Brunch at the Brevoort:
Sinclair Lewis in the Village When Sinclair Lewis accepted his Nobel Prize in 1930, the first American novelist to receive the honor, he disparaged his […]
John F. Twomey 1948- 2014
John F.Twomey, a 44 year resident of Greenwich Village passed away on March 27th after a brief illness. John was born in Salem MA and […]
Hudson River Park Air Rights Debate Continues
On April 21, the Hudson River Park Advisory Council met to discuss, among other things, the latest on plans to permit the sale of air […]
Loving Our Parks
It is probably true that we all use and love our public parks, albeit in different ways. Parks are an essential part of our urban […]
Discount Theatre Tickets
Everyone’s favorite dying patient, the theater,struggles on. The problem is that what we remember as the theater has turned into a tourist industry. The fabulous […]
Coming Soon to a Theater Near You
At 3:30 p.m. on March 28, a small group of individuals wearing white hard hats stood at the intersection of Tenth Avenue and Gansevoort Street […]
The Quarter is for both Food and Drink
The Quarter is a restaurant on Hudson and 10th Streets, designed as a casual non-specific food establishment and watering hole. It recently expanded and with […]
Science from Away: Very Short Science Stories
Scientists from the most respected and admired medical research laboratories in the world have confirmed that a chemical naturally found in many foods and especially […]
Homeless at 70: From Prada to Nada
We’re all just one bad thing away. I’ve known the endorphin rush, walking down Fifth Avenue carrying a bag filled with $3,000 worth of Prada […]
A Spy in the Village
When Angela Calomiris (1916-95)—“Angie” to her friends, a photographer by trade—appeared on Eleanor Roosevelt’s radio program (12/01/1950), the former First Lady introduced her as “a […]
TYNE AND ESTELLE – TWO GRAND DAMES ON BROADWAY
Tyne Daly and Estelle Parsons this season on Broadway both play mothers of gay sons. Tyne stars in Terrence McNally’s new play Mothers and Sons […]
Do You See What I See?
The Supreme Court’s ruling supporting Michigan’s ban on using race as a basis for admission to its public universities is staggeringly blind to the blatant […]
Loon-y Tunes
Two weeks ago, waking up to a mid-April snow masquerading as Callery Pear petals clustered around the frost-bitten daffodils, I once again, donnedsweater, coat, and […]
Welcome to the Third World, U.S.A.
Everywhere in the industrial world it is taken for granted that the citizenry should have access to the best available medical care. Except in the […]
Sonoma
Our sweaters and scarves of the harsh winter days are easy to discard now that the warmth of spring has embraced us. This year’s brutal […]
Visiting Greenwich Village in the Speakeasy Era
The Hudson River was popular with liquor smugglers during Prohibition. Smaller ships and boats picked-up liquor from floating, foreign liquor ships, 12 miles southeast of […]
West View Tours St. Vincent’s Replacement
The critical component in any emergency situation is time. For the people of any community, the time to diagnosis and treatment is the key to […]
Jason Sheftell Honored
The late Jason Sheftell, real estate writer for the Daily News and formerly the editor of WestView News, has twice been honored in recent months. […]