Bike Sharing Programs Highlight Need to Realign Transportation Priorities
On April 6, 2017, the New York Post reported that at least five bike sharing companies (competitors to Citi Bike) are attempting to distribute their […]
Valid Anxiety in West Village Residents About Heart Attack Care
“There are clear deficiencies in our health care system. It fails the test of providing universal coverage but beyond that, the major problem is the […]
Slipping Into the Hood—Seniorhood
By Roberta Curley You’re getting old when… You start craving ginger ale before bedtime AND find the burping an addictive pleasure. Your back itches and […]
Caruso’s Quips
By Charles Caruso Everyone wants to go to Heaven but no one wants to die. ___ Sunrise doesn’t start the day. Coffee does. ___ Dogs […]
PeopleWay Traffic Solution—Move
Some time ago, we published a photo of Charles Street taken in the 1930s where there was only one car parked—just one. Now, we have […]
WestView Fan
Dear Editors: West Villagers (even some northerners and southerners) are burning up my phone lines to get a copy of the March 2017 issue of […]
Traumatized by Trump Trauma
Below, we feature an exchange between WestView reader Mark Gianfalla and Publisher George Capsis concerning the paper’s treatment of the Trump presidency. Dear Editors: I […]
Graffiti: A Cry for Recognition
Have you ever seen a person spray graffiti on a wall? I have seen it only once and it involved three obviously rich private school […]
Mom Knows Best
I’ve been writing about politics to my son, about this and that issue, and thought a recent letter may interest WestView News. —Marilyn Schwartz […]
Fighting for Autism Care
I don’t even like to think about it—having a child with autism, a constant living source of pain—yet Margie Dienstag has found courage and purpose […]
Shall We End WestView?
“Why don’t people support the paper with an ad?” “Why don’t they send us a lousy 12 bucks for a subscription?” You are reading my […]
Savvy Shopper’s Feedback
Buying coffee at McNulty’s, I was surprised to see a handwritten sign reading “Colombian coffee $90/lb.” I asked if anyone was buying it and was told, […]
HOSPITAL RESPONDS TO EXPLOSIVE GROWTH
Chief Operating Officer Robert Guimento (left) began his presentation of the “new” New York Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital by documenting the boom in Lower Manhattan apartment […]
Look At My Art! Look At Me!
Philosopher Susanne Langer explained that art was a language, and she was right. If I listen to the introduction to a classical music piece from […]
Your Life is Not In Our Budget
By George Capsis “We publish too much hospital stuff,” Liza, our Traffic Manager, dryly quoted a WestView reader. I winced and thought “maybe” and then […]
WHO NEEDS THE MALDIVES?
Now that it rains in the desert, SoCal is experiencing a super bloom. Pictured above are California Poppy, Lupine, and Canterbury Bells flowers.
Home Care Starts with Love (Part Three)
By Gregory Solometo In the March issue of WestView, I discussed the roles of home care professionals who are essential to comprehensive elder care. This […]
Navigating the PeopleWay
By Paul Steely White With a 15-month suspension of L Train service between Brooklyn and Manhattan and along 14th Street coming in 2019, the City […]