An Editorial: I Will Vote for Vision
In the last election the West Village and the surrounding 66th electoral district voted 4156 for Teachout and 1885 for Cuomo – wow more than […]
Job Placement and Education
Before enrolling in a certificate training program, graduate program, medical or law school, you should contact the school and ask about recent job placements and […]
RememberingThe Good and The True
Haunting, revealing social theater Svandovo Theater and New End Theater Beyond’sThe Good and the True, a Czech import ended its run on September 14th. The […]
Correspondence, Commentary, Corrections
Transfer of Air Rights Leaves Unanswered Questions To the WestView News Editor: Thanks for continuing to call attention to the recently-passed State legislation allowing the […]
Science from Away:
How Little We Understand About Pregnancy and Birth I can’t complain about my mother marrying too young (at nineteen) and then getting pregnant just about […]
BRIEFLY NOTED
Our Lady of Pompeii Kicks Out the Elderly Greenwich House, has been put on notice that its lease for the occupation of the basement at […]
Make the City the Campus
NYU Opportunity to Walk from Classroom to Job With the recent court decision, NYU appears well on its way to getting most of what it […]
Church of the Village Feeds the City’s Hungry
How severe is food insecurity in New York City? Very. According to Food Bank NYC, approximately 1.4 million people across the five boroughs rely on […]
Times Endorses Voting for Teachout
“Will the New York Times endorse you?” I asked Zephyr Teachout on the very morning of her interview by the Times editorial committee. “No. But […]
Why Zephyr Teachout Can and Should Beat Andrew Cuomo
Over the last few weeks the public has rapidly discerned what readers of WestView have known for months: Andrew Cuomo is facing a serious, grounded, […]
Science from Away: Very Short Science Stories
In 1964, a professor of entomology at Cornell University, Thomas Eisner, published an article in Science, in which he wrote: “Surely, a mint plant derives […]
Bicycling Dogs: Interview with Joe Reilly, enterprising dog “walker”
Hudson Urban Bicycles at Charles Street and Washington Street is popular with both cyclists and dog lovers. Neighborhood dog lovers stop by to pat and […]
Quoth the Raven
Millie lifts her corgi head as I pull my clothes on in the dark. While tying my shoes, I hear the tags on her collar […]
The Novel: a Biography
When I called through the fence to Michael Schmidt, visiting Joan McAlister my neighbor and his cousin at 71 Charles, for an article on Sinclair […]
Feeling Oceans Away
Casa la Femme is an Egyptian restaurant on Charles Street that has been there for 5 years. That does not begin to explain the exotic […]
43 MacDougal Street
Many longtime residents of the Village have wondered about the fate of 43 MacDougal Street, which has sat vacant for decades. Located at the corner […]
Lymphedema—More That Just Cancer’s Nasty Little Secret
Ask a breast cancer survivor about her lymphedema and you are likely to hear her say, “It’s worse than my cancer. They cured my cancer. […]
West Village Original: Marjorie Colt
This month’s West Village Original is painter and long-time West Villager Marjorie Colt, born in Canton, Ohio in 1935. Colt moved to Horatio Street in […]