Restaurant News Location, Location, Location
The Hamilton Soda Fountain Opening a restaurant in the West Village is like starting on second base in the baseball game of life. After all, […]
Restaurant News A Jaded Restaurant Goer is Fooled!
Barbara Chacour, a fellow WestView Newscontributor and a neighbor in the West Village,came into my office and asked what Iwas writing on this month. Having […]
Lower Levels Better Living
Some of us are feeling new and refreshed from our January purge of those glorious holiday toxins. Most of us hope we’ve finally paid off […]
Early French Film at the Jefferson Market Library
France is considered the birthplace ofcinema and has always been at the centerof developments in the medium. StartingFebruary 21st at Jefferson MarketLibrary and continuing on […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
I am writing this column from Park City, Utah home of the 26th SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. Today there are actually two Sundances. The one you […]
A Call for Integrity
“These charges go to the very core of what ails Albany—a lack of transparency, lack of accountability, and lack of principle joined with an overabundance […]
January VID Meeting
On Thursday, January 8, the Village IndependentDemocrats (VID) held theirmonthly meeting. There were brief reportsfrom newly elected president Nadine Hoffmanand Democratic district leader KeenBerger. This […]
Rent Control a Bad Deal
Dear Mr. Capsis, The loss of your paper for West Village residents would be a tragedy. That said, youreditorial comment in “Only The Rich…”while well […]
Titanic Facts
Hello George, Your coverage of Pier 55 is thoughtful and informative as are all your articles on the Village, and I thank you for that. […]
What’s Love Got to do With “Likes”?
To figure out what you love, it is helpful to examine your “likes.” Everyone is familiar with the phrases “to know her is to love […]
Je Suis Charlie! Blasting De Blasio:Is it Dinkins Redux?
We live in one of the most segregated communitiesin America. It is ironic becausewe also live in one of the most politicallyliberal communities in America. […]
Eating Healthy When it is Cold Outside
Brrr…it’s cold out there. You either don’t want to get out or you can’t. You know you have to eat, and should eat healthy, but […]
Diller Builds a Monument to Indifference
PS 41 graduate, and architectural critic for The New York Times, Michael Kimmelman, thinks that One World Trade Center looks as hostile and forbidding as […]
Pier55 – A Neighborhood Park
By now, many WestView readers have read about Pier55, a spectacular new public park that we hope to open as part of Hudson River Park […]
Pier 55: An Island Rises
On Wednesday, November 3rd, the Community Board Two Waterfront Committee heard and saw its first presentation of the design for a new Pier 55. (The […]
The Birth Of Public Housing
Public housing was born on New York City’s Lower East Side over 70 years ago when NYCHA opened the First Houses in 1936, the first […]
My First Time
Raise your glass for a New Year’s toast to a few of my birdy firsts! (And Millie, here’s a leftover corgi-cutout Christmas cookie to tide […]
A League of their Own: Greenwich House Girls Basketball Puts a New Spin on Intramurals
In the increasingly competitive world of youth sports, the Greenwich House Girls Basketball League stands apart. The non-competitive league, founded in 1995 by a local […]