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 […]
Signs of the Times: “Store For Rent”
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 […]
Rent Prisoners
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 […]
Diller Island Park Passes Final Court Hurdle
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 […]
A Community Transforming: City Planning Approves St. John’s Terminal with Changes— South Village Landmarked
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, […]
The Most Vulnerable Among Us
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, […]
Landmarks Preservation Commission to the Community: “Get Lost!”
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 […]
The Peculiar History of a “Floating” Pier 57
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. […]
St. John’s/Pier 40 Development Plan Hearing—An All Day Affair
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 […]
Thumb On the Scale? 11 Jane St. Developer Invited to Re-Rebut Community Concerns!
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 […]
Recent Developments in the Village
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 […]
75 Morton Green Roof Funded by Johnson, Brewer, and Glick
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 […]
111 Leroy Development Reduced by Half
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 […]
155 West 11th: Welcoming the Sky
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 […]
Building Torn Down on West 11th
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, […]
Real Estate Assault on 11 Jane. Neighbors Knocked for a Loop.
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 […]
Radical West Village Development Put on Hold
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 […]
PIER 40: More Park (Like)?
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, […]