Notes and Perspectives From Away: New on Charles Street
By Tom Lamia Last month, I wrote of being “from away”—a Maine expression used for those “outside” of the local culture. In New York, the […]
Erwin H. Lerner Obituary
By Ede Rothaus Erwin Lerner, a well-known Greenwich Village playwright, died at his Morton Street home on February 8th at age 81. Born in the […]
Love is in the Air
By Keith Michael Kek kek kek kek kek drops like aural sleet from somewhere above the rooflines. Dragging me to the curb, Millie scavenges for […]
Murray’s Cheese Purchased by Kroger
By Caroline Benveniste Most West Villagers were quite surprised to hear that Murray’s Cheese had been sold. And many were not familiar with the buyer, […]
Two Dollars A Pound: I Remember Murray
By George Capsis My son Doric recently corrected me: “You haven’t been living on Charles Street for 50 years; it’s more like 60.” As you […]
Lenox Health Greenwich Village Receives Service Award
The New York City Council, with a proclamation, honored Lenox Health Greenwich Village staff for treating roughly one third of the victims of the September […]
Hands Off Humberto Gonzalez! Landlord Targets 86-Year-Old Resident on Horatio Street
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Humberto Gonzalez has lived in Apartment 1D, a small studio, since 1960. Yes, 1960. He lives peaceably and quietly in a […]
Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
NOT EXACTLY YOUR RUN-OF-THE-MILL FEBRUARY: To refresh your memory, after a warm start and a record breaking 60-plus degrees on the 8th, on the 9th the […]
IN AND OUT
By Caroline Benveniste All photos by Maggie Berkvist. It was a fairly quiet month for openings and closings in the West Village, but there were […]
The Funfetti Explosion
Three of this month’s openings are part of what the New York Times referred to as “The Funfetti Explosion” back in October—a phenomenon of instagrammable […]
Trump Trauma
A New Monthly Feature in WestView News Nothing in recent history has shattered the traditional acceptance that our national government, right or left, would somehow […]
Trumphobia
By Christina Raccuia After Trump was elected, and even during his campaign, teachers noticed an uptick in bullying and distress in classrooms, as their students […]
Potters’ Protest
By Miriam Patterson Since January 20th, we have all witnessed the President’s need to assert his newfound power in a rapid-fire barrage of sweeping executive […]
Scattered Rage Forms a Collective Fist
By Benjamin Yee The ascension of Donald Trump changed America in a political instant, upending everything we knew about politics and elections, and ushering in […]
Fourteenth Street Closed to Traffic? Bad Idea.
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Hundreds of residents from 12th to 15th Streets showed up at a “workshop” held by Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and […]
Landmarks Preservation Commission Approves Six-Story Super-Luxe Condo for Jane Street Garage Site
By Robert Widmann What would Jane Jacobs say? Maybe, “Ugh!” In the late afternoon hours of February 14th, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted unanimously […]
Glenn Close Stars in Sunset Boulevard
By Robert Heide Sunset Boulevard—the musical revival—originally and recently staged in London by the English National Opera Production Company to rave reviews, had a mega-New […]
Village Development Controversies Heat Up
By Brian J. Pape, AIA This past month, several Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) decisions have neighbors upset. What drove the LPC to make these choices? […]