Warbler-palooza
9:30 am. Saturday, May 10th. Millie is corgi-pulling me west toward Washington Street. A weeza weeza weeza call whizzes across Perry Street. (My bird songs […]
Science from Away: Very Short Science Stories
Mark M. Green (sciencefromaway.com) A long serving congresswoman from upstate New York, Rep. Louise M. Slaughter is coming closer towinning a congressional battle she started […]
Outstanding New Fancy Food Product of the Year?
I recently had the tantalizing yet daunting job of being a judge for the Specialty Food Association to determine the 10 finalists for the best […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
June 2014 June brings summer breezes and vacation nights! We can recommend quite a few: The Amazing Spider-Manfor sheer fun with an undertone of humanity. […]
LICH Update
On May 22nd the Long Island College Hospital (LICH) finally closed its doors after many years of financial troubles. It had difficulties when run by […]
VID Meets and Endorses
On Thursday, May 8th, the Village Independent Democrats (VID) met at St. John’s Church on Christopher Street to endorse candidates for this November’s election. They […]
VID Rejects Cuomo. Why?
On Thursday, May 8th, the Village Independent Democrats (VID) held its general membership meeting to endorse candidates for various local and state offices. One decision […]
WestView Letter June 2014: Dear Editor,
Dear Editor, A friend of mine, a wealthy older lady living Midtown West, fainted in her apartment yesterday and was taken by ambulance to St. […]
WestView Letter June 2014: Dear Editor,
Dear Editor, This past March the Historic Districts Council held what it plans to be an annual event, a Design Awards program which focused on […]
WestView Letter June 2014: Dear Editor
Dear Editor Proposed addition to Pastis Building Imagine seeing, when you walk across the cobblestones of the popular outdoor space of the Gansevoort Market toward […]
Zephyr Teachout, Fordham Professor to ‘Occupy’ Cuomo
Just as WestView was about to go to press, word came in that the Working Families Party, which has Row D on the ballot state-wide, […]
WestView Letter June 2014: Editor Capsis:
Editor Capsis: As a sometime denizen of Chelsea and longtime Sauk Centre area resident, I would like to say that your Catherine Revland’s assessment of […]
Sheldon Silver Is a Liar
The Times this morning documented State Assembly Leader, Sheldon Silver in a lie. Forty years ago, in the 1970s, a young Sheldon Silver represented the […]
WestView Letter June 2014: Dear George,
Dear George, It was very nice to meet you and channel Sinclair Lewis at the plaque dedication last week. It meant a lot to us […]
Jefferson Market Library courses
Two years ago, the Jefferson Market Library became the first NYPL branch to offer free college-level courses taught by university professors and graduate students. We […]
Why is My Child Not Learning? (Part Th ree)
In our previous two articles, we focused on your child’s view of a learning problem and on our investigation of the source(s) of the problem. […]
William Pedersen, a profile of the man and architecture
My love for architecture started in college while studying fashion and looking into structures as a form of inspiration in the context of angles and […]
What’s Coming at the HealthPlex
When the stand alone emergency center known as the Lenox Hill Healthplex, in the renovated O’Toole building of St. Vincent’s Hospital, opens at the end […]