Thieves Easily Walk Through Electronic Doors
By George Capsis I got a call: a young-sounding male voice that said he was my grandson, had been in an automobile accident the night […]
9/11 Twenty Years
By George Capsis Everybody has a 9/11 story; here is mine… I was working as a consultant for the United States Council for International Business, […]
A West Villager Travels Uptown
By Gordon Hughes For the past 22 years I have lived a wonderful life in the relaxed pace of the West Village. If you are a […]
Paris or Shanty Town?
By George Capsis Just a few feet from where I am keying this at 69 Charles Street, a very young Sinclair Lewis and his roommate […]
A Very Concerned Citizen Speaks
By Steve Romano, MD It is the character of youth to rebel, but what has been happening at night in Washington Square is not just […]
How to Select a Mayor
By George Capsis Suddenly—on June 22nd—we are supposed to vote for mayor from a roster of people we never heard of. We see their ads on TV and […]
Police Chief in the Garden
By George Capsis “I would like to come and see you, Mr. Capsis” Alan Silverstein excitedly offered on the phone. He came in ten minutes […]
The End of Graffiti?
By George Capsis I hate graffiti and perhaps that is why WestView News has done several front page articles on the subject. With the pandemic […]
Corey Johnson Bounces Back
By George Capsis Oh wow, it was only just a short while ago I read with despair that Corey Johnson was dropping out of the […]
LETTERS
Foreshadowing Q-Anon I read with interest Diane Sare’s spirited defense of Lyndon LaRouche. I don’t profess to know his history very well but my interest was piqued. I […]
Apartment Available At WestView
A lovely apartment with a marble fireplace overlooking the garden is available at 69 Charles Street. Village rents are coming down, making this luxury apartment […]
A Capsis Family Celebration
WestView Publisher George Capsis (right) is surrounded by his family at his recent birthday celebration. Seated left to right are his daughter-in-law Ariadne, son Doric […]
2020—The Return of the Depression?
By George Capsis If you go online right now you can find half a dozen articles on the precipitous drop in the New York City […]
LETTERS
Feynman I enjoyed Bruce Poli’s article on physicist Richard P. Feynman. Just one correction that I know of: his first wife died of tuberculosis, not […]
New York Apartment Prices Poised to Drop 20%
By George Capsis The pandemic has sent office workers home to the suburbs, closing offices and restaurants. New York is now a town that even […]
Letters
Google Excludes Xavier Mission’s “Grab and Go” from Community Grants Through WestView, I wish to thank Xavier Mission at St. Francis Xavier Church on West […]
Obscene Graffiti Scars Village
By George Capsis In 1917 the City ruthlessly cut through the handsome historic townhouses of the Village to run the 7th Avenue subway through it […]