What I Found By Getting Lost
When I moved to the West Village from Alphabet City two years ago, I got lost left and right. It was my Swedish fiancé who […]
Giant Among Beans
Three things about beans come to mind: poverty, flatulence, and a giant killer. These are all very charming conversations starters in their own right, but […]
The Real McCoy:
The Beast That Is NYC Restaurant Success When asked about why people choose to open restaurants in New York City, third generation Irish South Bronx […]
Yesterday at 3.38, an ambulance was called for my neighbor on Greenwich Avenue to go back to Beth Israel because he was released two days before, but became very ill again.
At 4.05, another neighbor hailed a cab to take him because the ambulance still had not arrived! I waited for the ambulance and it showed […]
French author Marc Levy contacts WestView News:
Contributors and staff of WestView News can take pride in Marc Levy’s comments in a letter to the publisher that he likes the paper and […]
Cousin Fran and the Trust Fund
I avoid going out to Centerville as much as I can, mainly turning up for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and similar frays, but Cousin Fran insisted I […]
Correction
Your article on the Archive Building , while interesting was incorrect in one fact. You said that Walt Whitman had once worked there. This would […]
Did You Know The Fillmore East’s Joshua Light Show Really Started Here?
Returning to theWestVillagewith his reactivated Joshua Light Show for the first time in almost 50 years for a 4-day engagement at theNYUSkirballCenterfor the Performing Arts, […]
ANDY WARHOL IN GREENWICH VILLAGE
I first met Andy in the early l960s through Edward Wallowitch, a photographer and Edward Steichen protégé at Aldo’s, a restaurant on Bleecker Street that […]
What Is a NID, and Why Is It Coming to the West Side?
The Proposal A proposal is being circulated to bring a Neighborhood Improvement District (NID) to the West Side of Manhattan. This would be similar to […]
STREET CELEBRATIONS September 2012
• September 1-9: Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit The great tradition continues, where artists get to show their work on the sidewalks of Washington Square […]
NOT Old Enough to Know Better: Cyber-dating in Your Golden Years
Part Two – Online Dating, Woes and Whoa!s By Dr. Zoltan Bashkatz* There’s absolutely no good reason on earth why unattached seniors should be […]
Any Hope for a New Hospital?
As a physician, I sometimes have to give my patients and their families bad news. I try to do it as gently, but accurately, as […]
Bloomberg Backs Illegal Apartments Why Not A Hospital
“Come to the meeting” e-mailed Arthur Schwartz who heads the Advisory Committee of the Hudson River Park Trust. I drove 100 miles from Bridgehampton, parked […]
Learning to Love the Tourists
It was a hot late afternoon on the 14th June and excitement was in the air. Cop cars and TV news trucks were parked up […]
WestView Letter August 2012: Dear Editor
Dear Editor The Paris Opera Ballet Performance of “Bolero” Thrust The New York Times Over The Edge. It was very disturbing to read “Right Bank […]
Stand-up cynic nails NYU
Fran Lebowitz shared her opinions on NYU, St. Vincent’s and Bloomberg at a recent appearance at SoHo bookstore McNally Jackson for the release of the […]
The Supreme Court’s Healthcare Decision
Constitutional law is an odd subject. There is only so much “there” there. In the sciences, and even to a degree in social sciences such […]