Random Thoughts from the Front Lines
As some of you may have heard, I have finally left NYC for the outdoor beauty and peace of California. George Capsis, our indomitable, near […]
WestView Letter February 2013: Please be On-The-ALERT!
Please be On-The-ALERT! Dear Friends & Neighbors, Yesterday I noticed keys in the front vestibule of our Bank Street brownstone. Attached was an Equinox Pass. […]
Silence, Exile and Sunning: Letter from Florida
Does absence make the heart grow fonder of the West Village? Who knows? Sometimes a prolonged break can rejuvenate, inspire and give one fresh eyes […]
Durst Leaves Friends Group
Billionaire Developer Resigns To Pursue Alternate Pier 40 Plan Douglas Durst is no stranger to controversy or success. His family (Douglas is the third generation […]
Which Way Did Our Ancestors Walk
Historian Catherine Revland asks if some ancient migration was West to East In his book, Songlines, Bruce Chatwin visited remote groups of Australian aborigines that […]
Quinn Crosses a Line
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn just exhibited another example of her blatant misuse of power in furtherance of her own ambitions. Quinn’s Tammany […]
Park Matters
One stark fact that Hurricane Sandy brought home to us was that the Hudson River Park is on an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean which […]
An Overview of the 2013 City Council Race
The date for the Primary Election for the Democratic nomination for City Council Member, 3rd District, has not yet been decided. The lines for the […]
HOW DID BPC SURVIVE?
For anyone in the world seeing the stunning photo on the cover of New York Magazine (see NYC-half-dark), Battery Park City (BPC) stands out as […]
Baby It’s Cold Outside
I really can’t stay – Baby it’s cold outside I’ve gotta go ‘way – Baby it’s cold outside (I found this alternate version of this […]
West Village Original: Elliott Gilbert
This month’s West Village Original is painter Elliott Gilbert, born in Brooklyn in 1924. After leaving the advertising profession in the early 1980s, Gilbert began […]
CITY LIMITS
If, by some off chance, you have heard of my hometown of Longview, in Northeast Texas, you would know of it vaguely as an exit […]
Dry Goods to Duplexes
The middle of the 19th century saw an influx of wealthy New Yorkers moving north of Washington Square. To cater to this growing population, lavish […]
Remembrance of Books Past
I’m fairly confident that I’m not the only person who has trouble remembering much about the books I’ve read, even the ones I read as […]
Organ du Jour
SnackBar Dusty tomes on good housekeeping back in the day aren’t all lace doilies and tea sandwiches. Flipping through the brittle and stained pages of […]
New Arrival at 99 Bank
After a major two-month renovation of the old Paris Commune premises at 99 Bank Street, The Marrow restaurant opened for business on December 26. The […]
Project to Ethically Transform Corporate Culture is Nurtured, where else, in the Village
As an underpaid, adjunct English professor who can’t make a living at my craft – in a society that doesn’t value teachers as it should […]
12/12/12: The new routine
On the night of 12/12/12, everybody gathered up the road at Madison Square Garden to raise money for the victims of Sandy. By everybody, I […]