New Music Studio on Charles
The first things you see when you walk into Hannah Reimann’s studio are a tall bookshelf filled with Classical piano and vocal music scores and […]
In and Out
The sale of Chelsea Market by Jamestown Properties to Google has been finalized, and the good news is that Google has assured the community that […]
One Square Inch of the Klondike
By Barbara Riddle Memories swirl in puffs through my brain. Small puffs…the shape of Quaker Puffed Rice? It’s 1955, and I am sitting at the […]
A Maxim
As a kid the only pair of scissors we had in the house rested in my mother’s sewing basket. It was always there amongst the spools […]
Can You Spot A Killer?
By Peter Saitta DO How many times have you been suntanning with a large aluminum foil sun reflector with baby oil getting a killer tan? […]
Don’t Just Sit There, Resist. Part I: Sign That Petition
By Alec Pruchnicki “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” —Edmund Burke “Excuse me, but are […]
Jefferson Market Library Lecture Series
By Mike Isaacson PhD Following the Second World War, fascism became a universally acknowledged vanquished foe in the public psyche. Fascism, and especially its rapacious […]
Defining Wisdom (excerpted fromThe Pursuit of Wisdom, Introduction)
By Dean Chavooshian After centuries of guidance, scientific discoveries and philosophical inquiries, man is empowered more than ever to address the fundamental question: With all […]
Neighborhood Preservation Updates
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP West Village Houses Residents Fight Back The West Village House (WVH) co-op board reportedly spent $300,000 exploring the feasibility […]
West Village Through the Lens of LABYL
By Mary Chandrahasan and Ananth Sampathkumar One bright sunny morning in March, we headed out for an early morning stroll in the Village equipped with […]
Then & Now: Scenes Around Greenwich Village
By Brian J. Pape, AIA, LEED-AP This iconic landmark was almost destroyed in 1958 after the city and courts decided to vacate it. Through the […]
People Parking – Outdoor Dining Rather Than a Wall of Steel
By Barry Benepe Public space in New York City is largely contained in its 5,000 miles of streets. Many of the largest park lands lie […]
Facelift for Jackson Square and Jane Street Garden Fence
By Barry Benepe A recently rebuilt Jackson Square is about to be rebuilt once again to repair and reconfigure the individual landscape elements while retaining […]
5Pointz Decision, Part 2: The Tuesday Morning Massacre
By Catherine Revland On March 14th, the lecture room at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park South was packed with artists, attorneys, curators, art […]
Ramsey Clark: Living Legend of the Great Society
By Bruce Poli “The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.” […]
Musings and Personal Remembrances on the Music of the April Concert
By Michael Feldman In July 1956, I was a 17 year old graduate of Music and Arts High School, a not bad clarinet player and […]
Tech Hub
By Andrew Berman Mayor de Blasio has filed an application for a rezoning to allow a large new “Tech Hub” to be built on the […]
Briefly Noted
Sylvia Ross-Epstein Sylvia Ross-Epstein, 82, resident of West 4th Street since 1968, passed away Friday, March 9, 2018. She was born August 25th, 1935, in […]