Four Strong Arms
Dear Editor, I read an article recently by your writer Stanley Fine called “Courageous or Crazy? Two Men Crossing The Atlantic In a Rowboat” […]
Corrections
Sorry to say a quick read of the just arrived issue of WestView revealed two back-to-back errors, one worse than the other. Bruce Poli spells […]
Landlord Spying on 92-Year-Old Ruth Berk
In one of the most bizarre episodes in local, and maybe even Citywide landlord-tenant conflagrations, it was discovered this past month that the landlord […]
June VID Meeting
By Alec Pruchnicki On Thursday June 4th, the Village Independent Democrats ( VID ) held their monthly meeting in St. John’s Church on […]
A Fond Farewell
As retired Sixth Precinct Commanding Officer Inspector Elisa Cokkinos walked out of the precinct for the last time, she was greeted by salutes […]
Consultants Kicked Off Gravy Train
By Carol F. Yost On May 5, the Daily News printed the dramatic story that, after years of outsourcing technical services to private vendors, […]
No Safe Walkway
St. Luke’s Construction Wall Endangers Pedestrian Safety Pedestrians cannot walk safely along the north side of Barrow Street between Hudson and Greenwich Streets. […]
Science from Away: Kathleen Lonsdale—Against all odds.
By Mark M. Green (sciencefromaway.com) Benzene with six carbon and six hydrogen atoms plays a critical industrial role, and is a theoretical model […]
There is No Plan
How Air Rights Could Radically Change the Waterfront (Part Two) By Barry Benepe Last month we emphasized the worst scenarios which could take […]
Street Smarts
By Keith Michael I’m outside of my usual West Village haunts, walking up Sixth Avenue from downtown. (Millie is at home, paging […]
Maggie B’s Photo of the Month
“SMILE! YOU’RE ON CANDID CAMERA:” How could anyone have resisted photographing such a strikingly handsome Leopard Tortoise as he posed so cheerfully at the […]
When Horses Ruled NYC
A series on historic stable/carriage houses: 271 W 10th Street By Brian J Pape In the May 2015 issue, we inaugurated this series […]
The Lost Cinemas of the West Village: It’s A Wrap (Part One).
By Clive I. Morrick I had intended to write one article on some favorite West Village cinemas which I and many readers had […]
Then & Now 51 Bank Street
By Stan Fine THEN Although the building was erected in 1898, this photo was taken in 1920 for NYC tax record purposes, hence the […]
House Sales
58 Barrow Street has hit the market. The address cannot be found on a map but sits on a quiet, private courtyard in the West […]
Croman Takes A Left to the Jaw
By Arthur Schwartz Taste of Lima owner, Nelida Godfrey, is waging a two front battle with Monster Landlord Steve Croman, who owns the […]
The Times They Are A-Changin’!
“When President Kennedy shook my hand in 1962, I was considered ‘a criminal, mentally ill, involved in illegal activities.’ He would have had to fire […]
A Life of Apartments (Part Two)
By George Capsis Part Two continues to chart a lifetime’s worth of apartments. If you missed Part One, you can find it […]