Fighting Community Blight
Dear Editors: I’m a regular reader of WestView and someone who hasn’t really participated in local politics. Your newspaper has made me more aware of […]
Opposing the PeopleWay
Dear Editors: Paul Steely White’s effort to defend his indefensible proposal for the deceptively named “PeopleWay” on 14th Street, published in the April issue of […]
Bike Sharing Programs Highlight Need to Realign Transportation Priorities
On April 6, 2017, the New York Post reported that at least five bike sharing companies (competitors to Citi Bike) are attempting to distribute their […]
Signs of the Times: “Store For Rent”
By Allyn Freeman A walking tour of the West Village offers the sight of flowers that bloom in the spring but also the distressing proliferation […]
A Brief Note on the Diller Island Decision
By Clive I. Morrick On the front page of the April WestView issue, Publisher George Capsis joyfully reported the cancelation of the U.S. Army Corps […]
Valid Anxiety in West Village Residents About Heart Attack Care
“There are clear deficiencies in our health care system. It fails the test of providing universal coverage but beyond that, the major problem is the […]
Mt. Sinai To Lower Manhattan: DROP DEAD!
By Arthur Z. Schwartz The best way to learn about the state of our health care is to get sick, or to be responsible for […]
“Each Day Catches Fire”: Revisiting the Latvian Poet Imants Ziedonis
By Bitite Vinklers I first met Imants Ziedonis in New York, in 1978, at a reading he gave at Columbia University during his first […]
Rolling With the Derby
By Eduardo Cavalcanti Having recently moved from a city that offered little cultural diversity, I made a resolution to explore as much of New York […]
A Foundation for New York Art Dealing From the 19th Century
By Agnès Penot Last year, while reading “The Art of Power,” an article on Larry Gagosian published in the WSJ Magazine, I was astonished at […]
Royal Lineage in the West Village
This month, we revisit and expand upon the fascinating royal background of our WestView contributor, Antonia Maxwell. (See her piece, “Coffee with Antonia,” in the […]
What’s In a Name?
By Keith Michael “My name is Alice, but—” “It’s a stupid name enough!” Humpty Dumpty interrupted impatiently. “What does it mean?” “Must a name mean […]
CONTRIBUTORS’ MEETING INNOVATION
Filmmaker Annunziata Gianzero joins the WestView News April contributors’ meeting from California by Skype as the paper moves towards a revamped online edition.
Villager Heaps Scorn on Verizon
By Ellis Nassour Verizon has put over 70 West Village residents into nightmare mode. The interruption of phone/internet service from ‘The Company that Simply Doesn’t […]
Notes and Perspectives From Away: Maine Character(s)
By Tom Lamia In the April issue of WestView, I spoke of a long-ago first visit to Maine. That visit was an introduction not […]
Jessica Berk Gets $500K
By Jessica Berk In what may be the longest landlord-tenant battle in the City, and certainly the most contentious, my mother, Ruth, and I obtained […]