Still Moments
Photography Exhibit By Gayle Kirschenbaum “Give me a plane, train or bus ticket, or a set of wheels and I promise I will come back […]
Mount Sinai’s Plan Comes Up for State Review
By Penny Mintz Mount Sinai is in the final stages of its application to the State Department of Heath for authorization to replace Beth Israel […]
Loveprints
By Roberta Curley LOVE is a gripping pas de deux. LOVE cries recycled tears. LOVE is Belgian chocolate and Arkansas diamonds. LOVE illuminates an infant’s […]
Advertising Success in WestView News
Dear WestView, We resumed advertising in your fine community newspaper in January and are already receiving lots of new students, taking advantage of the 20 […]
Thanks to West 13th Street Alliance
Dear Editor: Kudos to Birgitte, W. 13th St. Alliance, for the terrific holiday card workshop for adults, and to THE INK PAD on 7th Avenue […]
Affordable Housing Lottery Assistance
Dear editors, Responding to inquiries about my January 2020 article “Clarkson Towers Promise Affordable & Senior Units” and how one can enter the lottery for […]
Long Live WestView News!
Dear Editor: In the New Year of 2020 I have been reminiscing and thinking about my involvement in writing articles for Westview News for the last […]
Praise for WestView
Dear WestView, Thanks for keeping WestView going into yet a NEW decade: 2020! I want to send my deep appreciation to all of you, once […]
West Village Birds
My name is Marco Quezada. I saw your article last month on the West Village birds. I live in the West Village and for a […]
WestView Wins Heart Lab
By George Capsis In the more than five years that WestView News fought to save St. Vincent’s Hospital, one voice emerged as the spokesperson for […]
Jason Bander of Lifethyme Health Market’s Dharma: Service, Quality & Valu
By Hannah Reimann Lifethyme Health Market 410 Sixth Ave between 8th and 9th Streets Deepak Chopra says, “the highest expression of the law of Dharma […]
Cuomo’s Veto Betrays Independent Pharmacies and Patients
By John Kaliabakos Hundreds of community pharmacists and patient advocates from across New York protested at Governor Cuomo’s State of the State address in Albany. The […]
The Intellectual Savior in a Time of Nazi Darkness
By Bruce Poli My mentor and advisor at Bard College, Justus Rosenberg, a Polish Jew who speaks a dozen languages, turned 99 on January 23rd. […]
Plan Early for Your Obit
By George Capsis A month or two before Jonas Mekas died, he and his son Sebastian came to my kitchen table at 69 Charles Street to […]
14 Key Questions about 9/11: 3,000 Architects & Engineers Ask
By Richard Gage, AIA, Architect When obtaining licensure, architects and engineers commit themselves to upholding their respective profession’s code of ethics. More than 3,000 architects […]
Your immediate action is needed to save Beth Israel
I have written to you in the past about PHHPC, the state board that advises the Department of Health on plans to enlarge or diminish […]
Fragile Explosion: Jazz in the Village and Beyond
Fragile Explosion: Nina Simone A new American Jazz Musical by Michael Monasterial Sabrina Kershaw and a fine cast wowed the audience last night at St. […]
Breaking News: Governor Cuomo Vetoed 8-Story Building on Pier 40
As WestView was about to go to press on December 31, Governor Cuomo vetoed the legislation which would have allowed an 8 story plus office […]