The Self-Deception of Wealth
By George Capsis On that glorious morning, when we savored the first Trump defeat, I read what could be—THE court order that might, at last, […]
Secretly Dismantling Our Health Care
By Arthur Z. Schwartz As regular WestView readers know, on January 28th I experienced, first-hand, the reasons why we need a hospital downtown, not only […]
A Tale of Two Exhibitions: An Afternoon of Art Without Leaving the Neighborhood
By Martica Sawin The first Whitney Biennial in the new Gansevoort Street building focuses on contemporary political and social concerns. The spacious galleries are […]
PeopleWay Traffic Solution—Move
Some time ago, we published a photo of Charles Street taken in the 1930s where there was only one car parked—just one. Now, we have […]
WestView Fan
Dear Editors: West Villagers (even some northerners and southerners) are burning up my phone lines to get a copy of the March 2017 issue of […]
Traumatized by Trump Trauma
Below, we feature an exchange between WestView reader Mark Gianfalla and Publisher George Capsis concerning the paper’s treatment of the Trump presidency. Dear Editors: I […]
Joffrey Ballet
Ballet is Tradition Last month, with casual indifference, I forwarded to our Managing Editor a denunciation of the current Joffrey Ballet School management, which has […]
Graffiti: A Cry for Recognition
Have you ever seen a person spray graffiti on a wall? I have seen it only once and it involved three obviously rich private school […]
Mom Knows Best
I’ve been writing about politics to my son, about this and that issue, and thought a recent letter may interest WestView News. —Marilyn Schwartz […]
Fighting for Autism Care
I don’t even like to think about it—having a child with autism, a constant living source of pain—yet Margie Dienstag has found courage and purpose […]
City’s Worst Landlords
Dear Editors: The article “One of the City’s Worst Landlords Targets Morton Street Senior” in the March issue of WestView was welcomed by long-term tenants […]
Shall We End WestView?
“Why don’t people support the paper with an ad?” “Why don’t they send us a lousy 12 bucks for a subscription?” You are reading my […]
Savvy Shopper’s Feedback
Buying coffee at McNulty’s, I was surprised to see a handwritten sign reading “Colombian coffee $90/lb.” I asked if anyone was buying it and was told, […]
Johannes Brahms: The Working Musician (Part Two)
By Styra Avins In the February issue of WestView, Styra Avins introduced us to the musical work and family life of Johannes Brahms. Part Two […]
Briefly Noted: Correction
We received an email from Murray’s Cheese owner Rob Kaufelt thanking us for our “Murray’s Cheese…” article in the March issue, but pointing out that, […]
HOSPITAL RESPONDS TO EXPLOSIVE GROWTH
Chief Operating Officer Robert Guimento (left) began his presentation of the “new” New York Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital by documenting the boom in Lower Manhattan apartment […]
THE CONTEMPT OF NEGLECT
This decades-old fence bulging into the path of Charles Street pedestrians is a relic of famed real estate scavenger William Gottlieb’s “never fix anything” dictum […]
Architecture, Language, and Gesture at Jefferson Market Library
By Mark John Smith As many of you may know, this year marks the 50th anniversary of Jefferson Market Library (JMU). For the last half-century, […]