Then & Now: Scenes Around Greenwich Village
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP This iconic landmark was almost destroyed in 1958 after the city and courts decided to vacate it. Through the […]
People Parking – Outdoor Dining Rather Than a Wall of Steel
By Barry Benepe Public space in New York City is largely contained in its 5,000 miles of streets. Many of the largest park lands lie […]
Facelift for Jackson Square and Jane Street Garden Fence
By Barry Benepe A recently rebuilt Jackson Square is about to be rebuilt once again to repair and reconfigure the individual landscape elements while retaining […]
5Pointz Decision, Part 2: The Tuesday Morning Massacre
By Catherine Revland On March 14th, the lecture room at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park South was packed with artists, attorneys, curators, art […]
Ramsey Clark: Living Legend of the Great Society
By Bruce Poli “The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.” […]
Musings and Personal Remembrances on the Music of the April Concert
By Michael Feldman In July 1956, I was a 17 year old graduate of Music and Arts High School, a not bad clarinet player and […]
Tech Hub
By Andrew Berman Mayor de Blasio has filed an application for a rezoning to allow a large new “Tech Hub” to be built on the […]
Briefly Noted
Sylvia Ross-Epstein Sylvia Ross-Epstein, 82, resident of West 4th Street since 1968, passed away Friday, March 9, 2018. She was born August 25th, 1935, in […]
The Planets Aligned
Hi George, I have to share with you something that happened shortly after my article came out in the WestView News. As I mentioned in […]
Deal with St. Luke’s
Dear Editor, My, my, two full pages of an Open Letter ‘Advertorial’ from a reader, David D. Turner, March 2018 issue. Such a notable deviation […]
St. Luke’s Deserves Outcry
Dear Editors: I’m writing regarding David D. Turner’s advertorial of February 27th. There’s been almost no other visible public outcry about what St. Luke’s has […]
Consider Co-housing
Dear Editor, Your February 2018 article “G-d at the Drafting Board” was thought provoking and novel. Readers can disagree with taking an active playground to […]
WestView Matching Service
Dear George, Thank you for all you do for our community, for the newspaper, and for the concert series at St.Veronica’s. I love your idea […]
Paper Trail
Feb. 23, 2018 Twisp, Washington Dear George, I always enjoy getting the WestView News in our mailbox here on the other side of the country. […]
Artists, Property Rights and the Law
Dear Editor, I am thankful for the article The 5Pointz Decision, March 2018, by Catherine Revland, because it offers a comprehensive distillation of a very […]
Lawsuit Filed to Stop L Train Shutdown
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Ever since discussion of the L Train Shutdown, scheduled for April 2019, began, people affected have felt run over by the […]
How Cynthia Can Become Governor
By George Capsis “There is a beautiful young lady out here who wants to see you— do you want to talk to a beautiful young […]