St. at King St.
555 Greenwich St. at King St. This view of construction progress, from the northwest at King Street, shows the beginning of a 260,000-square-foot, 19-story building […]
West Village Housing Settles Election Lawsuit
By Brian J Pape, AIA, LEED-AP We last reported on the transition of West Village Housing (WVH) from the income-restricted and subsidized Mitchel-Lama program started […]