Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
Let’s Go To The Movies! ROBOCOP 2014 dir José Padilha Only when I saw that Brazilian José Padilha would be the director did I become […]
The Continuing Story of Leftover Lane
SnackBar I’ve been wandering the world recently, doing Yemen one day, hopping over to Japan the next, and sometimes experiencing both cultures in one dish. […]
Why 12 Years a Slave Isn’t Exactly History to Me
It felt and still feels like recent history to me, not like something from the long-ago past. I’ve seen 12 Years a Slave three times […]
Billionaires Behaving Badly: Connecting the Dots to the Hudson River Park Board
For many a West Village resident, the most hair-raising revelation in Kevin Roose’s New YorkMagazineexpose, “The One-Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag: What I Saw […]
WestView Letter March 2014: Dear Editor,
Dear Editor, I have just read an article in the current issue ofNew York Magazine (“The 1% Joke and Plutocrats in Drag: What I Saw […]
WestView Letter March 2014: Dear Editor,
Dear Editor, It’s no secret that NYU’s land grabbing schemes have upset many residents and NYU faculty. But other issues involving scandals and lack of […]
WestView Letter March 2014: Dear Editor,
Dear Editor, If you have quoted her accurately, there is a slip between Reverend Stacey’s avowed desire to “leave the green space untouched” and her […]
Air Rights from Hudson River Park Even More Vast Than Previously Disclosed
Advocates Call for Measures to Limit Use, and Prevent Overdevelopment At a Community Board 2 public hearing in February, Hudson River Park Trust President Madelyn […]
Bedrock
Manhattan, you were there. Family, friends, lovers, a husband, pets, apartments, and dreams have all fled like seasons, but you were there. You, more idea […]
Post Attacks Charles Street Ship Owner
“Take a look at this,” said Jorge, with a triumphant smile on his face as he dropped the Post on my desk. The headline read, […]
Testimony of David D. Turner before the Landmarks Preservation Commission regarding the construction of a residential tower at 100 Barrow Street
February 4, 2014 In their presentation, the applicant goes out of its way to remind us “there will be no demolition.” But there are many […]
WestView Letter March 2014: Dear Editor,
Dear Editor, Sen. Schumer’s Plan to Save St. Vincent’s: Zero. But the Senator had no problem helping to steer 180 Million dollars in Sandy relief […]
How the Landmarks Preservation Commission Works
As Mayor de Blasio continues the process of appointing new leadership at each city agency, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) will likely see its longtime […]
WestView Letter March 2014: Dear Catherine Revland,
Dear Catherine Revland, I am only a month or so late in writing to compliment you about your article in the January issue, “Murder on […]
Café au Go Go Revisited
Fifty years ago, Café au Go Go, an incubator of talent that ranged from rock, jazz, folk and stand-up comedy with performers such as Jimi […]
WestView Letter March 2014: Dear Editor,
Dear Editor, My name is Jim Green. I moved into my apartment in 1977. I had never called 311 until May 2013 when the Sixth […]
Test Your West Village IQ: Did You Know These Ten Little-Known Facts?
1. A Confounding Epidemic (Off the Grid) Once a marsh, and then farmlands, the West Village really only took off as a neighborhood in the […]
Affordable Housing Debate Rages
Affordable housing seems to be what everyone wants, but fewer and fewer are able to find it in NYC. The Village Independent Democrats screened the […]