A Day in the Park with Sophia
By Sophia Astor As dawn lit up the sky behind One Fifth Avenue, and water began sputtering from the fountain, Washington Square Park came to […]
The Price of a Lie and the Lance of Truth
By Roberta Russell To keep our social lives well-oiled and running smoothly, most of us resort to deception in varying degrees. The purpose of deception […]
A View from the Inside
Grifter Finally Evicted from West Village Houses By Arthur Z. Schwartz Heidie Russell has had to live with a horrific intruder in her apartment on […]
Maggie B’s Quick Click
I’LL MISS IT…. THE COLORFUL POLITICAL SCENE IN ABINGDON SQUARE ON SATURDAY MORNINGS. Photo by Maggie Berkvist.
Postcards to Voters Rally for the Midterms!
By Sarah O’Neill Back in 2018, PostcardsToVoters.org volunteers across the country mailed over 395,000 handwritten remember-to-vote postcards to Democrats in New York for the September […]
Mom & Pops Suffer Loss of St. Vincent’s
Interview with Caravansary co-owner Bill Johnstone, July 2010 (Continued) By Kathryn Adisman Q: What was here before you? A: Actress Louise Drevers ran a knitting […]
The WestView News Petition to Build a New St. Vincent’s Hospital
By Roger Paradiso I recently visited a fantastic hospital on the Upper East Side. It’s called Memorial Sloan Kettering. The outpatient wing, which is bigger […]
Solving NYC’s Refugee Housing Crisis
By Robert Lager How can we fix our city’s shortage of refugee housing quickly? Let’s examine what the European countries have swiftly and successfully achieved […]
LETTERS
Just Saying Dear Editor, As someone opposed to the continuation of the outdoor dining places, I have a proposal for their use, rather than simple […]
We Need a World Class Hospital, Not Empty Offices
By George Capsis In a bid to reshape midtown Manhattan, Governor Kathy Hochul and New York state officials are pushing ahead with one of the […]
NYC Makes Room for South American Migrants
By Jason Curtis Anderson As New York City recovers from the trifecta of Covid, crime, and shutting down our economy, we now have an entirely […]
Failure is an Option
By Jacob Jansen, Doctor of Physical Therapy Being a physical therapist for more than a decade, I have come to terms with the fact that […]
Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!
By Dana Jean Costantino The past two weeks in New York City, we have experienced record-breaking summer heat: temperatures of nearly 100 degrees multiple days […]
Summer-loving New Yorker’s True Confession
By Penelope Karageorge Summer in New York. You raise your perspiring head to breathe, but soot gets in your nostrils. Millions spend millions to escape, […]
Style on the Street: Tie Dye Summer Vibes
By Karilyn Prisco Follow us on Instagram @styleonthestreet_WestViewNews Submit your favorite neighborhood fashion looks for a chance to be featured. Photos by Karilyn Prisco
Strokes of Genius
“Strokes of Genius is a new play about the abstract expressionist painters Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, and Helen Frankenthaler, who struggled to be recognized […]
Embrace the Absurd
By Siggy Raible Choice: when is an individual’s right to choose an accepted right? Today, the meanings of choice and life are up for grabs […]
Cool Off!
By Keith Michael A lightning flash. Bang. Crack. How I love summer thunderstorms! When it’s hot and humid, the air seems to thicken as the […]