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July 6, 2016

TESTIMONY OF THE GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION

11 Jane Street Certificate of Appropriateness Application Greenwich Village Historic District June 21, 2016 Good afternoon Commissioners. The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation feels […]

July 6, 2016

Radical West Village Development Put on Hold

By Alexander Tobias Seeing a Landmarks Preservation Commission public hearing for the first time is an eye-opening experience. The first surprise comes from seeing the […]

July 6, 2016

BERNIE SANDERS

Arthur Schwartz, WestView Contributor, was asked by Bernie Sanders to join him on stage at a rally held June 23rd at Town Hall. At his […]

July 6, 2016

Brick, Mortar, and Virtual Reality: A Corporate, Creative Playground

J.V. Wasserman-Francis Samsung 837, the building at 837 Washington Street at 13th Street, is among the most extreme examples of what the Meatpacking District was […]

July 6, 2016

Maggie B’s Photo of the Month

“NO! I WANT MY TREAT:” Before this Parking Garage changed hands a month or two ago, there was an employee—originally from Italy and a bit […]

July 6, 2016

BUILDINGS ON ANGLE

Two buildings on West 4th owned by the daughter of billionaire George Soros—after 6 years, two architects and a rear building collapse—had the construction wall […]

July 6, 2016

Science from Away: Some Interesting Stuff

By Mark M Green (sciencefromaway.com) The Kepler Space Telescope has added a new planet with life supporting temperatures to the two thousand three hundred and […]

July 6, 2016

A Message To Democratic Convention Delegates

By Arthur Z. Schwartz Editor: On the morning of June 21st all of the New York Delegates to this summer’s Democratic National Convention met in New […]

July 6, 2016

A Tale of Two Supermarkets

By Caroline Benveniste The stories are very similar, in fact almost the same. A long-standing Associated Supermarket, beloved by its neighbors as one of the […]

July 6, 2016

The Houses at 18 and 20 Christopher Street

By Justin Matthews The houses at 18 and 20 Christopher Street, built in 1827, are typical in style (and in size for the medium density […]

July 6, 2016

PIER 40: More Park (Like)?

By Barry Benepe Addressing a public meeting held by Community Board 2 on June 6, Madelyn Wils, CEO of the Hudson River Park Trust stated, […]

July 6, 2016

Consequences of Conviction Greater Than Imprisonment

By Joe Turco In late May, our Greenwich Village neighbor, Federal Judge Frederic Block issued an important and controversial decision in a criminal case titled, […]

July 6, 2016

Tekserve Closes In August

By George Capsis “Oh my, Tekserve is closing,” I said as I read the morning Times. I have a funny history with this quirky store […]

July 6, 2016

IN AND OUT

This month saw more upscale shops with French names coming to the Bleecker Street area. On 8th Street, an opening and closing cancel each other […]

July 6, 2016

The MTA’s Travesty at Mulry Square

By Andrew Berman, Executive Director, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation Many Villagers still cannot believe their eyes when they gaze upon the triangular plot […]

July 6, 2016

Who Approves Ugly?

WestView reader, Joel Gordon, offers us a photo of what is without question the most arbitrarily ugly structure ever erected in the West Village, the […]

July 6, 2016

Avatar Tower Questions Earn MTA Contempt

By George Capsis The original design by the famed bridge architect Cass Gilbert called for the George Washington Bridge towers to be covered in concrete […]

July 6, 2016

Corrupting the City at Jefferson Market Library

By Matt Whitman Although the arguments exist, we find it difficult not to acknowledge an inextricable link—a continuum of mutual influence—between our self and our […]

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