Update on My Arrest
by Arthur Z. Schwartz There have been a few developments on the legal front concerning my arrest back in mid-July. Attorney General Schneiderman turned over […]
If Jim Says It’s Good
Dear George: WestView is becoming more substantive and readable with every issue. It was always good but it’s verging on great. The August 15th issue […]
WestView News Contributors Celebrate Eleventh Year
WESTVIEW CONTRIBUTORS’ REWARD: In the lush garden of publisher George Capsis the contributors celebrate the eleventh year of the community publication written by West Villagers—many of whom make the […]
Living in a Croman Building
They start by trying to intimidate you as soon as they buy the building. They come to your door and tell you none of your […]
Rudin Family Turns Back on AIDS Memorial Organizers
By Jim Fouratt The Park at 7th Ave South and Greenwich Avenue that was to have been the AIDS Memorial Park across the Street from […]
The Shah is Falling
By George Capsis “You gotta go to Iran for Campbell’s Soup” was the demand by a Chase guy who I never thought of as out-ranking […]
THEN and NOW
1870 Along Canal Street, looking west towards the Hudson River, this snapshot of the past is reminiscent of the Old West, with its horses, wagons, […]
Mrs. Greens: Organic Veggies and Picket Lines
By Arthur Z. Schwartz We are about to learn in the West Village that wholesome food doesn’t automatically come with wholesome treatment of employees. Mrs. […]
Science from Away: The Forgotten Organ
By Mark M Green (sciencefromaway.com) Prokaryotes have been called “The Unseen Majority.” These microscopic organisms constitute 60-100% of the estimated total carbon in all plants […]
Vast Emptiness: Boarded-Up and Vacant Greenwich Village Stores
By Erwin H. Lerner The frightful sight of many boarded-up, former retail stores in our area caught my eye, and stimulated the notion of writing […]
Ceramicist Marianne Yoors Pioneers Event to Benefit Jefferson Market Garden
By M. L. Lamason “It’s the earth and out of that earth something beautiful is made.” Marianne Yoors, ceramicist and longtime Village resident, was talking […]
Mrs. Green’s Comes to Town
By John Barrera I find no pleasure in walking into a four-day-old restaurant or grocery store and trying to catch them on their heels as […]
Westbeth Artist at Trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann
By Edward Eichel Early In 2015 the BBC released The Eichmann Show, a movie about the filming of the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the […]
Churches Like Newspapers Go On-line: Serving a Dwindling Attendance, Father Walter Offers the Church of the Internet
By George Capsis On the very day I had a meeting with Roy Leavitt, the Executive Director of Greenwich House, the news broke that Our […]
Here Comes Pope Francis: Observations of a West Village Catholic
By George Goss Sadly, the West Village is not part of Pope Francis’ whirlwind Manhattan visit later this month. There’s always the option, however, for […]
Free as a Bird
By Keith Michael Rock-a-bye baby, on the treetop, When the wind blows, the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, […]
Radical Political Thought at Jefferson Market University
Saturdays, September 26, October 3, 10, 17, 24 – 3 pm to 5 pm What was political radical thought in nineteenth-century America? This course, Reform in the […]