New Models for Senior Share Living in the Village
By The Compassionate Caregiver What if we all could have the opportunity to live the last years of our lives in peace, comfort and tranquility, […]
Sounds of the Great Religions
By George Capsis The dramatic, almost theatrical interior space of St. Veronica invites imaginative uses and we came up with The Sounds of the Great […]
Sullivan’s Only Manhattan Masterpiece
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Louis Sullivan’s 1897 Bayard-Condict Building was New York’s first fully steel-framed skyscraper, overcoming official suspicions. A Pioneering Creation for […]
Louis Sullivan: An Original American Architect
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP What differentiates the icons of architecture from the hundreds of other talented practitioners that we never hear about? Sometimes […]
Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
THE RELUCTANT SPRING: We thought it would never get here, but at last, come mid-April… The magnolias burst into bloom Creativity blossomed Creatures […]
Renovating in the Big Apple—Thinking Outside the Box
By Ananth Sampathkumar and Mary Chandrahasan, Partners/NDNY Architecture + Design PLLC Renovating your new home or commercial space can be a daunting task, even for […]
Celebrating the Legacy of Joe Cino’s Legendary Caffe Cino Coffee House Theater
By Robert Heide On Sunday, April 22nd at 6 p.m., 50 years after the closing of the legendary coffee house theater Caffe Cino on Cornelia […]
The Artist in His Studios
By Jane Heil Usyk My husband, Michael Usyk, an artist, has had three studios in his life, not counting the one he has at home […]
Theater Review: The Seafarer, at The Irish Repertory Theatre
The Devil’s Disciple By Eric Uhlfelder It was his remarkable portrayal of a historical Northern officer during the US civil war, Colonel Robert Shaw, that […]
Adirondack Interlude
By Josef Eisinger When this longtime Village resident drove his Subaru Outback to the tiny village of Olmstedville in the wonderful Adirondacks, it was to […]
LPC Under Pressure for New Leadership & Rules
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Meenakshi Srinivasan, chairwoman of the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) since 2014, has announced her resignation as of June 1, […]
WestView News Celebrates Women’s Scientific Accomplishments
By John Early Ada, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of British poet Lord Byron, may arguably be the more renowned of the two in the future. […]
Cooper Union Dances Forward, Back, and Where? Who Knows?
By Carol Yost The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is now thinking, very slowly, about having completely free tuition again. It […]
Retail Dream
By Holly Boardman As I took down all the colorful crocheted tree covers on Christopher Street early one recent Saturday morning, I felt the warmth of the […]
What to Do with Empty Religious Space
By Donna Schaper One thing we could do is nothing. Close your eyes and imagine what that would look like: large broken-down stagnant spaces on […]
Striving for Beloved Community
By Pastor Jeff Wells Monday through Friday, the halls, stairwells, classrooms, and basketball court are alive with the joyful noise of children from City & […]
Notes and Perspectives from Away: New Life
By Tom Lamia Rejuvenation is a word I seldom use, but it has come to mind today as I think of what I might write […]