Is This Your Cat?
By Susan Muska When Christy Speicher saw a large calico cat sheltering in the courtyard behind her West 10th Street apartment building in January, she […]
Demand Your Hospital Now
Pier 40 Has Been Offered to Locate the New West Village Hospital (You need to say you want it!) By George Capsis “I am not […]
We Have Our Hospital
By George Capsis “Offices would be something that would generate revenue,” offered Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT) Director, Madelyn Wils in talking about what to […]
Let’s Build Our Own Hospital and Show Politicians How Democracy Works
By Dr. David Kaufman As our nation heads toward the abyss, led by—pushed by—a pathologic narcissist, who is protected and supported by billionaire oligarchs and […]
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WE LOST
On December 1st, with Council Member Corey Johnson and Mayor Bill de Blasio among the many speakers in attendance, the long awaited AIDS Memorial, across […]
Mia Says
Mia says: When you sit stalled and defeated, I offer you loving eyes and a plea to go out. Photo by Andreea Ioana Pantor.
Letter from Dr. Alec Pruchnicki, MD
This letter is part of an ongoing conversation around the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP) and the closure of St. Vincent’s Hospital. It […]
Take Another Look at Contributing Factors to St. Vincent’s Demise
Dear Editors: Like Dr. Pruchnicki, we lament the loss of St. Vincent’s Hospital and question what it says about our City that the hospital was […]
Subscribing to WestView
Your newspaper is great! How can I subscribe? I’m not able to regularly get to a place that has free copies. —David Corkery Dear David, […]
Trump and the West Village
Dear Editors: I have a question for you: Will Trump’s Presidency make a difference in the West Village? That’s the question that has been on […]
Response to “The Trump Win and Our Lives”
Dear Editors: I absolutely agree with Arthur Schwartz in his article headlined “The Trump Win and Our Lives” that New York’s Democratic Party needs reform. […]
Trump, Democrats, and the White Working Class
I am very disturbed by Arthur Schwartz’s demonization of Hillary Clinton because we “lost” the election for the alleged sin of failing to reach out […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
JANUARY 2017 I write this as the film community is all abuzz about the best of the year’s awards. Nominees and winners are beginning to […]
Trump: A Survival Guide
I am sending this to as many friends, family, etc. that I can think of and ask that you pass it along to as many […]
The Times Reads WestView
This is another “Oh wow!” moment. Recently, we have had some of our WestView articles picked up by the New York Times and I’ve thought, […]
Rent Hike Closes Da Silvano, Let’s Save Caffe Vivaldi
On December 20th, the West Village lost another institution to the greed of area building owners. Da Silvano, one of the best Italian restaurants in […]
Killer Construction Firm Says “No” to Sentence Following Death
On April 6, 2015, Carlos Moncayo, an undocumented Ecuadorian immigrant, was buried alive when a 14-foot trench collapsed at the construction site on 9th Avenue, […]
Waste Transfer Station Coming to West 13th St. Soon?
On December 24th, the New York Times Metro section featured an article about neighborhood outrage at an NYC Department of Sanitation Waste Transfer Station located […]