Sturdy Birds
By Keith Michael Spring migration is flying by (i.e. that semi-annual avian marathon when millions of miniature collections of feathers and muscles and bones and […]
Maggie B’s Photo of the Month
A FRIENDLY REMINDER: Don’t forget to vote for the candidate of your choice in the April 19th Primary. Too bad this young lass can’t participate […]
Greetings to the WestView Readers
By Bernie Sanders Greetings to the readers of WestView and to your wonderful publisher George Capsis. As you know I grew up in Brooklyn, attended […]
St. Vincent’s Park
WHAT’S IN A NAME: There is an ongoing discussion about what to name the “Triangle” park on Greenwich Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets. When […]
Maggie B’s Photo of the Month
CLIFFHANGER: When Arthur Schwartz announced his candidacy for Assembly Member on February 9th, not only did he throw a Launch Party for his supporters at […]
What Are Those Strange Colored Markings All Over Our Streets?
In 1976, California construction workers accidentally cut through a petroleum pipeline; the explosion destroyed half a city block. Since then, before any repair or development […]
OUR LADY OF POMPEII
Built in 1929 at 25 Carmine Street, the architecture of this church is the most opulent in the city, commemorating the prosperity that Greenwich Village […]
CUBA—THE DOOR OPENS
Photographer Rob Moore captures a moment in Castro’s Cuba as the door opens, but strictures remain. The door has opened for Americans to travel legally […]
WestView Proposal May Net Post Office Millions
In the June issue of WestView we proposed selling ad space on graffiti-violated Post Office collection boxes to allow for an annotated street tour of […]
The Contempt of the One Percent
By George Capsis It is hard to believe but for six years there has been a forty-foot-long construction fence covering two buildings under renovation on […]
SAN REMO IN THE ‘60
The San Remo was a bar and restaurant popular with artists, actors, writers and musicians, both gay and straight. Its best years were from the […]
Maggie B’s Photo of the Month
MEET MIA—WESTVIEW NEWS MASCOT: Also WVN Traffic Manager Liza Whiting, who kindly shares her with us. At first, making nary a sound, Mia was smuggled […]
Then & Now The Flatiron Building
by Stanley Fine THEN 1903 THE FLATIRON BUILDING, originally the Fuller Building, is a 22-story steel-framed structure located at 175 Fifth Avenue and is considered […]
Maggie B’s Photo of the Month
“A STUDY IN CONCENTRATION: Not for a moment was this aspiring young artist distracted by the crowds milling around him at the Whitney’s Frank Stella […]
Then and Now on West Street
. . . . . When Grover Cleveland was president, this is what West Street looked like—now known as the West Side Highway, New […]