Live Streaming from St. John’s in the Village
By Denise Marsa With all things chaotic, quiet and quarantined, St. John’s in the Village is teaming up with Musae and Denise Marsa Productions (DMP) […]
St. John’s in the Village & Invisible Hands: Helping Seniors Stay Home
Our new stay-at-home protocols given by the Governor of New York are for the protection of the elderly and those whose health is compromised. It […]
Death of a Hospital
By Nitin K Sethi, MD, MBBS, FAAN Former Chief Resident, Department of Neurology, Saint Vincent’s Hospital April 30th, 2010 dawned just like any other April […]
Research Fights COVID
By Alec Pruchnicki, MD Northwell Health Systems sent out press releases recently, concerning research they are doing to combat COVID. Before I discuss these projects, […]
Neighbor Helps WestView!
In the true spirit of community, our neighbor, Sarah Jessica Parker, took time to promote our April 2020 issue on her Instagram account, with 6.1 […]
BREAKING NEWS—Hope: The situation in China seems to be improving
By Hannah Reimann WestView News was very fortunate to have Shen, a Chinese intern, on board with our team last Summer. Since his return to […]
Wiggins In Love
By Michael Astor Guy Wiggins remembers the song that he and his wife Dorothy first danced to. It was Frank Sinatra’s “You Make Me Feel […]
Music in the Time of Corona
By Hannah Reimann ShiZ’ka at St. John’s in the Village ShiZ’ka, a gifted and expressive pianist from Japan, performed a concert of varied periods and […]
How High Can 200 Amsterdam Go?
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Many WestView readers have commented on the Clarkson Towers project as being much too big, and impossibly tall, when […]
A Washington Square Journey
The Arch Up Ahead By Nancy Davidoff Kelton In 1960, on my third New York trip from Buffalo, I went to Washington Square Park to […]
Village Icon Vincent Livelli Turns 100
By John Livelli One of the West Village’s most storied residents—author, raconteur and world traveler Vincent Livelli, hits the century mark on April 9. Still […]
How the Coronavirus is Affecting Local Businesses
By Anthony Paradiso The Coronavirus has had a profoundly bad impact on local businesses everywhere, but especially in New York City, which has the most […]
The Big Shutdown on Broadway
By Robert Heide Just before the fear of the spread of the coronavirus shut down all 41 of the Broadway theatres in New York […]
Ghost Hospital to Rise from the Dead?
By Penny Mintz Beth Israel is warehousing 600 commissioned hospital beds that can quickly be brought into use to treat COVID-19 victims. Right now, Beth […]
To Depend on Blood
By Maria Hadjidemetriou It is challenging enough to go through this pandemic when you are healthy, to keep positive throughout the day while working from […]
Judy Richheimer, 70, past president of Chelsea Reform Democratic Club, Dies of COVID-19
With great sadness, we announce that Judith Lauren Richheimer died this morning. Judy was a longstanding member of Chelsea Refort Democratic Club (CRDC), ten-term […]
Union Square Market
A Gathering Place for Health and Community at a Time of Uncertainty, Alive and Well By Hannah Reimann Like our beloved Village stores, Lifethyme Health […]