New Waves at Jefferson Market University
Saturdays, September 19, 26, October 3, 10, 17 – 3pm to 5 pm The mid-twentieth century is considered a major turning point for independent filmmaking […]
West Village Original: Erwin Lerner
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is playwright and screenwriter Erwin Lerner, born in the Bronx in 1935. The author of such […]
It Takes a Team to Treat a Patient
By Alec Pruchnicki, MD One of the very first things I learned in medical school, when I started to take care of patients in Jacobi […]
Are You Staaalled?
By Ron Elve If you are stalled (whether it be at work, school, or even life), odds are you know what your next step should […]
When Horses Ruled NYC A series on historic stable/carriage houses: Chumley’s at 86 Bedford St.
By Brian J. Pape, AIA The famous Chumley’s is slowly crawling back to business after eight years in limbo, a phoenix rising from the rubble […]
35XV The Invisible Building
By Barry Benepe I saw a building in the air When I looked, it wasn’t there It wasn’t there again today I wish that building […]
Broadway Savings: 22 Shows Participate in 2-for-1 Tickets Sale, September 7–20
By Ellis Nassour Tickets are on sale now for NYC & Company’s fourth Broadway Week and 2-for-1 promotion (selling, as the name implies, 2 tickets […]
Curtain Rises on First Downtown Arts Center in Thirty-five Years
By Ellis Nassour New York’s newest cultural initiative and arts complex in thirty-five years, the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture at 18 Bleecker Street, […]
Operating as a Single Hand, Beth Israel Takeover Interrupts Seasoned Medical Teams
By Bill Dienstag, PA-C A 46-year-old man with tearing chest pain and a history of hypertension stumbles into the ER at Beth Israel Medical Center. […]
Saving Your Life is Not Good Business “Urgent Care” Accepts that Heart Attack Victims are Expendable
By George Capsis This is an open letter to the advertising department at Lennox Hill Hospital and North Shore LIJ. A forty-six-year-old man with tearing […]
My Arrest. It Wasn’t Fair and It Wasn’t Fun.
By Arthur Schwartz Taken in handcuffs from the 6th precinct out onto 10th Street, Arthur Schwartz experienced the searing humiliation of eyes asking “what […]
Former Attorneys Take Croman to Court: The Game of Tactics
Greed Bites the Hand That Steals for It Intro by George Capsis The hand-cuffed arrest and subsequent arraignment in Criminal Court of activist attorney Arthur […]
A Note
George, Enclosed is a check for a renewal to WestView. Each issue of WestView continues to be a God send… Hope you are healthy and […]
A Euphoria of Praise
(The following is the text of a phone call to the publisher.) Hello, my name is Lydia Fogerty. I subscribe to the paper and I […]
Future Leaders Visit Stonewall
To the Editor: I was happy to see the July issue of WestView News mentioned the LGBT tour that I led on June 21, quoting […]
A Euphoria of Praise
Hi George— My wife and I thoroughly enjoy reading your paper and believe you have a very good pulse on the neighborhood. We live in […]
Lawsuit Will Hurt Long-Time Residents
At our monthly planning meetings for WestView News, the subject of rising rents and affordable housing comes up frequently. In our latest meeting, I mentioned […]