Euphoria in an Ear of Corn
By Jane Heil Usyk You can hardly imagine a happier person these days than my husband, surrounded as he is by a variety of food […]
If You Can’t Fix It, Lie
NYCHA gives a course in lying and even has a textbook By George Capsis I clicked on the TV to find Mayor de Blasio, in […]
“Ugly” Buildings Sometimes Age Well
Dear Editor: Researching for the Then & Now: Rhinelander Row feature (WestView’s June 2018 issue), stirred up memories for me. Fresh out of architecture school […]
More View Points Needed
Mr. Capsis, You told me in my last email that you would not write another article about the West Village Houses until you knew the […]
14th Street Fight Moves Forward
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Elevators coming to 14th Street and 6th Avenue On June 18, the 14th Street Coalition and Disabled in Action announced a […]
George is On To Something
Dear George, We just spoke on the phone. I read the article on younger, physically more capable people helping older people who need help while […]
Radical Changes from New Developments in West Village
By Brian J. Pape If you haven’t taken a walk around the West Village lately, then you are in for a shock. Block by block, […]
Have You Heard!
June 2018 Nice to be back at WestView after the nightmare of Housing Court. After almost three years of fighting my new landlord’s attempt to […]
Thoughts on Memorial Day
A good friend — a dedicated sister volunteer with the Red Cross — wrote to me and wrote, in closing, “Thank you for your service.” […]
‘Tis the Wedding Month of June
By Jane Heil Usyk June is wedding month, and this month Eddie is getting married. That sounds odd, because Eddie was two years old in […]
Caruso’s Quips
By Charles Caruso FBI: For Business Interests. CIA: Corporations In Action. ___ The eternal question: What’s in it for me? ___ Bleak beginning for the […]
A Long Ago Lesson On The Cost of War
By David S. Kerr I must have been six, or maybe just a little older, but I was with my Mom, Dad, and Grandmother, and […]
The Chelsea Hotel
By Brian J. Pape and Bruce Poli These two articles compare the good and bad sides of the most powerful forces in New York City—artistic […]
Play Emerges as Important Factor in Early Childhood Arts Education
By Joe Salas That children benefit from early and sustained access to music and arts education has been widely known. Music education helps develop language […]
Giving is Ancient — The Need is New
By Graeme Napier The Open Door was a characteristic West Village response to HIV/AIDS. It was located where the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute is—in the […]
Health of the Hudson
By Isabelle Stinnette We may not always notice it, but New Yorkers live along waterways that mix saltwater from the ocean with the fresh water […]
My Friend Eric Schneiderman
By Arthur Z. Schwartz On April 10, 2017, I texted a politician whose thoughts about running for Governor had been cut short by Cynthia Nixon’s […]
Broadway Hit: Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women
By Robert Heide Three Tall Women is the play that won Edward Albee his third Pulitzer Prize for playwriting when it was first produced off-Broadway […]