Neighbors Helping Neighbors Silent Auction/Benefit
By Rima Blair About a year after Hurricane Sandy, a group of older adults formed West Village Houses’s (WVH) Neighbors Helping Neighbors to figure out […]
City Sells 50% Interest in Federal Supported Housing
By George Capsis While I was interviewing a 77-year-old senior on how he survived on a social security check of $800 dollars he offered […]
The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation Awards
By Caroline Benveniste Recently, I was lucky enough to serve on the committee that selects the recipients of the GVSHP Village Awards. This year around […]
Charmed at Tapestry
By David Porat Suvir Saran owned a restaurant in New York called Devi on West 18th Street, not too far from where the Union Square […]
Section 8 Housing Vouchers, a Personal Experience
By Brian Pape We’ve seen the news reports about cut-backs in public housing budgets for many years, and the New York City Housing Authority […]
Some Lost Jazz Clubs of the Village
By Clive I. Morrick Nightclubs, piano bars, cabarets, jazz clubs—call them what you will. The Village, east and west, has known many over the years. […]
The Inaugural Production of the Jefferson Market Playhouse
By Trevor Davis-Darden Court is once again in session at Jefferson Market! This time, however, actors will be on trial, and the defendant has already […]
Inside the Car with a Fire Outside
By Reverend Donna Schaper On Tuesday night, May 17th, I took the 6:45 Metro-North train from Grand Central Station to Poughkeepsie. I often take that […]
As the Tonys Celebrate Their 70th Anniversary: Memories of Award Namesake Antoinette Perry
By Ellis Nassour The Tony Award is Broadway’s most coveted prize. But who’s this Tony? The awards, presented by the American Theatre Wing and Broadway […]
Made at the Library: Fashion!
By Corinne Neary What do you think of when you think of libraries? Probably books, computers, maybe even classes and programs. At Jefferson […]
Greenwich Village’s Artistic Legacy Finds a New Generation, Five Floors Up
By Joe Salas Hanging in the lobby of Greenwich House, at 27 Barrow Street, is one of the Village’s best-kept secrets—a portrait of the organization’s […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
JUNE 2016 June is the busiest month for major film festivals in New York City. Each one deserves your attention. I highlight them because in […]
Sarah Jessica Rings the Bell
By George Capsis When nearly 200 graying West Villagers along with just about every local politician shows up—as they did on Sunday, March 13th to […]
A Smiling New British NYU President Invites the Community to Be Nice
By George Capsis “Can I speak to George?” came a phone voice on a bright Thursday April 17th morning. When I confessed that “George was […]
Diller Island Clears Hurdles
By Brian J. Pape, AIA The last regulatory agency approvals have been granted this week to a planned recreational pier in the Hudson River […]
WestView Scoops Major Outlets
I have been aware of the total blackout in the major media about events in Latin America since the early eighties, when the New York […]
Meat Market’s Architecture
Michele Herman’s Talking Point (The Villager February 25) is incisive in presenting changes over the decades of the Meat Market’s architecture, but puzzling nevertheless. The […]
Losing Redeemable Location
Another negative consequence of the closing of Associated Supermarket is something most people would not think about—the needy people who rely on redeeming cans and […]