Sometimes You Need Neighbors
How the Charles Street Block Association got started By George Capsis Sometime around the spring of 1971 I became aware of a program that the […]
L-Train Shutdown “Mitigation” Back In Court
By Arthur Z. Schwartz The Mitigation Plan spawned by the upcoming April 2019 shutdown of the L Train, is back in court. As Westview went […]
Court to Beth Israel: “Maybe I Won’t Allow You To Close”
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Sometimes the wheels of Justice grind slowly. Back in November 2017, Westview Publisher George Capsis and I, plus the political group […]
Humberto Gonzalez-Bernal Comes Home!
By Arthur Z. Schwartz In the August issue of WestView I wrote about heroic efforts to save the life of 87-year-old Humberto Gonzalez-Bernal, a 59-year […]
Dine in Lefkada Tonight
Mediterranean Cuisine—Made with Love: From the Greek Island of Lefkada to Manhattan’s Westside Market, by Maria Zoitas By Caroline Benveniste With the dwindling number of […]
Halloween Jack-O-Lanterns
West Village Images by Joel Gordon It is believed that the custom of making jack-o-lanterns at Halloween began in Ireland, and was named after the phenomenon […]
Greenwich House Pottery Expansion Plans Fire Up the Neighbors
By Ananth Sampathkumar, Partner NDNY Architecture + Design NIMBY or ‘Not In My Backyard’ is a term you hear quite often in conjunction with developments […]
Notes from Away: Judicial Notice
By Tom Lamia Like you, perhaps, I spent time recently watching the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. I have views on this […]
Then&Now: The Greenwich Village Theater
By Brian J. Pape, AIA Greenwich Village and the area of Sheridan Square was a popular tourist destination during the 1910s and 1920s, helped by […]
Mia Says
Mia Says: It is easier to hate than to love, making love more precious and longer lasting. Photo by Dusty Berke.
Don’t Just Sit There, Resist-Part VI: What’s Next?
By Alec Pruchnicki Get it through your heads. They’re dusting off the hot seat for me! Lee J. Cobb as Johnny Friendly in On the […]
Why You Didn’t See Penny Mintz on the Ballot
By Penny Mintz If you are one of the 1,900 people, during those brutally hot days at the end of June and the beginning of […]
Politics and Civics at the Jefferson Market University
By Nancy Aravecz In anticipation of this November’s midterm elections, the Jefferson Market Library is offering three courses on political themes that will be free and […]
Reefer Madness
By Lorraine Gibney On Sunday, August 12, 2018, the West Village Wellness Social met in the Westbeth Community Room on Bank Street. I accidently walked […]
Tech Tips & Tricks
By Peter Rooney Topic of the month: Safety There are many scams online, but perhaps the most insidious is the “Scareware” scam: “Your computer has […]
IN AND OUT
Retail may be struggling, but some brands have decided that the way forward is to improve customer experience, and one approach is to add food […]
From the Blue Zone to the Big Apple: Ikaria Comes to New York
By Lisa Bernhard On November 3rd and 4th, Ikarian chef Eleni Karimalis and her winemaker husband George will talk about their philosophy of healthy living […]