Garage to Wall of Glass Gives Jane Streeters Pause
By Alexander Tobias Redevelopment plans for 11-19 Jane Street—presently a two-story parking garage that’s been serving the community for nearly a century—were unveiled at Community […]
Today’s Contemporary, Tomorrow’s Historic
By Barry Benepe The pair of former stable/garage buildings formerly housing Pro Piano at 85-89 Jane Street are slated to be demolished and replaced […]
Prison Ends Slumlord’s Smile
By George Capsis For months, since we did an article on her restaurant, Lima’s Taste on Christopher and Bedford, I had been hearing about […]
City Sells 50% Interest in Federal Supported Housing
By George Capsis While I was interviewing a 77-year-old senior on how he survived on a social security check of $800 dollars he offered […]
Diller Island Clears Hurdles
By Brian J. Pape, AIA The last regulatory agency approvals have been granted this week to a planned recreational pier in the Hudson River […]
Where to Park?
Barry Benepe’s article about 11 Jane Street—across the street from where I live—got the assessment of demand for off-street parking all wrong. Do you really […]
The Dictatorship of Ugly
By George Capsis Oh, wow, there on the six o’clock news were the rounded features of Barry Diller modestly purring in unctuous LA diction his […]
A Presidential Penthouse for NYU
By Brian J. Pape, AIA When George Capsis got a firsthand look at the new residence for NYU’s president Andrew Hamilton, he experienced the 4,200 […]
New York is at a Crossroads
By Lynn Ellsworth New York is at a crossroads. Big Real Estate wants to remake our city in the style of Dubai. Their goal: Drown […]
Mayor’s Rezoning Plans Won’t Improve Quality or Affordability
By Andrew Berman Thousands of New Yorkers have expressed their opposition to the Mayor’s twin citywide rezoning plans, ‘Zoning for Quality and Affordability’ (ZQA) and […]
The St. John’s Terminal/Pier 40 Project: How an Assemblymember Should Lead
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Can a Bernie Sanders-supporting progressive activist lawyer also champion a billion dollar development project? The answer is yes. As WestView readers […]
A Hospital or Condos?
Stop the Press! Just hours after I wrote the plea below to build a hospital first then condos on the St. John’s Terminal site, I […]
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 […]
Building on Vacant NYCHA Land
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP Nathan Rich of the Peterson Rich Office of Architects also contributed to this article. Mayor de Blasio issued a […]
Max and I Have Lost Our City
By George Capsis Max Frankel, like me, is very angry at these 1000-foot asparagus towers with $100 million apartments that are springing up along 57th […]
Affordable Housing Becomes a Museum Exhibit
By George Capsis To replace the semblance of a human presence after 55 years of marriage, I keep WNYC on all day—and my ears […]
Hundreds Turn Out To Oppose Gansevoort Plan at Landmarks
By Andrew Berman On November 10, an overflow crowd of hundreds filled the Landmarks Preservation Commission for a public hearing on a developer’s proposal […]
The Man Who Owns Gansevoort Street
By George Capsis When Molly Bender—the sister and heir to Bill Gottlieb’s extensive collection of shabby but valuable buildings in and around the West […]