WestView Letter January 2013: Shore Dwellers Expendable
Shore Dwellers Expendable Dear Editor, Our mayor certainly wants to be proven right. He now wants to correct the mistakes that were made with Hurricane […]
HRPT Reports The Lights Are Out, Not That Your Car Has Flooded
When Sandy hit on the evening of Monday, October 29 we were watching TV. Something which has never happened before occurred – the upper right […]
Random Thoughts from the Front Lines
This has been an interesting few months, so it’s hard to know where to start. Let’s begin with the New York Times article by Anemona […]
St. Vincent’s Hospital Chapel
Walking with my dog Mr. Butter, I came upon this willful destruction of the St. Vincent’s Hospital chapel. It was particularly poignant as I thought […]
Coming Together In The Wake Of Sandy’s Destruction
With so many affected communities throughout New York City, Long Island, New Jersey, and beyond, a truly heroic effort has begun to help storm victims […]
“An Untenable Situation”
On Sunday, October 28, while the second worst storm in modern history was barreling toward the most populated region on the continent, I was contacting […]
Chelsea Market Should Not Have Been Upzoned
On November 13, the full City Council approved a deal to upzone Chelsea Market, allowing international developer Jamestown Properties to erect two huge structures atop […]
After the Storm
A New Monthly Column of Political Commentary Over the last several months, while writing about Hudson River Park, the NYU expansion plans, and the demise […]
Park Head Honored
Barry Benepe comments on his son Adrian as he leaves office An enthusiastic crowd gathered at the Waldorf Astoria for cocktails and a dinner banquet […]
25 Years at Tekserve
Just being at Tekserve encourages people to “think different.” How many computer stores can you think of that host art exhibitions? Offer 5¢ cokes from […]
Storm Birds
Standing at the corner of 7th Avenue and West 12th Street, St. Vincent’s disappearing behind me like an Etch A Sketch® erasure, Millie, my ever-addled […]
Welcome To The Neighborhood!
In my six-story building (the magic number) we were lucky. When the power went out on Monday evening we still had gas to cook by […]
A Green Response to SuperStorm Sandy Flooding
The NYC area is still reeling from the devastating storm that hit on October 29, 2012, and it will certainly take some time to heal […]
Ricky Clifton: Design Minotaur – Part Man, Part Myth
In the confines of a recent reflective train upstate to Albany, I found myself texting my former employer artist/designer Ricky Clifton. He had just returned […]
Buses to Breakdancing
Today’s Washington Square Park contains musicians playing everything from jazz to bluegrass, performers showcasing everything from breakdancing to hula hooping, and students studying, rushing to […]
Who’s Afraid? A Storm On Broadway
It turns out that the hit play of the current Fall/Winter Broadway season is Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? This play premiered 50 […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter December 2012
Well, I think it really is our Bank Street neighbor’s fault. As head of Miramax years ago, Harvey Weinstein came up with a sure-fire way […]
Eats, Shoots, and Leaves
SnackBar Traveling in Japan leaves me tongue-tied in many ways. I know how to order pickled fish cartilage at a local dive bar, but I […]