Fighting Community Blight
Dear Editors: I’m a regular reader of WestView and someone who hasn’t really participated in local politics. Your newspaper has made me more aware of […]
Dear Editors: I’m a regular reader of WestView and someone who hasn’t really participated in local politics. Your newspaper has made me more aware of […]
By Allyn Freeman A walking tour of the West Village offers the sight of flowers that bloom in the spring but also the distressing proliferation […]
By George Capsis This was the most difficult article I have ever written for WestView. It took me five days and what I produced is […]
For a year, foes of the 2.7-acre island/park being built at West 16th Street, largely with money from entertainment mogul Barry Diller, have tried to […]
By Arthur Z. Schwartz This community needs affordable housing. This community needs places where seniors can live with some amenities. This community needs athletic fields, […]
By Mary Ann Miller His name is Steve Croman and he is a predator landlord. His prey are the most vulnerable among us: the elderly, […]
By Robert Widmann The good news out of the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is: No decision has yet come down on the 11 Jane Street […]
By Brian J. Pape, AIA Everyone knows that steel, stone, and concrete will sink in water, unless of course they are shaped like a boat. […]
By Jim Fouratt The public hearing of the City Planning Commission regarding the St. John’s/Pier 40 proposal was a day-long experience. Arriving at 9:45 for […]
By Robert Widmann Contrary to indications, and with only nine hours notice, absent the weekend, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), at 10:00 AM Tuesday, July […]
St. Luke’s Expansion: The expansion of St. Luke’s School is progressing at 657 Greenwich Street. This 19th-century structure will gain nine new classrooms with 100 […]
By David Moss On July 14, Council Member Corey Johnson announced that he, Assembly Member Deborah Glick, and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer teamed up […]
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Facing backlash from Community Board 2 (CB 2) on earlier plans that called for a larger building and an […]
By Barry Benepe In the September 2015 issue of WestView, I described “the building that wasn’t there,” 35XV, designed by FXFOWLE. Eight years ago, the […]
As a long time Village resident I know you will recognize the little house in the photo attached. I lifted the photo from Google Earth, […]
By Robert Widmann When the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation website published the plans and renderings for the luxury condo building being proposed for […]
By Alexander Tobias Seeing a Landmarks Preservation Commission public hearing for the first time is an eye-opening experience. The first surprise comes from seeing the […]
By Barry Benepe Addressing a public meeting held by Community Board 2 on June 6, Madelyn Wils, CEO of the Hudson River Park Trust stated, […]